All Outputs (3)

Imaginary widows: Spinsters, marriage, and the "Lost generation" in Britain after the great war (2005)
Journal Article
Holden, K. (2005). Imaginary widows: Spinsters, marriage, and the "Lost generation" in Britain after the great war. Journal of Family History, 30(4), 388-409. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363199005275836

This article argues that the status of spinster was associated with widowhood in the decades after the First World War in Britain, an association that is still active in our collective memory. Widely publicized census statistics suggesting that a who... Read More about Imaginary widows: Spinsters, marriage, and the "Lost generation" in Britain after the great war.

The 'milch-cow state' revisited: Republican politics in the Aveyron (2005)
Journal Article
Simpson, M. (2005). The 'milch-cow state' revisited: Republican politics in the Aveyron. Historical Journal, 48(3), 743-768. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X05004644

This article examines the 'republicanization' of the Aveyron under the Third Republic, exploring issues of the practice and meaning of politics in this rural département. I look at the impact of the Republic's efforts to secularize education and ask... Read More about The 'milch-cow state' revisited: Republican politics in the Aveyron.

Missing intertexts: Hannah craft's the Bondwoman's Narrative and African American literary history (2005)
Journal Article
Ballinger, G., Lustig, T., & Townshend, D. (2005). Missing intertexts: Hannah craft's the Bondwoman's Narrative and African American literary history. Journal of American Studies, 39(2), 207-237. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875805009692