Download or read book The Gentleman's House in the British Atlantic World 1680-1780 written by S. Hague and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gentleman's House analyses the architecture, decoration, and furnishings of small classical houses in the eighteenth century. By examining nearly two hundred houses it offers a new interpretation of social mobility in the British Atlantic World characterized by incremental social change.