5 edition of Women in Britain since 1945 found in the catalog.
Published
1992
by Blackwell in Oxford, UK, Cambridge, USA
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | Jane Lewis. |
| Series | Making contemporary Britain |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | HQ1593 .L48 1992 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | viii, 149 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 149 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1548083M |
| ISBN 10 | 0631169768, 063116975X |
| LC Control Number | 91027521 |
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain's development since the end of the Second World War. It comprises 23 contributions from leading authorities and newer scholars, set in context with a foreword by Raymond Seitz.
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The chapters are grouped under the thematic headings of government, society, and economy, and address topics such as:5/5(2). Women's History: Britain introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research.
It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature.4/5.
United Kingdom - United Kingdom - Britain since Labour rejoiced at its political triumph, the first independent parliamentary majority in the party’s history, but it faced grave problems. The war had stripped Britain of virtually all its foreign financial resources, and the country had built up “sterling credits”—debts owed to other countries that would have to be paid in foreign.
Britain since The People's Peace is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of to the rise of New Labour.5/5(2). This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain's development since the end of the Second World War.
It comprises 23 contributions from leading authorities and newer scholars, set in context with a foreword by Raymond Seitz.A comprehensive and fascinating introduction to Britain from the end of the Second World WarDraws together the themes that have dominated discussion amongst.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain's development since the end of the Second World War. It comprises 23 contributions from leading authorities and newer scholars, set in context with a foreword by Raymond Seitz.
A comprehensive and fascinating introduction to Britain from the end of the Second World War Draws together the themes that have dominated discussion Reviews: 1. Summary This chapter contains sections titled: Women's Paid Work Family Change Have Women Become More Autonomous and (Individualised).
Notes Woman and Social Change, – - Britain Since - Wiley Online LibraryAuthor: Jane Lewis. Women in Britain since Women, family, work and the state in the post war years Lewis, Jane (Jane E.) ; Institute of Contemporary British History Paperback, Book. The Changing Role and Status of Women since 1.
Source A is an account of events towards the end of the Second World War written by a woman welder and it gives us a good idea of what happened to some women when the end of the war was drawing near and men started coming home.
Abstract. In the period between the end of the Second World War and the implementation of equal pay and equal opportunities legislation in the s, the issue of equal pay for women with men and the, associated, wider questions of equal opportunities never wholly disappeared from public discussion, although they were certainly more prominent at certain times than at by: Title: Women in Britain Since Women, Family, Work, and the State in the Post-War Years: Publication Type: Book: Year of Publication: Authors: Lewis, Jane E.
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In A History of Britain: to the Brexit, award-winning historian Jeremy Black reexamines modern British history, considering the social changes, economic strains, and cultural and political upheavals that brought Britain to Brexit. This sweeping and engaging book traces Britain’s path through the destruction left behind by World War II Brand: Indiana University Press.
Concluding with an assessment of pop music and youth culture, the book spans the political, social and economic changes which have defined Britain since Keywords Britain comparative Conservative Party culture economy education English Great Britain Ireland Jerusalem migration music trade women.
Get this from a library. Women in Britain since women, family, work and the state in the post-war years. [Jane Lewis]. The social history of the United Kingdom from began with the aftermath of the Second World United Kingdom was one of the victors, but victory was costly in social and economic terms.
Thus, the lates was a time of austerity and economic restraint, which gave way to prosperity in the s. The Labour Party, led by wartime Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee, won the Monarch(s): George VI, Elizabeth II.
In this text intended for American audiences, Black (The Holocaust: History and Memory), a professor of history at the University of Exeter, narrates the history of Britain since as it l.
Women in Britain since companionate marriage and the double burden By Penny Summerfield This chapter explores these themes, drawing on the sociological research which has flourished since the war to discuss the implications of changing styles of marriage and the advent of the double burden of home and work for women, in the period since Cited by: This very useful and balanced book by Arthur McIvor is, in effect, a successor to his A History of Work in Britain, – (; rev.
ante, cxvii [], –3), and describes a change in patterns of occupation and work no less n the mid-nineteenth century andBritain became the most urban society in history, with a proportion of its workforce employed in Author: Ross McKibbin.English, Book edition: Women in Britain since women, family, work, and the state in the post-war years / Jane Lewis.
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