Books by Lynn Abrams

Providing a narrative of events and an analysis of social and cultural developments across the period, this book discusses the political, economic and social structures of the German empire. It includes information on how Bismarck consolidated his regime, the Wilhelmian period, and factors which led to the First World War.

During the period between the French Revolution and World War I, the women of Europe crafted new ideas about their sexuality, motherhood, the politics of femininity and their working roles. This text charts the contests for woman's identity, from domestic ideology to women's suffrage.

List of tables and figures; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Note on Shetland dialect; Map; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Pasts, peoples, selves; 2. Stories; 3. Place; 4. Work; 5. Culture; 6. Sexualities; 7. Power; 8. Reflections; Bibliography; Index

This comprehensive historical analysis of the emergence of Germany's modern leisure industry also provides a major contribution to the social history of working-class life in the nineteenth century.