Section 6 of 6
Daily Round
The household as a working arrangement.
Entries in this section4 entries
- 6.1Who kept the accountsHousehold accounting was frequently the wife's work regardless of who owned the property, and the surviving books are some of the best evidence of how houses ran.
- 6.2Two of everythingSetting up a household from two half-households, and what gets thrown out.
- 6.3The separate bedroomSleeping arrangements have swung back and forth for practical reasons rather than romantic ones.
- 6.4The mantelpieceThe shelf where a shared life accumulates in objects nobody chose together.
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