Daily lives and daily routines in the long eighteenth century / edited by Gudrun Andersson and Jon Stobart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andersson, Gudrun, 1962- editor.

Stobart, Jon, 1966- editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in eighteenth-century cultures and societies.

Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern--18th century.

Civilization, Modern.

Europe--Social life and customs--18th century.

Europe.

Europe--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London : Routledge, [2022]

Summary:

This book explores the ways in which the lives and routines of a wide range of people across different parts of Europe and the wider world were structured and played out through everyday practices.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Introduction: Daily Lives and Daily Routines in the (Very) Long Eighteenth Century

Part I Domestic Routines

1 Lifestyles and Lifespans: Domestic Material Culture and the Temporalities of Daily Life in Seventeenth-Century England

2 'A Little Paradise': The Urban and Rural Homes of a Manchester Manufacturer

3 Life-Stage, Work and Daily Routines of the Eighteenth-Century Swedish Elite: Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna's Diaries

4 The Rhythms and Routines of the English Country-House Garden

Part II Public Space

5 From Microhistory to Patterns of Urban Mobility: The Rhythm of Gendered Mobility in Eighteenth-Century Amsterdam

6 Space, Sociability and Daily Life in Early Nineteenth-Century Finnish Polite Society

7 Kaleidoscopic Spaces: Slices of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century Edo

Part III Home and Away

8 Around and About: The Daily Routines of a Councilman in Early Nineteenth-Century Sweden

9 Daily Lives Dislocated? Routine and Revolution in Britain's North American Colonies

10 Everyday Life on the High Seas: Routines, Restrictions and Recreation on East Indiamen

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-31758-1

1-000-42571-1

9780429317583

OCLC:

1259321841