{"product_id":"men-women-and-property-in-england-1780-1870-a-social-and-economic-history-of-family-strategies-amongst-the-leeds-middle-class-paperback-9780521093460","title":"Men, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870; A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Class (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521093460","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMen, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Class\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an innovative study of middle-class behaviour and property relations in English towns in Georgian and Victorian Britain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. J. Morris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521093460, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e460 pages, 79 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.67 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...an impressive and important book.\" -Bettina Bradbury, Histoire sociale\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Joseph Henry Oates: a world of madeira and honey\u003cbr\u003e 2. In search of the British middle class\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reading the wills: a window on family and property\u003cbr\u003e 4. The property cycle\u003cbr\u003e 5. Strategies and the urban landscape\u003cbr\u003e 6. Women and things and trusts\u003cbr\u003e 7. Life after death\u003cbr\u003e 8. Networks and place\u003cbr\u003e 9. The economic history of the British middle class, 1816–70\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusion and epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Gender studies: women [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies: women\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies:%20women%20%5BJFSJ1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ1\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909141422360,"sku":"9780521093460","price":44.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521093460i_10c2b6dc-5cb4-4f29-b608-e1315d1a23e5.jpg?v=1694970513","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/men-women-and-property-in-england-1780-1870-a-social-and-economic-history-of-family-strategies-amongst-the-leeds-middle-class-paperback-9780521093460","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}