Sociability and Power in Late-Stuart England : The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys 1660-1720

sociability and power in late-stuart england : the cultural worlds of the verneys 1660-1720

more information about Sociability and Power in Late-Stuart England : The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys 1660-1720

Sociability and Power in Late-Stuart England : The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys 1660-1720

Editorial Reviews
Book Description
This highly original study looks at rituals of sociability in new and creative ways. Based upon thousands of personal letters, it reconstructs the changing country and London worlds of an English gentry family and reveals intimate details about the social and cultural life of the period.
Challenging current views, the book observes strong connections, instead of deep divisions, between country and city, land and trade, sociability and power. Its very different view undermines established stereotypes of omnipotent male patriarchs, powerless wives and kin, autonomous elder sons, and
dependent younger brothers. Gifts of venison and visits in a coach reveal unexpected findings about the subtle power of women over the social code, the importance of younger sons, and the overwhelming impact of London. Successfully combining storytelling and historical analysis, the book recreates
everyday lives in a period of overseas expansion, financial revolution, and political turmoil.

Sociability and Power in Late-Stuart England: The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys 1660-1720 ,Susan E. Whyman,Oxford University Press, USA,0199250235,Europe - Great Britain - General,History,History - General History,History: American,Modern - 17th Century,British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700,Cultural studies,England,History / Great Britain,History, World | British | 17th C,Social history,Social work,United Kingdom, Great Britain,c 1600 to c 1700,c 1700 to c 1800

Books Report:

  1. Sources of Twentieth Century Global History
  2. Sovereignty and Rebellion : The White Hmong of Northern Thailand (South-East Asian Social Science Monographs)
  3. Technology and Science in the Industrializing Nations 1500-1914 (Control of Nature Series)
  4. The British Empire (Oxford Readers)
  5. The Calusa And Their Legacy: South Florida People And Their Environments (Native Peoples, Cultures, and Places of the Southeastern United States)
  6. The Celts: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
  7. The English and the Normans : Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation, and Identity 1066 - c. 1220
  8. The Global Experience, Volume II: Readings in World History Since 1550 (4th Edition)
  9. The Greek Civil War: Essays on a Conflict of Exceptionalism and Silences (Publications (King's College (University of London). Centre for Hellenic Studies), 6.)
  10. The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus

Books Report

Books Report

Recommended Books

  1. Museum Highlights : The Writings of Andrea Fraser
  2. Real Options in Practice
  3. How Good Is Your Chess""
  4. Financial Management : Principles and Applications
  5. Eyewitness Reliability in Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction and Litigation
  6. Developmental Biology of Neoplastic Growth
  7. Computer Algebra Recipes : An Introductory Guide to the Mathematical Models of Science
  8. Feminism, Theory, and the Politics of Difference
  9. Guardian's Key
  10. Fondue: The Essential Kitchen Series
  11. Designing With Vellum: Over 150 ideas for scrapbooks, card making, gifts and more
  12. David Decides: No More Thumbsucking
  13. England in the 1670s: This Masquerading Age
  14. Ecological Networks : Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs
  15. Fishing the Delaware Valley