Making gardens of their own : advice for women, 1550-1750 / / selected and introduced by Jennifer Munroe ; general editors, Betty S. Travitsky and Anne Lake Prescott

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 635.082
• Soggetto topico: Gardening - England; Women gardeners - England
• Altri autori: MunroeJennifer PrescottAnne Lake <1936-> TravitskyBetty <1942->
• Note generali: First published 2007 by Ashgate.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Books for housewives -- pt. 2. Books for ladies.
• Sommario/riassunto: During the period 1500-1750 a general shift in gardening practice took place, from which emerged three distinct types of gardens: (traditional) subsistence or kitchen gardens, aesthetic gardens, and gendered aesthetic gardens. The gardening and husbandry manuals published during the period, typified by the texts selected for this volume, reveal how and what one planted was related to one's role in society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Making gardens of their own
• ISBN: 1-351-92089-8; 1-315-25005-5; 1-351-92090-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154596003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Early modern Englishwoman. : Series III, . -Essential works for the study of early modern women. : Part 3 ; ; Volume 1.