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British women in the nineteenth century / Kathryn Gleadle.

By: Series: Social history in perspectivePublication details: New York : Palgrave, c2001.Description: vi, 250 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 0333676300 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • British women in the 19th century
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.4/0941 21
Online resources:
Contents:
Pt. I. Working-Class Women, 1800-1860 -- 1. Work -- 2. Politics, Community and Protest -- 3. Families, Relationships and Home Life -- Pt. II. Middle-Class and Upper-Class Women, 1800-1860 -- 4. Work -- 5. Politics, Community and Protest -- 6. Families, Relationships and Home Life -- Pt. III. Working-Class Women, 1860-1900 -- 7. Work -- 8. Politics, Community and Protest -- 9. Families, Relationships and Home Life -- Pt. IV. Middle-Class and Upper-Class Women, 1860-1900 -- 10. Work -- 11. Politics, Community and Protest -- 12. Families, Relationships and Home Life.
Review: "Kathryn Gleadle deals with women's evolving experiences of work, the family, the community and politics amongst all classes, providing the reader with assessments of the key historiographies debates and issues. Particular emphasis is placed upon recent, revisionist research, which draws attention not merely to the role of ideologies and economic circumstances in shaping women's lives, but upon women's own identities and experiences."--BOOK JACKET.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 305.40941 GLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 64172

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Working-Class Women, 1800-1860 -- 1. Work -- 2. Politics, Community and Protest -- 3. Families, Relationships and Home Life -- Pt. II. Middle-Class and Upper-Class Women, 1800-1860 -- 4. Work -- 5. Politics, Community and Protest -- 6. Families, Relationships and Home Life -- Pt. III. Working-Class Women, 1860-1900 -- 7. Work -- 8. Politics, Community and Protest -- 9. Families, Relationships and Home Life -- Pt. IV. Middle-Class and Upper-Class Women, 1860-1900 -- 10. Work -- 11. Politics, Community and Protest -- 12. Families, Relationships and Home Life.

"Kathryn Gleadle deals with women's evolving experiences of work, the family, the community and politics amongst all classes, providing the reader with assessments of the key historiographies debates and issues. Particular emphasis is placed upon recent, revisionist research, which draws attention not merely to the role of ideologies and economic circumstances in shaping women's lives, but upon women's own identities and experiences."--BOOK JACKET.

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