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The gentleman's house in the British Atlantic world, 1680-1780
- Title
- The gentleman's house in the British Atlantic world, 1680-1780 / Stephen Hague (Rowan University, USA).
- Author
- Hague, Stephen G. (Stephen George), 1967-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 233 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The eighteenth-century Georgian mansion holds a fascination in both Britain and America. Between the late seventeenth century and 1780, compact classical houses developed as a distinct architectural type. From small country estates to provincial towns and their outskirts, 'gentlemen's houses' proliferated in Britain and its American colonies. The Gentleman's House analyses the evolution of these houses and their owners to tell a story about incremental social change in the British Atlantic world. It challenges accounts of the newly wealthy buying large estates and overspending on houses and material goods. Instead, gentlemen's houses offer a new interpretation of social mobility characterized by measured growth and demonstrate that colonial Americans and provincial Britons made similar house building and furnishing choices to confirm their status in British society. This book is essential reading for social, cultural, and architectural historians, curators, and historic house-enthusiasts"--
- Subjects
- HISTORY / Social History
- Social mobility > Great Britain > History
- Gentry > Dwellings > Great Britain > History
- Social mobility > United States > History
- United States > Social life and customs > To 1775
- Dwellings > Social aspects > Great Britain > History
- Gentry > Dwellings > United States > History
- HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- ARCHITECTURE / History / General
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Social change > Great Britain > History
- Social change > United States > History
- Dwellings > Social aspects > United States > History
- Great Britain > Social life and customs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Gentleman's House in Context -- Building Status -- Situating Status -- Arranging Status -- Furnishing Status -- Enacting Status -- Social Strategies and Gentlemanly Networks.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-5774
- ISBN
- 9781137378378 (hardback)
- 1137378379 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2015012346
- OCLC
- YBP 2015012346
- Author
- Hague, Stephen G. (Stephen George), 1967- author.
- Title
- The gentleman's house in the British Atlantic world, 1680-1780 / Stephen Hague (Rowan University, USA).
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-5774