Womens Hist:Britain 1850-1945 (Women's History)

by JunePurvis (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $9.26

  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. It is intended for undergraduate courses in modern British history and option courses with a gender dimension, women's studies/sociology departmants and feminists.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $5.85

  Women's History: Britain 1850-1945 introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research.
  It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature. Specialists in their own fields have each written a chapter on a key aspect of womens lives including health, the family, education, sexuality, work and politics. Each contribution provides an overview of the main issues and debates within each area and offers suggestions for further reading.
  It not only provides an invaluable introduction to every aspect of womens participation in the political, social and economic history of Britain, but also brings the reader up to date with current historical thinking on the study of womens history itself.

• New

  Paperback
  1997

  $50.62

  Women's History: Britain 1850-1945 introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research.
  It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature. Specialists in their own fields have each written a chapter on a key aspect of womens lives including health, the family, education, sexuality, work and politics. Each contribution provides an overview of the main issues and debates within each area and offers suggestions for further reading.
  It not only provides an invaluable introduction to every aspect of womens participation in the political, social and economic history of Britain, but also brings the reader up to date with current historical thinking on the study of womens history itself.