Women and the Vote - A World History

Zusatztext Adam's ambitious global survey is rendered accessible through his engaging biographical approach. Informationen zum Autor Jad Adams is an independent historian specializing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is a Research Fellow at the Institute of English, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and a Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research. His books include major biographies of Tony Benn, of Gandhi, and a composite biography of the Nehru dynasty. A frequent reviewer of books for national publications, he lives in London and on the Greek island of Leros. Klappentext The first genuinely global history of how women won the vote - written by a man. A book with controversial conclusions. Zusammenfassung The first genuinely global history of how women won the vote - written by a man. A book with controversial conclusions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Democracy before Democracy 2: The Rights of Man 3: Early British Radicals 4: Rise of the Middle Class Campaigner 5: New Found Rights in New Found Lands 6: 'In with our women' in the Western US 7: Out of the Doll's House in Scandinavia 8: Lobbyists to Militants in Britain 9: Victory and Disenfranchisement in the US 10: Who Won Votes from the War? 11: The Pope and the Vote - Catholic Europe 12: Latin American Mothers of the Nation 13: The Enfranchisement of the East 14: Africa and the Cold War 15: The Veiled Vote Conclusion Appendix 1: The Strange Case of Switzerland Appendix 2: Chronology of Women's Suffrage Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Jad Adams, Jad (Associate Research Fellow Adams, Adams Jad
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2016
• EAN: 9780198706854
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870685-4
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political activism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political structures: democracy, Social and cultural history, Political activism / Political engagement