Men, Women and Property in England, 1780-1870

By R.J. Morris

Book Overview

R.J. Morris reveals how middle class families survived and surmounted the economic difficulties of early industrial England through an examination of wills, family papers, property deeds, account books and letters from the period. He argues that these families were essentially networked families created and affirmed by gift networks of material goods, finance, services and support--with property very much at the center of their middle class family strategies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521838088
• ISBN13: 9780521838085
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"