Clothing the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England

Informationen zum Autor Vivienne Richmond is a Lecturer in Modern British History at Goldsmiths, University of London. Klappentext A pioneering study of the importance of dress to the collective and individual identities of the nineteenth-century English poor. Advance praise: 'Vivienne Richmond demonstrates the power of clothing in the lives of the working and indigent poor of nineteenth-century England: children, women and men. This is an innovative exploration of clothing cultures, both those crafted by individuals and those imposed by state and institutional authorities. Subtle and insightful, Richmond brings new perspectives to this important topic.' Beverly Lemire, University of Alberta Advance praise: 'Vivienne Richmond tells a very sad historical story, about the bodily and psychological misery of a large proportion of the population in nineteenth-century Britain; but she is not afraid to be wry, or ironic, or outraged and sometimes very funny, when appropriate.' Carolyn Steedman, University of Warwick Zusammenfassung In this pioneering study Vivienne Richmond reveals the importance of dress to the nineteenth-century English poor! who valued clothing not only for its practical utility! but also as a central element in the creation and assertion of collective and individual identities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: identifying the poor, locating their clothes; 1. Setting the standard: working-class dress; 2. 'Frankly a mystery': budgeting for clothes; 3. 'Poverty busied itself': buying clothes; 4. 'Woman's best weapon': needlework and home-made clothing; 5. 'The struggle for respectability'; 6. The sense of self; 7. 'The bowels of compassion': clothing and the Poor Law; 8. 'An urgent desire to clothe them': ladies' clothing charities; 9. 'We have nothing but our clothes': charity schools and servants; 10. 'The greatest stigma and disgrace': lunatic asylums, workhouses and prisons; Conclusion: no finery; Bibliography....

Product details

• Authors: Vivienne Richmond, Vivienne (Goldsmiths Richmond, Richmond Vivienne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2013
• EAN: 9781107042278
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04227-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Clothing & footware manufacture, Cultural studies: food and society, Poverty and precarity, Cultural studies: dress and society