Gender and political identities in Scotland, 1919-1939 / Annmarie Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Annmarie.

Series:

Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 17.

Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Scotland--Social conditions--20th century.

Women.

Women--Political activity--Scotland--History--20th century.

Women--Scotland--History--20th century.

Scotland--History--20th century.

Scotland.

Scotland--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work offers a unique contribution to gender and Scottish history breaking new ground on several fronts: there is no history of inter-war women in Scotland, very little labour or popular political history and virtually nothing published on women, the home and family. This book is a history of women in the period which integrates class and gender history as well as linking the public and private spheres. Using a gendered approach to history it transforms and shifts our knowledge of the Scottish past, unearthing the previously unexplored role which women played in inter-war socialist politic

Contents:

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Usurpers of Men? Gender, Work and Political Identities; 2. Socialist Women, the ILP and the 'Politics of the Kitchen'; 3. Class Fragmentation: Respectability, Religion and Residence; 4. 'A Docile Workforce'? Women, Work and Political Identity; 5. Socialist Women, Feminists and Feminism; 6. The Politics of Marriages of Conflict; 7. Marriage, Mothering and Political Identity; 8. Gender and the Politics of Everyday Life; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5352-X

1-282-74977-3

9786612749773

0-7486-4186-6

OCLC:

657077892