The Boardinghouse in Nineteenth-Century America
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In nineteenth-century America, the bourgeois home epitomized family, morality, and virtue. But this era also witnessed massive urban growth and the acceptance of the market as the overarching model for economic relations. A rapidly changing environment bred the antithesis of home: the urban boardinghouse. In this groundbreaking study, Wendy Gamber explores the experiences of the numerous people--old and young, married and single, rich and poor--who...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:080188571X
ISBN13:9780801885716
Release Date:April 2007
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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