The secret history of domesticity
Subtitle: public, private, and the division of knowledge
By: Michael McKeon.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 873
Subjects: Knowledge, Sociology of.; Material culture.; Privacy.; Conduct of life.; Social history.; Civilization, Modern.; Privacy -- England -- History.; Privacy in literature.; England -- Social life and customs.
Description: "[Michael McKeon] asks how the modern notion of the public-private relation emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries along with the institution of domesticity. This book draws upon the entire spectrum of English people's experience"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.