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Author Vickery, Amanda.

Title Behind closed doors : at home in Georgian England / Amanda Vickery.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  306.0942 VICKERY    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  306.0942 VIC    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  941.07 V637B    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  306.0942 VICKERY    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 382 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-367) and index.
Contents Thresholds and boundaries at home -- Men alone -- Setting up home -- His and hers -- Rooms at the top -- Wallpaper and taste -- The trials of domestic dependence -- A nest of comforts -- What women made -- A sex in things?
Subject Households -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837.
Social status -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Sex role -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Social control -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Material culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
England -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
ISBN 9780300154535 cloth alkaline paper
0300154534 cloth alkaline paper
9780300168969 paperback
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