Growing Up in England: the Experience of Childhood 1600-1914

Description

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.;Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 375; Pages:376 to 400; Pages:401 to 425; Pages:426 to 450; Pages:451 to 457. Pages:1 to 25 Pages:26 to 50 Pages:51 to 75 Pages:76 to 100 Pages:101 to 125 Pages:126 to 150 Pages:151 to 175 Pages:176 to 200 Pages:201 to 225 Pages:226 to 250 Pages:251 to 275 Pages:276 to 300 Pages:301 to 325 Pages:326 to 350 Pages:351 to 375 Pages:376 to 400 Pages:401 to 425 Pages:426 to 450 Pages:451 to 457.