Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class

“[A] fine collection … [which] retain[s] a freshness and originality. This collection brings together some of the most influential essays in feminist history. There is little scope in this review to do justice to the depth and richness of this excellent collection. Her mastery of her subject and material, the detailed evidence she brings to bear, the sheer breadth of her understanding and scholarship, deserves to make this collection a classic as each essay, in its turn, has already become.” Reviews in 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 This volume, which brings together her major writings over this period, including several unpublished essays, will be widely welcomed.