A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nTitle: A Cultural History of the Home in the Age of Empire\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\nPublication year: 2024\nISBN-13: 9781350412262\nISBN-10: 1350412260\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nDuring the 19th century the home, as both a cultural construct and a set of lived practices, became more powerful in the Western world than ever before. The West saw an unprecedented period of imperial expansion, industrialisation and commercialization that transformed both where and how people made their homes. Scientific advances and increasing mass production also changed homes .