Author: Marjorie Quennell
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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A History of Everyday Things in England ...: 1500-1799
Author: Marjorie Quennell
Publisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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Publisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England
Author: Sue Wilkes
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473842751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
“Wilkes makes the world of Jane Austen come to life . . . from travel to fashion, shopping, leisure, and, of course, finding a mate” (Britain Express). Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Austen’s contemporaries. Packed with detail and anecdotes, this is an intimate exploration of how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the year of Austen’s birth, to the coronation of George IV in 1820. Sue Wilkes skillfully conjures up all aspects of daily life within the period, drawing on contemporary diaries, illustrations, letters, novels, travel literature, and archives. Were all unmarried affluent men really “in want of a wife”? Where would a young lady seek adventure? Would “taking the waters” at Bath and other spas kill or cure you? Was Lizzy Bennet bitten by bed-bugs while traveling? What would you wear to a country ball or a dance at Almack’s? Would Mr. Darcy have worn a corset? What hidden horrors lurked in elegant Regency houses? “A delight. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that paints such a vivid picture of daily life in late 18th and early 19th century England. It makes a perfect companion for Austen’s beloved novels.” —The Heritage Traveller “A thoroughly engaging—and very informative—‘eyewitness’ guide to everything from medical matters to modes of travel.” —Joceline Bury, Jane Austen’s Regency World “Written as if to a first-time traveler in the Regency . . . an inviting read . . . a perfect gift for every Janeite friend and family member.” —Austenprose “A worthy contribution to the field of Austen social history and uses the mundane realities of life to illuminate the reader’s experience.” —Sensibilities
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473842751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
“Wilkes makes the world of Jane Austen come to life . . . from travel to fashion, shopping, leisure, and, of course, finding a mate” (Britain Express). Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Austen’s contemporaries. Packed with detail and anecdotes, this is an intimate exploration of how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the year of Austen’s birth, to the coronation of George IV in 1820. Sue Wilkes skillfully conjures up all aspects of daily life within the period, drawing on contemporary diaries, illustrations, letters, novels, travel literature, and archives. Were all unmarried affluent men really “in want of a wife”? Where would a young lady seek adventure? Would “taking the waters” at Bath and other spas kill or cure you? Was Lizzy Bennet bitten by bed-bugs while traveling? What would you wear to a country ball or a dance at Almack’s? Would Mr. Darcy have worn a corset? What hidden horrors lurked in elegant Regency houses? “A delight. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that paints such a vivid picture of daily life in late 18th and early 19th century England. It makes a perfect companion for Austen’s beloved novels.” —The Heritage Traveller “A thoroughly engaging—and very informative—‘eyewitness’ guide to everything from medical matters to modes of travel.” —Joceline Bury, Jane Austen’s Regency World “Written as if to a first-time traveler in the Regency . . . an inviting read . . . a perfect gift for every Janeite friend and family member.” —Austenprose “A worthy contribution to the field of Austen social history and uses the mundane realities of life to illuminate the reader’s experience.” —Sensibilities
Histories of Everyday Life
Author: Laura Carter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192638793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Histories of Everyday Life is a study of the production and consumption of popular social history in mid-twentieth century Britain. It explores how non-academic historians, many of them women, developed a new breed of social history after the First World War, identified as the 'history of everyday life'. The 'history of everyday life' was a pedagogical construct based on the perceived educational needs of the new, mass democracy that emerged after 1918. It was popularized to ordinary people in educational settings, through books, in classrooms and museums, and on BBC radio. After tracing its development and dissemination between the 1920s and the 1960s, this book argues that 'history of everyday life' declined in the 1970s not because academics invented an alternative 'new' social history, but because bottom-up social change rendered this form of popular social history untenable in the changing context of mass education. Histories of Everyday Life ultimately uses the subject of history to demonstrate how profoundly the advent of mass education shaped popular culture in Britain after 1918, arguing that we should see the twentieth century as Britain's educational century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192638793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Histories of Everyday Life is a study of the production and consumption of popular social history in mid-twentieth century Britain. It explores how non-academic historians, many of them women, developed a new breed of social history after the First World War, identified as the 'history of everyday life'. The 'history of everyday life' was a pedagogical construct based on the perceived educational needs of the new, mass democracy that emerged after 1918. It was popularized to ordinary people in educational settings, through books, in classrooms and museums, and on BBC radio. After tracing its development and dissemination between the 1920s and the 1960s, this book argues that 'history of everyday life' declined in the 1970s not because academics invented an alternative 'new' social history, but because bottom-up social change rendered this form of popular social history untenable in the changing context of mass education. Histories of Everyday Life ultimately uses the subject of history to demonstrate how profoundly the advent of mass education shaped popular culture in Britain after 1918, arguing that we should see the twentieth century as Britain's educational century.
The English Catalogue of Books ...
Author: Sampson Low
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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The Bookman
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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The early renaissance (1495 to 1640)
Author: William Henry Ward
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Nature
Author: Sir Norman Lockyer
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Everyday Life in Roman Britain
Author: Charles Henry Bourne Quennell
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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The Journal of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
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