Borderline Citizens: Women, Gender and Political Culture in Britain, 1815-1867
Kathryn Gleadle
Abstract
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of women's involvement in British political culture in the first half of the nineteenth century. It is based on extensive archival research, but also engages with recent feminist theories in the social sciences, such as psychology and sociology. The volume looks at both rural and urban experiences of politics. The author throws new light on women's political activities and challenges many traditional assumptions about contemporary politics. The book gives fresh insights into the Reform Act of 1832, pays attention to continuities in political practi ... More
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of women's involvement in British political culture in the first half of the nineteenth century. It is based on extensive archival research, but also engages with recent feminist theories in the social sciences, such as psychology and sociology. The volume looks at both rural and urban experiences of politics. The author throws new light on women's political activities and challenges many traditional assumptions about contemporary politics. The book gives fresh insights into the Reform Act of 1832, pays attention to continuities in political practice and ideas, and brings focus to the primary significance of parish politics within the day-to-day activities of the middling and gentry classes.
Keywords:
Britain,
political culture,
women,
feminist theory,
nineteenth century,
psychology,
sociology,
rural politics,
urban politics
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780197264492 |
| Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2012 |
DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197264492.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Kathryn Gleadle, author
Fellow in Modern History, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
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