Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-304) and index.
Contents:
Anglican Whig feminism in England, 1690-1760 : self-love, reason and social benevolence -- From savage to Scotswoman : the history of femininity -- Roman, Gothic and medieval women : the historicisation of womanhood, 1750-c.1804 -- Catharine Macaulay's histories of England : liberty, civilisation and the female historian -- Good manners and partial civilisation in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft -- The history women and the population men, 1760-1830.
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