Dorothy Evelyn Smith se ganó el reconocimiento por sus cautivadoras historias cortas y artículos que encontraron una amplia audiencia en las revistas inglesas. Su carrera literaria estuvo marcada por importantes acontecimientos vitales, como experiencias bélicas y responsabilidades domésticas, lo que demostró su resiliencia en la creación de narrativas en circunstancias difíciles. Smith a menudo escribía en condiciones poco ideales, dotando a su obra de una palpable sensación de realidad. Su prosa capta hábilmente la esencia de la vida cotidiana, incluso frente a la adversidad.
A female narrator looks back on her childhood in a coming-of-age novel set before the First World War. Her young life is shaped by a series of tragedies, but also the warmth of enduring friendships, particularly with David, her dearest friend who shares her love of the wild expanse and colours of the moor.
Written by the two preeminent voices in the field, this book is a guide to the fundamentals of institutional ethnography.
In this collection of essays, sociologist Dorothy E. Smith develops a method for analyzing how women (and men) view contemporary society from specific gendered points of view. She shows how social relations - and the theories that describe them - must express the concrete historical and geographical details of everyday lives. A vital sociology from the standpoint of women, the volume is applicable to a variety of subjects, and will be especially useful in courses in sociological theory and methods.
The extraordinary military heritage of Macclesfield, looking at its role in Britain's battles from 1066-1656.