Business of Everyday Life - Gender, Practice and Social Politics in England, C.16001900

Informationen zum Autor Beverly Lemire is Professor of History and Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the University of Alberta, Canada Klappentext The book explores the previously under-researched patterns and practices that fashioned a modern consumer society, charting the evolving habits among English men and women across three centuries. Zusammenfassung The book explores the previously under-researched patterns and practices that fashioned a modern consumer society! charting the evolving habits among English men and women across three centuries. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: everyday practice and plebeian affairs2. Gender, the informal economy and the development of capitalism in England, 1650-1850; or, credit among the common people3. Credit for the poor and the failed experiment of the charitable corporation, c. 1700-504. Shifting currency: the practice and economy of the secondhand trade, c. 1600-18505. Refashioning society: expressions of popular consumerism and dress, c. 1660-18206. Savings culture, provident consumerism and the advent of modern consumer society, c. 1780-19007. Accounting for the household: gender and the culture of household management, c. 1600-19008. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Beverly Lemire, Lemire Beverly
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9780719072239
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7223-9
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Gender in History; Gender in History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, c 1500 onwards to present day, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Gender studies, gender groups, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards