1st Edition
Making a Man of Him Parents and Their Sons' Education at an English Public School 1929-50
By Christine Heward
Copyright 1988
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1988, this book analyses the effect of public boarding school on those boys who grew to manhood under its influence. With access to over 2000 letters written by parents to the Head Master and governors of Ellesmere College in the period 1929-50, it raises issues about the construction of masculinity in the mid-twentieth century. The author demonstrates from these... Read more
1. Bringing Up Sons in a Changing World 2. Educating Sons at Ellesmere College 3. The Mainstay of the School 4. The Poor Church Mice 5. The Widow’s Mite 6. Professional Fathers and Sons 7. Being a Farmer’s Boy 8. Scholarship Boys 9. The School as Father and Mother 10. Conclusions
Biography
Christine Heward
