The new woman HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General

The new woman HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / GeneralSexually transgressive, politically astute and determined to claim educational and employment rights equal to those enjoyed by men, the new woman took centre stage in the cultural landscape of late Victorian Britain. By comparing the fictional representations with the lived experience of the new woman, Ledger's book makes a major contribution to an understanding of the 'woman question' at the fin de siecle. She alights on such disparate figures as

Multimodality is of increasing relevance to daily life

This book examines the 1980 national steelworkers strike in Britain

Masterfully crafted

Examines the nature of European welfare provision and the untruths that surround it

foreign affairs and wars

How do the sounds of French differ from those of English and other languages and how do they vary according to the speaker's regional and social identity

Drawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning and numerous new sources

was only published after the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy

Knowing something of the "why" and the "how" can add much to the absorbing pastime of just looking at roofs

the first-world notion that the environment should take priority over human development

In this wide-ranging review

Eugenics emerged at the end of the nineteenth century as a global phenomenon that transcended religions