1st Edition
Everyday Violence in Britain, 1850-1950 Gender and Class
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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The diverse violence of modern Britain is hardly new. The Britain of 1850 to 1950 was similarly afflicted. The book is divided into four parts. 'Getting Hurt' which looks at everyday violence in the home (including a chapter on infanticide). 'Uses and Rejections' two chapters on the use of violence within groups of men and women outside the home (for example, violence within youth... Read more
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Foreword Elizabeth A. Stanko ntroduction: Unguarded passions: violence, history and the everyday PART I THE USES OF VIOLENCE PART II THE REGULATION OF VIOLENCE PART III THE REPRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE Selected Bibliography Index
Biography
Shani D'Cruze is Reader in Women's History at Manchester Metropolitan University.
'...this collection of essays is a stimulating and informative addition to the history of interpersonal violence. And not least because it draws important parallels between Victorian and present-day authorities and their preoccupation with the 'culture of male violence' and the devastating impact it had, and continues to have, upon the community.'
Claire McQuoid, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies Reviews
'The essays are tightly focused and engaging...an indspensible work'
J. Carter Wood, Journal of Social History
