Eveyday Violence in Britian, 1850-1950: Gender and Class

"The essays collected in this latest addition to the "Women and Men in History" series together provide a coherent examination of the use of violence as a means of gaining power in social relations. Considers the historical experience of violence and looks at how violent behavior is practiced by some social groups against others. Other essays discuss the way in which institutions, politicians and the professions have treated violence, and how it has been represented in literature and wider culture. And as the book questions assumptions of victimhood, it also stresses agency, through the study of campaigns against violence. This volume also includes perspectives influenced by cultural studies and critical theory, and makes connections between these approaches and the historian's concern for facts. For those interested in gender studies, women's studies and social history. Also available in Hardcover 0-582-41908-5; $79.95Y.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.