Men, women and property in England, 1780-1870 : a social and economic history of family strategies amongst the Leeds middle classes

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Men, women and property in England, 1780-1870 : a social and economic history of family strategies amongst the Leeds middle classes

R.J. Morris

Cambridge University Press, 2005

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-438) and index

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This is an innovative study of middle-class behaviour and property relations in English towns in Georgian and Victorian Britain. Through the lens of wills, family papers, property deeds, account books and letters, the author offers a reading of the ways in which middle-class families survived and surmounted the economic difficulties of early industrial society. He argues that these were essentially 'networked' families created and affirmed by a 'gift' network of material goods, finance, services and support, with property very much at the centre of middle-class survival strategies. His approach combines microhistorical studies of individual families with a broader analysis of the national and even international networks within which these families operated. The result is a significant contribution to the history, and to debates about the place of structural and cultural analysis in historical understanding.

目次

  • 1. Joseph Henry Oates: a world of madeira and honey
  • 2. In search of the British middle class
  • 3. Reading the wills: a window on family and property
  • 4. The property cycle
  • 5. Strategies and the urban landscape
  • 6. Women and things and trusts
  • 7. Life after death
  • 8. Networks and place
  • 9. The economic history of the British middle class, 1816-70
  • 10. Conclusion and epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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