Middle class culture in the nineteenth century America, Australia and Britain /
'Linda Young's excellent study will be indispensable to students of Nineteenth-century material culture, whether in England, the United States, or Australia. Whether writing of deportment or jewellery, piano-playing or taking a bath, she ably shows the standards and practices through which...
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Language: | English |
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'Linda Young's excellent study will be indispensable to students of Nineteenth-century material culture, whether in England, the United States, or Australia. Whether writing of deportment or jewellery, piano-playing or taking a bath, she ably shows the standards and practices through which the rising middle-classes sought to establish their sense of identity. Lucid, detailed, and insightful, Young's study fascinatingly points up the continuities and correspondences that went to make the emergent bourgeoisie a truly global phenomenon.' - Kate Flint, Rutgers University 'She [Linda Young] has set herself the hugely ambitious task of summarizing nineteenth-century in Australia, America, and Britain in two hundred pages. Her book is perceptive, theoretically sophisticated, and a useful additin to the middle-class history library.' - H-Net Reviews (H-Albion). |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780333997468, 2002. |
Carrier Form: | 264 p. |
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9780333997468 9780230598812 : 0230598811 : |
CLC: | D771.261 |
Contents: | Introduction Cultural Baggage: The Genteel World In-between: The Problem of the Middle Class The Civilising Process: The Morphology of Gentility Under Control: The Genteel Body Best Behaviour: Public Relationships Correct Taste: The Material Conditions of Gentility Conclusion End Notes Bibliography. |