Women and the limits of citizenship in the French Revolution / / Olwen H. Hufton
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| Autore: |
Hufton Olwen H.
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| Titolo: |
Women and the limits of citizenship in the French Revolution / / Olwen H. Hufton
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999 |
| ©1992 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 944.04/082 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women's rights - France - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Women |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter One. Women and Politics -- Chapter Two. Poverty and Charity: Revolutionary Mythology and Real Women -- Chapter Three. In Search of Counter-Revolutionary Women -- Chapter Four. Epilogue. The Legacy: Myth and Memory -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The French masses overwhelmingly supported the Revolution in 1789. Economic hardship, hunger, and debt combined to put them solidly behind the leaders. But between the people's expectations and the politicians' interpretation of what was needed to construct a new state lay a vast chasm. Olwen H. Hufton explores the responses of two groups of working women - those in rural areas and those in Paris - to the revolution's aftermath.Women were denied citizenship in the new state, but they were not apolitical. In Paris, collective female activity promoted a controlled economy as women struggled to secure an adequate supply of bread at a reasonable price. Rural women engaged in collective confrontation to undermine government religious policy which was destroying the networks of traditional Catholic charity.Hufton examines the motivations of these two groups, the strategies they used to advance their respective causes, and the bitter misogyinistic legacy of the republican tradition which persisted into the twentieth century. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Women and the limits of citizenship in the French Revolution |
| ISBN: | 9786612056482 |
| 1-4426-8355-4 | |
| 1-282-05648-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456504903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Donald G. Creighton lectures ; ; 1989