Living with Lodgers
Household Economy and Social Relations in Working-Class Victorian England
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Manchester University Press
Published:7th Jan '25
Should be back in stock very soon
For the Victorian working class, lodging in someone else’s home was commonplace. Yet, despite their prevalence, lodgers and their householders have received little scholarly attention. Drawing on hundreds of coroners’ inquests reported in the Victorian press, Living with lodgers traverses many domestic dwelling lodgings in England at this time, providing an extraordinary, intimate portrayal of the lives of the inhabitants therein.
'By drawing on census reports as well as court records and coroners' inquests, Holmes challenges the myths that have developed around both the lodgers and the householders who rented out the rooms. (…)The work reveals many of the financial circumstances that destabilized working-class families and provides a more complicated understanding of working-class homes.’
— R. J. Bates, Berea College, CHOICE Recommended
ISBN: 9781526170286
Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 13mm
Weight: 366g
184 pages