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1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index. |
Summary |
"John Tosh shows how profoundly men's lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal, and how they negotiated its many contradictions." "Tosh begins by looking at the experience of boyhood, married life, sex and fatherhood in the early decades of the nineteenth century - illustrated by case-studies representing a variety of backgrounds - and then contrasts this with the lives of the late Victorian generation. By the 1870s, men were becoming less enchanted with the pleasures of home. Once the rights of wives were extended by law and society, marriage seemed less attractive, and the bachelor world of clubland flourished as never before." "The Victorians declared that to be fully human and fully masculine, men must be active participants in domestic life. In exposing the contradictions in this ideal, they defined the climate for gender politics in the next century."--Jacket. |
Contents |
Preconditions. Middle-class household ; Ideal of domesticity -- Climax of domesticity, c. 1830-1880. Husband and wife ; Father and child ; Boys into men ; Convivial pleasures and public duties -- Domesticity under strain, c. 1870-1900. Decline of deference ; Flight from domesticity. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Men -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Men. |
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England. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Masculinity -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Masculinity. |
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Sex role -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Sex role. |
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Middle class families -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Middle class families. |
Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Men. |
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Gender roles. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Tosh, John. Man's place. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©1999 0300077793 (DLC) 98031422 (OCoLC)39922043 |
ISBN |
0585347581 (electronic book) |
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9780585347585 (electronic book) |
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0300077793 |
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