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The gentleman's House in the British Atlantic World, 1680-1780 Stephen Hague, Rowan University, USA
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 162 .H15 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hague, Stephen G. (Stephen George), 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gentry--Dwellings--United States--History.
- Gentry.
- Gentry--Dwellings--Great Britain--History.
- Dwellings--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Dwellings.
- Dwellings--Social aspects--Great Britain--History.
- United States--Social life and customs--To 1775.
- United States.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs.
- Great Britain.
- Social change--United States--History.
- Social change.
- Social change--Great Britain--History.
- Social mobility--United States--History.
- Social mobility.
- Social mobility--Great Britain--History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Summary:
- "The eighteenth-century Georgian mansion holds a fascination in both Britain and America. Between the late seventeenth century and 1780, compact classical houses developed as a distinct architectural type. From small country estates to provincial towns and their outskirts, 'gentlemen's houses' proliferated in Britain and its American colonies. The Gentleman's House analyses the evolution of these houses and their owners to tell a story about incremental social change in the British Atlantic world. It challenges accounts of the newly wealthy buying large estates and overspending on houses and material goods. Instead, gentlemen's houses offer a new interpretation of social mobility characterized by measured growth and demonstrate that colonial Americans and provincial Britons made similar house building and furnishing choices to confirm their status in British society. This book is essential reading for social, cultural, and architectural historians, curators, and historic house-enthusiasts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Gentleman's House in Context
- Building Status
- Situating Status
- Arranging Status
- Furnishing Status
- Enacting Status
- Social Strategies and Gentlemanly Networks.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and index.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version
- ISBN:
- 9781137378378 (hardback)
- 1137378379 (hardback)
- OCLC:
- 903633969
- Online:
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