Women in twentieth-century Britain / / edited by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
• Disciplina: 916.1209346
• Soggetto topico: Feminism - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Women - Great Britain - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Social conditions 20th century
• Altri autori: Zweiniger-BargielowskaIna
• Note generali: First published in 2001 by Pearson Education Ltd.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Women in twentieth-century Britain
• ISBN: 1-317-87691-1; 1-315-83845-1; 1-317-87692-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786785903321
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