Alexandra Shepard has published widely on the history of gender relations and social relations in early modern England, including a book entitled Meanings of Manhood in Early Modern England (Oxford University Press, 2003). She has also co-edited a number of essay collections, including most recently (with Steve Hindle and John Walter), Remaking English Society: Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England (2013).

[A]n important and imaginative book, which will shape discussions of the social order in early modern England for years to come... Accounting for Oneself is an extraordinary achievement. It will structure historians' understandings of social order for at least a generation, and it promises to provoke further research so that we better understand the nuances of the changing social order for the early modern period. It is a book that should be on the bookshelf of every modern British historian, and it will help all of us think more clearly about the society we study.

• 1: Self and Society in Early Modern England Part I: Wealth and Poverty 2: Calculating Credit 3: Quantifying Status 4: Demarcating Poverty Part II: Maintenance 5: Maintaining Oneself 6: Depending on Others 7: Making a Living Part III: The Changing Currency of Credit 8: Refashioning Credibility Conclusion: Reappraising the World of Goods Bibliography

Alexandra Shepard has published widely on the history of gender relations and social relations in early modern England, including a book entitled Meanings of Manhood in Early Modern England (Oxford University Press, 2003). She has also co-edited a number of essay collections, including most recently (with Steve Hindle and John Walter), Remaking English Society: Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England (2013).

[A]n important and imaginative book, which will shape discussions of the social order in early modern England for years to come... Accounting for Oneself is an extraordinary achievement. It will structure historians' understandings of social order for at least a generation, and it promises to provoke further research so that we better understand the nuances of the changing social order for the early modern period. It is a book that should be on the bookshelf of every modern British historian, and it will help all of us think more clearly about the society we study.

• 1: Self and Society in Early Modern England Part I: Wealth and Poverty 2: Calculating Credit 3: Quantifying Status 4: Demarcating Poverty Part II: Maintenance 5: Maintaining Oneself 6: Depending on Others 7: Making a Living Part III: The Changing Currency of Credit 8: Refashioning Credibility Conclusion: Reappraising the World of Goods Bibliography

Alexandra Shepard has published widely on the history of gender relations and social relations in early modern England, including a book entitled Meanings of Manhood in Early Modern England (Oxford University Press, 2003). She has also co-edited a number of essay collections, including most recently (with Steve Hindle and John Walter), Remaking English Society: Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England (2013).

[A]n important and imaginative book, which will shape discussions of the social order in early modern England for years to come... Accounting for Oneself is an extraordinary achievement. It will structure historians' understandings of social order for at least a generation, and it promises to provoke further research so that we better understand the nuances of the changing social order for the early modern period. It is a book that should be on the bookshelf of every modern British historian, and it will help all of us think more clearly about the society we study.

• 1: Self and Society in Early Modern England Part I: Wealth and Poverty 2: Calculating Credit 3: Quantifying Status 4: Demarcating Poverty Part II: Maintenance 5: Maintaining Oneself 6: Depending on Others 7: Making a Living Part III: The Changing Currency of Credit 8: Refashioning Credibility Conclusion: Reappraising the World of Goods Bibliography