The birth of the English kitchen, 1600-1850
By: Sara Pennell
Series: Cultures of Early Modern Europe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781441188083; 9781441166975
Subjects: Domestic space; Material culture; HISTORY / Social History; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; Kitchens; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century; History
Description: "A history of the English kitchen as a specialised domestic space, exploring the practices, behaviours and material culture associated with it"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Introduction: The British Kitchen Beyond 'Pots and Pans History'; title: 2. Imagining the Early Modern Kitchen; title: 3. Locating the Early Modern Kitchen; title: 4. Peopling the Kitchen; title: 5. 'One Small Pot to Boil In': Equipping and Experimenting in the Kitchen; title: 6. The Heart(h) of the Household? Morality, Domesticity and the Makings of the Modern Idea of 'Home' in the Pre-modern Kitchen; title: 7. Conclusion: The Kitchen Displayed: Heritage, History and the 'Domestic'; title: Bibliography; title: Index.