Consumption and Gender in the Early Seventeenth-Century Household: The World of Alice Le Strange

by Jane Whittle and Elizabeth Griffiths

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Lady Alice Le Strange of Hunstanton in Norfolk kept a continuous series of household accounts from 1610-1654. Jane Whittle and Elizabeth Griffiths have used the Le Stranges' rich archive to reconstruct the material aspects of family life. This involves looking not only at purchases, but also at home production and gifts; and not only at the luxurious, but at the everyday consumption of food and medical care.

Consumption is viewed not just as...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199233535

ISBN13:9780199233533

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:286 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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