Eve and the New Jerusalem: Socialism and Feminism in the Nineteenth Century
Barbara Taylor
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Paperback. Barbara Taylor's classic book, reissued with a new introduction. Num Pages: 432 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCX; JFFK; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 305. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
A new edition of Barbara Taylor's classic book, with a new introduction. In the early nineteenth century, radicals all over Europe and America began to conceive of a 'New Moral World', and struggled to create their own utopias, with collective family life, communal property, free love and birth control. In Britain, the visionary ideals of the Utopian Socialist, Robert Owen, attracted thousands of followers, who for more than a quarter of a century attempted to put theory into practice in their own local societies, at rousing public meetings, in trade unions and in their new Communities of ... Read more
A new edition of Barbara Taylor's classic book, with a new introduction. In the early nineteenth century, radicals all over Europe and America began to conceive of a 'New Moral World', and struggled to create their own utopias, with collective family life, communal property, free love and birth control. In Britain, the visionary ideals of the Utopian Socialist, Robert Owen, attracted thousands of followers, who for more than a quarter of a century attempted to put theory into practice in their own local societies, at rousing public meetings, in trade unions and in their new Communities of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860682585
SKU
KSS0007286
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Barbara Taylor
Barbara Taylor's books include Eve and the New Jerusalem, The Last Asylum and On Kindness, a defence of fellow feeling co-written with the psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. She is a longstanding editor of the leading history journal, History Workshop Journal, and a director of the Raphael Samuel History Centre. She teaches History and English at Queen Mary University of London.
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