1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393576103316

Titolo

By the King [[electronic resource] ] : a proclamation for the maintenance and encrease of the mines of saltpeter, and the true making of gunpowder, and reforming abuses concerning the same

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Imprinted at London, : By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, Printers  to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, M.DC.XXV [1625]

Descrizione fisica

3 leaves

Altri autori (Persone)

Charles, King of England,  <1600-1649.>

Soggetti

Saltpeter industry - England

Gunpowder

Nitrogen industries

Great Britain History James I, 1603-1625

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

Imprint from colophon.

"Giuen at the Court at White-Hall, the thirteenth day of April, in the first yeere of his Maiesties Reigne of England, France, and Ireland,  and of Scotland the eight and fiftieth."

Reproduction of original in: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806807003321

Autore

Wånggren Lena

Titolo

Gender, technology and the new woman / / Lena Wånggren [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-4744-3464-9

1-4744-1627-6

1-4744-1628-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture

Classificazione

HL 1101

Disciplina

820.9352209034

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

English literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Women in literature

Feminism in literature

Equality in literature

Technology in literature

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The new woman in technological modernity -- Typewriters and typists: secretarial agency at the fin de siècle -- The 'freedom machine': the new woman and the bicycle -- Medical new women i: nurses -- Medical new women ii: doctors -- Technologies of detection.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines late nineteenth-century feminism in relation to technologies of the time, marking the crucial role of technology in social and literary struggles for equality.