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

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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

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