Women's and Gender History
About the Book Series
Recent years have witnessed a variety of challenges to the legitimacy of women's history, ranging from the deconstructions of French theory to the advent of 'gender' studies with its post-feminist implications. This series aims to re-establish women's history and to continue to challenge the assumptions of much mainstream history.
Women's History, Britain 1700-1850: An Introduction
1st Edition
Edited
By Hannah Barker, Elaine Chalus
October 21, 2005
Placing women’s experiences in the context of the major social, economic and cultural shifts that accompanied the industrial and commercial transformations of this period, Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus paint a fascinating picture of the change, revolution, and continuity that were encountered by ...
Women and Work in Britain since 1840
1st Edition
By Gerry Holloway
September 27, 2005
The first book of its kind to study this period, Gerry Holloway's essential student resource works chronologically from the early 1840s to the end of the twentieth century and examines over 150 years of women’s employment history. With suggestions for research topics, an annotated bibliography...
Outspoken Women: An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870–1969
1st Edition
By Lesley A. Hall
September 26, 2005
Studying a broader period than its contemporaries, this comprehensive study reveals a neglected tradition of British women’s writing from the Victorian era to the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Outspoken Women brings together the many and varied non-fictional writings of British women on sexual ...
Women Workers and Gender Identities, 1835-1913: The Cotton and Metal Industries in England
1st Edition
By Carol E. Morgan
October 26, 2001
Women Workers and Gender Identities, 1835 - 1913 examines the experiences of women workers in the cotton and small metals industries and the discourses surrounding their labour. It demonstrates how ideas of womanhood often clashed with the harsh realities of working-class life that forced women ...
The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Crawford
January 22, 2001
This widely acclaimed book has been described by History Today as a 'landmark in the study of the women's movement'. It is the only comprehensive reference work to bring together in one volume the wealth of information available on the women's movement. Drawing on national and local archival ...
Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960: A Culture of Femininity
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Edwards
November 02, 2000
Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960 is an intricate and fascinating investigation of the lives and experiences of women in these important educational institutions of the early twentieth century. The book provides an overview of the historical context of the development of the colleges, ...
Child Sexual Abuse in Victorian England
1st Edition
By Louise A. Jackson
January 24, 2000
Child Sexual Abuse in Victorian England is the first detailed investigation of the way that child abuse was discovered, debated, diagnosed and dealt with in the Victorian and Edwardian periods.The focus is placed on the child and his or her experience of court procedure and welfare practice, ...
Votes For Women
1st Edition
Edited
By Sandra Holton, Dr June Purvis, June Purvis
January 24, 2000
Votes for Women provides an innovative re-examination of the suffrage movement, presenting new perspectives which challenge the existing literature on this subject. This fascinating book charts the history of the movement in Britain from the nineteenth century to the postwar period, assessing ...
Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914
1st Edition
By Paula Bartley, Paula Bartley
December 13, 1999
Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914 is the first comprehensive overview of attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social purists.Prostitution looks in depth at the...
Gender And Crime In Modern Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Meg Arnot, Cornelie Usborne
June 01, 1999
This work explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in Europe in this period. taking a gendered approach, criminal prosecution and punishment are discussed in relation to the victims and perpretrators. This volume...
The Romantic Fiction Of Mills & Boon, 1909-1995
1st Edition
By Dixon, Jay, Jay Dixon.
January 01, 1999
This study to analyzes romantic fiction's depiction of women as part of the broader history of ideas about women.; Given the success of the Mills & Boon romance, their portrayal of subjects like sex, love, marriage, class, motherhood and femineity are important cultural barometers and make ...
Imagining Home: Gender, Race And National Identity, 1945-1964
1st Edition
By Wendy Webster
March 01, 1998
Imagining Home offers a unique examination of ideas and images of home in Britain during a period of national decline and loss of imperial power. In exploring the relationship between gender, 'race' and national identity, it higlights the continuing importance of empire in imaginings of the nation...