Trusting the postman: prosecuting theft and managing sickness in the British Post Office, c.1860-1910 [0.03%]
信任邮差:大不列颠邮政中关于贪污的指控及疾病的管理,约1860-1910年间
David Green,Natasha Preger,Harry Smith
David Green
The Post Office was an immensely important institution of the British state. It fostered communication, encouraged business, provided employment and generated revenue for the Treasury. Efficiency and economy were paramount considerations fo...
'Hairy honours of their chins': whiskers and masculinity in early nineteenth-century Britain [0.03%]
“胡须荣誉”:英国早期十九世纪的男子气概形象与髭须风尚
Alun Withey
Alun Withey
Studies of the Victorian 'beard movement' of the 1850s have demonstrated the close connections between facial hair and shifting ideas of, and concerns about, masculinity, gender, sexuality and modernity. The 'beard movement' is generally se...
'Unfit for reform or punishment': mental disorder and discipline in Liverpool Borough Prison in the late nineteenth century [0.03%]
“不适合改造也不适合惩罚”——19世纪晚期利物浦区监狱中的精神疾病与纪律問題
Catherine Cox,Hilary Marland
Catherine Cox
This article examines how Liverpool Borough Prison, opened in 1855 as one of the largest local prisons in England to adopt the separate system, categorized and dealt with mental distress and disorder amongst its prison population in the lat...
Angela Joy Muir
Angela Joy Muir
This article sheds new light on illegitimacy in eighteenth-century Britain through an analysis of evidence from 36 parishes across the former Welsh counties Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire. Quantitative analysis of illegitimacy ratios demon...
'It was better when it was worse': blue-collar narratives of the recent past in Belgrade [0.03%]
《往事不如烟:以前穷点但生活更好——以前美好的贝尔格莱德工薪阶层叙事》
Rory Archer
Rory Archer
Based on oral history research conducted among networks of blue-collar workers in Belgrade, Serbia, this article develops three interrelated arguments regarding workers' appraisals of the recent past (1980-2014). Firstly, although the tumul...
Coalmining and the National Scheme for Disabled Ex-Servicemen after the First World War [0.03%]
一战后的煤炭业与伤残军人国家级安置方案
Mike Mantin
Mike Mantin
After the First World War, disabled British veterans returned home to an uncertain future of work. In addition to voluntary efforts, the government's response to the national employment crisis - the National Scheme for Disabled Ex-Serviceme...
The ties that bind: persistence in a New World industrial suburb, 1902-22 [0.03%]
血浓于水:1902—1922年“新大陆”工业郊区的持续发展状态
T Brooking,D Martin
T Brooking