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First published in 1979. This book examines the distressed
gentlewoman stereotype, primarily through a study of the experience
of emigration among single middle-class women between 1830 and
1914. Based largely on a study of government and philanthropic
emigration projects, it argues that the image of the downtrodden
resident governess does inadequate justice to Victorian
middle-class women's responses to the experience of economic and
social decline and to insufficient female employment opportunities.
This title will be of interest to students of history.
Cruelty and Companionship is an account of the intimate but darker
side of marriage in Victorian and Edwardian England. Hammerton
draws upon previously unpublished material from the records of the
divorce court and magistrates' courts to challenge many popular
views about family patterns. His findings open a rare window on the
sexual politics of everyday life and the routine tensions which
conditioned marriage in middle- and working-class families. Using
contemporary evidence ranging from prescriptive texts and public
debate to autobiography and fiction, Hammerton examines the intense
public scrutiny which accompanied the routine exposure of marital
breakdown, and charts a growing critique of men's behavior in
marriage which increasingly demanded regulation and reform. The
resulting critical discourse, ranging from paternalist to feminist,
casts new light on the origins and trajectory of nineteenth-century
feminism, legal change, and our understanding of the changing
expression of masculinity. Cruelty and Companionship will appeal to
students and teachers of nineteenth- and twentieth-century social
history and gender studies. It should also interest students of
family sociology and social work, and general readers interested in
family relationships, domestic violence and women.
Cruelty and Companionship is an account of the intimate but darker sides of marriage in Victorian and Edwardian England. Drawing upon previously unpublished material from the records of the divorce court and matrimonial proceedings in magistrates' courts, the author challenges many popular views about changing family patterns. It opens a rare window onto the sexual politics of everyday life and the routine tensions which conditioned marriage in middle and working class families. Using contemporary evidence ranging from prescriptive texts and public debate to autobiography and fiction, Hammerton examines the intense public scrutiny which accompanied the routine exposure of marital breakdown, and charts a growing critique of men's behaviour in marriage which increasingly demanded regulation and reform. The critical discourse which resulted, ranging from paternalists to feminists, casts new light on the origins and trajectory of nineteenth century feminism, legal change and our understanding of changing expressions of masculinity. eBook available with sample pages: 0203191919
First published in 1979. This book examines the distressed
gentlewoman stereotype, primarily through a study of the experience
of emigration among single middle-class women between 1830 and
1914. Based largely on a study of government and philanthropic
emigration projects, it argues that the image of the downtrodden
resident governess does inadequate justice to Victorian
middle-class women's responses to the experience of economic and
social decline and to insufficient female employment opportunities.
This title will be of interest to students of history.
This is the first social history to explore experiences of British
emigrants from the peak years of the 1960s to the emigration
resurgence of the turn of the twentieth century. It explores
migrant experiences in Australia, Canada and New Zealand alongside
other countries. The book charts the gradual reinvention of the
'British diaspora' from a postwar migration of austerity to a
modern migration of prosperity. It offers a different way of
writing migration history, based on life histories but exploring
mentalities as well as experiences, against a setting of deep
social and economic change. Key moments are the 1970s loss of
Britons' privilege in Commonwealth destination countries,
'Thatcher's refugees' in the 1980s and shifting attitudes to
cosmopolitanism and global citizenship by the 1990s. It charts a
long process of change from the 1960s to patterns of discretionary
and nomadic migration, which became more common practice from the
end of the twentieth century. -- .
More than a million Britons emigrated to Australia between the
1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'ten pound Poms' and this is
their story. Illuminated by the fascinating testimony of migrant
life histories, this is the first substantial history of their
experience and fills a gaping hole in the literature of emigration.
The authors, both leading figures in the fields of oral history and
migration studies, draw upon a rich life history archive of
letters, diaries, personal photographs and hundreds of oral history
interviews with former migrants, including those who settled in
Australia and those who returned to Britain. They offer original
interpretations of key historical themes, including: motivations
for emigration; gender relations and the family dynamics of
migration; the 'very familiar and awfully strange' confrontation
with the new world; the anguish of homesickness and return; and the
personal and national identities of both settlers and returnees,
fifty years on. Accessible and appealing, this book will engage
readers interested in British and Australian migration history and
intrigued about the significance of migrant memories for
individuals, families and nations. -- .
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