Taking the Hard Road: Life Course in French and German Worker's Autobiographies in the Era of Industrialization - Brossura

Maynes, Mary Jo

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ISBN 10: 0807844977 ISBN 13: 9780807844977

Casa editrice: University of North Carolina Press, 2009

Riassunto

"Taking the Hard Road" is an engaging history of growing up in working-class families in France and Germany during the Industrial Revolution. Based on a reading of ninety autobiographical accounts of childhood and adolescence, the book explores the far-reaching historical transformations associated with the emergence of modern industrial capitalism. According to Mary Jo Maynes, the aspects of private life revealed in these accounts played an important role in historical development by actively shaping the authors' social, political, and class identities. The stories told in these memoirs revolve around details of everyday life: schooling, parent-child relations, adolescent sexuality, early experiences in the workforce, and religious observances. Maynes uses demographics, family history, and literary analysis to place these details within the context of historical change. She also draws comparisons between French and German texts, men's and women's accounts, and narratives of social mobility and political militancy.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mary Jo Maynes is professor of history at the University of Minnesota.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: University of North Carolina Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0807844977
• ISBN 13: 9780807844977
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 278
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile