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- catalog abstract ""The English cottage is an icon for our times. Whether a harmonious blend of timber-frame and thatch or golden Cotswold stone, it symbolizes country life at its most seductive - a chance to return to the rural Eden that was lost to most of us with the Industrial Revolution." "The picture of cottage life is an attractive and enduring one that has fascinated writers and artists for the last two hundred years. But this book shows that life in the English country cottage was far from being the idyll that many of us suppose. From the medieval village right through to the twentieth century, the author traces the history of the cottage, exploring how cottages came to be built, and how their appearance was affected by social forces and changing trends." "But the focus is firmly on people: how cottage dwellers spent their time, how they were treated by their social superiors, what they ate and where they slept, and how they decorated and furnished their homes. Life in the English Country Cottage is a history of both the myth and the reality of life for the majority of the population over the last seven centuries."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b8024843.
- catalog coverage "England Rural conditions History.".
- catalog coverage "England Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""The English cottage is an icon for our times. Whether a harmonious blend of timber-frame and thatch or golden Cotswold stone, it symbolizes country life at its most seductive - a chance to return to the rural Eden that was lost to most of us with the Industrial Revolution." "The picture of cottage life is an attractive and enduring one that has fascinated writers and artists for the last two hundred years. But this book shows that life in the English country cottage was far from being the idyll that many of us suppose. From the medieval village right through to the twentieth century, the author traces the history of the cottage, exploring how cottages came to be built, and how their appearance was affected by social forces and changing trends." "But the focus is firmly on people: how cottage dwellers spent their time, how they were treated by their social superiors, what they ate and where they slept, and how they decorated and furnished their homes. Life in the English Country Cottage is a history of both the myth and the reality of life for the majority of the population over the last seven centuries."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-213) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: hearth and home -- 1. To the manor born 1066-1500 -- 2. The great rebuilding 1550-1690 -- 3. Miserable hovels 1690-1790 -- 4. A cottage of gentility 1790-1840 -- 5. The deserving poor 1840-1900 -- 6. Looking for a new England 1900-1950 -- Postscript: a place in the country.".
- catalog extent "216 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0297832743".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Weidenfeld & Nicholson,".
- catalog spatial "England Rural conditions History.".
- catalog spatial "England Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "728.370942 20".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic England History.".
- catalog subject "Cottages England History.".
- catalog subject "Country homes England History.".
- catalog subject "Housing, Rural England History.".
- catalog subject "NA7562 .T56 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: hearth and home -- 1. To the manor born 1066-1500 -- 2. The great rebuilding 1550-1690 -- 3. Miserable hovels 1690-1790 -- 4. A cottage of gentility 1790-1840 -- 5. The deserving poor 1840-1900 -- 6. Looking for a new England 1900-1950 -- Postscript: a place in the country.".
- catalog title "Life in the English country cottage / Adrian Tinniswood.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".