Material Relations: Domestic Interiors and Middle-Class Families in England, 1850-1910

by Jane Hamlett

Book Overview

Material relations, now available in paperback, tells the story of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century middle-class families by exploring the domestic spaces they inhabited and the material goods they prized. By opening the doors of the house, the book sheds new light on aspects of family life including love, marriage, sex, childhood and death.

Historians have argued that as the nineteenth century waned, domestic spaces became increasingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719099250
• ISBN13: 9780719099250
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"