Eighteenth & nineteenth century economic history: industrialization; wellbeing; labour markets; women's work and family lives; child labour; anthropometrics
Marlyn Lake FBA's areas of research include settler colonialism and the British empire, campaigns for racial and gender equality, labour history and the impact of war on the home front.
Political Studies
History of a specific country France
Public Policy and Administration
Political History
Western Europe France
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