A Labour of Love by Steve Humphries

A Labour of Love by Steve Humphries

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This is a social and oral history of parenthood in Britain from 1900 to 1959. Based on interviews and told largely from the parents' perspective, the book starts with birth, bringing up babies and goes on to show how parents moulded the characters of their children through training and discipline.

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A Labour of Love by Steve Humphries

This is a social and oral history of parenthood that recreates the lost world of family life in Britain from the 1900s to the 1950s. Based on many interviews and told largely from the parents' perspective, the book starts with birth, bringing up babies and how parents coped with the high infant mortality rate and goes on to show how parents moulded the characters of their children through training and discipline. Other chapters cover family holidays and leisure entertainment, the poorest parents and how they survived and the family at war including the effects of the Blitz and rationing.
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ISBN 13 9780283060274
ISBN 10 0283060271
Title A Labour of Love
Author Steve Humphries
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1993-02-26
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.