bokomslag Women in Twentieth-Century Britain
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Women in Twentieth-Century Britain

Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska

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  • 392 sidor
  • 2001
Women's lives in Britain have changed dramatically over the course of the twentieth century: reduced fertility and hugely increased 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.  This unique, illustrated history ranges across the vast changes of two world wars and diverse political and cultural revolutions.  It discusses a range of the central features to women's experience: the life course - girlhood, marriage and the ageing processthe nature of women's work, both paid and unpaidconsumption, culture and transgressioncitizenship and the state This book is essential to any understanding of the history and social changes of twentieth century Britain. Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois.  Her previous publications include `Austerity in Britain' (2000). 
  • Författare: Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
  • Illustratör: black & white illustrations
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780582404809
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 392
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2001-06-01
  • Förlag: Longman