British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman's Magazine', 1731 To 1815
ISBN: 9781137542335
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan UK
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: History; General Works/ Reference;

The Gentleman's Magazine was the leading eighteenth-century periodical. By integrating the magazine's history, readers and contents this study shows how 'gentlemanliness' was reshaped to accommodate their social and political ambitions.


Gillian Williamson read Classics at the University of Cambridge, UK, and worked as a corporate finance adviser in London. She returned to academic study after editing a lottery-funded local history book, and also contributed to The Victoria History of Essex: Newport (2015).
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