The Gentleman's Daughter - Women's Lives in Georgian England - Amanda Vickery

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Women’s lives in Georgian England are examined through gentility, household ethics, relationships, consumption, manners, and the boundaries between propriety and vulgarity. Amanda Vickery organizes the study into thematic chapters covering love and duty, fortitude and resignation, prudent economy, elegance, civility and vulgarity, and propriety. The book also provides notes, abbreviations, appendices on research design and sources, biographical and network tools, tables, select bibliography, and an index to support sustained historical interpretation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages572

Reading Time14 h 41 min

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Introduction

Gentility

Love and Duty

Fortitude and Resignation

Prudent Economy

Elegance

Civility and Vulgarity

Propriety

Conclusion

Appendices

Research Design and Sources

Biographical Index

Members of the Parker Family

The Social Networks Database

Elizabeth Shackleton's Servant Information Network, 1770–1781

Purchasers of Parker Rabies Medicine, 1767–1777

Tables

Select Bibliography

List of Plates and Acknowledgements

Index

The Gentleman's Daughter The Gentleman's Daughter WOMEN'S LIVES IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND AMANDA VICKERY YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) First printed in paperback 1999 Copyright © 1998 by Amanda Vickery All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. For information about this and other Yale University Press publications, please contact: US Office: [sales.press@yale.edu yalebooks.com](sales.press@yale.edu yalebooks.com) Europe Office: [sales@yaleup.co.uk www.yalebooks.co.uk](sales@yaleup.co.uk www.yalebooks.co.uk) Designed by Gillian Malpass Printed in Great Britain by CPI Cox and Wyman, Reading The Library of Congress has Catalogued the hardcover edition as follows: Vickery, Amanda. The gentleman's daughter: women's lives in Georgian England/by Amanda Vickery. [p. cm](p. cm). Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Women–England–History–18th century. 2. England–Social conditions–18th century. 3. Gentry– England–History–18th century. I. Title. HQ 1599.E5V47 1988 305.42.'0942 .–dc21 97–45792 CIPA catalogue record for this book is available from The British Library ISBN 978–0–300–10222–2 (pbk.) 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Contents Cover Title Copyright Acknowledgements Note on the Text Map Introduction 1 Gentility 2 Love and Duty 3 Fortitude and Resignation 4 Prudent Economy 5 Elegance 6 Civility and Vulgarity 7 Propriety Conclusion Abbreviations Notes to the Text APPENDICES 1 Research Design and Sources 2 Biographical Index 3 Members of the Parker Family 4 The Social Networks Database 5 Elizabeth Shackleton's Servant Information Network, 1770–1781 6 Purchasers of Parker Rabies Medicine, 1767–1777 Tables Select Bibliography List of Plates and Acknowledgements Index [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Acknowledgements [THE ROAD FROM PRESTON TO PH.D. is](THE ROAD FROM PRESTON TO PH.D. is) paved with clichés, but my gratitude is no less heartfelt for its predictability. At Penwortham Girls'Grammar School, my history teacher, Angela Gibson, singled me out and encouraged me, while my parents, Derek and Renée Vickery, made every sacrifice that I might, as the adage has it, go Down South. At nineteen, in London, I was lucky enough to come across Professor Penelope Corfield. She was inspiring as an undergraduate tutor, alternately soothing and bracing as a Ph.D. supervisor, and is now unfailingly helpful as a colleague, but still shrewd as a critic. She will blush, but I salute her. Institutions that have supported my career thus far and whose financial aid I happily acknowledge include the E.S.R.C., the Institute of Historical Research, Churchill College, Cambridge, and Royal Holloway, London University. Most recently, I enjoyed the Helen Bing fellowship at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, and an Ahmondson-Getty fellowship at the Clark Library, U.C.L.A. My blissful stay in California was infinitely enriched by Helen Bing's remarkable kindness and the friendship of Shelly Bennett, Tom Cogswell, Karen Kupperman, Amy Myers, Jack Myers, Kate Norberg, Jenny Stine and, above all, Roy and Louise Ritchie. In researching this book I have drawn heavily on both local and national record offices and the patience of their archivists. The following archives have all kindly permitted me to quote their manuscripts: the Lancashire Record Office, Preston; the Lancaster Public Library; the Wigan Record Office, Leigh; the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, York; the Yorkshire Archaelogical Society, Leeds; the West Yorkshire County Record Office, Bradford; the West Yorkshire County Record Office, Leeds; the West Yorkshire County Record Office, W

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What is the main focus of The Gentleman's Daughter?

The book explores women’s lives in Georgian England by analyzing how gentility, duty, emotion, household choices, and manners shaped social experience.

How is the argument structured throughout the chapters?

It follows thematic chapters including Gentility, Love and Duty, Fortitude and Resignation, Prudent Economy, Elegance, Civility and Vulgarity, and Propriety, culminating in a Conclusion.

What kinds of supporting materials are included to back the research?

The book includes notes, abbreviations, appendices on research design and sources, biographical and social-network resources, tables, a select bibliography, and an index.

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