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



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Titolo: Scottish women : a documentary history, 1780-1914 / / edited by Esther Breitenbach ... [et al.] Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78402-355-8
0-7486-8340-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813012303321
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