Public lives : women, family, and society in Victorian Britain / by Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair.
"This lively book challenges many stereotypes about Victorian women and their families and offers intriguing new insights into middle-class life in Britain from 1840 through the early years of the twentieth century. Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair examine women's relationships, their marri...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2003]
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| Summary: | "This lively book challenges many stereotypes about Victorian women and their families and offers intriguing new insights into middle-class life in Britain from 1840 through the early years of the twentieth century. Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair examine women's relationships, their marriages, the ways they earned and spent their money, and their social, spiritual, and civic lives. What emerges from this fascinating research is a revised - and far richer - view of middle class women's experiences in the Victorian era than has been understood before."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0300102208 9780300102208 |