How young ladies became girls : the Victorian origins of American girlhood /

Publisher's description: Based on an extraordinary array of diaries and letters, this engaging book explores the shifting experiences of adolescent girls in the late nineteenth century. What emerges is a world on the cusp of change. By convention, middle-class girls stayed at home, where their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Hunter, Jane, 1949-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press [2002]
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vkr8w