Siblinghood and social relations in Georgian England

Informationen zum Autor Amy Harris is Assistant Professor of History at the Brigham Young University Klappentext This book examines the impact siblings had on eighteenth-century English families and society. Using evidence from letters, diaries, probate disputes, court transcripts, prescriptive literature, and portraiture it argues that siblings had to constantly negotiate between prescribed equality and practiced inequalities. Zusammenfassung This book examines the impact siblings had on eighteenth-century English families and society. Using evidence from letters! diaries! probate disputes! court transcripts! prescriptive literature! and portraiture it argues that siblings had to constantly negotiate between prescribed equality and practiced inequalities. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Learning to be a sibling 2. Ties that bound 3. Ties that cut 4. Sibling economics 5. Sibling politics Conclusion Appendix one: Tables Appendix two: Family trees Select bibliographyIndex

Autorentext

Amy Harris is Assistant Professor of History at the Brigham Young University

Klappentext

This book examines the impact siblings had on eighteenth-century English families and society. Using evidence from letters, diaries, probate disputes, court transcripts, prescriptive literature, and portraiture it argues that siblings had to constantly negotiate between prescribed equality and practiced inequalities.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Learning to be a sibling 2. Ties that bound 3. Ties that cut 4. Sibling economics 5. Sibling politics Conclusion Appendix one: Tables Appendix two: Family trees Select bibliography Index