This work asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. The text explores when the coffee-table book became an object of

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table

This work asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. The text explores when the coffee-table book became an object of

Hesketh challenges accepted notions of a single scientific approach to history. Instead, he draws on a variety of sources – monographs, lectures, corresponden

Provides period information on home furnishings, fashion, medicine, the courts, entertainment, shopping, travel, and etiquette.