‘Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes’ by Virginia Nicholson review
Were the fifties a dull decade? Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson has the answer.
Reviews
Magna Carta Matters
Nigel Saul marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta with a comprehensive overview of the landmark books that dominate the field.
Religion and the Decline of Magic
The importance to historians and anthropologists of Keith Thomas’s Religion and the Decline of Magic, ten years after its first publication.
Ends of British Imperialism
A.J. Stockwell reviews a new collection of writings by Wm. Roger Louis.
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Class
A celebratory history which challenges cultural stereotypes and fashionable academic assumptions.
Mourning Dress, a costume and social history
A lively study of a potentially dispiriting subject.