Women's history : Britain, 1700-1850 : an introduction / edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus -- Women and the enlightenment in Britain c. 1690-1800 / Jane Rendall -- Women and education / Deborah Simonton -- Women, marriage and the family / Tanya Evans -- Sexuality and the body / Karen Harvey -- Women and religion / Anne Stott -- Women and work / Hannah Barker -- Women and poverty / Alannah Tomkins -- Women and crime / Anne-Marie Kilday -- Women, consumption and taste / Helen Berry -- Women and politics / Elaine Chalus and Fiona Montgomery -- British women and empire / Kathleen Wilson.

A wide-ranging, thematic survey of women's history in Britain in the 18th and early 19th centuries, with chapters written by both well-established writers and new and dynamic scholars in a thorough and well-balanced selection.