J A Banks

Prosperity and Parenthood (eBook, ePUB)

A Study of Family Planning among the Victorian Middle Classes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1954, Prosperity and Parenthood is a study of Victorian middle-class ideas about the standard of living, marriage, and the responsibilities of family life.This is an important work for students and scholars of sociology, sociology of family, British sociology, social history, and medical sociology.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040148303
• Artikelnr.: 72285569

Autorenporträt

Joseph Ambrose Banks sociologist, born January 5, 1920; died November 13, 2005. He was the leading authority of his generation on the Victorian family and its rapid reduction in size. At the time of the publication of this book, he was at the University of Liverpool, the Department of social science.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. The Decline in Fertility 2. The Population Controversy
3. The 'Proper' Time to Marry 4. The Pattern of Expenditure 5. Domestic
Assistance 6. The Paraphernalia of Gentility 7. Incomes 8. A Case Study-
Anthony Trollope 9. The Eighteen Seventies and After 10. Birth Control and
the Size of the Family 11. The Cost of Children 12. The Standard of Living
and the Fall in Fertility Appendices Notes Subject Index Index of Persons,
Organizations, Sources, etc.