Man's Estate
Man's Estate

Author: Coppelia H. Kahn

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0520313208

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

Man's Estate
Man's Estate

Author: Henry French

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-02-23

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0199576696

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The first study on masculinity to focus on the English landed gentry. It covers the period from 1700 to 1900 and is based on several thousand letters written by 19 families. It concentrates on the common experiences of sons' upbringing, particularly schooling, university or business, foreign travel, and the move to family life and fatherhood.

A Grimsby Life - Part 2: Man's Estate
A Grimsby Life - Part 2: Man's Estate

Author: Harry Goulding

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-04

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1326993151

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This is the second part of Harry GouldingÕs autobiography, following on from his account of his childhood years (1905 to 1927) growing up in working-class Grimsby (ÔHenry the NinthÕ) The details of his ordinary yet eccentric life were written down in longhand on sheets of paper rescued from a skip and lay dormant for many years after his death in 1985 until transcribed into two volumes. ÔManÕs EstateÕ deals with his volatile teaching career in Grimsby at both primary and secondary level; his lack of proficiency at school politics; his ÔcareersÕ as a local referee, pig-keeper and member of the Home Guard;his sonÕs triumph over early adversity; his final, happy years teaching and the leaving of Grimsby to try out various new experiences in the Blackpool area. It deals honestly with his social failings, his relationship with his cantankerous father and his views on education and gives a valuable insight into the lot of the humble teacher from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Man's Estate
Man's Estate

Author: Henry French

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780191738852

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This study on masculinity focuses on the English landed gentry. It covers the period from 1700 to 1900 and is based on thousands of letters written by 19 families. It concentrates on the experiences of sons' upbringing, particularly schooling university or business, foreign travel, and the move to family life and fatherhood.--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Science, Literature and Rhetoric in Early Modern England
Science, Literature and Rhetoric in Early Modern England

Author: Juliet Cummins

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780754657811

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These essays throw new light on the complex relations between science, literature and rhetoric as avenues to discovery in early modern England. Analyzing the contributions of such diverse writers as Shakespeare, Bacon, Hobbes, Milton, Cavendish, Boyle, Pope and Behn to contemporary epistemological debates, these essays move us toward a better understanding of interactions between the sciences and the humanities during a seminal phase in the development of modern Western thought.

First Name Reverse Dictionary
First Name Reverse Dictionary

Author: Yvonne Navarro

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2007-02-13

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0786429348

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This innovative dictionary allows the user to find given names which relate to a specific meaning. Arranged alphabetically by definition, the names are followed by the language of origin, variations (derivatives, diminutives, and nicknames) of the name itself, and the name as interpreted in different languages. Separate sections are included for male and female names. Using the dictionary you could discover that there are over 160 names listed for "flower," from Anthea (Greek) to Zahara (African).