Family Fortunes by Leonore Davidoff
Family Fortunes is a seminal text in class and gender history, and its influence in the field continues to be extensive today. Providing critical insight into the perception of middle-class society and gender relations between 1780 and 1850, it is essential reading for students of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British social history.Leonore Davidoff (1932–2014) was Emerita Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex and Founding Editor of Gender and History. One of the most influential historians of gender, her numerous publications included Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class (1995) and Thicker than Water: Siblings and their Relations (2012).
Catherine Hall is Emerita Professor of History and Chair of the Centre for the Study of British Slave-ownership, UCL. Recent publications include Macaulay and Son: Architects of Imperial Britain (2012) and with Nicholas Draper, Keith McClelland, Katie Donington and Rachel Lang, Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain (2014).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781138068797 |
| ISBN 10 | 1138068799 |
| Title | Family Fortunes |
| Author | Leonore Davidoff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 604 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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