| The Business of Everyday Life: Gender, Practice and Social Politics in England, C.1600-1900 Contributor(s): Lemire, Beverly (Author), Sharpe, Pamela (Editor), Summerfield, Penny (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719072239 ISBN-13: 9780719072239 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Political Science | Political Economy - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 942.008 |
| Series: Gender in History |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From 1600 to 1900 a growing consumerism fired the English economy, shaping the priorities of individuals, and determining the allocation of resources within families. Everyday business might mean making a trip to the pawnbroker, giving a loan to a trusted friend of selling off a coat, all to make ends meet. Both women and men engaged in this daily budgeting, but women's roles were especially important in achieving some level of comfort and avoiding penury. In some communities, the daily practices in place in the seventeenth century persisted into the twentieth, whilst other groups adopted new ways, such as using numbers to chart domestic affairs and turning to the savings banks that appeared in the nineteenth century. In the material world of the past and in the changing habits of earlier generations lie crucial turning points. This book explores these previously under-researched patterns and practices that gave shape to modern consumer society. |
