Published by New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1978, 1978
ISBN 10: 0300022735 ISBN 13: 9780300022735
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. v, 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm ; ISBN: 0300022735; 9780300022735 ; LCCN: 78-9088 ; LC: HT653.G7; Dewey: 301.44/1; 728.80942 ; OCLC: 3892534 ; Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76 ; "The English country house has flourished over the centuries because of its ability to adapt to the changes in English society. This book is an account of the ways in which the upper-class life style were reflected in the houses in which the wealthy and powerful lived." ; "From literature, social chronicles, and family documents comes a study of the evolution and social role of the English country house since the Middle Ages." ; Contents: The power houses -- The mediaeval household -- The mediaeval house -- The Elizabethan and Jacobean house -- The formal house: 1630-1720 -- First interlude: virtuosos and dilettanti -- The social house: 1720-70 -- The arrival of informality: 1770-1930 -- Second interlude: early country-house technology -- The moral house: 1830-1900 -- The Indian summer: 1900-40. ; FINE/FINE. Book.