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VICTORIAN COUNTRYWOMEN
Published by Bazil Blackwell, Oxford, 1991
ISBN 10: 0631155228ISBN 13: 9780631155225
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in grey cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This is the first study of Victorian countrywomen of all kinds from the aristocracy and gentry to the artisan and labouring classes. Previous accounts of nineteenth-century rural life have tended to concentrate on men, an imbalance which this book seeks to rectify. The author examines the mixture of stability and change in these women's lives, and considers their distinctive role in the shaping of rural England and Wales. Pamela Horn brings to life the daily round of chores and relaxation in manor house, rectory, farm and cottage. Her account provides a fascinating picture of women at work, and her vivid descriptions of the lighter side of country life, including social events, courtship and marriage make particularly captivating reading. The contemporary preoccupation with female domesticity undoubtedly affected women's social and economics status in their communities. Yet, the author show how the rise of the professions, and the training of women to work as teachers, nurses and midwives gave them a new prominence in rural society widely at variance with the traditional picture of the Victorian wife and mother. Pamela Horn lectures in Economic and Social History at Oxford Polytechnic. She is the author of many books and articles on rural life and education in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ref YY 1.
