A History of the Girl Formation, Education and Identity /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Dowd, Mary (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Purvis, June (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Social history.; World history.; Civilization-History.; Childhood.; Adolescence.; Sociology.; Social History.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Cultural History.; Childhood, Adolescence and Society.; Gender Studies.

This book is centered on the history of the girl from the medieval period through to the early twenty-first century. Authored by an international team of scholars, the volume explores the transition from adolescent girlhood to young womanhood, the formation and education of girls in the home and in...