Household Gods - The British and Their Possessions

Klappentext At what point did the British develop their mania for interiors! wallpaper! furniture! and decoration? Why have the middle classes developed so passionate an attachment to the contents of their homes? This book chronicles a hundred years of British interiors! focusing on class! choice! shopping and possessions. Zusammenfassung At what point did the British develop their mania for interiors! wallpaper! furniture! and decoration? Why have the middle classes developed so passionate an attachment to the contents of their homes? This book chronicles a hundred years of British interiors! focusing on class! choice! shopping and possessions.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Cohen, Cohen Deborah, DEBORAH COHEN
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2009
• EAN: 9780300136418
• ISBN: 978-0-300-13641-8
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history