Feminism and Empire: Women Activists in Imperial Britain, 1790-1865

by Clare Midgley (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $42.46

  Establishes the impact that Britain's position as leading imperial power had on the origins of modern western feminism. This study exposes the intimate links between debates on the 'woman question' and the constitution of 'colonial discourse' in order to highlight the centrality of empire to white middle-class women's activism in Britain.

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $142.88

  Establishes the impact that Britain's position as leading imperial power had on the origins of modern western feminism. This study exposes the intimate links between debates on the 'woman question' and the constitution of 'colonial discourse' in order to highlight the centrality of empire to white middle-class women's activism in Britain.