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Prosperity and parenthood; a study of family planning among the Victorian middle classes.
- Title
- Prosperity and parenthood; a study of family planning among the Victorian middle classes.
- Author
- Banks, J. A. (Joseph Ambrose), 1920-2005.
- Publication
- London, Routledge & Paul [1954]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HQ613.B22 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- v, 240 pages; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- International library of sociology and social reconstruction
- International Library of Sociology and Social Reconstruction, London.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Birth control > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Family Planning Services > history
- Birth control
- Social conditions
- Geboorteregeling
- Middenklassen
- Victoriaanse tijd
- Birth control > Great Britain
- Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century
- Great Britain
- Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century
- Genre/Form
- bookplates.
- Cloth case bindings.
- publishers' advertisements.
- History.
- Ex-libris.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and bibliographical references.
- Contents
- The decline in fertility -- The population controversy -- The 'proper' time to marry -- The pattern of expenditure -- Domestic assistance -- The paraphernalia of gentility -- Incomes -- A case study -- Anthony Trollope -- The eighteen seventies and after -- Birth control and the size of the family -- The cost of children -- The standard of living and the fall in fertility -- Appendixes: I. Domestic economy ; II. A middle-class housewife of the early seventies ; III. Books on marriage at the end of the century.
- LCCN
- 54003446
- OCLC
- ocm02204251
- 2204251
- SCSB-107824
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library