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Author:

Midgley, Clare, 1955-

Title:

Feminism and empire : women activists in imperial Britain, 1790-1865 / Clare Midgley.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

x, 206 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women--Great Britain--History--History--18th century.
Women--Great Britain--History--History--19th century.
Feminism--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Feminism--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-200) and index.

Contents:

The "woman question" in Imperial Britain -- Sweetness and power : the domestic woman and anti-slavery politics -- White women saving brown women? British Women and the campaign against sati -- Can women be missionaries? Imperial philanthropy, female agency and feminism -- Feminism, colonial emigration and the new model Englishwoman.

ISBN:

9780203089491 (ebk.)
0203089499 (ebk.)
9780415250153 (pbk.)
0415250153 (pbk.)
9780415250146 (hbk.)
0415250145 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)122424448

LCCN:

2007013243

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)