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The Gentleman´s House in the British Atlantic World 1680-1780
S. Hague
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Description for The Gentleman´s House in the British Atlantic World 1680-1780
Paperback. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
The Gentleman's House analyses the architecture, decoration, and furnishings of small classical houses in the eighteenth century. By examining nearly two hundred houses it offers a new interpretation of social mobility in the British Atlantic World characterized by incremental social change.
The Gentleman's House analyses the architecture, decoration, and furnishings of small classical houses in the eighteenth century. By examining nearly two hundred houses it offers a new interpretation of social mobility in the British Atlantic World characterized by incremental social change.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349677481
SKU
V9781349677481
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Ref
99-15
About S. Hague
Stephen Hague teaches modern European, British and British imperial history at Rowan University in New Jersey, USA. Previously, he held the SAHGB Ernest Cook Trust Research Studentship at Oxford University, UK, and is a Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He has published essays on the intersection of social, cultural, and architectural history.
Reviews for The Gentleman´s House in the British Atlantic World 1680-1780
Stephen Hague's The Gentleman's House in the British Atlantic World, 1680-1780 focuses our attention on the understudied eighteenth-century phenomenon of the small country house. ... this is an engaging and useful book, that sheds light on an important aspect of British Atlantic architectural practice and effectively uses it to illuminate unresolved issues in our understanding of eighteenth-century social structure. ... Read more