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001 2009041349
003 DLC
005 20100222081336.0
008 091002s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009041349
020 $a9780230579941 (hbk.)
020 $a0230579949 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aHQ613$b.P65 2009
082 00 $a306.850941$222
245 04 $aThe politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800 /$cedited by Lucy Delap, Ben Griffin, Abigail Wills.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This collection of essays explores the broad range of influences which have shaped the distribution of authority within British homes and families--religion, commercial advertising, governments, welfare professionals, medical experts, psychologists, and the law"--Provided by publisher.
505 8 $aIntroduction: The politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800 / Ben Griffin, Lucy Delap, Abigail Wills -- pt. 1. Violence and the law -- "I am master here" : illegitimacy, masculinity, and violence in Victorian England / Ginger Frost -- "The instrument of an animal function" : marital rape and sexual cruelty in the divorce court, 1858-1908 / Gail Savage -- pt. 2. Poverty and the state -- Irish orphans and the politics of domestic authority / Anna Clark -- Fatherhood and family shame : masculinity, welfare, and the workhouse in late nineteenth century England / Megan Doolittle -- pt. 3. Domesticity -- "Tiresome trips downstairs" : middle-class domestic space and family relationships in England, 1850-1910 / Jane Hamlett -- Love and authority in mid-twentieth century marriages : sharing and caring / Simon Szreter, Kate Fisher -- "A paradise on earth, a foretaste of Heaven" : English Catholic understandings of domesticity and marriage, 1945-65 / Alana Harris -- pt. 4. Domestic service -- Domestic servants as poachers of print : reading, authority, and resistance in late Victorian Britain / Margaret Beetham -- Authority, dependence, and power in accounts of twentieth century domestic service / Judy Giles -- pt. 5. Parenting and childhood -- Childcare and neglect : a comparative local study of late nineteenth century parental authority / Siân Pooley -- Godfathering : the politics of Victorian family relations / Valerie Sanders -- "Beating children is wrong" : domestic life, psychological thinking, and the permissive turn / Deborah Thom.
650 0 $aHome$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aHome$xPolitical aspects$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aFamilies$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aMarriage$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aFatherhood$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aAuthority$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aMasculinity$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
700 1 $aDelap, Lucy.
700 1 $aGriffin, Ben.
700 1 $aWills, Abigail.