HISTORY 124A Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Franz Boas, Industrial Revolution, Margaret Mead
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Houses: a retreat after work, a place where the nuclear family would reside, and you could have leisure time, women would cultivate children"s character here, think of the home as a cultivator of character. Kids would stay inside the home, and learnt he character traits necessary to survive in the outside world: victorians viewed their homes as the outward expression of their internal qualities. Your house would reflect all your good characteristics having a decent income, being thrifty. Tended to show off books, artifacts from travels: victorians also liked to socialize in their homes, before 1820s and 30s, the idea of a single family home did not really exist in the cities. Originally, employers would provide room and board. However, as businesses grew, employees were forced to begin looking for their own housing. Employees would start single family homes without anybody in them. Family used to be anybody under your roof or who you hung out with.
