At home in the institution
Subtitle: material life in asylums, lodging houses and schools in Victorian and Edwardian England
By: Jane Hamlett (Senior lecturer in modern British history, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781137322388
Subjects: Public institutions; History; Institutional care; Inmates of institutions; Asylums; Lodging-houses; Public schools; Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Domesticity beyond the home; Material life; Institutions and power; Scope and sources; title: Public asylums; title: Asylums for the upper and middle classes; title: Schools for boys; title: Schools for girls; title: Common lodging houses; title: Model lodging houses; title: Conclusion: At home in the institution.