Women in England 1760-1914
A Social History
$32.88
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2005
Summary
Using diaries, letters, memoirs, as well as social and statistical research, this book looks at life-expectancy, sex, marriage and childbirth, and work inside and outside the home, for all classes of women. It charts the poverty and struggles of the working class, as well as the leadership roles of middle-class and elite women. It considers the influence of religion, education, and politics, especially the advent of organised feminism and the suffragette movement. It looks, too, at the huge r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753819890 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753819899 |
| Author: | Professor Susie Steinbach, Susie Steinbach |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 195mm x 30mm |
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The research is impeccable.– HAM & HIGH
Steinbach is an American academic, but the book is refreshingly free of the compound nouns and tortured syntax that usually characterise that calling… Steinbach maintains a clear chronological approach within each theme, and writes plain prose, not feminist polemic. The result is admirable and exemplary. - THE TIMES
[an] engaging book … Steinbach shows the tension between the political, legal and cultural restrictions against women and the impressive range of activities in which they nevertheless engaged. - DAILY TELEGRAPHThe book is well researched and lavishly illustrated… it offers a fresh and lively interpretation of women’s lives between the reign of George III and the First World War. - SUNDAY HERALDAn intriguing and scholarly study. - GOOD BOOK GUIDEThe research is impeccable. - HAM & HIGHAbout The Author
Professor Susie Steinbach
Susie Steinbach is Associate Professor of History at Hamline University, Minnesota. Previously she taught history at Yale University, where she was a prize student.
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