Daily life of Victorian women / Lydia Murdoch.
Daily life of Victorian women / Lydia Murdoch.
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Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2014]
Call Numbers
G 2014/3263
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxix, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Victorian contexts and ideals of womanhood -- Women and the state -- Religion, spiritualism and death -- Family, home, and leisure -- Health and sexuality -- Childbearing, youth, and education -- Wage labor and professional work -- Urban life -- Women and empire.
Publication information
Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2014]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2014]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Explores the complexities of the lived experiences of Victorian women in the home, the workplace, and the empire as well as the ideals of womanhood and femininity that developed during the 19th century"-- Provided by publisher.
"The 1861 census in England listed women employed as prison officers, pawnbrokers, wheelwrights, stone quarriers, and fishmongers. [This volume] explores the complexities of the lived experiences of Victorian women in the home, the workplace, and the empire as well as the ideals of womanhood and femininity that developed during the 19th century. Co...
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Full title
Daily life of Victorian women / Lydia Murdoch.
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General note
The Greenwood Press daily life through history series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2014/3263
Record Identifier
74VKv8PloXAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv8PloXAg
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ISBN
9780313384998 (ebook)
9780313384981 (hardback)
0313384983 (hardback)
0313384991 (ebook)
DDC
305.40941
MMS ID
991021632659702626
