America, Belgium, England, France, and the Netherlands all
experienced political upheaval during the late eighteenth century.
Women participated in these events in a variety of ways according
to class and country. Not only was the nature of their
participation different from that of men, but they were also
affected by the political changes and economic developments in ways
different from their male counterparts. The essays collected in
this volume provide a comparative historical investigation of
gender and political culture as they explore eighteenth-century
revolutionary movements. The contributors bring a rich variety of
sources, methods, and perspectives to the investigation, making
this anthology a useful contribution to the study of comparative
history. Included are sources from diaries, letters, petitions,
public speeches and printed essays, newspaper reports, police
records, and other government documents. Archival illustrations
visually document this revolutionary era. Women and Politics in the
Age of the Democratic Revolution analyzes the impact of women's
participation on the courses and outcomes of specific upheavals,
and assesses the impact of the political and institutional changes
on women's lives and their political and social identities. Many of
the papers point to the root of women's political engagement in
neighborhood or village community life, and suggest that where
local institutions were weakened by political revolution or
economic growth, women often lost "protocitizenship." Drawing on
the analyses of their contributors, the editors address the
critical questions whether the late eighteenth century was in fact
an age of democratic revolution for women. The investigation of
such questions has profound implications for our evaluation of the
nature and limits of democratic ideology and institutions. The
collection will be of interest to scholars of modern European
history, women's studies, comparative political history, the
Enlightenment, and the Age of Revolution.
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