ABSTRACT

The five volumes of this collection focus on various aspects of family life. Drawing on rare printed sources and archival material, this collection will provide a balanced, contextualized picture of family life, during a period of intense social change. It will appeal to scholars of social history, gender studies and the long nineteenth century.

chapter

Introduction

part |107 pages

Beyond Parents and Children

chapter |26 pages

Nobody Loves Me (1883), excerpt

part |134 pages

Servants and Lodgers