Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class

Worlds Between presents a series of pioneering studies which together constitute a reappraisal of our understanding of the relationship between gender and history. Among the topics discussed are the positions of servants and wives in Victorian and Edwardian England; the relationship between home and community in English society; the changing structure of housework; the role of family relationships; the interconnections between class and gender, work and home; and new reflections on the role of the concepts of the public and the private developed through the work of feminist historians. For over two decades, Leonore Davidoff has been at the forefront of the re-examination of femininity and masculinity in history. This volume, which brings together her major writings over this period, including several unpublished essays, will be widely welcomed.Davidoff, Leonore is the author of 'Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class', published 1995 under ISBN 9780745609843 and ISBN 0745609848.