Lodgers, landlords and landladies in Georgian London / Gillian Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Gillian, author.

Contributor:

Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lodging-houses--England--London--History.

Lodging-houses.

Social conditions.

History.

London (England)--Social conditions.

London (England).

England--London.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"A large proportion of London's population lived in lodgings during the long eighteenth century, many of whom recorded their experiences. In this fascinating study Gillian Williamson examines these experiences, recorded in correspondences and autobiographies, to offer unseen insights into the social lives of Londoners in this period, and the practice of lodging in Georgian London. Williamson draws from an impressive array of sources, archives, newspapers, OBSP trials and literary representations to offer a thorough examination of lodging in London, to show how lodging and lodging houses sustained the economy of London during this time. Williamson offers a fascinating insight into the role lodging houses played as the facilitators of encounters and interactions, which offers an illuminating depiction of social relations beyond the family. The result is an important contribution to current historiography, of interest to historians of Britain in the long eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Making the landlord, landlady, and lodger

3. Meet the landlords, landladies, and their lodgers

4. Matchmaking

5. Moving in and rubbing along

6. Moving out, moving on

7. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Williamson, Gillian, Lodgers, landlords and landladies in Georgian London

ISBN:

9781350212633

1350212636

OCLC:

1237652989

Publisher Number:

99989249264