Material Relations - Domestic Interiors and Middleclass Families in England, 18501910

Informationen zum Autor Jane Hamlett is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Royal Holloway University of London Klappentext Material relations tells the story of nineteenth and early twentieth century middle-class families by exploring the domestic spaces they inhabited and the material goods they prized. By opening the doors of the house, the book sheds new light on aspects of family life including love, marriage, sex, childhood and death. Zusammenfassung Material relations tells the story of nineteenth and early twentieth century middle-class families by exploring the domestic spaces they inhabited and the material goods they prized. By opening the doors of the house! the book sheds new light on aspects of family life including love! marriage! sex! childhood and death. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Inside the middle-class home: space and the limits of the private2. Material marriages: creating domestic interiors, defining marital relationships3. "Tiresome trips downstairs": childhood experience and the domestic interior4. Leaving home: schools, colleges and lodgings5. Death, memory and the reconstruction of homeEpilogue: from Victorian to Modern?BibliographyIndex

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jane Hamlett, Hamlett Jane
• Collaboration: Christopher Breward (Editeur), Bill Sherman (Editeur)
• Edition: Manchester University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 04.01.2016
• EAN: 9780719099250
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9925-0
• Pages: 288
• Thèmes: Studies in Design and Material Culture; Studies in Design Mup; Studies in Design and Material Culture; Studies in Design and Material
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Histoire de l'art; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Sociology: family and relationships