Women in eighteenth-century Europe / Margaret R. Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Margaret R., 1953- author.

Series:

Longman history of European women.

Longman History of European Women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Europe--History--18th century.

Women.

Women--Europe--Social conditions--18th century.

Sex role--Europe--History--18th century.

Sex role.

Europe--History--18th century.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (976 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Was the century of Voltaire also the century of women? In the eighteenth century changes in the nature of work, family life, sexuality, education, law, religion, politics and warfare radically altered the lives of women. Some of these developments caused immense confusion and suffering; others greatly expanded women's opportunities and worldview - long before the various women's suffrage movements were more than a glimmer on the horizon. This study pays attention to queens as well as commoners; respectable working women as well as prostitutes; women physicists and mathematicians as well a

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Hierarchy and Difference; 2. Families; 3. Sexuality and Reproduction; 4. Food and Consumption; 5. Work and Money; 6. Paths of the Spirit; 7. Cultures of Women; 8. Civil Society and the State; 9. Age of Revolutions; Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2010 by Pearson Education Limited.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-88387-X

1-138-14169-0

1-315-84077-4

1-317-88388-8

9781315840772

OCLC:

881570966