British Family Life, 1780–1914, Volume 2

Claudia Nelson, Julie-Marie Strange, Susan B Egenolf

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781138750722
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000558555
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The five volumes of this collection focus on various aspects of family life. Drawing on rare printed sources and archival material, this collection will provide a balanced, contextualized picture of family life, during a period of intense social change. It will appeal to scholars of social history, gender studies and the long nineteenth century.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Select Bibliography
• Guidance and Ideals, John Aikin, ‘Letter XXIX: On the Choice of a Wife’ (1794)
• Reverend James Plumptree, ‘Extract from an Account of a Cottage at Shelford, in the County of Cambridge’ (1802)
• Anon., The New Guide to Matrimony (1809)
• Joseph Entwisle, ‘The Family of God’ (1814)
• Th omas K. Hyde, Joseph Peters: or, The Negro Slave Emancipated by the Power of the Gospel of the Son of God (1832)
• H. W. H., How to Choose a Wife (1855)
• Thomas Legh Claughton, The Duty of Fathers Concerning the Education of their Children (1864)
• William H. M. H. Aitken, The Love of the Father (1887), excerpts
• Louisa C. Silke, Bravely Borne (1888), excerpts
• Experiencing Family Life, Stephen Morell, The Family Memorial; or A Father’s Tribute to the Memory of Four Children ([c. 1830])
• Robert Joseph Phillimore, A Report of the Judgment Delivered on the Sixth Day of June, 1835, by Joseph Phillimore ... in the Cause of Belcher, the Wife, Against Belcher, the Husband (1835), excerpts
• ‘Ladyfern’ [Mary Frances Dundas], ‘Ladyfern’ [Mary Frances Dundas], ‘The Family Man’, Barnacle (1863)
• Kelly v. Kelly, The Law Reports. Courts of Probate and Divorce (1869)
• Nicholas Heald Letters (1870–87)
• Threats and Anxieties Frederick Fitz-Whankee (pseud.), Frederick Fitz-Whankee (pseud.), Broomstick Wedding (1832)
• [Robert Ainslie], The Rod and its Uses, or Thomas Dodd and Bill Collins (1865), excerpts
• James McCurrey, The Life of James McCurrey (1876), excerpts
• Josephine Butler, A Grave Question that Needs Answering by the Churches of Great Britain (1886)
• Lee Jones, League of Welldoers (aka The Food and Betterment Association), The Walker Fund (1890s–1910), excerpts
• Charles V. Drysdale, Neo-Malthusianism and Eugenics (1912)
• Editorial Notes