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  • - An Introduction
     
    598,-

    A thematic survey of women's history in Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Placing women's experiences in the context of these major social, economic and cultural shifts that accompanied the industrial and commercial transformations, The authors paint a picture of the change, revolution, and continuity that were encountered by women.

  • - National and International Perspectives
    av June (University of the West of England Hannam
    548 - 1 873,-

  • - Global Perspectives from the 1890s to the Present
     
    2 208,-

    Women¿s Activism brings together twelve innovative contributions from feminist historians from around the world. They look at how women have always found ways to challenge or fight inequalities and hierarchies as individuals, in international women¿s organizations, as political leaders, and in global forums such as the United Nations.This book addresses women¿s internationalism and struggle for their rights in the international arena; it deals with racism and colonialism in Australia, India and Europe; women¿s movements and political activism in South Africa, Eastern Bengal (Bangladesh), the United Kingdom, Japan and France.

  • - Global Perspectives from the 1890s to the Present
     
    641,-

    Women¿s Activism brings together twelve innovative contributions from feminist historians from around the world. They look at how women have always found ways to challenge or fight inequalities and hierarchies as individuals, in international women¿s organizations, as political leaders, and in global forums such as the United Nations.This book addresses women¿s internationalism and struggle for their rights in the international arena; it deals with racism and colonialism in Australia, India and Europe; women¿s movements and political activism in South Africa, Eastern Bengal (Bangladesh), the United Kingdom, Japan and France.

  •  
    2 136,-

    Provides a re-examination of the suffrage movement, presenting perspectives which challenge the existing literature. The book charts the history of the movement in Britain from the 19th century to the postwar period, assessing figures such as: Emmeline Pankhurst and the militant wing.

  • av Louise A. Jackson
    609 - 2 136,-

    This is a 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.

  • - An Introduction
     
    2 208,-

    A wide-ranging, thematic survey of women's history in Britain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, with chapters written by both well-established writers and new and dynamic scholars in a thorough and well-balanced selection.

  • - A Culture of Femininity
    av Elizabeth Edwards
    612,-

    An investigation of the lives and experiences of women in the teacher training institutions of the early 20th century. The book provides an overview of the historical context of the development of the colleges, focusing in particular on: Homerton, Avery Hill and Bishop Otter.

  •  
    1 854,-

    This volume explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in modern Europe.

  • - Women's Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture
    av UK) Oram & Alison (Leeds Metropolitan University
    612 - 2 160,-

    Tracking the changing representation of female gender-crossing in the press, this text explores real-life case studies from the British tabloids of women who successfully passed as men in everyday life.

  • - Personal Life, Memory and Radicalism in the Lives of Women Friends, 1780-1930
    av Sandra Stanley Holton
    670,-

    One nineteenth-century commentator noted the 'public' character of Quaker women as signalling a new era in female history. This study examines such claims through the story of middle-class women Friends from among the kinship circle created by the marriage in 1839 of Elizabeth Priestman and the radical Quaker statesman, John Bright.

  • - War and the Gentle Sex, 1907-1948
    av UK) Noakes & Lucy (Portsmouth University
    612 - 2 136,-

    Examines women's role in the army and military organizations during the First and Second World Wars, during peacetime, in the interwar era and in the post-war period. This book argues that the women challenged traditional notions of gender and threatened to destabilise clear-cut notions of identity by unsettling the masculine territory of warfare.

  • av UK) Dyhouse & Carol (University of Sussex
    612 - 1 873,-

    Drawing upon research including documentary and archival sources, newsfilm, press coverage of student life and life histories of men and women who graduated before the Second World War, this text provides insights into changes in student identity and experience in Britain. It is for students of gender studies, cultural studies and history.

  • av UK) Holloway & Gerry (University of Sussex
    612 - 1 873,-

    Examining over 150 years of women's employment history, this student resource considers how class, age, marital status, race and wider economic and political issues have affected women's opportunities and status in the workplace.

  • - A Regional Survey
    av Elizabeth Crawford
    699 - 1 873,-

    Provides a survey of women's suffrage campaigns across the British Isles and Ireland, focusing on local campaigns and activists. Divided into thirteen sections, this book gives a geographical dimension to debates on the suffrage campaign of the 19th and early 20th-centuries. It is useful for researchers, scholars, local historians and students.

  • - An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870-1969
    av London, UK) Hall & Lesley A. (Wellcome Institute
    609 - 1 873,-

    A useful source of primary material, this anthology examines a significant number of British women's writings on sex from Victorian times to the 1960s, and studies all aspects of their debates from marriage and lesbianism to prostitution and STDs.

  • av Bridget Hill
    612 - 2 189,-

    A reassessment of women's experience of work in 18th-century England, and the effects it had on industrialization and other economic, social and technological changes. It also examines how this influenced marriage and relations between the sexes.

  • - Women In British Universities, 1870-1939
    av Carol (University of Sussex Dyhouse
    573,-

    This study examines women's experiences as teachers and students at British universities between 1870 and 1939 and shows clearly how sexual divisions were deeply etched in university life in Britain before 1939.

  • - Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914
    av UK) Bartley, Paula Bartley & Paula (University of Wolverhampton
    699 - 2 160,-

    An essential new edition to the study of prostitution in history, providing the reader with an up-to-date account of the social and political efforts to rid it from society.

  • - A Reference Guide 1866-1928
    av Elizabeth Crawford
    1 580 - 3 246,-

    The first comprehensive reference work to bring together in one acclaimed volume the wealth of information available on the individuals and organisations involved in the suffrage movement.

  •  
    588,-

    This volume explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in modern Europe.

  •  
    609,-

    Provides a re-examination of the suffrage movement, presenting perspectives which challenge the existing literature. The book charts the history of the movement in Britain from the 19th century to the postwar period, assessing figures such as: Emmeline Pankhurst and the militant wing.

  • - An Introduction
     
    535,-

    This textbook covers the key areas of women's lives in the period 1850-1945 and should be welcomed by students and teachers as an introduction to a formative period in women's history.

  • - The Cotton and Metal Industries in England
    av Carol E. Morgan
    609 - 2 208,-

    Examining the experiences of women workers in the cotton and small metals industries and the discourses surrounding their labour, this book demonstrates how ideas of womanhood often clashed with the harsh realities of working-class life.

  • av Linda Mahood
    650 - 1 777,-

    A comprehensive study of juvenile delinquency and the moral regulation of children and adolescents in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.

  • - From the Intimate to the Global
     
    2 208,-

    This book reclaims the transgressive side of feminist history, challenging hegemonic norms and to the power of patriarchies. Through the lenses of intersectionality, gender analysis, and transnational feminist theory, it addresses the political in public and intimate spaces.

  • - From the Intimate to the Global
     
    565,-

    This book reclaims the transgressive side of feminist history, challenging hegemonic norms and to the power of patriarchies. Through the lenses of intersectionality, gender analysis, and transnational feminist theory, it addresses the political in public and intimate spaces.

  • - Power, Agency And Experience From The Sixteenth To The Twentieth Century
     
    585,-

    This collection of new research explores, from a variety of perspectives, the construction of gender norms in early modern and modern Germany. Abrams and Harvey are both experts in this field.

  • - A Biography
    av June (University of Portsmouth Purvis
    638,-

    This full-length biography, the first for forty years, draws upon feminist approaches to biography writing to place Christabel Pankhurst within a network of supportive female friendships. It is based upon an unrivalled range of previously untapped primary sources.

  • av Jay Dixon
    585 - 2 014,-

    Analyzes romantic fiction and its depiction of women within its historical context and as part of the history of ideas about women. This volume discusses such areas as: early years - class and wealth; and the twenties - sex and violence.

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