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Victorian Values: Secularism and the Size of Families

Victorian Values: Secularism and the Size of Families

Banks, J. A.

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Series: Routledge Revivals

General ParentingGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesBritish History

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ISBN10: 1032458038
ISBN13: 9781032458038
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 31 2023
Pages: 211
Language: English

First published in 1981, Victorian Values is an investigation into the social causes behind the decline of the birth rate and the size of families in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. The author looks at the interplay of the rising standard of living, the emancipation of women, the attitude to children and education and the effects of the meritocratic ideal, and their interaction with religious ideas of sexual morality. He considers the pioneers of birth control, but other factors are considered which might contribute to the retreat from the very large families of an earlier period. The book is a brilliant example of how the sociologist can illuminate the problems of the social and economic historian, and at the same time contribute to developing ideas about future social policy.

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