Childcare, health and mortality in the London Foundling Hospital, 1741–1800

Childcare, health and mortality in the London Foundling Hospital, 1741–1800This book is a thorough and appealing investigation into the health and welfare of abandoned babies and children in eighteenth century England. It uses a variety of approaches to examine health, mortality and welfare practices, including family fostering, wet nursing, disease and the impact of abandonment on survivorship.

from the adulatory to the dismissive

The contributors to this book discuss the ways in which various fan cultures have sprung up around the stories and how they have proved to be a strong cultural paradigm for the ways in which these phenomena function in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

it considers contemporary British theatre in relation to national and supranational identities

The notion of landscape is a complex one

Clause IV (1995–96) and Partnership in Power (1996–97)

This book explores the class experiences of white workers in Southern Rhodesia

Redefining Theatre Communities explores the interplay between contemporary theatre and communities

a local feature film industry and liberalized film censorship

Live performance continues to be created every time it is performed

Najib Mahfuz

a new generation of British avant-garde theatre companies

Through a revision of feminist theory and new accounts of film history it contributes to expanding debate and encourages comparison between Iberian cinemas and visual culture from different regions