'Guilty Women', Foreign Policy, and Appeasement in Inter-War Britain
Julie V. Gottlieb
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Description for 'Guilty Women', Foreign Policy, and Appeasement in Inter-War Britain
Hardcover. British women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist politics, the gendered representation and experience of the Munich Crisis, and the profound impression made by female public opinion on PM Neville Chamberlain in his negotiations with the dictators. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; JFSJ1; JPS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
British women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist politics, the gendered representation and experience of the Munich Crisis, and the profound impression made by female public opinion on PM Neville Chamberlain in his negotiations with the dictators.
British women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist politics, the gendered representation and experience of the Munich Crisis, and the profound impression made by female public opinion on PM Neville Chamberlain in his negotiations with the dictators.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230304291
SKU
V9780230304291
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Julie V. Gottlieb
Julie V. Gottlieb is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published widely on the relationship between gender and political history. She is the author of Feminine Fascism: Women in Britain's Fascist Movement, 1923-1945 (2000), and has co-edited The Culture of Fascism (2004), Making Reputations (2005), and The Aftermath of Suffrage (2013).
Reviews for 'Guilty Women', Foreign Policy, and Appeasement in Inter-War Britain
“This is a valuable addition to the literature on women’s involvement in foreign affairs. A focus on gender encourages the reader to look at appeasement differently, while the author’s attempt to dig below the rhetoric of politicians and newspapers and to seek to uncover the perspectives of rank and file women is to be welcomed, and should provide an incentive ... Read more