This book explores the relationship between English middle-class fathers and sons between c. 1870 and 1920, questioning how they negotiated shifting masculine identities and relations of power, as well as emotional entanglements, revealing negotiation and love, as well as rebellion and conflict.

Laura Ugolini is a Professor of History at the University of Wolverhampton.

Introduction Part 1: Childhood 1. Contact and Separation 2. Intimacy and Distance 3. Responsibility and Authority 4. Consumption Part 2: Adulthood 5. Closeness and Divergence 6. Succession and Inheritance 7. Conflict and Reconciliation 8. Emancipation. Conclusion