Behind closed doors : at home in Georgian England / Amanda Vickery
2009, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Tear to front of dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #459355
ISBN: 9780300154535
Physical description; xviii, 382 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color). Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Thresholds and boundaries at home -- Men alone -- Setting up home -- His and hers -- Rooms at the top -- Wallpaper and taste -- The trials of domestic dependence -- A nest of comforts -- What women made -- A sex in things? Subjects; 1700-1837. Geschichte 1700-1800. Households England History 18th century. Social status England History 18th century. Sex role England History 18th century. Social control England History 18th century. Material culture Great Britain History 18th century.
Price: €12.95