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A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
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A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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During the 19th century the home, as both a cultural construct and
a set of lived practices, became more powerful in the Western world
than ever before. The West saw an unprecedented period of imperial
expansion, industrialisation and commercialization that transformed
both where and how people made their homes. Scientific advances and
increasing mass production also changed homes materially, bringing
in domestic technologies and new goods. This volume explores how
homes and homemaking were imagined and practiced across the globe
in the 19th century. For instance, not only did the acquisition of
empires lead to the establishment of Western European homes in new
terrains, but it also buttressed the way in which Europeans saw
themselves, as the guardians of superior cultures, patriarchal
relationships and living practices. During this period a powerful
shared cultural idea of home emerged - championed by a growing
urban middle class - that constructed home as a refuge from a
chaotic and noisy industrialised world. Gender was an essential
part of this idea. Both masculine and feminine virtues were
expected to underpin the ideal home: a greater emphasis was placed
on an ideal of the male breadwinner and the need for women to
maintain the domestic material fabric and emotional environment was
stressed. While these ideas were shared and propagated in print
culture across Western Europe and North America there were huge
differences in how they were realised and practiced. Home was
experienced differently according to class and race; different
forms of identity and levels of socio-economic resource fashioned a
variety of home-making practices. While demonstrating the cultural
importance of home, this book reveals the various ways in which
home was lived in the 19th century.
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