Behind closed doors in Georgian England
By: Amanda Vickery.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300154535
Subjects: Households -- England -- History -- 18th century; Social status -- England -- History -- 18th century; Sex role -- England -- History -- 18th century; Social control -- England -- History -- 18th century; Material culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837; England -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Thresholds and boundaries at home; title: Men alone : how bachelors lived; title: Setting up home; title: His and hers : accounting for the household; title: Rooms at the top; title: Wallpaper and taste; title: The trials of domestic dependence; title: A nest of comforts; title: What women made; title: A sex in things?