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001 2011030489
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008 110718s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781107015074
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050 00 $aHQ1236.5.G7$bG75 2012
082 00 $a305.420941$223
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100 1 $aGriffin, Ben.
245 14 $aThe politics of gender in Victorian Britain :$bmasculinity, political culture, and the struggle for women's rights /$cBen Griffin.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1201
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"This groundbreaking history of Victorian politics, feminism and parliamentary reform challenges traditional assumptions about the development of British democracy and the struggle for women's rights and demonstrates how political activity has been shaped by changes in the history of masculinity. From the second half of the nineteenth century Britain's all-male parliament began to transform the legal position of women as it reformed laws that had upheld male authority for centuries. To explain these revolutionary changes, Ben Griffin looks beyond the actions of the women's movement alone and shows how the behaviour and ideologies of male politicians were fundamentally shaped by their gender. He argues that changes to women's rights were not simply the result of changing ideas about women but also changing beliefs about masculinity, religion and the nature of the constitution and, in doing so, demonstrates how gender inequality can be created and reproduced by the state"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: 1. 'Feminism' and the history of women's rights; Part II. Masculinity and the Struggle for Women's Rights: 2. The domestic ideology of Victorian patriarchy; 3. Class, liberalism and the erosion of Victorian domestic ideology; 4. Religious change and the transformation of domestic ideology; 5. The politics of paternity; 6. Performing masculinities in the House of Commons; Part III. Political Culture and the Struggle for Women's Rights: 7. Classes, interests and parliamentary reform; 8. The instability of the 1867 settlement, the secret ballot, and women's suffrage; 9. Redefining 'fitness': from the educated voter to household suffrage; 10. The road to democracy, 1885-1906; 11. Fin de siècle.
650 0 $aWomen's rights$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aMasculinity$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aFeminism$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011030489-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011030489-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011030489-t.html