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Author Whittle, Jane, author.

Title Consumption and gender in the early seventeenth-century household : the world of Alice Le Strange / Jane Whittle and Elizabeth Griffiths
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Notes to the Reader -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1. Issues and Context. History and consumption ; Consumption and gender ; Consumption and the gentry ; The Le Strange family ; Methods and chapter plan -- 2. Household Management. Alice Le Strange's accounts ; Household and estate management ; Gentlewomen as housewives ; Two other Norfolk families ; Conclusion -- 3. The Acquisition of Goods. Domestic expenditure ; Urban shopping ; The acquisition of clothing and furnishings ; The acquisition of food ; Conclusion -- 4. Everyday Consumables. Diet ; The meanings of food ; Medical care ; Household consumables ; Conclusion -- 5. Material Culture. Textiles and clothing ; Beds and living rooms ; Dining ware and kitchen ware ; The meanings of goods ; Conclusion -- 6. Family Life Cycle and Consumption. Life cycle and expenditure ; Births, deaths and marriages ; Childhood and childcare ; Education and adult children ; Conclusion -- 7. Elite Consumption. Political and legal expenses ; Travel and leisure ; Literature, music and science ; Building and estate improvement ; Conclusion -- 8. The Employment of Labour. Servants ; Day labourers ; Craftsmen and specialist workers ; The Le Stranges and the local community ; Conclusion -- 9. Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary In this account of life in a 17th-century gentry household, the authors delve into the details of everyday life: how did a large, wealthy household in the English countryside acquire the goods and services it needed and wanted? Was household consumption an exclusively female sphere, or did men play an important role, too?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index
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Subject Le Strange, Alice, 1585-1656.
Housewives -- England -- Economic conditions -- 17th century
Households -- Economic aspects -- England -- History -- 17th century
Home economics -- Sex differences -- England -- History -- 17th century
Consumption (Economics) -- England -- History -- 17th century
Gender Identity -- history
Feeding Behavior -- history
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General.
HOUSE & HOME -- Reference.
Consumption (Economics)
Households.
England.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Griffiths, Elizabeth, author.
ISBN 9780191623639
0191623636
1280593970
9781280593970
9780191739330
0191739332