The Shadow of Marriage

This book is the first major study of the history of singleness in England to include both women and men and stakes out new territory within an exciting, emerging field of study. The accessible style of writing, lack of jargon and the inclusion of fascinating case studies will attract both an academic and broader readership.The book: includes innovative material on adult/child relationships, showing how unmarried women were excluded from the nuclear family, yet still had levels of interest and involvement in children's care and education; draws upon an unusually wide range of sources including biographies, oral histories, novels, films, government statistics and social surveys; and uncovers the history of a neglected group and offers valuable insights into the significance of marital status which are relevant for current debates on marriage and family.

ISBN 0719068924   Pages 272 ISBN13 9780719068928 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 463 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Hardback   Series title Gender in History Publication date 01 Nov 2007   Height (mm) 216 Library of Congress HQ800.4   Width (mm) 138 DEWEY 306.815094209041   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate

		Acknowledgements
		List of Abbreviations
1		Introduction : 'the prince may yet come'		1
2		'Consider her palaces': work, housing and lifestyles		25
3		Family standbys: brothers, sisters, daughters, sons		53
4		Relations without a name: sex and intimacy		80
5		Mad or bad? Parenthood outside marriage		112
6		'A world clamouring for mother hood': adoption and fostering		140
7		Family romances: aunts and uncles		164
8		Interest and emotion: professional and paid work with children		188
9		Conclusion: 'other' lives		215
App. 1		NSLLL: working-class households in survey sample		223
App. 2		NSLLL: Lifestyles of working-class single men and women over the age of thirty in survey sample		223
App. 3		The Hygiene Committee of the Women's Group on Public Welfare and witnesses interviewed for their report Our Towns (1943. pp. viii and 114)		224
App. 4		Institutions caring for children supervised or staffed by nuns listed within Roman Catholic dioceses, 1897-1937		225
App. 5		Profiles of interviewees		226
		Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources		239
		Index		248

"An excellent and accessibly written book on an important but neglected topic in gender history" Pat Thane, Leverhulme Professor of Contemporary British History, Institute of Historical Research, University of London."

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