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The Business of Everyday Life: Gender, Practice and Social Politics in England, C.1600-1900
Beverly Lemire
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Gender in History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719072239
SKU
V9780719072239
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About Beverly Lemire
Beverly Lemire is Professor of History and Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the University of Alberta, Canada. -- .
Reviews for The Business of Everyday Life: Gender, Practice and Social Politics in England, C.1600-1900
'Professor Beverly Lemire has provided a well-argued, solidly researched, and clearly written interpretation of the English material world from pre-industrial to industrial times. This highly accessible study merits close scrutiny by economic and social historians as well as as general readers.' Michael J. Galgano, James Madison University (Canadian Journal of History) 'Lemire's contribution to. so-called marginal ... Read more