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Author Hamlett, Jane.

Title Material relations : domestic interiors and middle-class families in England, 1850-1910 / Jane Hamlett
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description xvi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Studies in design
Studies in design.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Inside middle-class homes: the limits of privacy -- 2.Material marriages: creating domestic interiors, defining marital relationships -- 3.The nursery and the schoolroom: children and the domestic interior -- 4.Leaving home: schools, colleges and lodgings -- 5.Death, memory and the reconstruction of home
Summary 'Material Relations' tells the story of 19th and early 20th 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
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-258) and index
Subject Middle class families -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Middle class families -- England -- History -- 20th century.
Domestic space -- England -- History.
Domestic space.
Property -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Property -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT England -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043316
England -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043317
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056943
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056944
LC no. 2011286252
ISBN 9780719078637 hardback
0719078636 hardback
Other Titles Domestic interiors and middle-class families in England, 1850-1910