Growing Up in England
Growing Up in England
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Presents a view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries. Using advice literature which set out developing ideologies of childhood, gender and parenting, this book explores the separate but complementary roles of mothers and fathers in raising their children.
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Growing Up in England by Anthony Fletcher
This book presents an entirely fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries. Drawing on direct testimony from contemporary diaries and letters, the book revises previous understandings of parenting and what it was like to grow up in the period between 1600 and 1914.Using advice literature which set out developing ideologies of childhood, gender and parenting, the book explores the separate but complementary roles of mothers and fathers in raising their children. Male upbringing is discussed in terms of schooling, female through the moral and social context of a domestic schoolroom dominated by a governess. Boys were trained for the world, girls for society and marriage. Rare teenage diaries surviving from the Georgian and Victorian periods show teenagers speaking for themselves about education; relationships with parents, siblings and friends; and their social, class and gender identity.
Anthony Fletcher has been professor of history at the Universities of Sheffield, Durham, and Essex, and director of the Victoria County History Project at London University. His previous books include Gender, Sex, and Subordination in England, 1500-1800, published by Yale University Press.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780300118506 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300118503 |
| Title | Growing Up in England |
| Author | Anthony Fletcher |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2008-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 388 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |