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UNINA9910452542303321 |
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Titolo |
The nineteenth-century woman : her cultural and physical world / / edited by Sara Delamont and Lorna Duffin |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-10411-0 |
1-283-89520-X |
1-136-24825-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Women's history ; ; v. 13 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DelamontSara <1947-> |
DuffinLorna |
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Disciplina |
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301.41/2/09034 |
301.41209034 |
305.4209034 |
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Soggetti |
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Women - United States - History - 19th century |
Women - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Women - Health and hygiene |
Feminism - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published in 1978"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Dedication; 1. Introduction; 2. The Conspicuous Consumptive: Woman as an Invalid; 3. Prisoners of Progress: Women and Evolution; 4. Fitness, Feminism and Schooling; 5. The Contradictions in Ladies' Education; 6. The Domestic Ideology and Women's Education; 7. George Eliot and Mary Wollstonecraft; Notes on Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection of papers draws on insights from social anthropology to illuminate historical material, and presents a set of closely integrated studies on the inter-connections between feminism and medical, social and educational ideas in the nineteenth century.Throughout the book evidence from both the USA and UK shows that feminists had to operate in a restricting and complex social environment in which the concept of ""the lady"" and the ideal of the saintly mother defined the |
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