Book reviews
The reviews below are taken from the Institute of Historical Research's online journal Reviews in History.
Tractarians and the 'Condition of England': The Social and Political Thought of the Oxford Movement
by S. A. Skinner
Review by Frank Turner
Response by S. A. Skinner
Young Women, Work, and Family in England, 1918–1950
by Selina Todd
Review by Mary Abbott
Making English Morals: Voluntary Association And Moral Reform In England, 1787-1886
by M. J. D. Roberts
Review by Martin Gorsky
Response by M. J. D. Roberts
'Unfortunate Objects': Lone Mothers in Eighteenth-Century London
by Tanya Evans
Review by Joanne Bailey
Men, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870: A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Classes
by R. J. Morris
Review by Theodore Koditschek
Response by R. J. Morris
Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History
ed. Lawrence J. Friedman and Mark D. McGarvie
Review by Axel Schafer
Response by Lawrence J. Friedman and Mark D. McGarvie
Disability and Social Policy in Britain since 1750: a History of Exclusion
by Anne Borsay
Review by Meaghan Kowalsky
Response by Anne Borsay
The Character of Credit. Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740–1914
by Margot C. Finn
Review by Ben Griffin
The Politics of the Poor: the East End of London, 1885–1914
by Jon Lawrence
Review by Marc Brodie
Response by Jon Lawrence
Poor Women's Lives Gender, Work and Poverty in late-Victorian London
by Andrew August
Review by Anna Davin
Response by Andrew August
Betting on Lives: The Culture of Life Insurance in England, 1695-1775
by Geoffrey Clark
Review by Eve Rosenhaft
Response by Geoffrey Clark
Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England 1860-1914
by Paula Bartley
Review by Maria Luddy
Response by Paula Bartley
Outside the Walls of the Asylum: The History of Care in the Community 1750-2000
ed. Peter Bartlett and David Wright
Review by Pamela Dale
Contagion: Disease Government and the `Social Question in 19th-Century France
by Andrew R. Aisenberg
Review by Pam Pilbeam
Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914: A Social History of Madness in Comparative Perspective
ed. Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe
Review by Anne Borsay
Response by Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe