The wedding present : domestic life beyond consumption / Louise Purbrick.
Author/creator |
Purbrick, Louise |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007. |
Description | xii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
Subject(s) |
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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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index. |
LCCN | 2006013185 |
ISBN | 0754644723 (alk. paper) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | GT2743 .P87 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |