A Cultural History of the Home
Published on 26. November 2020
Book
978-1-4725-8441-0 (ISBN)
Description
A Cultural History of the Home provides a comprehensive survey of the domestic space from ancient times to the present. Spanning 2800 years, the six volumes explore how different cultures and societies have established, developed and used the home. It reveals a great deal about how people have lived day-to-day in a range of regions and epochs by providing a historical focus on the location in which they will have spent much of their time: the domestic space.
1. A Cultural History of the Home in Antiquity (800 BCE - 800 CE)
2. A Cultural History of the Home in the Medieval Age (800 - 1450)
3. A Cultural History of the Home in the Renaissance (1450 - 1648)
4. A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Enlightenment (1648 - 1815)
5. A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire (1815 - 1920)
6. A Cultural History of the Home in the Modern Age (1920 - present)
Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters:
1. The Meaning of the Home
2. Family and Household
3. The House
4. Furniture and Furnishings
5. Home and Work
6. Gender and Home
7. Hospitality and Home
8. Religion and Home
This structure offers readers a broad overview of a period within each volume or the opportunity to follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter across volumes.
Generously illustrated, the full six-volume set combines to present the most detailed survey available on the home in history.
1. A Cultural History of the Home in Antiquity (800 BCE - 800 CE)
2. A Cultural History of the Home in the Medieval Age (800 - 1450)
3. A Cultural History of the Home in the Renaissance (1450 - 1648)
4. A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Enlightenment (1648 - 1815)
5. A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire (1815 - 1920)
6. A Cultural History of the Home in the Modern Age (1920 - present)
Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters:
1. The Meaning of the Home
2. Family and Household
3. The House
4. Furniture and Furnishings
5. Home and Work
6. Gender and Home
7. Hospitality and Home
8. Religion and Home
This structure offers readers a broad overview of a period within each volume or the opportunity to follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter across volumes.
Generously illustrated, the full six-volume set combines to present the most detailed survey available on the home in history.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
300 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 114 mm
Weight
3660 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-8441-0 (9781472584410)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Amanda Flather is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Essex, UK. She is the author of Gender and Space in Early Modern England (2006).
Content
Volume 1: A Cultural History of the Home in Antiquity
Edited by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (University of Cambridge, UK) and Joanne Berry (Swansea University, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
2. Family and Household, Michele George
3. The House, Lisa Nevett
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Joanne Berry
5. Home and Work, Nicolas Tran
6. Gender and Home, Kate Wilkinson
7. Hospitality and Home, Marie-Adeline Le Guennec
8. Religion and the Home, Carlos Machado
Volume 2: A Cultural History of the Home in the Medieval Age
Edited by Katherine L. French (University of Michigan, USA)
1. The Meaning of Home, Roisin Cossar
2. Family and Household, Toval Bender-Florida
3. The House, Mark Gardiner
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Katherine L. French
5. Home and Work, Tanya Miller
6. Gender and Home, Eva Svensson
7. Hospitality and Home, Jennifer Kolpacoff
8. Religion and the Home, Elisheva Baumgarten and Katherine L. French
Volume 3: A Cultural History of the Home in the Renaissance
Edited by Amanda Flather (University of Essex, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Cynthia Wall
2. Family and Household, Joanne Begiato
3. The House, Danai Tankard
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Catherine Richardson
5. Home and Work, Jane Whittle
6. Gender and Home, Amanda Flather
7. Hospitality and Home, Paula Hohti
8. Religion and the Home, Tara Hamling
Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Clive Edwards (Loughborough University, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Karen Lipsedge
2. Family and Household, Helen Metcalfe
3. The House, Stephen Hague
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Clive Edwards
5. Home and Work, Leonie Hannan
6. Gender and Home, Ruth Larsen
7. Hospitality and Home, Woodruff Smith
8. Religion and the Home, Matthew Neal
Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire
Edited by Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Margaret Ponsonby
2. Family and Household, Fae Dussart
3. The House, Lesley Hoskins and Rebecca Preston
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Britta Schilling
5. Home and Work, Victoria Kelley
6. Gender and Home, Rebecca J. Fraser
7. Hospitality and Home, Jane Hamlett and Marie Drews
8. Religion and the Home, Lucinda Matthews-Jones
Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Home in the Modern Age
Edited by Despina Stratigakos (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA)
1. The Meaning of Home, Rachel Hurdley
2. Family and Household, Annmarie Adams
3. The House, Kenny Cupers
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Pauline Garvey
5. Home and Work, Rosie Cox
6. Gender and Home, Barbara Penner
7. Hospitality and Home, Grace Lees-Maffei
8. Religion and the Home, Pamela E. Klassen
Edited by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (University of Cambridge, UK) and Joanne Berry (Swansea University, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
2. Family and Household, Michele George
3. The House, Lisa Nevett
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Joanne Berry
5. Home and Work, Nicolas Tran
6. Gender and Home, Kate Wilkinson
7. Hospitality and Home, Marie-Adeline Le Guennec
8. Religion and the Home, Carlos Machado
Volume 2: A Cultural History of the Home in the Medieval Age
Edited by Katherine L. French (University of Michigan, USA)
1. The Meaning of Home, Roisin Cossar
2. Family and Household, Toval Bender-Florida
3. The House, Mark Gardiner
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Katherine L. French
5. Home and Work, Tanya Miller
6. Gender and Home, Eva Svensson
7. Hospitality and Home, Jennifer Kolpacoff
8. Religion and the Home, Elisheva Baumgarten and Katherine L. French
Volume 3: A Cultural History of the Home in the Renaissance
Edited by Amanda Flather (University of Essex, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Cynthia Wall
2. Family and Household, Joanne Begiato
3. The House, Danai Tankard
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Catherine Richardson
5. Home and Work, Jane Whittle
6. Gender and Home, Amanda Flather
7. Hospitality and Home, Paula Hohti
8. Religion and the Home, Tara Hamling
Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Clive Edwards (Loughborough University, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Karen Lipsedge
2. Family and Household, Helen Metcalfe
3. The House, Stephen Hague
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Clive Edwards
5. Home and Work, Leonie Hannan
6. Gender and Home, Ruth Larsen
7. Hospitality and Home, Woodruff Smith
8. Religion and the Home, Matthew Neal
Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire
Edited by Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
1. The Meaning of Home, Margaret Ponsonby
2. Family and Household, Fae Dussart
3. The House, Lesley Hoskins and Rebecca Preston
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Britta Schilling
5. Home and Work, Victoria Kelley
6. Gender and Home, Rebecca J. Fraser
7. Hospitality and Home, Jane Hamlett and Marie Drews
8. Religion and the Home, Lucinda Matthews-Jones
Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Home in the Modern Age
Edited by Despina Stratigakos (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA)
1. The Meaning of Home, Rachel Hurdley
2. Family and Household, Annmarie Adams
3. The House, Kenny Cupers
4. Furniture and Furnishings, Pauline Garvey
5. Home and Work, Rosie Cox
6. Gender and Home, Barbara Penner
7. Hospitality and Home, Grace Lees-Maffei
8. Religion and the Home, Pamela E. Klassen