Destiny Obscure - Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family From the 1820s to the 1920s (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

In this companion volume to Useful Toil, John Burnett has drawn extensively on over eight hundred previously unpublished manuscripts. The result is a unique record of childhood that reveals in intimate detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of nineteenth-century working-class life. Besides affording rare insights into the developing child's world of dreams, hopes and fears, they reflect a crucial period in the evolution of a family tradition; a time when, to counteract the brutalizing pressures of urbanization and industrialization, ordinary people turned to each other for support. Children have seldom had a voice in history: these writers and their experiences take their place as part of the essential fabric of our past.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	1994
Authors:	Proffessor John Burnett • John Burnett
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	388
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-17278-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-138-17278-2
Barcode:	9781138172784

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