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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sheila RowbothamPublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.606kg ISBN: 9781844674213ISBN 10: 1844674215 Pages: 574 Publication Date: 05 October 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsExhaustively researched and resonant in detail. It is a splendid reassessment of a man who was both typical of his own time and light years ahead of it. -- Fiona MacCarthy * Guardian * One of the best political biographies for many years. It is not just a book about the past; it's bursting with ideas that remain relevant to the future of humanity. -- Peter Tatchell * Observer Books of the Year * A powerful and entertaining biography of the 'sexy sage of Sheffield' ... This absorbing book opens the whole period of early socialism in Britain. And it reads beautifully. -- Jeanette Winterson * Times * Immensely valuable. -- Colm Toibin * London Review of Books * Magnificent ... definitive. -- Tristram Hunt * Observer * I devoured these 550 pages in a day, longing for more. -- Richard Canning * Independent * Sheila Rowbotham has given us not just an account of one remarkable individual's life, but has helped to explain how we evolved into the society we are today. -- Martin Pugh * Times Literary Supplement * An excellent new biography. Rowbotham masterfully renders Carpenter relevant by writing with authority as well as a humorous intimacy that comes from spending decades studying Carpenter. * Politics and Culture * Exhaustively researched and resonant in detail. It is a splendid reassessment of a man who was both typical of his own time and light years ahead of it. Fiona McCarthy, Guardian One of the best political biographies for many years. It is not just a book about the past; it's bursting with ideas that remain relevant to the future of humanity. Peter Tatchell, Observer Books of the Year A powerful and entertaining biography of the 'sexy sage of Sheffield' ... This absorbing book opens the whole period of early socialism in Britain. And it reads beautifully. Jeanette Winterson The Times Immensely valuable. Colm Tόibin London Review of Books Magnificent .. definitive. Tristram Hunt, Observer I devoured these 550 pages in a day, longing for more. Richard Canning, Independent Author InformationSheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women's liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as an historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author of the ground-breaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman's Consciousness, Man's World; and Hidden from History. Her later works include Dreamers of a New Day: and Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love, shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Biography. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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