Buch, Englisch, 2100 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 550 g
Buch, Englisch, 2100 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 550 g
ISBN: 978-1-85196-706-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
This six-volume collection brings together key documents on women’s suffrage from Britain and the Empire in the century between 1767 and 1867. With a particular focus on voting rights and political representation, the collection includes excerpts of works from renowned writers such as Edmund Burke and John Stuart Mill, as well as rare and insightful texts from less prominent authors. This collection provides a valuable reference to students of various disciplines, including British and imperial history, gender studies, literature, politics, and the history of feminism.
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Volume 1; Reflexions on Representation in Parliament (1766) Thoughts on a Parliamentary Reform (1784), Extracts from Letters to the Volunteers of Ireland (1783), extracts from Political Register (1768 and 1769), ‘Mr Burke’s Speech to the Electors of Bristol’ from Mr Edmund Burke*s speeches (1774) 2 extract from Political Disquisitions (1774), extracts from Political Papers (1794-5)
Volume 2: Address of the London Corresponding Society (1793), W. Playfair, Inevitable Consequences of a Reform (1792), G. Philips, The Necessity of a Speedy and Effectual Reform (1792) [G. Tierney], The State of the Representation of England and Wales (1793) N. M ‘Leod, Two Letters from Norman M'Leod (1793) Facts, Reflections and Queries (1792) W. Knox, A Letter to the People of Ireland (1792) General Meeting of Catholic Delegates (1793) Address from the Society of United Irishmen (1794) W. Roscoe, A Letter to Henry Brougham (1811) Address of the Reformers of Fawdon (1819) Leeds Reform Meeting (1819) C. Phillips, Address to the Electors in The County of Sligo (1818) F. Burdett, The Plan of Reform Proposed by Sir Francis Burdett (1809) [T. Harral], The Distresses of the Times (1817) The Smith field Parliament (1819) The Hermit of Marlow [P. B. Shelley], A Proposal for Putting Reform to the Vote (1817)
Volume3: J. Walsh, extracts from Popular Opinions on Parliamentary Reform (1831) W. Carpenter, An Address to the 'Working Class (1831) Extract from The Speech of Lord Brougham (1831) Extract from Letters to a Friend (1831) W. Cobbett, extract from Cobbett’s Manchester Lectures (1832) G. Grote, extract from Essentials of Parliamentary Reform (1832) A. Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Wellington’s Speech on the Reform Bill (1831) The First Batch (1832) Junius Redivivus, What the People Ought to Do (1832) Every Man his Own Law Maker (1835) Extracts from Election Broadsides of 1832 from Edinburgh (1832)
Volume 4: C. Wetherell, Speech against th
