| Description |
576 pages : illustrations, 1 genealogical table, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: 1. 'The one thing needful': religion and the middle class -- 2. 'Ye are all one in Christ Jesus': men, women and religion -- 3. 'The nursery of virtue': domestic ideology and the middle class -- 4. 'A modest competency': men, women and property -- 5. 'A man must act': men and the enterprise -- 6. 'The hidden investment': women and the enterprise -- 7. 'Our family is a little world': family structure and relationships -- 8. 'My own fireside': the creation of the middle-class home -- 9. 'Lofty pine and clinging vine': living with gender in the middle class -- 10. 'Improving times': men, women and the public sphere |
| Analysis |
England Middle-class families, 1780-1850 - Sociological perspectives |
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England. Middle-class families,. 1780-1850 -Sociological perspectives |
| Notes |
England. Middle-class families,. 1780-1850 -Sociological perspectives (BNB/PRECIS) |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [542]-559 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Families -- England -- History.
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Middle class women -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies.
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Middle class women -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
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Middle class women -- England -- History.
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Middle class -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Case studies.
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Middle class -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
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Middle class -- England -- History.
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Sex role -- England -- History.
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| Author |
Hall, Catherine, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0091647002 (cased) |
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0091647010 (paperback) |
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0226137325 (cased) |
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