| Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Women's History |
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Routledge library editions. Women's history.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Editors' Introduction; 1 Class and Gender in Victorian England; 2 Freud's Dora, Dora's Hysteria; 3 Servants, Sexual Relations and the Risks of Illegitimacy in London, 1801-1900; 4 Free Black Women and the Question of Matriarchy; 5 The Power of Women's Networks; 6 ""The Men Are as Bad as Their Masters..."": Socialism, Feminism and Sexual Antagonism in the London Tailoring Trade in the 1830s; 7 One Hand Tied Behind Us: A Review Essay; 8 Examining Family History; 9 The Doubled Vision of Feminist Theory |
| Summary |
The essays collected in this volume reflect the upsurge of interest in the research and writing of feminist history in the 1970s/80s and illustrate the developments which have taken place - in the types of questions asked, the methodologies employed, and the scope and sophistication of the analytical approaches which have been adopted. Focusing on women in nineteenth-century Britain and America, this book includes work by scholars in both countries and takes its place in a long history of Anglo-American debate. The collection adopts 'the doubled vision of feminist theory', the view t |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminism -- History
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Sexism -- History
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Social classes -- History
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Feminism
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Sexism
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Social classes
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ryan, Mary P
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Walkowitz, Judith R
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| ISBN |
9781136239755 |
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1136239758 |
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