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First published to wide critical acclaim in 1987, Family Fortunes has become a seminal text in class and gender history. It has cast new light on the perception of middle-class society and gender relations between 1780 and 1850. This revised edition contains a substantial new introduction,... read more

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The religious census of 1851 made it abundantly clear that attendance at church or chapel was a practice much more associated with the middle than the working classes.

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  1. Leonore Davidoff (Author)

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  1. gender studies
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