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The Age of Entitlement - America Since the Sixties (Paperback): Christopher Caldwell The Age of Entitlement - America Since the Sixties (Paperback)
Christopher Caldwell
R494 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R86 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
And it Happened in Beaumont Street (Paperback): Heather Gelles Ebner And it Happened in Beaumont Street (Paperback)
Heather Gelles Ebner
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Things happen in Beaumont Street, but what? To Whom? What really goes on behind the elegant facades of the Ashmolean Museum and the Randolph Hotel? You'd be surprised. Could that really happen in the Playhouse? In this book, it does. A group of Oxford writers have let their imaginations roam through the past, present and even the future to produce a collection of short stories, all based in Beaumont Street. The result is an entertaining read, just as enjoyable to those who know Oxford well as it will be to its many visitors. But be warned: once you have read this book you'll never see Beaumont Street the same way again. All profits from the publications of this book are being donated to the Ashmolean Museum

Sweat - A History of Exercise (Paperback): Bill Hayes Sweat - A History of Exercise (Paperback)
Bill Hayes
R304 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'I was riveted by Sweat and its extraordinary tale of the ups and downs of exercise over millennia' Jane Fonda 'Does what all good history books should do: take the past and make it vastly more human' The Times _________________________ From the author of Insomniac City 'who can tackle just about any subject in book form, and make you glad he did' (San Francisco Chronicle): a cultural, scientific, literary, and personal history of exercise Exercise is our modern obsession, and we have the fancy workout gear and fads to prove it. Exercise - a form of physical activity distinct from sports, play, or athletics - was an ancient obsession, too, but as a chapter in human history, it's been largely overlooked. In Sweat, Bill Hayes runs, jogs, swims, spins, walks, bikes, boxes, lifts, sweats, and downward-dogs his way through the origins of different forms of exercise, chronicling how they have evolved over time, and dissecting the dynamics of human movement. Hippocrates, Plato, Galen, Susan B. Anthony, Jack LaLanne, and Jane Fonda, among many others, make appearances in Sweat, but chief among the historical figures is Girolamo Mercuriale, a Renaissance-era Italian physician who aimed singlehandedly to revive the ancient Greek "art of exercising" through his 1569 book De arte gymnastica. In the pages of Sweat, Mercuriale and his illustrated treatise are vividly brought back to life. asHayes ties his own personal experience to the cultural and scientific history of exercise, from ancient times to the present day, he gives us a new way to understand its place in our lives in the 21st century.

Opening Day - The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (Paperback): Jonathan Eig Opening Day - The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (Paperback)
Jonathan Eig
R565 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R92 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front -- and Robinson had a chance to lead the way.

He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball. His swing was far from graceful. And he was assigned to play first base, a position he had never tried before that season. But the biggest concern was his temper. Robinson was an angry man who played an aggressive style of ball. In order to succeed he would have to control himself in the face of what promised to be a brutal assault by opponents of integration.

In "Opening Day," Jonathan Eig tells the true story behind the national pastime's most sacred myth. Along the way he offers new insights into events of sixty years ago and punctures some familiar legends. Was it true that the St. Louis Cardinals plotted to boycott their first home game against the Brooklyn Dodgers? Was Pee Wee Reese really Robinson's closest ally on the team? Was Dixie Walker his greatest foe? How did Robinson handle the extraordinary stress of being the only black man in baseball and still manage to perform so well on the field? "Opening Day" is also the story of a team of underdogs that came together against tremendous odds to capture the pennant. Facing the powerful New York Yankees, Robinson and the Dodgers battled to the seventh game in one of the most thrilling World Series competitions of all time.

Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil-rights era. Full of new details and thrilling action, "Opening Day" brings to life baseball's ultimate story.

The Millers - A Story of Technological Endeavour and Industrial Success, 1870 - 2001 (Hardcover): Glyn Jones The Millers - A Story of Technological Endeavour and Industrial Success, 1870 - 2001 (Hardcover)
Glyn Jones
R691 Discovery Miles 6 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A clear and lively account of the machinery, innovation and personalities that have shaped the industry that provides the all-essential daily bread. Indispensible for anyone with an interest in industrial history. There is a wealth of literature on the traditional flour milling industry, much of it concerned with the charms of rural settings and ancient crafts, whereas the history of the dramatic changes in milling methods from the 1870s onwards has been somewhat neglected. Written by Glyn Jones, engineer and lecturer in technology, `The Millers' sets out to redress the balance and tells the story of the transformation of the flour milling industry by men of vision with enterprise and engineering skill, from the first experiments with roller mills before 1880 to the sleek, automated flour mills operating at the end of the twentieth century. It is a story of technological endeavour and industrial success. The innovations were revolutionary, with roller mills, purifiers and a variety of sifting and sorting machines replacing millstones and crude sieving equipment. Change was propelled by an increasing demand for white bread, and whiter flour could be produced by roller milling of hard foreign wheats, whereas traditional millstone methods were not suitable for the production of large quantities of branless flour. Henry Simon, who became the pioneering leader of the new field of milling engineering, installed his first roller plant in Manchester in 1878; by 1887 mills on the Simon system could produce enough flour to meet the requirements of 11 million people. The mass production of flour for our daily bread began in earnest. From 1904, the most forceful innovator among British millers was Joseph Rank, who commissioned Henry Simon Ltd to supply new plants at the main ports of Hull, London, Cardiff and Liverpool. The roles played by the other leading millers, many of which are still household names, are also included in this account. Despite the hugely impressive and far-reaching technological advances made by British millers and milling engineers, they have not received the credit they deserve. In truth, they replaced the traditional, basic form of the industry rapidly and effectively, and their inventions transformed milling in Britain and further afield. `The Millers' describes, in a clear and lively way, not only the changes in machinery and processing and the effects on the traditional industry, but the personalities who shaped the trade and the companies they ran, and the myths and legends which have surrounded them. Modern mills, rooted in British innovation and enterprise, are impressive in appearance and striking inside, with machinery that looks smart and is automatically controlled, processing wheat for a range of attractive foods and for the still essential daily bread.

The French Mind - 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal (Paperback): Peter Watson The French Mind - 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal (Paperback)
Peter Watson
R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review ____________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity and sophistication, and even their insistence that they are exceptional. But how did France become the country it is today, and what really sets it apart? Historian Peter Watson sets out to answer these questions in this dazzling history of France, taking us from the seventeenth century to the present day through the nation's most influential thinkers. He opens the doors to the Renaissance salons that brought together poets, philosophers and scientists, and tells the forgotten stories of the extraordinary women who ran these institutions, fostering a culture of stylish intellectualism unmatched anywhere else in the world. It's a story that takes us into Bohemian cafes and cabarets, into chic Parisian high culture via French philosophies of food, fashion and sex, and through two explosive revolutions. The French Mind is a history propelled by the writers, revolutionaries and painters who loved, inspired and rivalled one another over four hundred years. It documents the shaping of a nation whose global influence, in art, culture and politics, cannot be overstated. __________________________________________ 'An encyclopaedic celebration of French intellectuals refusing to give up on universal principles, while remaining slim, bringing up well-behaved children and falling in love at every opportunity' The Times 'An engaging movement through time towards France's recent reckonings with extremism, exceptionalism and empire' TLS

The Dedalus Book of the 1960s - Turn off your Mind (Paperback): Gary Lachman The Dedalus Book of the 1960s - Turn off your Mind (Paperback)
Gary Lachman
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Work Won't Love You Back - How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone (Paperback): Sarah Jaffe Work Won't Love You Back - How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone (Paperback)
Sarah Jaffe
R612 R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Save R135 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Edible Economics - A Hungry Economist Explains the World (Paperback): Ha-Joon Chang Edible Economics - A Hungry Economist Explains the World (Paperback)
Ha-Joon Chang
R420 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R92 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Economic thinking - about climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy - like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in the UK from South Korea. Just as eating a wide range of cuisines contributes to a balanced diet, so too is it essential we listen to a variety of economic perspectives. In Edible Economics, Chang makes challenging economic ideas more palatable by plating them alongside anecdotes about food from around the world. Beginning each chapter with a menu, Chang uses the stories behind key ingredients - where they come from, how they are cooked and consumed, what they mean to different cultures - to explore economic theory. For Chang, strawberries are delicious with cream, but they also prophesise a jobless future; chocolate is a wonderful pudding, but more exciting are the insights it offers into post-industrial knowledge economies. Explaining everything from the hidden cost of care work to the misleading language of the free market as he cooks dishes like anchovy and egg toast, Gambas al Ajillo and Korean dotori mook, Ha-Joon Chang serves up an easy-to-digest feast of bold ideas. Myth-busting, witty and thought-provoking, Edible Economics shows that getting to grips with the economy is like learning a recipe: if we understand it, we can change it - and, with it, the world.

Killing Crazy Horse - The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Paperback): Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard Killing Crazy Horse - The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Paperback)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
R473 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Killing Crazy Horse is the latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh's alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. Bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the fraught history of our country's founding on already occupied lands, from General Andrew Jackson's brutal battles with the Creek Nation to President James Monroe's epic "sea to shining sea" policy, to President Martin Van Buren's cruel enforcement of a "treaty" that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O'Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the legends to reveal never-before-told historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America. This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock readers and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day.

The Newcastle Bach Choir - Celebrating a Century of Singing 1915-2015 (Paperback): Philip Owen The Newcastle Bach Choir - Celebrating a Century of Singing 1915-2015 (Paperback)
Philip Owen
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Founded in 1915 by the musicologist William Gillies Whittaker, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Bach Choir is one of the oldest Bach choirs in the United Kingdom. This book celebrates the centenary of the choir with a multi-author account of the choir's contributions to musical life and the many personalities who made that possible. It contains almost 200 illustrations, many of them not previously seen.

Lives Of Great Men - A Memoir (Paperback): Chike Frankie Edozien Lives Of Great Men - A Memoir (Paperback)
Chike Frankie Edozien
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R61 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From Victoria Island, Lagos to Brooklyn, USA to Accra, Ghana to Paris, France; from across the Diaspora to the heart of the African continent, in this memoir Nigerian journalist Chike Frankie Edozien offers a highly personal series of contemporary snapshots of same gender loving Africans, unsung Great Men living their lives and finding joy in the face of great adversity.

Did Mary Magdalene visit Provence? An examination of the evidence (Paperback): Joseph Berenger Did Mary Magdalene visit Provence? An examination of the evidence (Paperback)
Joseph Berenger
R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Did St. Mary Magdalene, one of Christianity's most enigmatic figures, really visit Provence, as a local tradition claims? Joseph Berenger's famous paper, which is here published in English for the first time, learnedly evaluates the pertinent literary and archaeological evidence which was available to the author in 1925. This volume also includes an English translation of the 1893 study by Louis Duchesne, a fierce critic of the tradition, which partly inspired Berenger's article. Despite their age, these two papers still form a useful starting-point for anyone interested in attempting an objective assessment of this intriguing tradition.

Dress Codes - How the Laws of Fashion Made History (Paperback): Richard 9hompson Ford Dress Codes - How the Laws of Fashion Made History (Paperback)
Richard 9hompson Ford
R541 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R124 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A "sharp and entertaining" (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society. Dress codes are as old as clothing itself. For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. Merchants dressing like princes and butchers' wives wearing gem-encrusted crowns were public enemies in medieval societies structured by social hierarchy and defined by spectacle. In Tudor England, silk, velvet, and fur were reserved for the nobility, and ballooning pants called "trunk hose" could be considered a menace to good order. The Renaissance-era Florentine patriarch Cosimo de Medici captured the power of fashion and dress codes when he remarked, "One can make a gentleman from two yards of red cloth." Dress codes evolved along with the social and political ideals of the day, but they always reflected struggles for power and status. In the 1700s, South Carolina's "Negro Act" made it illegal for Black people to dress "above their condition." In the 1920s, the bobbed hair and form-fitting dresses worn by free-spirited flappers were banned in workplaces throughout the United States, and in the 1940s, the baggy zoot suits favored by Black and Latino men caused riots in cities from coast to coast. Even in today's more informal world, dress codes still determine what we wear, when we wear it--and what our clothing means. People lose their jobs for wearing braided hair, long fingernails, large earrings, beards, and tattoos or refusing to wear a suit and tie or make-up and high heels. In some cities, wearing sagging pants is a crime. And even when there are no written rules, implicit dress codes still influence opportunities and social mobility. Silicon Valley CEOs wear t-shirts and flip-flops, setting the tone for an entire industry: women wearing fashionable dresses or high heels face ridicule in the tech world, and some venture capitalists refuse to invest in any company run by someone wearing a suit. In Dress Codes, law professor and cultural critic Richard Thompson Ford presents a "deeply informative and entertaining" (The New York Times Book Review) history of the laws of fashion from the middle ages to the present day, a walk down history's red carpet to uncover and examine the canons, mores, and customs of clothing--rules that we often take for granted. After reading Dress Codes, you'll never think of fashion as superficial again--and getting dressed will never be the same.

Abraham Lincoln Civil War Stories: Second Edition - Heartwarming Stories about Our Most Beloved President (Paperback): Joe... Abraham Lincoln Civil War Stories: Second Edition - Heartwarming Stories about Our Most Beloved President (Paperback)
Joe Wheeler
R654 R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Save R112 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Under the Spreading Cedar Tree - School Life at Spring Grove House Isleworth - The Black and White School as Seen Through the... Under the Spreading Cedar Tree - School Life at Spring Grove House Isleworth - The Black and White School as Seen Through the Eyes of Pupils 1924-1959 (Paperback)
Ray Pearce
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From long before the first Spring Grove House was built the two Cedars, which eventually stood to the south of it, were in place. Legend has it that they were sent by the Duke of Marlborough to the Duke of Northumberland who planted them to mark the boundaries of his Syon House estate. One remains to the South East of the house, close to the new theatre block. The other larger and more majestic tree stood close to the SW corner dominating the house and the memories of those who visited it. Pollarded close to the ground by heavy chains, there were four magnificent arms that gave tremendous cover. Beneath this tree Sir Joseph Banks and Captain Cook are said to have planned their voyage to Australia. During the 1950 Christmas holiday there was a heavy fall of snow and, shortly before the school reassembled, the tree collapsed. Almost 60 years later to the day, in December 2010, the L.T.Brown Memorial Lebanon Cedar, funded by past pupils at the Spring Grove Schools, was planted at the SE corner of the house which is now part of West Thames College. It is hoped the tree will link the house of the 19th and 20th Centuries and its schools to the college of the 21st. "A t Isleworth we occupied a building that had been the home of Alfred Pears and, before him, Sir Joseph Banks. The atmosphere of a 'home' persisted during our period of occupation and staff and pupils worked together like members of one large family. The red brick house, set in its well-kept grounds, always seemed to be a friendly place but a school is more than just a building. The Spring Grovian virtues of happiness and friendliness continue to flourish as of old." - An unattributed view of a senior pupil in the "Spring Grovian" magazine in 1960.

I'm Every Woman - Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work (Paperback): Lonnae O'Neal Parker I'm Every Woman - Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work (Paperback)
Lonnae O'Neal Parker
R387 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Black women have been balancing the competing demands of work and home since before women even won the right to vote. But black voices are barely acknowledged in the mainstream "mommy wars" dialogue. Lonnae O'Neal Parker is determined to change that, in this uncommonly smart, highly acclaimed, and often witty examination--part memoir, part reportage--of how today's black women meet the challenges of marriage, motherhood, and work.

Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries - How Women (Also) Built the World (Paperback): Kate Mosse Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries - How Women (Also) Built the World (Paperback)
Kate Mosse
R360 R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Save R79 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Excellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand 'Brilliant' - Daisy Buchanan "My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. It's a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully and entirely - we cannot know who we are." Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women's history. Within these pages you'll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium. It is global, travelling the world and spanning all periods of time. It is also an intensely moving detective story of the author's own family history as Kate Mosse pieces together the forgotten life of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson, a famous and highly-successful novelist in her day who has all but disappeared from the record . . . Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is accessible, ambitious in its scope and fascinating in its detail. A beautifully illustrated dictionary of women, it is a love letter to family history and a personal memoir about the nature of women's struggles to be heard and their achievements acknowledged. Joyous, celebratory and engaging, it is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how history is made.

Forty Farms (Hardcover): Amy Bateman Forty Farms (Hardcover)
Amy Bateman
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Souvenir Guide The Burrell Collection (Paperback): Glasgow Life Museums Souvenir Guide The Burrell Collection (Paperback)
Glasgow Life Museums
R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Early Native Americans in West Virginia - The Fort Ancient Culture (Paperback): Darla Spencer Early Native Americans in West Virginia - The Fort Ancient Culture (Paperback)
Darla Spencer
R618 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R108 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Paperback, Main): Shoshana... The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Paperback, Main)
Shoshana Zuboff 1
R415 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R83 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

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Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award 2019

'Easily the most important book to be published this century. I find it hard to take any young activist seriously who hasn't at least familarised themselves with Zuboff's central ideas.' - Zadie Smith, The Guardian

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us.

The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that were meant to liberate us have deepened inequality and stoked divisions. Tech companies gather our information online and sell it to the highest bidder, whether government or retailer. Profits now depend not only on predicting our behaviour but modifying it too. How will this fusion of capitalism and the digital shape our values and define our future?

Shoshana Zuboff shows that we are at a crossroads. We still have the power to decide what kind of world we want to live in, and what we decide now will shape the rest of the century. Our choices: allow technology to enrich the few and impoverish the many, or harness it and distribute its benefits.

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism is a deeply-reasoned examination of the threat of unprecedented power free from democratic oversight. As it explores this new capitalism's impact on society, politics, business, and technology, it exposes the struggles that will decide both the next chapter of capitalism and the meaning of information civilization. Most critically, it shows how we can protect ourselves and our communities and ensure we are the masters of the digital rather than its slaves.

Shakespeare's Book - The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio (Hardcover): Chris Laoutaris Shakespeare's Book - The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio (Hardcover)
Chris Laoutaris
R551 Discovery Miles 5 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The true story of how the First Folio creators made 'Shakespeare' 2023 marks the 400-year anniversary of Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, known today simply as the First Folio. It is difficult to imagine a world without The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth, but these are just some of the plays which were only preserved thanks to the astounding labour of love that went into creating the first collection. Without the First Folio, Shakespeare was unlikely to acquire his towering international stature and become the legend that inspired so much of language, art, education and public institution. But who were the personalities behind the project and did Shakespeare himself play a role in its inception? Shakespeare's Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio charts, for the first time, the manufacture of the First Folio against a turbulent backdrop of seismic political events and international tensions which intersected with the lives of its creators and which left their indelible marks on this ambitious publication-project. This transporting book uncovers the friendships, bonds, social ties and professional networks which facilitated the production of Shakespeare's book, as well as the personal challenges, tragedies and dangers which threw obstacles in its way. And it reveals how Shakespeare himself, before his death, may have influenced the ways in which his own public identity would come to be enshrined in the First Folio, shaping the transmission of his legacy to future generations and determining how the world would remember him 'not of an age, but for all time'.

Why Liberals Win (Even When They Lose Elections) - How America's Raucous, Nasty, and Mean Culture Wars Make for a More... Why Liberals Win (Even When They Lose Elections) - How America's Raucous, Nasty, and Mean Culture Wars Make for a More Inclusive Nation (Paperback)
Stephen Prothero
R457 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R67 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Confinement - The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover): Jessica Cox Confinement - The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover)
Jessica Cox
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the nineteenth century, having children was frequently viewed as women's central function and destiny - and yet the pregnant or postnatal body, as well as the birthing room, is almost entirely absent from public discourses and most written histories of the period. Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain corrects this omission by examining stories of pregnancy and motherhood across this period. Drawing on letters, diaries, newspapers, coroner's reports and hospital archives as well as medical advice, literature and art, Jessica Cox charts the maternal experiences of nineteenth-century women, exploring fertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, maternal mortality, unwanted pregnancies, infant loss, breastfeeding, and postnatal bodies and minds. From the royal family to inhabitants of the workhouse, this fascinating history reveals what motherhood was truly like for the women of nineteenth-century Britain.

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