The birth of the English kitchen, 1600-1850 / Sara Pennell.

  • Pennell, Sara
Date:
2016
  • Books

About this work

Description

"A history of the English kitchen as a specialised domestic space, exploring the practices, behaviours and material culture associated with it"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Physical description

xiv, 256 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: The British Kitchen Beyond 'Pots and Pans History' -- 2. Imagining the Early Modern Kitchen -- 3. Locating the Early Modern Kitchen -- 4. Peopling the Kitchen -- 5. 'One Small Pot to Boil In': Equipping and Experimenting in the Kitchen -- 6. The Heart(h) of the Household? Morality, Domesticity and the Makings of the Modern Idea of 'Home' in the Pre-modern Kitchen -- 7. Conclusion: The Kitchen Displayed: Heritage, History and the 'Domestic' -- Bibliography -- Index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    DFXP.41.AA6-8
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781441188083
  • 1441188088