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The Origins of Middle-Class Culture : Halifax, Yorkshire, 1660-1780 /
In this book John Smail focuses on the economic and social life in one of the most important Northern textile centers as he explores themes fundamental to the history of eighteenth-century England. By developing a cultural theory of class formation, he offers a solution to a question that has provok...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS, MAP, FIGURE
- TABLES
- PREFACE
- ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Theory and Methods
- 2. The Middling Sort and Their World
- Part I. Process: The Making of a Middle-Class Experience
- Introduction
- 3. Economic and Cultural Change in Halifax's Textile Industry
- 4. Loans and Luxuries: Setting the Textile Industry in Context
- Part II. Crystallization: The Making of a Middle-Class Consciousness
- Introduction
- 5. Constructing the Public Sphere: Associations, Disputes, and Parliamentary Politics
- 6. Constructing the Private Sphere: The Family and Sociability
- Conclusion
- 7. The Middle Class and Their World
- 8. Implications and Speculations
- INDEX