ISBN:
0203341996
,
9780203341995
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 288 pages)
Series Statement:
Women's and gender history
Parallel Title:
Print version Women's history
DDC:
305.40941
Keywords:
Women History
;
18th century
;
Great Britain
;
Women History
;
19th century
;
Great Britain
;
Great Britain
;
Women History 18th century
;
Women History 19th century
;
Women History 18th century
;
Women History 19th century
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
History
;
Women
;
Great Britain
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction / Hannah Barker and Elaine ChalusWomen 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
