Professions and patriarchy revisited. Accountancy in England and Wales, 1887–1914

Professions and patriarchy

ANNE WITZ, Professions and patriarchy, London and New York, Routledge, 1992, pp. x, 233, £10.99 (paperback 0-415-07044-9). Witz's book, based on her doctoral thesis, is primarily concerned to develop feminist and sociological theories of occupational development. But she does this through an analysis of the relationship between gender and the professionalization of medicine, midwifery, nursing ...

the system of criminal law in england and wales

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England and Wales

Analysis ofthe births that occurred in England and Wales during 1970-6 showed that they followed a seven-day cycle, being concentrated from Tuesdays to Fridays and least numerous on Sundays. This pattern became increasingly pronounced during the period examined. Relatively few births occurred on bank holidays, especially Christmas Day and Boxing Day. In general perinatal mortality was higher am...

Poliomyelitis in England and Wales.

Changing Family Size in England and Wales

This volume is an important study in demographic history. It draws on the individual returns from the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses of England and Wales, to which Garrett, Reid, Schürer and Szreter were permitted access ahead of scheduled release dates. Using the responses of the inhabitants of 13 communities to the special questions included in the 1911 ‘fertility’ census, they consider the int...