The first book of its kind to study this period, Gerry Holloway's essential student resource works chronologically from the early 1840s to the end of the twenti

The first book of its kind to study this period, Gerry Holloway's essential student resource works chronologically from the early 1840s to the end of the twenti

The work of women is recognised as having been fundamental to the industrialization of Britain. These studies explore how that work was remunerated, in studies

The essays in this collection focus on the ways rural life was represented during the long nineteenth century. Contributors bring expertise from the fields of h

In the first half of the nineteenth century the main employments open to young women in Britain were in teaching, dressmaking, textile manufacture and domestic