ISBN:
9781847793744
,
1847793746
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (270 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Gender in History
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Holden, Katherine Shadow of marriage : Singleness in England, 1914-60
DDC:
306.815094209041
Keywords:
Single people Social conditions
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20th century
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England
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Single people Statistics
;
England
;
Single people Social conditions 20th century
;
Single people Statistics
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Single people Statistics
;
England
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Single people
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Single people ; Social conditions
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Sociology & Social History
;
Social Sciences
;
Family & Marriage
;
Statistics
;
England
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Newly available in paperback, this book examines representations and experiences of men and women who never married between 1914 and 1960, drawing upon an exceptionally wide range of sources including biographies, oral histories, novels, films, government statistics and social surveys. The book discusses the significance of age, generation and gender in work and non-familial lifestyles, and unmarried men and women's intimate, sexual, familial and professional relationships. Important questions are raised as to how these categories have been defined, and power relations between married and singl
Note:
Description based on print version record
