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This book is part of a new generation of historical research that challenges prevailing arguments for the medical and legal construction of male homosexual identities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. British society could not tolerate the discussion necessary to form medical or legal concepts of 'the homosexual'. The development of masculinity as a social status is examined, for its influence in shaping societal attitudes towards sex and sexuality between men and fostering resistance to any kind of recognition of these phenomena. Imperatives to bolster masculinity as a...

A collection of poems exploring such diverse themes as love, passion, childhood, sorrow and loss in a changing landscape travelling through the jagged coastline of Achill to the urban decay of London and Dublin. Memories are replayed in minute detail lapsing into finely tuned pieces. Moments in time revealed. Snatches of life around her coming under her spell. This is her first collection.

This handbook aims to challenge `gender blindness' in the historical study of high politics, power, authority and government, by bringing together a group of scholars at the forefront of current historical research into the relationship between masculinity and political power.