The Gentleman's House in the British Atlantic World 1680-1780

S. Hague (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

241 Seiten

2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-37837-8 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Gentleman's House In Context 3. Building Status 4. Situating Status 5. Arranging Status 6. Furnishing Status 7. Enacting Status 8. Social Strategies And Gentlemanly Networks 9. Conclusion

Zusatzinfo	XVI, 241 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-137-37837-9 / 1137378379
ISBN-13	978-1-137-37837-8 / 9781137378378
Zustand	Neuware