Architecture in the Family Way : Doctors, Houses, and Women, 1870-1900.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series ; v.4 .
- McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The International Health Exhibition of 1884 -- 2 Doctors as Architects -- 3 Female Regulation of the Healthy Home -- 4 Childbirth at Home -- 5 Domestic Architecture and Victorian Feminism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Architecture in the Family Way explores the relationship between domestic architecture, health reform, and feminism in late nineteenth-century England. Annmarie Adams examines the changing perceptions about the English middle-class house from 1870 to 1900, highlighting how attitudes toward health, women, home life, and even politics were played out in architecture.
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Architecture, Domestic-Health aspects-England-History-19th century. Architecture, Domestic-Social aspects-England-History-19th century. Housing and health-England-History-19th century. Architecture, Victorian-England. Architecture and women-England-History-19th century.