Men, Women and Property in England, 1780 1870: A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies Amongst the Leeds Middle Class

R.J. Morris reveals how middle class families survived and surmounted the economic difficulties of early industrial England through an examination of wills, family papers, property deeds, account books and letters from the period. He argues that these families were essentially "networked" families created and affirmed by "gift" networks of material goods, finance, services and support--with property very much at the center of their middle class family strategies.

• | Author: R. J. Morris
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 11, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 460 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0521093465
• | ISBN-13: 9780521093460