At Home with the Poor: Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in England, C.1650-1850

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Joseph Harley

At Home with the Poor

Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in England, C.1650-1850

Joseph Harley

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English

Manchester University Press
18 June 2024

Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Material culture; Poverty & unemployment

Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture

This book opens the doors to the homes of the forgotten poor and traces the goods they owned before, during and after the industrial revolution (c. 16501850). Using a vast and diverse range of sources, it gets to the very heart of what it meant to be 'poor' by examining the homes of the impoverished and mapping how numerous household goods became more widespread. As the book argues, poverty did not necessarily equate to owning very little and living in squalor. In fact, its novel findings show that most of the poor strove to improve their domestic spheres and that their demand for goods was so great that it was a driving force of the industrial revolution.

By: Joseph Harley
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 653g
ISBN: 9781526160843
ISBN 10: 1526160846
Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 18 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Accommodating the poor 2 Material wealth and material poverty 3 Building blocks of the home 4 Comforts of the hearth 5 Eating and drinking 6 Non-essential goods 7 Contrasting genders and locations Conclusion Index -- .

Joseph Harley is a Senior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge