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Writer's Guide to Everyday Life
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Respected author and historian Kristine Hughes illuminates every aspect of life, love and society that characterized this fascinating era. Writers will save hours of valuable research time and achieve historical accuracy as they reference slice-of-life facts, anecdotes, first-hand accounts and... read more
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First Sentence edit
During the nineteenth century, modes of lighting underwent drastic changes.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
PART ONE: EVERYDAY LIFE
1. Lighting, Heating and Plumbing
2. Cooking
3. Domestic Servants
4. Home Furnishings
5. Fashion
6. Medicine
PART TWO: GOVERNMENT, WAR AND THE ECONOMY
7. The Courts
8. The Military
9. Economics and Banking
10. The Laboring Classes
PART THREE: SOCIETY
11. Arts and Entertainment
12. Shopping
13. Travel
14. Etiquette
15. The Pleasures of Good Society
16. Mourning
Appendix
Index
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Writer's Guide to Everyday Life. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kristine Hughes (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0898798124
Page Count: 248
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0898798124
Page Count: 248
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 942.081
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Europe › England › 19th Century
- Books › Reference › Writing › Fiction
- Books › Reference › Catalogs & Directories › Directories
- Books › Reference › Publishing & Books › Authorship
- Books › History › Historical Study › Reference
- Books › History › Americas › United States
- Books › Arts & Photography › Instructional & How-To
- Books › Arts & Photography › History & Criticism
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