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Item Details
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SOCIABILITY AND POWER IN LATE STUART ENGLAND
THE CULTURAL WORLDS OF THE VERNEYS 1660-1720 |
| By: |
Susan E. Whyman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£57.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199250235 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199250233 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
17 January, 2002 |
| Pages: |
314 |
| Description: |
Based upon thousands of personal letters from 1660 to the 1720s, this study reconstructs the changing country and London worlds of an English gentry family, and reveals intimate details about the social and cultural life of this period. It reveals unexpected findings about the impact of London, the importance of younger sons, and the subtle power of women over the social code. |
| Synopsis: |
This highly original study looks at rituals of sociability in new and creative ways. Based upon thousands of personal letters, it reconstructs the changing country and London worlds of an English gentry family, and reveals intimate details about the social and cultural life of the period. Challenging current influential views, the book observes strong connections, instead of deep divisions, between country and city, land and trade, sociability and power. Its very different view undermines established stereotypes of omnipotent male patriarchs, powerless wives and kin, autonomous elder sons, and dependent younger brothers. Gifts of venison and visits in a coach reveal unexpected findings about the subtle power of women over the social code, the importance of younger sons, and the overwhelming impact of London. Successfully combining storytelling and historical analysis, the book recreates everyday lives in a period of overseas expansion, financial revolution, and political turmoil. |
| Illustrations: |
12pp halftone plates, 6 tables and 1 family tree |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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