Victorian Childhood: Themes and Variations

by Thomas E. Jordan

Book Overview

This book presents a broad range of original data on childhood in Victorian Britain. It combines a social science approach to data with historical context, resulting in a highly readable account based on sound historiography.

Against a backdrop of the industrial revolution, an expanding economy, and a rising standard of living, Victorian Childhood explores life and death, child development, the family, work, education, social life, cities,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887065457
• ISBN13: 9780887065453
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"