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- Sex and Sexuality
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Sex & Sexuality aims to provide an insight into the wide-ranging breadth and experience of human sexuality from all angles, for example scientific, historical attitudes, sexuality, and sexual behaviours.
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This multi-archive collection, comprising collections from The National Archives at Kew, the British Library and Senate House Library navigates the complex social climate of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain between the introduction of the New Poor Law in 1834 and the eventual abolition of the workhouse system in 1930.
Key Themes and Topics:
The Poor Laws, Workhouses and Outdoor Relief
Sanitation, Slums and Housing
Charitable Institutions and Friendly Societies
Manufacturing, Technology and Trade
Social Reform and Welfare
Education and Children
Race and Immigration
Health, Medicine and Disability
Social Order and Discipline
Socialism and Political Movements
