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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
Keywords: Britain, political culture, women, feminist theory, nineteenth century, psychology, sociology, rural politics, urban politics
Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780197264492 |
Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2012 | DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197264492.001.0001 |
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