Women's history
Subtitle: Britain 1700-1850 : an introduction
By: edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus.
Contributors: Barker, Hannah.; Chalus, Elaine.
Series: Women's and gender history
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Description: A wide-ranging, thematic survey of women's history in Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries, with chapters written by both well-established writers and new and dynamic scholars in a thorough and well-balanced selection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus; title: Women and the enlightenment in Britain c. 1690-1800 / Jane Rendall; title: Women and education / Debborah Simonton; title: Women, marriage, and the family / Tanya Evans; title: Sexuality and the body / Karen Harvey; title: Women and religion / Ann Stott; title: Women and work / Hannah Barker; title: Women and poverty / Alannah Tomkins; title: Women and crime / Anne-Marie Kilday; title: Women, consumption, and taste / Helen Berry; title: Women and politics / Elaine Chalus and Fiona Montgomery; title: British women and empire / Kathleen Wilson.