Men, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870
A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Class
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This is an innovative study of middle-class behaviour and property relations in English towns in Georgian and Victorian Britain. Through the lens of wills, family papers, property deeds, account books and letters, the author offers a reading of the ways in which middle-class families survived and surmounted the economic difficulties of early industrial society. He argues that these were essentially 'networked' families created and affirmed by a 'gift' network of material goods, finance, services and support, with property very much at the centre of middle-class survival strategies. His approach combines microhistorical studies of individual families with a broader analysis of the national and even international networks within which these families operated. The result is a significant contribution to the history, and to debates about the place of structural and cultural analysis in historical understanding.
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- aanbestedingsrecht
- aansprakelijkheids- en verzekeringsrecht
- accountancy
- algemeen juridisch
- arbeidsrecht
- bank- en effectenrecht
- bestuursrecht
- bouwrecht
- burgerlijk recht en procesrecht
- europees-internationaal recht
- fiscaal recht
- gezondheidsrecht
- insolventierecht
- intellectuele eigendom en ict-recht
- management
- mens en maatschappij
- milieu- en omgevingsrecht
- notarieel recht
- ondernemingsrecht
- pensioenrecht
- personen- en familierecht
- sociale zekerheidsrecht
- staatsrecht
- strafrecht en criminologie
- vastgoed- en huurrecht
- vreemdelingenrecht