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Keeping hold : a cultural and social history of possession in eighteenth-century Britain / Kate Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Kate, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Personal belongings--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Personal belongings.
- Material culture--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Material culture.
- Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- What did it mean to possess something - or someone - in 18th-century Britain? This study examines the meaning of possession by exploring how owners experienced and responded to loss. It offers a social and cultural history of ownership and uncovers how understandings of self-worth came to be bound up with possession.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2026).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 12, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-009-61757-5
- 1-009-61761-3
- 1-009-61762-1
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