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Health and Girlhood in Britain, 1874-1920
Hilary Marland
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Description for Health and Girlhood in Britain, 1874-1920
Hardcover. This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation.
This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137328137
SKU
V9781137328137
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Ref
99-15
About Hilary Marland
Hilary Marland is Professor of History in the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick, UK. She is author of Medicine and Society in Wakefield and Huddersfield, 1780-1870 and Dangerous Motherhood: Insanity and Childbirth in Victorian Britain.
Reviews for Health and Girlhood in Britain, 1874-1920
"Hilary Marland's latest book provides excellent evidence that it is time to return to the turn of the twentieth century with a fresh eye, particularly when it comes to the history of bodies, and especially women's and exercising bodies. Marland makes a convincing case that the decades around 1900 saw the creation of a new cultural category of girlhood, which ... Read more