The Country House: Material culture and consumption - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848022336 ISBN 13: 9781848022331

Verlag: Historic England, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

In the post–Downton Abbey era, the country house has been the object of renewed interest, both scholarly and popular. The chapters in this book examine the country house in terms of its material culture, its presentation to the public, and its function as both a quotidian and a historic space, investigating in detail the consumption practices of the elite. By looking at the country house as lived space, the authors pose questions about the accumulation and arrangement of objects, the way in which rooms were used and experienced by both owners and visitors, and how this sense of “living history” can be presented meaningfully to the public.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jon Stobart is professor of history at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of Sugar and Spice: Grocers and Groceries in Provincial England and coauthor of Consumption and the Country House. Andrew Hann is properties historians’ team leader at English Heritage. He is the author of Slavery and the British Country House.

Andrew Hann is Properties Historians' Team Leader at English Heritage with particular responsibility for researching and writing about the country houses in their care. Before joining English Heritage in 2007 he worked for a number of years as an academic. His research interests centre on the history of retail, consumption and material culture.

Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Historic England
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1848022336
• ISBN 13: 9781848022331
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Herausgeber: Stobart Jon, Hann Andrew
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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