The Boardinghouse in Nineteenth-Century America |
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| Author:
| Gamber, Wendy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-8571-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $113.00 |
Book Description:
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In nineteenth-century America, the bourgeois home epitomized family, morality, and virtue. But this era also witnessed massive urban growth and the acceptance of the market as the overarching model for economic relations. A rapidly changing environment bred the antithesis of 'home': the urban boardinghouse. In this groundbreaking study, Wendy ......
In nineteenth-century America, the bourgeois home epitomized family, morality, and virtue. But this era also witnessed massive urban growth and the acceptance of the market as the overarching model for economic relations. A rapidly changing environment bred the antithesis of 'home': the urban boardinghouse. In this groundbreaking study, Wendy ......