ISBN:
0393052095
Language:
English
Pages:
XXVIII, 499 S.
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Ill. (some col.)
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25 cm
Edition:
1st American ed.
DDC:
306/.0942/09034
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geschichte 1837-1901
;
Geschichte 1830-1900
;
19e siècle
;
Classe moyenne
;
Classes moyennes - Angleterre - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
Coutume sociale
;
Famille - Angleterre - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
Famille
;
Histoire
;
Société
;
Vie sociale
;
Économie domestique - Angleterre - Histoire - 19e siècle
;
Économie domestique
;
Époque victorienne
;
Alltag, Brauchtum
;
Geschichte
;
Family History 19th century
;
Home economics History 19th century
;
Middle class History 19th century
;
Wohnen
;
Wohnkultur
;
Haushalt
;
Alltag
;
Mittelstand
;
Angleterre - Conditions sociales - 19e siècle
;
Angleterre - Mœurs et coutumes - 19e siècle
;
Angleterre
;
England Social life and customs 19th century
;
England Social conditions 19th century
;
Großbritannien
;
Großbritannien
;
Alltag
;
Mittelstand
;
Haushalt
;
Geschichte 1837-1901
;
Großbritannien
;
Wohnkultur
;
Geschichte 1830-1900
;
Großbritannien
;
Wohnen
;
Geschichte 1830-1900
Abstract:
Publisher's description: The Victorian age is much closer to us in time than we might believe. Yet at that time, in the most technologically advanced nation in the world, people buried meat in fresh earth to prevent mold forming and wrung sheets out in boiling water with their bare hands. Such household drudgery was routinely performed by the grandparents of people still living, but the knowledge of it has passed as if it had never been. Judith Flanders's book is laid out like a Victorian house, taking you through the story of daily life from room to room. In each space she depicts the home's furnishings and decoration: from childbirth in the master bedroom, through the scullery and kitchen, the separate male and female domains of the drawing room and the parlor, and ending in the sickroom. A rich selection from diaries, letters, advice books, magazines, and paintings fills the rooms with the people and personalities of the age.
Note:
Originally published under the title: The Victorian house : domestic life from childbirth to deathbed. London : HarperCollins, 2003.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-477) and index
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