Women in British Politics, 1780-1860

The Power of the Petticoat
2000. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-312-23356-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

This groundbreaking volume examines women's political involvement from a variety of innovative angles. In addition to exploring literary sources and women's contribution to electoral processes, pressure group politics are examined in depth (including Jewish civil rights and the campaigns against the Corn Laws and Indian widow-burning). The attention to neglected aspects of women's political activity, such as religion, domesticity, European nationalism, empire, and lifestyle enable this book to challenge not only the historiography of Georgian and Victorian women, but also the nature of political history itself.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Na, Na

Über Autor(innen)

Kathryn Gleadle holds a British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in the Department of Politics and Modern History at London Guildhall University.

Sarah Richardson is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Warwick.