Family Experiments Middle-class, professional families in Australia and New Zealand c. 1880-1920

Family Experiments explores the forms and undertakings of 'family' that prevailed among British professionals who migrated to Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth century. Their attempts to establish and define 'family' in Australasian, suburban environments reveal ho...

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Main Author: Richardson, Shelley (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: ANU Press 2016
Series:ANU Lives Series in Biography
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