During the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth, colonial expansion prompted increasing numbers of genteel women to establish their family homes in far flung corners of the world. This work explores ways in which the women's values, as expressed through their material culture, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and food, were instrumental in constructing various forms of genteel society in alien settings.
Lawrence examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including...

During the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth, colonial expansion prompted increasing numbers of genteel women to establish their family homes in far flung corners of the world. This work explores ways in which the women's values, as expressed through their material culture, specifically their dress, living rooms, gardens and food, were instrumental in constructing various forms of genteel society in alien settings. Lawrence examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including...