The Politics of Domestic Authority in Britain Since 1800 - Hardcover

by L. Delap (Editor), B. Griffin (Editor), A. Wills (Editor)

This collection of essays explores the broad range of influences which have shaped the distribution of authority within British homes and families - religion, commercial advertising, governments, welfare professionals, medical experts, psychologists and the law.

Author Biography

MARGARET BEETHAM Reader Emerita, Department of English, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK ANNA CLARK Samuel Russell Chair in the Humanities, the University of Minnesota, USA LUCY DELAP Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and member of the History Faculty, University of Cambridge, UK MEGAN DOOLITTLE Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, the Open University, UK KATE FISHER Senior Lecturer in History, the University of Exeter, UK GINGER FROST Professor of History, Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, USA JUDY GILES Professor Emeritus at York St John University, UK BEN GRIFFIN Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, and Lecturer in History at Girton College and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK JANE HAMLETT Lecturer in Modern British History, Royal Holloway University of London, UK ALANA HARRIS Hardie Post-Doctoral Fellow in Modern History, Lincoln College, Oxford, UK SIÂN POOLEY Postgraduate Research Student in History, St John's College, Cambridge, UK VALERIE SANDERS Professor of English, University of Hull, UK GAIL SAVAGE Professor of History, St. Mary's College of Maryland, UK SIMON SZRETER Reader in History and Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK DEBORAH THOM College Lecturer at Robinson College, Cambridge, UK ABIGAIL WILLS Postdoctoral Career Development Fellow in History, Brasenose College, Oxford, UK