Growing up in England : the experience of childhood, 1600-1914

Growing up in England the experience of childhood, 1600-1914

"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 u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fletcher, Anthony, 1941- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven (Connecticut) ; London : Yale University Press cop. 2008
Subjects:
Niños y adultos > Inglaterra > Historia
Educación > Historia > Inglaterra.
Padres e hijos > Relaciones familiares > Inglaterra.
Inglaterra > Situación social.
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991007781989708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • Childhood
  • Boyhood
  • Girlhood
  • Parenthood
  • Care and affection
  • Marital partnership
  • Children who died
  • Maternity
  • Motherly performance
  • Fatherly performance
  • Fathers and educating boys
  • Mothers and educating boys
  • The public schools
  • Boys at university
  • The schoolroom
  • Girls at school
  • Training for society
  • Personal testimony
  • Home
  • School
  • Travel
  • Friendship and love
  • Identity : class, nation and gender.

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