A labour of love : the experience of parenthood in Britain 1900-1950
Humphries, Steve1993
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This is a social and oral history of parenthood in Britain from 1900 to 1959. Based on interviews and told largely from the parents' perspective, the book starts with birth, bringing up babies and goes on to show how parents moulded the characters of their children through training and discipline.
Main title:
A labour of love : the experience of parenthood in Britain 1900-1950 / Steve Humphries and Pamela Gordon.
Imprint:
London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 1993.
Collation:
ix, 268p., [24]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p267-268.
ISBN:
9780283060274
Dewey class:
306.8740941306.85
Language:
English
BRN:
109548
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