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The cosmopolitan interior : liberalism and the British home 1870-1914
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"Literature on domestic interior decoration first emerged as a popular genre in Britain during the 1870's and 1880's, as middle-class readers sought decorating advice from books, household manuals,...
"Literature on domestic interior decoration first emerged as a popular genre in Britain during the 1870's and 1880's, as middle-class readers sought decorating advice from books, household manuals, women's magazines and professional journals... [this book] shows how it was influenced by the widespread liberalism of the middle class" -- from p. [2] of cover.
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- Creator
- Judith A. Neiswander
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- [New Haven, Conn.] : Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, [2008]
- ©2008
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- 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780300124903, 0300124902
- OCLC
- ocn223871152
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-210) and index.
- The middle-class interior before 1870 -- Individuality and eclectic internationalism -- Science, progress, and the role of the elite --The cosmopolitan interior and the empowerment of women -- Liberal values in conflict and decline -- "A nation in miniature"