Sexually transgressive, politically astute and determined to claim rights equal to those enjoyed by men, the New Woman took centre stage in the cultural landscape of late-Victorian Britain. By comparing…

Charles Dickens, a man so representative of his age as to have become considered synonymous with it, demands to be read in context. This book illuminates the worlds - social…

This book, originally published in 1995 is a study of crisis management in the electricity supply industry during the 20th century. The full implications of the vulnerability of the industry…