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  • Fear and Clothing

    Dress in English Detective Fiction between the First and Second World Wars

    by Jane Custance Baker ...
    Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a comprehensive range of writers reveals readers' anxieties and fears about class, gender and race and how these changed over the period. Although read and written by both men and women, detective fiction ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women

    by Jane Robinson ...
    It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It marked at once political watershed and a social revolution; the point at which women of 21 and over were recognised in law as being as competent as men. But were they? What actually happened when this bill was passed? ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Girl Trouble

    Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women

    by Professor Carol Dyhouse ...
    'A brilliant cultural history.'Irish ExaminerGirls behave badly. If they're not obscenity-shouting, pint-swigging ladettes, they're narcissistic, living dolls floating around in a cloud of self-obsession, far too busy twerking to care. And this is news.In this witty and wonderful book, Carol Dyhouse shows that where there's a social scandal or a wave of moral outrage, you can bet a girl is to ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The New Book of Snobs

    A Definitive Guide to Modern Snobbery

    by D.J. Taylor ...
    'Hugely enjoyable' AN Wilson, Sunday Times'Thoughtful, entertaining and enjoyable' Michael Gove, Book of the Week, The TimesInspired by William Makepeace Thackeray, the first great analyst of snobbery, and his trail-blazing The Book of Snobs (1848), D. J. Taylor brings us a field guide to the modern snob.Short of calling someone a racist or a paedophile, one of the worst charges you can lay at ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Servants

    A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times

    by Lucy Lethbridge ...
    **A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice"Beautifully written, sparkling with insight, and a pleasure to read, Servants is social history at its most humane and perceptive." —Paul Addison, Times Literary Supplement**From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate to the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house, domestics were an essential yet unobtrusive part ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • She and Her Pretty Friend

    The hidden history of Australian women who love women

    by Danielle Scrimshaw ...
    ‘another a piece of the puzzle that is unearthing women’s stories from the past ... a beautifully told history’ – Books+PublishingA joyous look at the history of lesbian and bisexual women in Australia – from convict times, through suffrage and liberation to todayThroughout history, women’s relationships have been downgraded and diminished. Instead of lovers, they are documented as particularly ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Jack The Ripper and the East End

    Introduction by Peter Ackroyd

    by Various ...
    In 1888, Whitechapel - at the heart of the inner East End - was the most (in)famous place in the country, widely imagined as a site of the blackest and deepest horror. Its streets and alleys were seen as violent and dangerous, overflowing with poverty and depravity. This book aims to uncover the reality of East End life. Sections look at slum housing, immigration, attitudes to women, poverty, ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The Art of the English Murder

    by Lucy Worsley ...
    Murder—a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books

    by Martin Edwards ...
    "This is an exemplary reference book sure to lead readers to gems of mystery and detective fiction." — Publishers Weekly, starred reviewThis book tells the story of crime fiction published during the first half of the twentieth century. The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than many critics have suggested. To illustrate this, the leading expert on classic ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Keeping Up Appearances

    Fashion and Class Between the Wars

    by Catherine Horwood ...
    The British have always been concerned about accent, appearance and class, but at no time during the twentieth century was 'keeping up appearances' more important than during the 1920s and 1930s. From the impecunious youth anxious to create a favourable impression at the local tennis club dance to female office workers advised by the Daily Mail that women in business kept 'their position partly, ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women of Mystery

    The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists

    by Martha Hailey DuBose ...
    In this remarkable book, Martha Hailey DuBose has given those multitudes of readers who love the mystery novel an indispensable addition to their libraries. Unlike other works on the subject, Women of Mystery is not merely a directory of the novelists and their publications with a few biographical details. DuBose combines extensive research into the lives of significant women mystery writers from ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

    by Jonathan Rose ...
    This is a landmark intellectual history of Britain’s working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. Drawing on workers’ memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, Jonathan Rose uncovers which books people read, how they educated themselves, and what they knew. A new preface addresses the continuing relevance of the book amidst the upheavals of the present day.“An ... Read more

    $20.89 USD