Prosperity and Parenthood - A Study of Family Planning among the Victorian Middle Classes

First Published in 1954, Prosperity and Parenthood is a study of Victorian middle-class ideas about the standard of living, marriage, and the responsibilities of family life.This is an important work for students and scholars of sociology, sociology of family, British sociology, social history, and medical sociology.

List of contents

Acknowledgements 1. The Decline in Fertility 2. The Population Controversy 3. The 'Proper' Time to Marry 4. The Pattern of Expenditure 5. Domestic Assistance 6. The Paraphernalia of Gentility 7. Incomes 8. A Case Study- Anthony Trollope 9. The Eighteen Seventies and After 10. Birth Control and the Size of the Family 11. The Cost of Children 12. The Standard of Living and the Fall in Fertility Appendices Notes Subject Index Index of Persons, Organizations, Sources, etc.

About the author

Joseph Ambrose Banks sociologist, born January 5, 1920; died November 13, 2005. He was the leading authority of his generation on the Victorian family and its rapid reduction in size. At the time of the publication of this book, he was at the University of Liverpool, the Department of social science.

Summary

First Published in 1954, Prosperity and Parenthood is a study of Victorian middle-class ideas about the standard of living, marriage, and the responsibilities of family life.This is an important work for students and scholars of sociology, sociology of family, British sociology, social history, and medical sociology.

Product details

• Authors: J A Banks
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032862613
• ISBN: 978-1-03-286261-3
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Medical Sociology