Men, Women and Property in England, 1780-1870: A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Class

di R. J. Morris (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2009

This is an innovative study of middle-class behaviour and property relations in English towns in Georgian and Victorian Britain. Through the lens of wills, family papers, property deeds, account books and letters, the author offers a reading of the ways in which middle-class families survived and surmounted the economic difficulties of early industrial society. He argues that these were essentially 'networked' families created and affirmed by a 'gift' network of material goods, finance, services and support, with property very much at the centre of middle-class survival strategies. His approach combines microhistorical studies of individual families with a broader analysis of the national and even international networks within which these families operated. The result is a significant contribution to the history, and to debates about the place of structural and cultural analysis in historical understanding.

• Autore: R. J. Morris
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2009
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 460 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 670 gr.
• EAN: 9780521093460

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