Family experiments middle-class, professional families in Australia and New Zealand c 1880-1920
"Family Experiments explores the forms and undertakings of "family" that prevailed among British professionals who migrated to Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth century. Their attempts to establish and define "family" in Australasian, suburban environments rev...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Acton, A.C.T.
ANU Press
2016, 2016
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| Series: | Anu lives series in biography
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Section one: departures
- The family and mid-Victorian idealism
- The family and mid-Victorian realities
- Section two: arrival and establishment
- The academic evangelists
- The lawyers
- Section three: marriage and aspiriations: colonial families
- Marriage
- Educating daughters: the Christchurch girls
- Educating daughters: the Melbourne girls
- Boys