{"product_id":"victorian-family-book-anthony-s-wohl-9781138665576","title":"The Victorian Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1978, this multi-disciplinary study embraces a wide selection of topics ranging from family intimacy and authoritarianism to the family as a unit for launching social reforms. Subjects treated in the nine essays include the Victorian attitude to childbirth, the role of the nanny, the power of the upper-class \u003ci\u003epaterfamilias\u003c\/i\u003e, the pattern of family work and fertility, and incest among the Victorian working classes. The book is introduced by a critical survey of the state of family history and the need for new studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the essays, the Victorian family emerges as both a refuge from society and a springboard into it, and as an important unit for the study of the repression and exploitation of women and children in Victorian society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to those studying Victorian history and society. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53595720909073,"sku":"NLS9781138665576","price":273.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781138665576.jpg?v=1793442212","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/victorian-family-book-anthony-s-wohl-9781138665576","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}