Illustrated History Paperbacks
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'A totally fascinating account of Victorian country life' -- The Good Book Guide This book describes the varied aspects of country life in the last century from a child's point of view. The author discusses all aspects of their day-to-day experiences, including living conditions, food, school life, work on the land, agricultural policies and how they affected children, local and cottage industries, the Church and its influence, and crime and punishment.
The rise of urban society meant that a great majority of people were living in towns at the end of the 19th century. In industrial centres the proportion of children was well above the national average, while in market towns it was below. This volume examines various aspects of the life of the Victorian child -- wealth and poverty, work and education, deprivation and crime, leisure and survival, stressing the changes which occurred over time in attitudes to town children and childhood, as well as the differences in the children's education and lifestyles according to their social class and where they lived.
Victorian England measured social acceptability in terms of the number of servants employed in a household. It is perhaps unsuprising then that this frequently overlooked body of workers actually formed the largest occupational group in the country at the end of the nineteenth century. In this illustrated account, Pamela Horn draws upon a wealth of contemporary sources and 'servants' books' as well as personal reminiscences by servants and employers. She presents a comprehensive record of recruitment and training; the duties expected by servants, and the wide range of conditions under which they worked, some of which led to happy retirement, others to prostitution or squalid death. It is a compelling picture of a vanished social system.
Explores the life and social round of the wives and daughters of the landed aristocracy and gentry from the 1830s to the end of the First World War.