Isbn: 9783030892753 - the working class at home, 1790–1940 (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Working Class at Home, 1790-1940 | Joseph Harley (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xix | Englisch | 2023 | Springer | EAN 9783030892753 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 279 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.59 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book examines life in the homes inhabited by the working class over the long nineteenth century.These working-class homes are often imagined as distinctly unhomely spaces, which the inhabitants struggled to fill with even the most basic of furniture, let alone acquire the comforts associated with middle-class domestic space. The concerned reformers of industrialising towns and cities painted a picture of severe deprivation, of rooms that were both cramped yet bare at the same time, and disease-ridden spaces from which their subjects required rescue. It is an image which is not only inadequate, but which also robs working-class people of their agency in creating domestic spaces which allowed for the expression of personal and familial feeling.Bringing together emerging scholars who challenge these ideas and using a range of innovative sources and approaches, this edited collection presents a new understanding of working-class homes.…