Love and toil : motherhood in outcast London, 1870-1918 /
The feisty warm-hearted "mum" has long figured as a symbol of the working class in Britain, yet working-class history has emphasized male organizations such as clubs, unions, or political parties. Investigating a different dimension of social history, Love and Toil focuses on motherhood am...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : "The Other History" : Motherhood
- "Miss, I Wish I Had Your Life" : The Poor of London and Their Chroniclers
- "There Is Meat Ye Know Not Of" : Feeding a Family
- "A Gamble You Have to Take" : Marriage
- "What Is Fated Must Be" : Having Babies
- "I'll Bring 'Em Up in My Way" : Child Rearing
- "She Fought for Me like a Tigress" : Sickness and Health
- "The Value of Babies" : Transforming Motherhood, 1900-1918
- Conclusion : Rediscovering Motherhood.