Book of Donmon Teith

A new collection of essays which challenges many existing assumptions, particularly the conventional models of separate spheres and economic change. All the ess

This first in-depth study of women’s politeness examines the complex relationship individuals had with the discursive ideals of polite femininity. Contextuali

Despite the considerable volume of research into various aspects of the social and economic, cultural and political history of eighteenth-century British towns,

In the early eighteenth century, the household accountant was traditionally female. Socio-linguistic acts of feminized accounting are examined alongside propert

Based on encyclopedias, medical journals, historical, and literary sources, this collection of interdisciplinary essays focuses on the intersection of women, ge