{"product_id":"9781035035755","title":"Fatherhood","description":"Author: Augustine Sedgewick\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035035755\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the modern day, \u003ci\u003eFatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e dares to offer a more caring and affirmative vision of the roles men currently play in society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nWhat is fatherhood, and where did it come from? How has the role of men in families and society changed across thousands of years? What does the history of fatherhood reveal about what it means to be a dad today?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nChronicling the intimate stories and struggles of some of history’s most famous fathers, historian Augustine Sedgewick explores the origins and transformation of one of the most potent ideas in human history: fatherhood.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFrom the anxious philosophers of ancient Athens and Henry VIII’s obsessive quest for an heir, to Charles Darwin’s theories of human origins, Bob Dylan’s take down of ‘The Man’, and beyond, Sedgewick shows how successive generations of men have shaped our understanding of what it means to be and have a father, and in turn our ideas of who we are, where we come from and what we are capable of.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n_____\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nPraise for Augustine Sedgewick’s \u003ci\u003eCoffeeland\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Thoroughly engrossing . . . a deeply satisfying reading experience’\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Pollan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Wonderful, energizing’ \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'There is much here to entertain, educate and stimulate' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Sedgewick is a stylish writer'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Epic, illuminating . . . a pocket history of globalisation itself' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845859623070,"sku":"TLD-9781035035755","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035035755.jpg?v=1781223144","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035035755","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}