Material Relations: Domestic Interiors and Middle-Class Families in England, 1850-1910 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719099250)

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 private. Material relations challenges this, contending that domestic space created a complex series of family intimacies.

Drawing upon novels, advice manuals and magazines, alongside sources for everyday use such as diaries, autobiographies, sale catalogues and inventories, wills and photographs, this fascinating book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of modern history, English literature, cultural studies, social geography, history of art and history of design.

Author: Jane Hamlett
ISBN-10: 0719099250
ISBN-13: 9780719099250
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2016
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.60d

About the Author

Jane Hamlett is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Royal Holloway University of London