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Keeping hold : a cultural and social history of possession in eighteenth-century Britain /

"What did it mean to possess something - or someone - in eighteenth-century Britain? This study examines the meaning of possession by exploring how owners experienced and responded to loss. It offers a social and cultural history of ownership and uncovers how understandings of self-worth came t...

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Main Author: Smith, Kate, 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Subjects:
Material culture > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Personal belongings > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
Culture matérielle > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle.
Material culture > History.
Great Britain
1700-1799

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