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Daily life in 18th-century England / Kirstin Olsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olsen, Kirstin.
- Series:
- Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.
- Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- England--Social life and customs--18th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 458 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Other Title:
- Daily life in eighteenth century England
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- This book portrays daily life in England in 1700-1800, embracing all levels of society--from the aristocracy to the very poor--to describe a nation grappling with modernity.
- Contents:
- [I] Domestic life
- Family, gender, and sexuality
- Health care, hygiene, and death
- [II] Economic life
- Class and race
- Work, wages, and the economy
- [III] Intellectual life
- Education
- Science
- [IV] Material life
- Clothing and fashion
- Food and drink
- Housing and household goods
- Transportation and communication
- [V] Political life
- The state and the people
- London and the provinces
- [VI] Recreational life
- Sports, the arts, and entertainment
- [VII] Religious life
- Religion
- Chronology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400636813
- 9798216070870
- 9781440855047
- 1440855048
- OCLC:
- 967457327
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