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Men, Women and Property in England, 1780-1870

Men, Women and Property in England, 1780-1870 A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies Amongst the Leeds Middle Classes

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is an innovative study of middle-class behaviour and property relations in English towns in Georgian and Victorian Britain. Through the lens of wills, family papers, property deeds, account books and letters, the author offers a reading of the ways in which middle-class families survived and surmounted the economic difficulties of early industrial society. He argues that these were essentially 'networked' families created and affirmed by a 'gift' network of material goods, finance, services and support, with property very much at the centre of middle-class survival strategies. His approach combines microhistorical studies of individual families with a broader analysis of the national and even international networks within which these families operated. The result is a significant contribution to the history, and to debates about the place of structural and cultural analysis in historical understanding.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521093460
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.3208622094209034
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 445
Weight: 670g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 26mm