Living with Lodgers

Household Economy and Social Relations in Working-Class Victorian England

Vicky Holmes (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2025
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-7028-6 (ISBN)

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For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone else’s home was commonplace. Drawing on hundreds of coroners’ inquests reported in the Victorian press, Living with lodgers traverses England’s domestic dwelling lodgings, providing an intimate portrayal of the lives of the inhabitants. -- .

For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone else’s home was commonplace. Yet, despite their prevalence, lodgers and their householders have received little scholarly attention. Drawing on hundreds of coroners’ inquests reported in the Victorian press, Living with lodgers traverses many domestic dwelling lodgings in England at this time, providing an extraordinary, intimate portrayal of the lives of the inhabitants therein. -- .

Vicky Holmes is an adjunct Assistant Professor in History at Notre Dame London, The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England -- .

Introduction
1 The necessary lodger
2 The necessity for lodgings
3 The lodging exchange
4 Compromised spaces?
5 Beyond the boundaries
6 Notice to quit
Conclusion -- .

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.1.2025
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5261-7028-0 / 1526170280
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-7028-6 / 9781526170286
Zustand	Neuware