Keeping Hold
A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain
What did it mean to possess something – or someone – in eighteenth-century Britain? This study examines the meaning of possession by exploring how owners experienced and responded to loss. It offers a social and cultural history of ownership and uncovers how understandings of self-worth came to be bound up with possession.
Specificaties
ISBN/EAN | 9781009617604 |
Auteur | Kate (University of Birmingham) Smith |
Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | Paperback / gebrocheerd |
Pagina's | 292 |
Lengte | |
Breedte |