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Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England : Share and Share Alike

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9781526130204, 9780719087370
LCC
HQ759.96 .H377 2012
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8560097 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
222\222
Time added
2023-08-20 11:11:00

Description

This book examines the impact sisters and brothers had on eighteenth-century English families and society. Using evidence from letters, diaries, probate disputes, court transcripts, prescriptive literature and portraiture, it argues that although parents' wills often recommended their children 'share and share alike', siblings had to constantly negotiate between prescribed equality and practiced inequalities. Siblinghood and social relations in Georgian England, which will be the first monograph-length analysis of early modern siblings in England, is primed to be at the forefront of sibling studies. The book is intended for a broad audience of scholars - particularly those interested in families, women, children and eighteenth-century social and cultural history.

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