Catherine Hall Livres

This book puts the legacies of slavery squarely back into modern British history.

Catherine Halla s new book represents a a pulling togethera of the field of feminist history She provides a variety of new research on gender and ethnicity Catherine Hall is a leading, internationally famous author in feminism and history. .

"Family Fortunes is a major groundbreaking study that will become a classic in its field. I was fascinated by the information it provided and the argument it established about the role of gender in the construction of middle-class values, family life, and property relations. "The book explores how the middle class constructed its own institutions, material culture and values during the industrial revolution, looking at two settings—urban manufacturing Birmingham and rural Essex—both centers of active capitalist development. The use of sources is dazzling: family business records, architectural designs, diaries, wills and trusts, newspapers, prescriptive literature, sermons, manuscript census tracts, the papers of philanthropic societies, popular fiction, and poetry. "Family Fortunes occupies a place beside Mary Ryan's The Cradle of the Middle Class and Suzanne Lebsock's Free Women of Petersburg. It provides scholars with a definitive study of the middle class in England, and facilitates a comparative perspective on the history of middle-class women, property, and the family."—Judith Walkowitz, Johns Hopkins University

Written as a long confession to Jo's ex-girlfriend Susie, alternating with Elizabeth's account of nursing Indian soldiers at the Brighton Pavilion in 1915, The Repercussions is a sweeping narrative dealing with the psychological and emotional reality of war, as well as race, guilt, love and loss.

This seminal text in class and gender history has cast new light on the perception of middle-class society and gender relations between 1780 and 1850. This revised edition contains a substantial new introduction.

When WWII breaks out, Nora is evacuated to the safety of rural Kent and quickly comes to love her new life with the Rivers family - in particular with their daughter Grace. But soon the brittle surface of the Rivers' marriage begins to crack and the girls' close friendship suddenly becomes a lot more intense.

The story revolves around a high-stakes mission where characters must confront formidable challenges to prevent the collapse of their world. As they navigate through perilous situations, their courage, teamwork, and resilience are put to the test. Themes of sacrifice and the struggle against overwhelming odds are central, highlighting the importance of hope and determination in the face of impending doom. The narrative promises intense action and emotional depth as the characters fight to avert disaster.

A pioneering new study of nineteenth-century kinship and family relations, focusing on the British middle class, and highlighting both the similarities and the differences in relations between brothers and sisters in the past and in the present.

A dazzling second novel from the author whose debut was compared to Sarah Waters and Daphne Du Maurier and won her tens of thousands of readers ...