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Item Details
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DREAMERS OF A NEW DAY
WOMEN WHO INVENTED THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
| By: |
Sheila Rowbotham |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844676137 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844676132 |
| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2010 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
From the 1880s to the 1920s, a social awakening among women extended the possibilities of change far beyond the struggle for the vote. Amid the growth of globalized trade, mass production, immigration and urban slums, American and British women broke with custom and prejudice. This title shows how women created much of the fabric of modern life. |
| Synopsis: |
From the 1880s to the 1920s, a profound social awakening among women extended the possibilities of change far beyond the struggle for the vote. Amid the growth of globalized trade, mass production, immigration and urban slums, American and British women broke with custom and prejudice. Taking off corsets, forming free unions, living communally, buying ethically, joining trade unions, doing social work in settlements, these dreamers of a new day - conceived new ways of arranging daily life from childcare to industrial relations. In the process, they challenged ideas about sexuality, mothering, housework, the economy and citizenship. Forming broad coalitions and movements with strong transatlantic links, both radicals and reformers were overturning assumptions about everyday life - long before it came to be theorized in the 1960s. Drawing on a wealth of research, Sheila Rowbotham has written a groundbreaking new history that shows how women created much of the fabric of modern life. These innovative dreamers raised questions that remain at the forefront of our twenty-first-century lives. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, ports. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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