Moseley 1850-1900: Space, Place and People in a Middle-Class Birmingham Suburb Berry Janet
Moseley 1850-1900: Space, Place and People in a Middle-Class Birmingham Suburb Berry Janet During the second half of the nineteenth century, Moseley, a small hamlet just south of Birmingham,…
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Moseley 1850-1900: Space, Place and People in a Middle-Class Birmingham Suburb Berry Janet
During the second half of the nineteenth century, Moseley, a small hamlet just south of Birmingham, developed into a flourishing middleclass suburb. What influenced the types of houses that were built and the styles of their gardens? Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Janet Berry's ambitious research asks why and how this particular suburb grew and who was instrumental in its development.
How did they create a community? How did residents experience life in the new suburb? In analysing an extraordinary quantity of records, Dr Berry builds a notably nuanced portrait of a place and its people that goes beyond stereotypical images of the Victorians.
The suburb was a physical, social, cultural, and psychological space where people conveyed messages about their identity; relationships, lived experiences, and responses to change are all revealed. The economics of buying or renting