Love and toil : motherhood in outcast London, 1870-1918 /
The history of the British working class has until recently been written with a focus on the workplace or on such male organizations as clubs, unions or national political parties. This study of mothers in London before World War I stresses the distinctiveness of their experiences from those of othe...
| Основен автор: | Ross, Ellen, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=53317 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Love and toil. |
Съдържание:
- A NOTE ON ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CURRENCY AND USAGE; ABBREVIATIONS; TABLES; INTRODUCTION "The Other History": Motherhood; 1. "Miss, I Wish I Had Your Life": The Poor of London and Their Chroniclers; 2. "There Is Meat Ye Know Not Of": Feeding a Family; 3. "A Gamble You Have to Take": Marriage; 4. "What Is Fated Must Be": Having Babies; 5. "I'll Bring 'Em Up in My Way": Child Rearing; 6. "She Fought for Me like a Tigress": Sickness and Health; 7. "The Value of Babies": Transforming Motherhood, 1900-1918; CONCLUSION: Rediscovering Motherhood; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.