Feminism and empire : women activists in imperial Britain, 1790-1865 / Clare Midgley.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Midgley, Clare, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Women--Political activity--Great Britain--History--18th century.
• Women--Political activity.
• Feminism.
• History.
• Great Britain.
• Women--Political activity--Great Britain--History--19th century.
• Feminism--Great Britain--History--18th century.
• Feminism--Great Britain--History--19th century.
• Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.
• Women.
• Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

• The "woman question" in Imperial Britain
• Sweetness and power : the domestic woman and anti-slavery politics
• White women saving brown women? British Women and the campaign against sati
• Can women be missionaries? Imperial philanthropy, female agency and feminism
• Feminism, colonial emigration and the new model Englishwoman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-200) and index.

ISBN:

• 0415250145
• 9780415250146
• 0415250153
• 9780415250153
• 0203089499
• 9780203089491

OCLC:

122424448