| The New Girl: Girls' Culture in England 1880-1915 Contributor(s): Mitchell, Sally (Author) |
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ISBN: 023110247X ISBN-13: 9780231102476 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Women's Studies - History |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 95010929 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.97" W x 8.98" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1880 the concept of girlhood as a separate stage of existence was barely present. But in the decades that followed, due in part to changes in the legal definition of childhood, a new cultural category was inscribed in a flood of popular books and magazines. Indeed, by the turn of the century working-class and middle-class girls were beginning to control enough of their own time and pocket money that publishing for them was a lucrative business. |