ISBN:
9781526130204
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (222 Seiten)
DDC:
306.875094209033
Keywords:
Brothers and sisters-England-History-18th century..
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England-Social conditions-18th century
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
Siblinghood and social relations in Georgian England: Share and share alike -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Explanatory note on dates, ages, and names -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Learning to be a sibling -- Chapter 2: Ties that bound -- Chapter 3: Ties that cut -- Chapter 4: Sibling economics -- Chapter 5: Sibling politics -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Tables -- Appendix 2: Family trees -- Select bibliography -- Index
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526130204
URL:
http://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526130204/9781526130204.xml
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