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1 online resource |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 stu |
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Siblings -- England -- History -- 18th century
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century.
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Siblings
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Social conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043315
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1526130203 |
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9781526130204 |
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