The Working Class at Home, 1790–1940

Vicky Holmes editor Joseph Harley editor Laika Nevalainen editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:18th Feb '22

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This book examines life in the homes inhabited by the working class over the long nineteenth century. These working-class homes are often imagined as distinctly unhomely spaces, which the inhabitants struggled to fill with even the most basic of furniture, let alone acquire the comforts associated with middle-class domestic space. The concerned reformers of industrialising towns and cities painted a picture of severe deprivation, of rooms that were both cramped yet bare at the same time, and disease-ridden spaces from which their subjects required rescue. It is an image which is not only inadequate, but which also robs working-class people of their agency in creating domestic spaces which allowed for the expression of personal and familial feeling. Bringing together emerging scholars who challenge these ideas and using a range of innovative sources and approaches, this edited collection presents a new understanding of working-class homes.

“The Working Class at Home 1790-1940, uncovers hidden aspects of the domestic lives of the working-class in the long nineteenth century. ... The Working Class at Home both combines and builds upon these scopes and sources it reminds us the diversity of working class people … . Bearing in mind the complications of uncovering authentic histories of working-class people but navigated so well in this book ... .” (Tanya Hawkes, The Charles Lamb Bulletin, charleslambsociety.com Issue 176, Winter, 2022)

ISBN: 9783030892722

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260 pages

1st ed. 2022