Based on the thorough examination of French archival sources, this book examines in detail two industries in which women formed the majority of the workforce in France between 1890 and 1914. The choice of the tobacco and hat industries is particularly relevant in the sense that the tobacco industry, unlike the hat industry, was a state monopoly in which women were in the majority and held meaningful responsibilities in unions at a time when women were generally in the minority and under-re...

This book informs and encourages aspiring lecturers and teaching staff in Modern Languages who prepare students for using their language skills in and out of the classroom. Drawing on pedagogical, psychological and language-specific concepts of learning, the book illustrates how such concepts can enhance students’ experience of transitioning from school to university to residence abroad, and beyond.A key feature of the study is an investigation of students’ fragility as they transi...

Die rosafarbenen Salzlagunen von Torrevieja glitzern im Morgenlicht, als eine Umweltinspektorin tot in einem Zuleitungskanal gefunden wird. Für Inspektor Morales sieht alles nach einem tragischen Unfall aus. Für Clara Engel, Ex-Eventmanagerin mit untrüglichem Blick fürs Detail, riecht der Fall jedoch nach Täuschung: ein blaugrauer Staub an der Kleidung, ein beißender Geruch im alten Pumpenhaus 12, ein verschwundenes Notizbuch – und ein „perfektes“ digitales Alibi.Gemeinsam mit Tech...