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The Business of Everyday Life: Gender, Practice and Social Politics in England, C.1600-1900

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Business of Everyday Life: Gender, Practice and Social Politics in England, C.1600-1900
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Beverly Lemire
SeriesGender in History
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780719072239
ClassificationsDewey:305.4209410903
Audience
Further/Higher Education
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 January 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From 1600 to 1900 a growing consumerism fired the English economy, shaping the priorities of individuals, and determining the allocation of resources within families. Everyday business might mean making a trip to the pawnbroker, giving a loan to a trusted friend of selling off a coat, all to make ends meet. Both women and men engaged in this daily budgeting, but women's roles were especially important in achieving some level of comfort and avoiding penury. In some communities, the daily practices in place in the seventeenth century persisted into the twentieth, whilst other groups adopted new ways, such as using numbers to chart domestic affairs and turning to the savings banks that appeared in the nineteenth century. In the material world of the past and in the changing habits of earlier generations lie crucial turning points. This book explores these previously under-researched patterns and practices that gave shape to modern consumer society. -- .

Author Biography

Beverly Lemire is Professor of History and Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the University of Alberta, Canada

Reviews

'Professor Beverly Lemire has provided a well-argued, solidly researched, and clearly written interpretation of the English material world from pre-industrial to industrial times. This highly accessible study merits close scrutiny by economic and social historians as well as as general readers.' Michael J. Galgano, James Madison University (Canadian Journal of History)