Gender and material culture in Britain since 1600. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Hannah Greig, Jane Hamlett and Leonie Hannan.
• Editors: Greig, Hannah; Hamlett, Jane; Hannan, Leonie
• Contents: Introduction: Gender and Material Culture; 1. Gender and Material Culture in the Early Modern London Guilds; 2. Women's Letters: Eighteenth-Century Letter-Writing and the Life of the Mind; 3. Men's Hair: Managing Appearances in the Long Eighteenth Century; 4. Craftsmen in Common: Objects, Skills and Masculinity in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; 5. Stitching Women: Unpicking Histories of Victorian Clothes; 6. Grooming Men: The Material World of the Nineteenth-Century Barbershop; 7. Queer Things: Men and Make-Up between the Wars; 8. Manly Drinkers: Masculinity and Material Culture in the Interwar Public House; Concluding Remarks; Resources; Key Texts
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 305.30941; Sex role -- Great Britain -- History; Material culture -- Great Britain -- History; Gender identity -- Great Britain -- History; Masculinity -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History; Femininity -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History; Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History; Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History; Hairstyles -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History; Modern/General; Europe/Great Britain; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Great Britain -- Social conditions; Great Britain -- Social life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137340672; 1137340673
• Related ISBNs: 9781137340658; 9781137340641
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.