School of Social and Political Sciences

Prof Eleanor Gordon

Eleanor Gordon
  • Research Professor (Economic and Social History)

telephone: 01413305987
email: Eleanor.Gordon@glasgow.ac.uk


Research Interests

  • Nineteenth- and twentieth-century gender and class relations
  • History of the family
  • Nineteenth and twentieth century Social and Cultural History

Research Contribution

  • 2008: Social History Society, Committee member
  • 2002: Scottish Women's History Network, Steering Committee Member
  • 1997-2003: Scottish Economic and Social History Society, member of Council
  • 1997-2000: Social History Society, Committee member
  • 1993-1996: Women's History Network, Scotland, Convener

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Number of items: 11.

2013

Barclay, K., Cheadle, T., and Gordon, E. (2013) The state of Scottish history: gender. Scottish Historical Review, 92 (234). pp. 83-107. ISSN 0036-9241 (doi:10.3366/shr.2013.0169) (In Press)

Gordon, E. (2013) Irregular Marriage: Myth and Reality. Journal of Social History, 47 (2). (In Press)

2011

Freeman, M., Gordon, E. and Maglen , K., (Eds.) (2011) Medicine, Law and Public Policy in Scotland, c.1850-1990. Dundee University Press, Dundee. ISBN 9781845860516

Gordon, E. (2011) Out of the ordinary: microhistory and the story of Madeleine Smith. Sotsiologicheski Problemi, 3 (4). pp. 137-156. ISSN 0324-1572

2009

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2009) Murder and morality in Victorian Britain: the story of Madeleine Smith. Series: Gender in History . Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719080692

2006

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2006) Domestic fathers and the Victorian parental role. Women's History Review, 15 (4). pp. 551-559. ISSN 0961-2025 (doi:10.1080/09612020500530588)

Abrams, L., Gordon, E., Simonton, D. and Yeo, E., (Eds.) (2006) Gender in Scottish History Since 1700. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748617616

Gordon, E. (2006) The family. In: Abrams, L., Gordon, G., Simonton, D. and Yeo, E.J. (eds.) Gender in Scottish history since 1700. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 235-268. ISBN 0748617604

2004

Gordon, Eleanor (2004) Business and the world of labour [Associate Editor]. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0191861411X

2003

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2003) Public lives: women, family and society in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, London. ISBN 0300102208

2002

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2002) The myth of the Victorian patriarchal family. History of the Family, 7 (1). pp. 125-138. ISSN 1081-602X (doi:10.1016/S1081-602X(01)00100-2 )

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Number of items: 11.

Article

Barclay, K., Cheadle, T., and Gordon, E. (2013) The state of Scottish history: gender. Scottish Historical Review, 92 (234). pp. 83-107. ISSN 0036-9241 (doi:10.3366/shr.2013.0169) (In Press)

Gordon, E. (2013) Irregular Marriage: Myth and Reality. Journal of Social History, 47 (2). (In Press)

Gordon, E. (2011) Out of the ordinary: microhistory and the story of Madeleine Smith. Sotsiologicheski Problemi, 3 (4). pp. 137-156. ISSN 0324-1572

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2006) Domestic fathers and the Victorian parental role. Women's History Review, 15 (4). pp. 551-559. ISSN 0961-2025 (doi:10.1080/09612020500530588)

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2002) The myth of the Victorian patriarchal family. History of the Family, 7 (1). pp. 125-138. ISSN 1081-602X (doi:10.1016/S1081-602X(01)00100-2 )

Book

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2009) Murder and morality in Victorian Britain: the story of Madeleine Smith. Series: Gender in History . Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719080692

Gordon, E., and Nair, G. (2003) Public lives: women, family and society in Victorian Britain. Yale University Press, London. ISBN 0300102208

Book Section

Gordon, E. (2006) The family. In: Abrams, L., Gordon, G., Simonton, D. and Yeo, E.J. (eds.) Gender in Scottish history since 1700. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 235-268. ISBN 0748617604

Gordon, Eleanor (2004) Business and the world of labour [Associate Editor]. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0191861411X

Edited Book

Freeman, M., Gordon, E. and Maglen , K., (Eds.) (2011) Medicine, Law and Public Policy in Scotland, c.1850-1990. Dundee University Press, Dundee. ISBN 9781845860516

Abrams, L., Gordon, E., Simonton, D. and Yeo, E., (Eds.) (2006) Gender in Scottish History Since 1700. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748617616

This list was generated on Wed Jun 19 14:55:22 2013 BST.

Undergraduate

Level 1

  • Economic & Social History 1A: Industrialisation and Social Change 1750-1919
  • Economic & Social History 1B: Economic and Social Change in Britain since 1914

Honours

  • Gender and Class in Britain c1800-1914

Postgraduate

  • Social Theory and Social History [MSc Social History]
  • Gender, Politics and Power [MLitt History/MSc Social History]

Academic Distinctions

  • British Academy Research Leave Award (1998-99)
  • Appointed Consultant by the Policy and Evaluation
  • Division of the Economic and Social Research Council, 1999
  • Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Editorships

  • Since 2000: Member of Editorial Board of Labour History Review
  • Since 1996: Member of Editorial Board of Women's History Review
  • Since 1996: Member of Editorial Board of Women's Studies International Forum
  • 1996-98: Associate Editor, New Dictionary of National Biography
  • 1991-96: Member of the Editorial Collective of Gender and History
  • 1988-94: Editor, Journal of the Scottish Labour History Society

Recent and Forthcoming Conference Papers (since 2003)

  • Social History Society, Rotterdam, 2008
  • Women's History Scotland, Dundee, 2006
  • Social History Society Annual Conference 2004, Rouen
  • International Federation of Women's History Conference, 2003, Belfast
  • Women's History Network Annual Conference 2003, Aberdeen

Invited

  • Labouring Feminism International Conference, Stockholm, 2008
  • International Association for Feminist Economics, Turin 2008
  • History of the European Family Conference, Limerick, 2007
  • Scottish Association of History Teachers Annual Conference, 2006
  • Women's History Scotland Stirling, 2004
  • 'Understanding Scotland's History', Scottish Executive Corporate Learning Department, 2004
  • History of Women's Work, Leeds 2003
  • Women's History Scotland, Dundee 2003