{"product_id":"9781350095915","title":"Seeking Love in Modern Britain Gender, Dating and the Rise of ‘the Single’","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSeeking Love in Modern Britain\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGender, Dating and the Rise of ‘the Single’\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eZoe Strimpel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Great Britain \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeking Love in Modern Britain\u003c\/i\u003e charts the emergence of the modern British single through an account of the dating industry that sprang up to serve men and women. It shows how – amid a period of unprecedented sexual and social change – 'the single' became a key unisex identity and lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From around 1970, a growing, cottage-style matchmaking industry in Britain was offering the romantically solo a choice between computer dating firms, such as Dateline or Compudate, introduction agencies and the lonely hearts pages of \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Out \u003c\/i\u003eand others. Zoe Strimpel reveals how this rapidly expanding landscape of services was catering to a new breed of single people, and how – by the late 1990s – singleness had become the culturally mainstream, wholly expected part of the romantic life cycle that it is today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Refuting the widespread idea that the Internet invented modern dating, this book uses an eclectic and engaging range of first-person accounts and snapshots from the time to show that the story of contemporary romance, mediated courtship and singleness began in a time long before Tinder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eZoe Strimpel\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK. She is a flagship columnist for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, having previously worked as a full-time writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Times a\u003c\/i\u003end Lifestyle Editor for \u003ci\u003eCity AM\u003c\/i\u003e. Dr Strimpel is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat the Hell Is He Thinking? All the Questions You Ever Asked About Men Answered \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Diet: One Woman's Quest to End Bad Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). She has regularly appeared on BBC Breakfast, BBC Sunday Morning Live, Sky News, Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live, both as a historian of gender and relationships and to discuss responses to the #metoo campaign against sexual harassment.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 March 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350095915\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332765679756,"sku":"9781350095915","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_181ad18b-9334-4a75-b6a4-0db65c85015d.jpg?v=1783605615","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350095915","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}