Sex Before the Sexual Revolution: Intimate Life in England 1918-1963: 16 (Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories, Series Number 16) - Softcover

Szreter, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521149320 ISBN 13: 9780521149327

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Intriguing insight into attitudes toward sexuality in marriage, based on first-hand interviews with a socially diverse range of people.

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About the Authors

Simon Szreter is Reader in History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. His previous publications include Fertility, Class and Gender in Britain 1860–1940 (Cambridge University Press, 1996) and Changing Family Size in England and Wales 1891–1911: Place, Class and Demography (co-editor, Cambridge University Press, 2001). In 2009 he was awarded the Viseltear Prize of the American Public Health Association for contributions to the history of public health. He is also a founding member of the History and Policy Network.

Kate Fisher is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter. Her highly acclaimed first book, Birth Control, Sex and Marriage in Britain, 1918–1960 (2006), won national and international awards including the RHS Whitfield Prize. In 2007 she was shortlisted for Times Higher Academic Author of the Year Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521149320
• ISBN 13: 9780521149327
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 468