Worlds Between
Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
286 pages
978-0-415-91488-8 (ISBN)
Description
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Reviews / Votes
". . . this volume is bound to be a classic . . . Davidoff's distinctive voice questions received categories and invites us to think about things differently. Once again, Davidoff's insights drive her in directions which are as yet uncharted, but which promise to transform our thinking." -- Catherine Hall, University of EssexMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-91488-8 (9780415914888)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/1995
1st Edition
Routledge
€170.84
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Person
Leonore Davidoff is Research Professor at the University of Essex and Editor of the journal Gender and History.
Content
1. Mastered for Life: Servant and Wife in Victorian and Edwardian England; 2. Landscape with Figures: Home and Community in English Society (with Jeanne L'Esperance and Howard Newby); 3. The Rationalization of Housework; 4. Class and Gender in Victorian England: The Case of Hannah Cullwick and A.J. Munby; 5. The Separation of Home and Work? Landladies and Lodgers in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century England; 6. The Role of Gender in the 'First Industrial Nation': Farming and the Countryside in England, 1780-1850; 7. Where the Stranger Begins: The Question of Siblings in Historical Analysis; 8. Regarding Some 'Old Husbands' Tales: Public and Private in Feminist History.