| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) |
| Series |
Women's and gender history |
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Women's and gender history.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus -- Women and the enlightenment in Britain c. 1690-1800 / Jane Rendall -- Women and education / Deborah Simonton -- Women, marriage and the family / Tanya Evans -- Sexuality and the body / Karen Harvey -- Women and religion / Anne Stott -- Women and work / Hannah Barker -- Women and poverty / Alannah Tomkins -- Women and crime / Anne-Marie Kilday -- Women, consumption and taste / Helen Berry -- Women and politics / Elaine Chalus and Fiona Montgomery -- British women and empire / Kathleen Wilson |
| Summary |
Placing women's experiences in the context of the major social, economic and cultural shifts that accompanied the industrial and commercial transformations of this period, Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus paint a fascinating picture of the change, revolution, and continuity that were encountered by women of this time. A thorough and well-balanced selection of individual chapters by leading field experts and dynamic new scholars, combine original research with a discussion of current secondary literature, and the contributors examine areas as diverse as the Enlightenment, politics, reli |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Women
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barker, Hannah, 1967-
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Chalus, Elaine
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| ISBN |
0203341996 |
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9780203341995 |
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