Sissy home boys or domestic outlaws? Through a series of vivid case studies taken from
across the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Matt Cook explores the emergence of …

This article traces and summarises historiographical trends in the history of learning
disability. It identifies three major waves of historical approaches beginning with a …

" The untold story of the women killed by Jack the Ripper--and a gripping portrait of Victorian
London--[this book] changes the narrative of these murders forever. Polly, Annie, Elisabeth …

Based on the records of a murder trial that transfixed all of Italy in the late 1870s, this study
makes use of a dramatic court case to develop a new paradigm for the history of emotions …

Frances, a bus conductress in her early twenties, was living at home in Portsmouth during
the war with her parents and had concealed her pregnancy. In January 1945 her younger …

How can we explain rising levels of pre-marital sex in post-war Britain? Focusing on the
experiences of young women growing up in Britain between 1950 and 1980, this article …

The Wolfenden Report of 1957 has long been recognized as a landmark in moves towards
gay law reform. What is less well known is that the testimonials and written statements of the …

Fifty years on from EP Thompson's call to rescue working people from 'the enormous
condescension of posterity', and myriad 'turns' later, historians of modern Britain remain …

Age was a critical factor in shaping imperial experience, yet it has not received any
sustained scholarly attention. This pioneering interdisciplinary collection is the first to …

Despite changes to laws and policies across most western democracies intended to combat
violence to women, intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA) remains discouragingly …