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

S. Hague (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

241 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-67748-1 (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

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 241 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Architektur
Schlagworte	Architecture • Building • social change
ISBN-10	1-349-67748-5 / 1349677485
ISBN-13	978-1-349-67748-1 / 9781349677481
Zustand	Neuware