At Home in the Institution

At Home in the Institution examines space and material culture in asylums, lodging houses and schools in Victorian and Edwardian England, and explores the powerful influence of domesticity on all three institutional types.

Autorentext

Jane Hamlett is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her first book, Material Relations: Middle-Class Families and Domestic Interiors in England, 1850-1910, was published in 2010. Together with Lesley Hoskins and Rebecca Preston, she also edited Residential Institutions in Modern Britain, which came out in 2013.

Inhalt
Introduction 1. Public Asylums 2. Asylums for the Upper and Middle Classes 3. Schools for Boys 4. Schools for Girls 5. Common Lodging Houses 6. Model Lodging Houses Conclusion: At Home in the Institution ?