Women in British Politics, 1780-1860: The Power of the Petticoat

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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 (includi... Read more
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. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.51 X 0.56 in
Print pages179
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Publication date December 2, 2000
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780312233563
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Paul Ginsborg is Professor of Contemporary European History in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, University of Florence. His previous publications include Daniele Manin and the Venetian Revolutio...

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