At Home in the Institution [electronic resource] : Material Life in Asylums, Lodging Houses and Schools in Victorian and Edwardian England /
Hamlett, J.author.
At Home in the Institution examines space and material culture in asylums, lodging houses and schools in Victorian and Edwardian England, and explores the powerful influence of domesticity on all three institutional types.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Domesticity beyond the home; Material life; Institutions and power; Scope and sources; 1 Public Asylums; From domesticity to medicalisation; Domesticity disrupted; Material consolations and dormitory friendships; 2 Asylums for the Middle and Upper Classes; Domesticity, modernity and magnificance; Elite rituals, sociability and behaviour; Lost homes and dirty tablecloths; 3 Schools for Boys; Halls, chapels, museums and armouries; The house system and the open dormitory; Bewitching nooks and corners; 4 Schools for Girls
Feminine institutional interiorsDiscipline for girls; Material life in boarding houses; The niceties of curtain drawing; 5 Common Lodging Houses; Legislation, control and representation; Parker and Charles Street, Wentworth Street and Mill Lane; All things in common?; 6 Model Lodging Houses; Building homes for working men; Controls and freedoms; Cadging culture; Cubicle living; Conclusion: At Home in the Institution; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
At Home in the Institution examines space and material culture in asylums, lodging houses and schools in Victorian and Edwardian England, and explores the powerful influence of domesticity on all three institutional types.
Great Britain—History.
History, Modern.
Civilization—History.
World history.
Europe—History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
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World History, Global and Transnational History.
European History.