Men, women, and property in England, 1780-1870 : a social and economic history of family strategies amongst the Leeds middle classes / R.J. Morris.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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25256

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Middle class -- England -- Leeds -- History.

Middle class families -- England -- Leeds -- History.

Property -- Social aspects -- England -- Leeds.

Leeds (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.

Leeds (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

Contents:

1. Joseph Henry Oates: a world of madeira and honey

2. In search of the British middle class

3. Reading the wills: a window on family and property

4. The property cycle

5. Strategies and the urban landscape

6. Women and things and trusts

7. Life after death

8. Networks and place

9. The economic history of the British middle-class, 1816-70

10. Conclusion and epilogue.

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Includes bibliography and index.

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0521838088

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xiii, 445 p.: maps.