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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.
Material relations, now available in paperback, tells the story of
nineteenth- and early twentieth-century middle-class families by
exploring the domestic spaces they inhabited and the material goods
they prized. By opening the doors of the house, the book sheds new
light on aspects of family life including love, marriage, sex,
childhood and death. Historians have argued that as the nineteenth
century waned, domestic spaces became increasingly private.
Material relations challenges this, contending that domestic space
created a complex series of family intimacies. Drawing upon novels,
advice manuals and magazines, alongside sources for everyday use
such as diaries, autobiographies, sale catalogues and inventories,
wills and photographs, this fascinating book will be of particular
interest to scholars and students of modern history, English
literature, cultural studies, social geography, history of art and
history of design. -- .
The essays in this collection explore both organizational
intentions and inhabitants' experiences in a diverse range of
British residential institutions during a period when such
provision was dramatically increasing.
Institutions were intended to mould their inhabitants, and were
organized in line with professional and economic constraints,
public opinion, or the need to appeal to potential inmates. The
authorities often modelled their arrangements on domestic ideals,
and the imagined home was frequently the yardstick against which
occupants measured their experiences of institutional life. The
essays in this collection explore both organizational intentions
and inhabitants' experiences in a diverse range of British
residential institutions during a period when such provision was
dramatically increasing. The book addresses inmates, environments
and interactions, with essays focusing on questions of authority,
resistance, agency, domesticity and the material world.
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.
A history of pets and their companions in Britain from the
Victorians to today. Pet Revolution tracks the British love affair
with pets over the last two centuries. As pets have entered our
homes and joined our families, they have radically changed our
world. Historians Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange show how the
pet economy exploded--increasing the availability of pet foods,
medicines, and shops--and reshaped our modern lives in the process.
A history of pets and their human companions, this book reimagines
the "pet revolution" as one among many other
revolutions--industrial, agricultural, and political--that made
possible contemporary life.
"Material Relations" tells the story of nineteenth- and early
twentieth-century middle-class families by exploring the domestic
spaces they inhabited and the material goods they prized. By
opening the doors of the house, the book sheds new light on aspects
of family life including love, marriage, sex, childhood, and death.
Historians have argued that as the nineteenth century waned,
domestic spaces became increasingly private. "Material Relations"
challenges this, contending that domestic space created a complex
series of family intimacies. Drawing upon novels, advice manuals,
and magazines, alongside sources for everyday use such as diaries,
autobiographies, sale catalogs and inventories, wills and
photographs, this fascinating book will be of particular interest
to scholars and students of modern history, English literature,
cultural studies, social geography, history of art, and history of
design.
What does material culture tell us about gendered identities and
how does gender reveal the meaning of spaces and things? If we look
at the objects that we own, covet and which surround us in our
everyday culture, there is a clear connection between ideas about
gender and the material world. This book explores the material
culture of the past to shed light on historical experiences and
identities. Some essays focus on specific objects, such as an
eighteenth-century jug or a 20th powder puff, others on broader
material environments, such as the sixteenth-century guild or the
interior of a 20th century pub, while still others focus on the
paraphernalia associated with certain actions, such as
letter-writing or maintaining 18th century men's hair. Written by
scholars in a range of history-related disciplines, the essays in
this book offer exposes of current research methods and interests.
These demonstrate to students how a relationship between material
culture and gender is being addressed, while also revealing a
variety of intellectual approaches and topics.
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