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Women in England 1760-1914: A Social History
Professor Susie Steinbach
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Description for Women in England 1760-1914: A Social History
Paperback. A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War
Using diaries, letters, memoirs as well as social and statistical research, this book looks at life-expectancy, sex, marriage and childbirth, and work inside and outside the home, for all classes of women. It charts the poverty and struggles of the working class as well as the leadership roles of middle-class and elite women. It considers the influence of religion, education, and politics, especially the advent of organised feminism and the suffragette movement. It looks, too, at the huge role played by women in the British Empire: how imperialism shaped English women's lives and how women also moulded the Empire.
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753819890
SKU
V9780753819890
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About Professor Susie Steinbach
Susie Steinbach is Associate Professor of History at Hamline University, Minnesota. Previously she taught history at Yale University, where she was a prize student.
Reviews for Women in England 1760-1914: A Social History
Steinbach is an American academic, but the book is refreshingly free of the compound nouns and tortured syntax that usually characterise that calling... Steinbach maintains a clear chronological approach within each theme, and writes plain prose, not feminist polemic. The result is admirable and exemplary.
THE TIMES
[an] engaging book ... Steinbach shows the tension between the political, legal and cultural restrictions against women and the impressive range of activities in which they nevertheless engaged.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
The book is well researched and lavishly illustrated... it offers a fresh and lively interpretation of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War.
SUNDAY HERALD
An intriguing and scholarly study.
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
The research is impeccable.
HAM & HIGH
Steinbach's lively survey brings together the results of researches to offer a revealing portrait of women's lives in every class and all areas of life
SCOTSMAN
A grand sweep of a book, a well-researched, freshly written and unexpectedly entertaining look at "the lost 19th century" from women's points of view
INDEPENDENT
A readable and fresh account of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War. This book offers a skillful synthesis of a range of published material relating to working women of all social classes
HISTORY TODAY
Steinbach is an American academic, but the book is refreshingly free of the compound nouns and tortured syntax that usually characterise that calling... Steinbach maintains a clear chronological approach within each theme, and writes plain prose, not feminist polemic. The result is admirable and exemplary.
THE TIMES
[an] engaging book ... Steinbach shows the tension between the political, legal and cultural restrictions against women and the impressive range of activities in which they nevertheless engaged.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
The book is well researched and lavishly illustrated... it offers a fresh and lively interpretation of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War.
SUNDAY HERALD
An intriguing and scholarly study.
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
The research is impeccable.
HAM & HIGH
THE TIMES
[an] engaging book ... Steinbach shows the tension between the political, legal and cultural restrictions against women and the impressive range of activities in which they nevertheless engaged.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
The book is well researched and lavishly illustrated... it offers a fresh and lively interpretation of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War.
SUNDAY HERALD
An intriguing and scholarly study.
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
The research is impeccable.
HAM & HIGH
Steinbach's lively survey brings together the results of researches to offer a revealing portrait of women's lives in every class and all areas of life
SCOTSMAN
A grand sweep of a book, a well-researched, freshly written and unexpectedly entertaining look at "the lost 19th century" from women's points of view
INDEPENDENT
A readable and fresh account of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War. This book offers a skillful synthesis of a range of published material relating to working women of all social classes
HISTORY TODAY
Steinbach is an American academic, but the book is refreshingly free of the compound nouns and tortured syntax that usually characterise that calling... Steinbach maintains a clear chronological approach within each theme, and writes plain prose, not feminist polemic. The result is admirable and exemplary.
THE TIMES
[an] engaging book ... Steinbach shows the tension between the political, legal and cultural restrictions against women and the impressive range of activities in which they nevertheless engaged.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
The book is well researched and lavishly illustrated... it offers a fresh and lively interpretation of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War.
SUNDAY HERALD
An intriguing and scholarly study.
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
The research is impeccable.
HAM & HIGH