Esta serie se adentra en el intrincado y a menudo pasado por alto mundo de la historia de género. Explora cómo los roles e identidades de género han sido moldeados, desafiados y transformados a lo largo del tiempo. Cada volumen ofrece nuevas perspectivas sobre momentos y figuras cruciales que han influido en nuestra comprensión del pasado. Los lectores pueden esperar una erudición profunda y estimulante que ilumina la compleja interacción de género, poder y sociedad.
Exploring women's employment from 1700 to 1850, this book focuses on Essex and examines various sectors including the worsted industry, agriculture, and service. It analyzes themes such as the sexual division of labor, the impact of capitalism, and the concepts of 'separate spheres' and 'domestic ideology.' By addressing contemporary historical debates, the book provides insights into the continuity and change in women's roles during this transformative period.
This book analyses how the Weimar Republic put Germany in the forefront of social reform and women's emancipation with wide-ranging maternal welfare programmes and labour protection laws. Its enlightened policy of family planning and liberalised abortion laws offered women a new measure of control over their lives. But the new politics of the body also increased state intervention, the power of the medical profession and the tendency to sacrifice women's rights to national interests whenever the Volk seemed in danger of 'racial decline'.