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1 online resource (393 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Tea, a Necessary Luxury; 1: "A Typically English Brew"; 2: Mediating Class Distinctions; 3: "Tea First Hand"; 4: Class, Connection, and Communitas; 5: Gender, Sexuality, and the Tea Table; 6: Tea Drinking, Nostalgia, and Domestic Entrapment; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Tea drinking in Victorian England was a pervasive activity that, when seen through the lens of a century's perspective, presents a unique overview of Victorian culture. Tea was a necessity and a luxury; it was seen as masculine as well as feminine; it symbolized the exotic and the domestic; and it represented both moderation and excess. Tea was flexible enough to accommodate and to mark subtle differences in social status, to mediate these differences between individuals, and to serve as a shared cultural symbol within England. In A Necessary Luxury: Tea in Victorian England</e. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-363) and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Tea -- England.
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Tea. |
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England. |
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Tea in literature.
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Tea in literature. |
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National characteristics, English -- History -- 19th century.
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National characteristics, English. |
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fromer, Julie E. A Necessary Luxury : Tea in Victorian England. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, ©2008 |
| ISBN |
9780821442197 (electronic book) |
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0821442198 (electronic book) |
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9780821418284 (alkaline paper) |
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0821418289 (alkaline paper) |
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9780821418291 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0821418297 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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