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The Working Class at Home, 1790-1940|Joseph Harley

The Working Class at Home, 1790-1940

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This book examines life in the homes inhabited by the working class over the long nineteenth century. These working-class homes are often imagined as distinctly unhomely spaces, which the inhabitants struggled to fill with even the most basic of furniture, let alone acquire the comforts associated with middle-class domestic space. The concerned reformers of industrialising towns and cities painted a picture of severe deprivation, of rooms that were both cramped yet bare at the same time, and disease-ridden spaces from which their subjects required rescue. It is an image which is not only inadequate, but which also robs working-class people of their agency in creating domestic spaces which allowed for the expression of personal and familial feeling. Bringing together emerging scholars who challenge these ideas and using a range of innovative sources and approaches, this edited collection presents a new understanding of working-class homes.


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  • ISBN-13: 9783030892722
  • ISBN-10: 3030892727
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publish Date: February 2022
  • Dimensions: 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.69 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.07 pounds
  • Page Count: 260

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