Bombay to Bloomsbury : a biography of the Strachey family / / Barbara Caine
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| Autore: |
Caine Barbara
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| Titolo: |
Bombay to Bloomsbury : a biography of the Strachey family / / Barbara Caine
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (507 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 929/.2/08921054 |
| Soggetto topico: | British - India |
| Imperialism | |
| Feminism - Great Britain | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Biography |
| Great Britain Intellectual life | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2005. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-474) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | An Anglo-Indian family -- An imperial marriage -- Strachey childhoods -- School days -- University life -- Modern marriages -- Single life -- Sibling ties -- Work, income, and changing career patterns -- Gender transformations and the question of sexuality -- A feminist family -- Continuity and change -- A literary family -- Old age and death. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Stracheys were an intelligent and unusual family, prominent in areas such as science and feminism in the 19th century and in the suffrage movement and women's education in the 20th. Examining Lytton Strachey, his parents and nine siblings, Caine provides a picture of a diverse and complex family. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bombay to Bloomsbury |
| ISBN: | 1-383-03900-3 |
| 1-281-34581-4 | |
| 9786611345815 | |
| 0-19-153052-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806840603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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