| Women, Privilege, and Power: British Politics, 1750 to the Present Contributor(s): Vickery, Amanda (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804742847 ISBN-13: 9780804742849 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2002 Annotation: " This is an important attempt to extend the history of women beyond conventional and heroic success stories. In place of the progressive march towards suffrage and feminism, the authors invoke a broader and more sophisticated context by examining the meaning of ' politics' . To do that, the authors follow three trends: the relation between power and privilege, the shifting boundaries between public and private spheres, and the meaning of female citizenship." -- Reba Soffer, California State University, Northridge " [An] excellent edited collection . . . The volume has an impressive thematic, chronological, and theoretical coherence. . . . The Collection makes important contributions not simply to our understanding of British history but to our appreciation of British politics." -- British Politics Group Newsletter |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 306.208 |
| LCCN: 2001020017 |
| Lexile Measure: 1680 |
| Series: Making of Modern Freedom |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.12" W x 9.52" (1.53 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the many different ways in which women achieved public standing and exercised political power in England from the middle of the 18th century to the present. It shows how rank, property, and inheritance could confer de facto power on privileged women who overawed enfranchised men of lower social standing. |