The New Women and the Old Men by Ruth Brandon

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The New Women and the Old Men by Ruth Brandon

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Summary

Examines the gulf between principle and practice in the lives of late-Victorian intellectuals and social reformers. This book combines social history, biography and feminist analysis in a scrutiny of the marital and sexual relationships of this group of men and women.

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The New Women and the Old Men by Ruth Brandon

This book examines the gulf between principle and practice in the lives of late-Victorian intellectuals and social reformers known collectively as the new thinkers. It combines social history, biography and feminist analysis. The author scrutinizes the marital and sexual relationships of this group of men and women - among them Havelock Ellis, Olive Schreiner, Eleanor Marx, Edward Aveling, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells and Margaret Sanger.
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ISBN 13 9780006544463
ISBN 10 0006544460
Title The New Women and the Old Men
Author Ruth Brandon
Series Flamingo S
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1991-10-24
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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