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Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters
Charles Darwin
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Description for Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters
hardcover. A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues. Editor(s): Evans, Samantha. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGT; BJ; JFSJ1; PSAJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining, intriguing, and challenging, and are organised into thematic chapters, including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants, that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin's famous remarks on women's intelligence in Descent ... Read more
Darwin and Women focusses on Darwin's correspondence with women and on the lives of the women he knew and wrote to. It includes a large number of hitherto unpublished letters between members of Darwin's family and their friends that throw light on the lives of the women of his circle and their relationships, social and professional, with Darwin. The letters included are by turns entertaining, intriguing, and challenging, and are organised into thematic chapters, including botany and zoology as well as marriage and servants, that set them in an accessible narrative context. Darwin's famous remarks on women's intelligence in Descent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107158863
SKU
V9781107158863
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Ref
99-18
About Charles Darwin
Samantha Evans is an associate editor of the Darwin Correspondence Project.
Reviews for Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters
'This magpie-eyed selection illuminates [Darwin's] relationships with the women in his family and social circle, as well as those who were engaged in similar scientific studies.' Helen Brown, Sunday Telegraph 'Darwin and Women contains a wealth of fascinating stories about the lives of nineteenth century women and the slow growth in professionalisation of their work. … The book is as ... Read more