1st Edition
Urban Fortunes Property and Inheritance in the Town, 1700–1900
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Property is central to any historical analyses of production, reproduction and consumption. It lies at the heart of discussions of material culture, class relations and the household economy. Recent work has begun to look beyond the acquisition and possession of goods to examine what the disposal, transmission and giving of property might tell us about changing society and culture. This landmark... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Alastair Owens and Jon Stobart; Town versus country: the property of everyday consumption in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, Lorna Scammell; Meanings of property and the world of the petite bourgeoisie, Geoffrey Crossick; Property, will making and estate disposal in an industrial town, 1800-1857, Alastair Owens; Social and geographical contexts of property transmission in the eighteenth century, Jon Stobart; The role of London in Britain’s wealth structure, 1809-99: further evidence, W. D. Rubinstein; Inheritance and the family: the Scottish urban experience in the 1820s, Ann McCrum; Women, property and inheritance: wealth creation and income generation in small English towns, 1750-1835, Penelope Lane; Independent women, wealth and wills in nineteenth-century London, David R. Green; Bibliography; Index.
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Jon Stobart, Alastair Owens
'...these essays represent fine pieces of historical empiricism, offer important findings about the nature of middle-class social life...and will be a must for those working on the history of testamentary documents in the period.' Continuity and Change
