Men, Women and Property in England, 1780-1870

ISBN-13: 9780521838085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 460 str.

R. J. Morris

Opis

R.J. Morris reveals how middle class families survived and surmounted the economic difficulties of early industrial England through an examination of wills, family papers, property deeds, account books and letters from the period. He argues that these families were essentially "networked" families created and affirmed by "gift" networks of material goods, finance, services and support--with property very much at the center of their middle class family strategies.

Recenzje

"...an impressive and important book." -Bettina Bradbury, Histoire sociale

Spis treści

1. Joseph Henry Oates: a world of madeira and honey; 2. In search of the British middle class; 3. Reading the wills: a window on family and property; 4. The property cycle; 5. Strategies and the urban landscape; 6. Women and things and trusts; 7. Life after death; 8. Networks and place; 9. The economic history of the British middle class, 1816–70; 10. Conclusion and epilogue; Bibliography; Index.