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The wedding present : domestic life beyond consumption / Louise Purbrick.

Author/creator Purbrick, Louise
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Descriptionxii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction : making homes and worlds : marriage and consumption from 1945 to today -- Objects of approval -- China and pyrex : the practices of preservation -- Accounting for change : forgotten, neglected, and altered objects -- The list : domesticity, conformity, and class -- Methods : mass-observation -- Afterword : unmarried households.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.
LCCN 2006013185
ISBN0754644723 (alk. paper)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GT2743 .P87 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold