Fathers are often neglected in histories of family life in Britain. Family Men provides the first
academic study of fathers and families in the period from the First World War to the end of …

The overlooked story of how ordinary women and their husbands managed financially in the
Victorian era–and why so many struggled despite increasing national prosperityNineteenth …

Small businesses were at the heart of the economic growth and social transformation that
characterized the Industrial Revolution in Britain. In towns across north-west England, shops …

" This is a work of great originality that fills a huge gap in the history of homosexuality."--
George Robb, author of British Culture and the First World War" This book fills an aching gap …

So, in one sense, the question in my title can be roundly answered in the negative. But the
denial is rather less convincing when we pause on the phrase 'the history of masculinity' …

This article seeks to place the debate about affluent working-class people in the inter-war
and post-war periods within the broader context of long-term economic and social change. It …

Street, London. Lynch, who was only thirty-eight, had died of a severe inflammation of the
throat, the result of a typhus fever contracted in the course of his work with the sick poor of …

What does it mean to speak of 'men'as a gender category in relation to law? How does law
relate to masculinities? This book presents the first comprehensive overview and critical …

Beginning with the premise that women's perceptions of manliness are crucial to its
construction, The author focuses on the life and writings of Charlotte Yonge as a prism for …

Hegemonic representations of masculinity and dominant images of fatherhood have usually
been linked to the domain of work. This article explores the experiences of men under the …