Scottish women : a documentary history, 1780-1914 / / edited by Esther Breitenbach ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.40941109034
• Soggetto topico: Women - Scotland - Social conditions - 18th century; Women - Scotland - Social conditions - 19th century
• Altri autori: BreitenbachEsther
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Readers’ Guide -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Bodies, Sexuality and Health -- 3 Hearth and Home -- 4 Work and Working Conditions -- 5 Crime and Punishment, Immorality and Reform -- 6 Religion -- 7 Protest and Politics -- 8 Empire Experiences and Perspectives -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on a wide range of source materials from across Scotland, this sourcebook provides new insights into women's attitudes to the society in which they lived, and how they negotiated their identities within private and public life. Organised in thematic chapters, it moves from the private and intimate experiences of sexuality, health and sickness to Scotswomen's migrations across the British empire, illustrating many facets of women's lives - domesticity and waged work, defiance of law and convention, religious faith and respectability, political action and public influence. A range of fas
• Titolo autorizzato: Scottish women
• ISBN: 1-78402-355-8; 0-7486-8340-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813012303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II