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New Visions of Class and Gender in the Victorian and Edwardian Metropolis - Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation, and the City. By Deborah Epstein Nord. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995. Pp. xvi + 270. $39.95 (cloth); $17.95 (paper). - London's Women Teachers: Gender, Class and Feminism, 1870–1930. By Dina M. Copelman. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp. xix + 286. $59.95. - A Vision for London, 1889–1914: Labour, Everyday Life and the LCC Experiment. By Susan D. Pennybacker. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. Pp. xiv + 315. $74.95.
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- Journal of British Studies , Volume 38 , Issue 3: Masculinity and the Lower Middle Class , July 1999 , pp. 392 - 398
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