Description
- Provides inspiring new historical perspectives on the politics of homes and homecomings
- Takes an historical approach to a subject area that is surprisingly little historicised
- Features original research from a group of international scholars
- The book has an international approach that focuses on Africa, Asia, the Americas and East and West Europe
- Contains original illustrations of homes in a variety of historical contexts
About the Author
K. H. Adler lectures in history at the University of Nottingham. She is the author of Jews and Gender in Liberation France (2003), and the editor of Gender & History. She is currently working on a book about post-war homecomings in twentieth-century France.
Carrie Hamilton lectures in History at Roehampton University, London, where she is also Director of the Centre for Research in Sex, Gender and Sexuality. She is the author of Women and ETA: The Gender Politics of Radical Basque Nationalism (2007), and is currently writing a book on sexuality and the Cuban Revolution.
Reviews
"This book is of value to students and scholars in social sciences and the humanities interested in gendered perspectives on home and domestic life." (International Journal of Housing Policy, 21 June 2013)
Book Information
ISBN 9781444336504
Author K. H. Adler
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 476g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 15mm