Siblinghood and social relations in Georgian England

Amy Harris

Manchester University Press, 2016

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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. -- .

ISBN-13
9781784993641
ISBN-10
1784993646
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2016
Publication date
2016-04-15
Pages
224
Dimensions
143x215x19
Weight
312