| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Medical men, negligent mothers, and malleable children -- Religion, sectarianism, and the wild Irish child -- Fashioning childhood: gender, dress, and manners -- Schooling young gentlewomen: girlhood education and the experience of boarding school -- Schooling little gentlemen: Irish boys' bourgeois and elite schools -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
A comprehensive cultural history of childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland, which explores how the notion of childhood fluctuated depending on class, gender, and religious identity, and presents invaluable new insights into Irish boarding schools, the material culture of childhood, and the experience of boys and girls in education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on May 11, 2020) |
| Subject |
Children -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
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Middle class -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
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Children.
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Middle class.
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Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068017
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Ireland -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96007741
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| Subject |
Ireland.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191879265 |
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0191879266 |
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9780192581457 |
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0192581457 |
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9780192581464 |
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0192581465 |
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