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The British Empire
The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of what life was …
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics
Winner of the Cantemir Prize of the Berendel Foundation Eugenic thought and practice swept the world from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century in a remarkable …
Victorian Feminism, 1850-1900
The second half of the nineteenth century saw in newly industrialized England the creation of a “domestic ideology” that drew a sharp line between domestic woman and public man. …
Eugenics: A Very Short introduction
In 1883, Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, coined the word "eugenics" to express his dream of perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. Adapting …
Women's Suffrage in the British Empire
This edited collection examines the campaign for women's suffrage from an international perspective. Leading international scholars explore the relationship between suffragism and …
The British Empire
The British Empire: Critical Readings brings together the essential writings to have been published to date on the history of Britain’s Empire. As such, it offers scholars and …
Victorian Feminism, 1850-1900
The second half of the nineteenth century saw in newly industrialized England the creation of a "e;domestic ideology"e; that drew a sharp line between domestic woman and …
Women's Suffrage in the British Empire
Strong line-up of international contributorsWide range of case studies eg. Australia, South Africa, Iran, India, Palestine
Gender, Labour, War and Empire
A lively collection of essays on the cultures of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain. Topics range from prostitution and slavery to the effect of war on fashion magazine …
Prostitution, Race and Politics
In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of …
Gender and Empire
Focusing the perspectives of gender scholarship on the study of empire, this is an original volume full of fascinating insights about the conduct of men as well as women. Bringing …
British Empire
The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of what life was …