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Illegitimacy in English Law and Society, 1860-1930

By: Ginger S. Frost

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Illegitimacy in English Law and Society, 1860-1930

By: Ginger S. Frost

This book explores the legal and social consequences of growing up illegitimate in England and Wales. Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother or of 'child-saving' groups. Doing so allows for an extended analysis of criminal and civil cases involving illegitimacy, including less-studied aspects such as affiliation suits, the poor law and war pensions. In addition, the book explores the role of blended, extended and adoptive families, the circulation of children through different homes and institutions, and the prejudices children endured in school, work and home. While showing how the effects of illegitimacy varied both by class and gender, the book highlights the ways in which children showed resilience in surviving the various types of discrimination common in this period. It will appeal to anyone interested in British social history, childhood studies, or legal history.

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1784992607

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The Victorian World

Facts and Fictions

By: Ginger S. Frost

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The Victorian World

Facts and Fictions

By: Ginger S. Frost

An introduction to the myths and realities of the history of Victorian Britain, with accompanying primary sources. While the Victorian era captivates many today, much of what people believe about the Victorian world is actually false. This book looks at nine specific myths about Victorian Britain, explaining how the myths perpetuated and then showing why they are inaccurate. Coverage spans 1830–1914, from shortly before Victoria's reign to World War I. The book is organized in three sections, beginning with social issues, then cultural ones, and ending with politics and war. The social sections pull in the reader by discussing the most common myths about the Victorians—their sexual prudery, strict gender roles, and infamous views of the family—while offering counterpoints to the myths. The cultural section moves into humor, criminal justice issues, and race, and the political section caps the book with discussions of the Industrial Revolution, foreign affairs, and war. Included are a large number of primary source documents showing how the misconceptions became popular, along with evidence for what scholars now believe to be the truths behind the myths.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Victorian Childhoods

By: Ginger S. Frost

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Victorian Childhoods

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The experiences of children growing up in Britain during Victorian times are often misunderstood to be either idyllic or wretched. Yet, the reality was more wide-ranging than most imagine. Here, in colorful detail and with firsthand accounts, Frost paints a complete picture of Victorian childhood that illustrates both the difficulties and pleasures of growing up during this period. Differences of class, gender, region, and time varied the lives of children tremendously. Boys had more freedom than girls, while poor children had less schooling and longer working lives than their better-off peers. Yet some experiences were common to almost all children, including parental oversight, physical development, and age-based transitions. This compelling work concentrates on marking out the strands of life that both separated and united children throughout the Victorian period. Most historians of Victorian children have concentrated on one class or gender or region, or have centered on arguments about how much better off children were by 1900 than 1830. Though this work touches on these themes, it covers all children and focuses on the experience of childhood rather than arguments about it. Many people hold myths about Victorian families. The happy myth is that childhood was simpler and happier in the past, and that families took care of each other and supported each other far more than in contemporary times. In contrast, the unhappy myth insists that childhood in the past was brutal—full of indifferent parents, high child mortality, and severe discipline at home and school. Both myths had elements of truth, but the reality was both more complex and more interesting. Here, the author uses memoirs and other writings of Victorian children themselves to challenge and refine those myths.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313068178

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9780313068171

Promises Broken

Courtship, Class, and Gender in Victorian England

By: Ginger Suzanne Frost

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Courtship, Class, and Gender in Victorian England

By: Ginger Suzanne Frost

COURTSHIP, CLASS AND GENDER IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813916100

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Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930

By: Ginger Frost

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Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930

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Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother or of 'child-saving' groups.

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Manchester University Press

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1784997889

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Living in sin

Cohabiting as husband and wife in nineteenth-century England

By: Ginger Frost

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Living in sin

Cohabiting as husband and wife in nineteenth-century England

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Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in nineteenth-century England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. ‘Common-law’ marriages did not have any legal basis, so the Victorian courts had to wrestle with unions that resembled marriage in every way, yet did not meet its most basic requirements. The majority of those who lived in irregular unions did so because they could not marry legally. Others chose not to marry, from indifference, from class differences, or because they dissented from marriage for philosophical reasons. This book looks at each motivation in turn, highlighting class, gender and generational differences, as well as the reactions of wider kin and community. Frost shows how these couples slowly widened the definition of legal marriage, preparing the way for the more substantial changes of the twentieth century, making this a valuable resource for all those interested in Gender and Social History.

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1847797105

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Victorian Childhoods

By: Ginger S. Frost

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Promises Broken

Courtship, Class, and Gender in Victorian England

By: Ginger Suzanne Frost

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Courtship, Class, and Gender in Victorian England

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COURTSHIP, CLASS AND GENDER IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND.

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Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930

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Illegitimacy in English Law and Society, 1860-1930

Illegitimacy in English Law and Society, 1860-1930

The Victorian World

The Victorian World

Victorian Childhoods

Victorian Childhoods

Promises Broken

Promises Broken

Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930

Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930

Living in sin

Living in sin

Victorian Childhoods

Victorian Childhoods

Promises Broken

Promises Broken

Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930

Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930

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