Name/Title
Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural HistoryEntry/Object ID
2008.002.0241Description
Traces the evolution of the country house from the Middle Ages to the world of Evelyn Waugh and P.G. Wodehouse. Drawing widely from familiar novels and plays, and from records and family archives, presents a unique and vivid picture of the life of the upper classes over 500 years--how they ran their estates, how they entertained colleagues and rivals, how they were served by their tenants, butlers, footmen and maids, how they reconciled their conflicting desires for personal privacy and public display. Illustrated with over 250 plates.
v, 344 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2008.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2008)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Upper class--Great Britain--History, Country homes--Great Britain--History, Country life--Great Britain--History, Architecture and society--Great Britain--History, Architecture, Domestic--Great Britain, Manors--Great Britain--History, England--Social life and customsBook Details
Author
Girouard, Mark, 1931-Publisher
Yale University PressDate Published
1978Call No.
HT653 .G7 G57 1978ISBN
0300022735LCCN
78009088Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Category
PermanentGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: By Mark Girouard.
Based on the author’s Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Status: ShelfCreated By
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December 11, 2008Updated By
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April 5, 2023