The New Girl: Girls' Culture in England 1880-1915

By Sally Mitchell

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023110247X
• ISBN13: 9780231102476
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher