Rousseau's daughters : domesticity, education, and autonomy in modern France / Jennifer J. Popiel.

Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, [2008], ©2008.

xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Lessons from Rousseau : self-control, sexual difference, and changing ideals -- Freeing the body, educating the mind : childhood in clothing and toys -- "You will reign by means of love" : advice manuals and domestic motherhood -- "To amuse and instruct" : self-control, adult expectations, and children's literature -- Education and politics : schooling, revolution, and Rousseau -- Autonomous individuality, self-control, and domesticity.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-258) and index.