Family fortunes : men and women of the English middle class, 1780-1850 / Leonore Davidoff and Catherine Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidoff, Leonore.

Contributor:

Hall, Catherine, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--England--History--18th century--Case studies.

Middle class.

Middle class women--England--History--18th century--Case studies.

Middle class women.

Middle class--England--History--19th century--Case studies.

Middle class women--England--History--19th century--Case studies.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

576 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.

Summary:

This book adds significant new dimensions to our understanding of nineteenth-century life. Leonore Davidoff and Catherine Hall focus on the development of family and gender roles to reveal the ways in which the English middle class constructed its own institutions, material culture, and values during the industrial revolution.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 542-559.

ISBN:

0226137325

OCLC:

15163142