Eveyday Violence in Britian, 1850-1950: Gender and Class

ISBN-13: 9780582419070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 246 str.

Shani D'Cruze

Opis

Exploring the diverse violence in Britain in the century between 1850 and 1950, this text includes sections on: everyday violence in the home; the use of violence within groups outside the home; how violence was regulated by the law and other agencies; and how violence was written about.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Foreword Elizabeth A. Stanko ntroduction: Unguarded passions: violence, history and the everyday PART I THE USES OF VIOLENCE PART II THE REGULATION OF VIOLENCE PART III THE REPRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE Selected Bibliography Index

O autorze

Shani D'Cruze is Reader in Women's History at Manchester Metropolitan University.