Clothing the poor in nineteenth-century England /

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"In this pioneering study Vivienne Richmond reveals the importance of dress to the nineteenth-century English poor, who valued clothing not only for its practical utility, but also as a central element in the creation and assertion of collective and individual identities. During this period of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richmond, Vivienne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University, 2013.
Temas:
1800-1899
Clothing and dress > England > History > 19th century.
Poor > Clothing > England > History > 19th century.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming.
Clothing and dress.
Economic history.
Social conditions.
England > Economic conditions > 19th century.
England > Social conditions > 19th century.
Angleterre > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
England.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Identifying the poor, locating their clothes
  • Setting the standard: working-class dress
  • 'Frankly, a mystery': budgeting for clothes
  • 'Poverty busied itself': buying clothes
  • 'Woman's best weapon': needlework and home-made clothing
  • 'The struggle for respectability'
  • The sense of self
  • 'The bowels of compassion': clothing and the poor law
  • 'An urgent desire to clothe them': ladies' clothing charities
  • 'We have nothing but our clothes': charity schools and servants
  • 'The greatest stigma and disgrace': lunatic asylums, workhouses and prisons
  • Conclusion: No finery.

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