Gender and Victorian reform / edited by Anita Rose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rose, Anita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

Women.

Women in public life--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women in public life.

Women in literature.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gender, in the nineteenth century as now, is an integral part of identity. As a result, gender, along with race and class, has long been a vital part of public discourse about social concerns and reform. The fourteen essays in Gender and Victorian Reform address the overt and subtle ways in which gender influenced social reform in Victorian England. In addition to investigating the more readily apparent instances of gender in the areas of suffrage, women's education, and marriage law reform,...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; PART IV; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; AFTERWORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-1019-3

OCLC:

830167863