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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Hussey , Margaret Ponsonby , Professor Gareth ShawPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.589kg ISBN: 9781409418153ISBN 10: 1409418154 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 28 May 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Being single; Singleness and homemaking: locating the single household; Organisation and management of a single household; Social and symbolic uses of the homes of single people; Compromised spaces: lodgers, boarders and shared domestic space; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.Reviews'Domestic space is very much at the centre: the authors see the home, as many social historians are increasingly doing, as 'a cockpit wherein the cultures of consumption were defined and exercised'. We benefit enormously from their decision to consider single men and women together, which makes the comparative role of the account constantly illuminating.' History Author InformationDavid Hussey is subject leader in History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Margaret Ponsonby is Senior Lecturer in History and Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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