Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: the progress of society
- 1 Anglican Whig feminism in England, 1690–1760: self-love, reason and social benevolence
- 2 From savage to Scotswoman: the history of femininity
- 3 Roman, Gothic and medieval women: the historicisation of womanhood, 1750–c.1804
- 4 Catharine Macaulay's histories of England: liberty, civilisation and the female historian
- 5 Good manners and partial civilisation in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft
- 6 The history women and the population men, 1760–1830
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: the progress of society
- 1 Anglican Whig feminism in England, 1690–1760: self-love, reason and social benevolence
- 2 From savage to Scotswoman: the history of femininity
- 3 Roman, Gothic and medieval women: the historicisation of womanhood, 1750–c.1804
- 4 Catharine Macaulay's histories of England: liberty, civilisation and the female historian
- 5 Good manners and partial civilisation in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft
- 6 The history women and the population men, 1760–1830
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009