Men, women and property in England, 1780-1870 : a social and economic history of family strategies amongst the Leeds middle classes /
This is an innovative study of middle class behaviour and property relations in Georgian and Victorian England. Through the lens of wills, family papers, deeds, account books and letters, it offers a new reading of the ways in which middle class families surmounted the economic difficulties of early...
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| Idioma: | inglês |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=131402 |
Sumário:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Joseph Henry Oates: a world of madeira and honey; 2 In search of the British middle class; Labels, languages and discourses; Structures of material resource; Stories, narratives and histories; 3 Reading the wills: a window on family and property; The Leeds probate cohort, 1830-34; Law, custom and practice; Men and children; 4 The property cycle; Robert Jowitt, woolstapler; William Hey, surgeon: human capital and real estate; Choices; The mortgage men; John Jowitt's story.