| Taking the Hard Road: Life Course in French and German Workers' Autobiographies in the Era of Industrialization Contributor(s): Maynes, Mary Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807844977 ISBN-13: 9780807844977 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: This 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Biography & Autobiography - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 305.562 |
| LCCN: 94027197 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.15" W x 9.28" (1.06 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Maynes, Mary Jo: - Mary Jo Maynes is professor of history at the University of Minnesota. She is author of Schooling in Western Europe: A Social History and coeditor of Interpreting Women's Lives: Feminist Theory and Personal Narratives. |