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Women in Twentieth-Century Britain : Social, Cultural and Political Change

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

Online-Ressource (393 p)

Englisch

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Changing the Subject: Women's History and Historiography 1900-2000; PART ONE: THE LIFE COURSE; 3. Girlhood and Growing Up; 4. Sexuality; 5. Marriage; 6. Health and Reproduction; 7. Ageing - Older Women; PART TWO: WORK - PAID AND UNPAID; 8. Education; 9. Family, Caring and Unpaid Work; 10. Housewifery; 11. Paid Work; PART THREE: CULTURE, CONSUMPTION AND TRANSGRESSION; 12. The Body and Consumer Culture; 13. Crime; 14. Prostitution

15. Leisure and Popular CulturePART FOUR: THE STATE AND CITIZENSHIP; 16. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship from the late Nineteenth Century until 1918; 17. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1918-1950s; 18. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1960s-2000; 19. 'Race', Ethnicity and National Identity; 20. War and Peace; 21. The State and Social Policy; Key Dates and Events; Notes on Contributors; Index

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Print version: Women in Twentieth-Century Britain : Social, Cultural and Political Change

978-0-582-40480-9

978-0-582-40480-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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978-1-317-87692-2 ( : 231.14 (NL))

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DA566 .W384 2014

916.1209346 ; 305.4/2/0941/0904     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century ; Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions ; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Women's lives have changed dramatically over the course of the twentieth century: reduced fertility and the removal of formal barriers to their participation in education, work and public life are just some examples. At the same time, women are under-represented in many areas, are paid significantly less than men, continue to experience domestic violence and to bear the larger part of the burden in the domestic division of labour. Women in 2000 may have many more choices and opportunities than they had a hundred years ago, but genuine equality between men and women remains elusive. This unique