Consumption and the country house Stobart, Jon 1966- creator author. Rothery, Mark 1973- author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2016 First edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations This study explores the consumption practices of the landed aristocracy of Georgian England. Focussing on three families and drawing on detailed analysis of account books, receipted bills, household inventories, diaries and correspondence, this book charts the spending patterns of this elite group during the so-called consumer revolution of the eighteenth century. Generally examined through the lens of middling families, homes and motivations, this book explores the ways in which the aristocracy were engaged in this wider transformation of English society. Analysis centres on the goods that the aristocracy purchased, both luxurious and mundane; the extent to which they pursued fashionable modes and goods; the role that family and friends played in shaping notions of taste; the influence of gender on taste and refinement; the geographical reach of provisioning and the networks that lay behind this consumer activity, and the way this all contributed to the construction of the country house. The country house thus emerges as much more than a repository of luxury and splendour; it lay at the heart of complex networks of exchange, sociability, demand, and supply. Cover; Consumption and the Country House; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; LANDOWNERS AND THE COUNTRY HOUSE; APPROACHING CONSUMPTION; KEY THEMES; CASE-STUDY FAMILIES; 1: Anatomy of Elite Spending: Fashion, Luxury, and Splendour; INTRODUCTION; RHYTHMS OF SPENDING; PATTERNS OF SPENDING; MARKING ELITE STATUS: LUXURY AND FASHION; CONCLUSION; 2: Constructing the Country House: Habitus, Performance, and Assemblages of Goods; INTRODUCTION; GRAND DESIGNS? TASTE AND LINEAGE; ROOM SPECIALIZATION: STAGES AND PERFORMANCES. OBJECTS OF DESIRE? ASSEMBLAGES AND LOCATIONSCONCLUSION; 3: Practicalities, Utility, and the Everydayness of Consumption; INTRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT: SUPPLIES AND STORES; MUNDANE SPACES: BELOW STAIRS; COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE; OLD THINGS AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS; CONCLUSION; 4: Gentlemen's Things: The Masculine World of Goods and Consumption as Self-fashioning; INTRODUCTION; MASCULINITY AND THE WORLD OF GOODS: THE MEN OF THE LEIGH FAMILY; CONSUMPTION AND SELF-FASHIONING: SIR ROGER NEWDIGATE AND ARBURY HALL; CONCLUSION; 5: Gentlewomen's Things: Women and Country House Consumption. INTRODUCTIONGOVERNING IDENTITIES: THE HONOURABLE MARY LEIGH; MARRIED GENTLEWOMEN: SOPHIA AND HESTER NEWDIGATE; THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WIDOW: ELIZABETH DRYDEN OF CANONS ASHBY; CONCLUSION; 6: Consumption and the Household: Family, Friends, and Servants; INTRODUCTION; CHILDREN AND PARENTS: INTERGENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES; DEATH, MEMORY, AND FAMILY; FAMILY FRIENDS: TRUSTEES AND GUARDIANS; SENIOR SERVANTS: MANAGING THE HOUSEHOLD; CONCLUSIONS; 7: Supplying the Country House: Craftsmen and Retailers; INTRODUCTION; SUPPLIERS: PATRONAGE AND LOYALTY; REPUTATION, CREDIT, AND TRUST. MAKING AND SHAPING TASTE: THE ROLE OF SUPPLIERSCONCLUSIONS; 8: Geographies of Consumption: Hierarchies, Localities, and Shopping; INTRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHIES AND HIERARCHIES OF SUPPLY; SEASONALITY, LOCALITY, AND CHOICE; GEOGRAPHIES OF LONDON SHOPPING; CONCLUSIONS; Conclusions; MOTIVATIONS, IDENTITIES, AND MATERIAL CULTURE; SPATIALITIES, PRACTICALITIES, AND SUPPLY; CONSUMPTION AND THE COUNTRY HOUSE; Appendix; Bibliography; ARCHIVAL SOURCES; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index. Jon Stobart and Mark Rothery. 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