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OverviewBritish women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist politics, the gendered representation and experience of the Munich Crisis, and the profound impression made by female public opinion on PM Neville Chamberlain in his negotiations with the dictators. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Julie V. GottliebPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2015 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 5.465kg ISBN: 9780230304291ISBN 10: 023030429 Pages: 340 Publication Date: 09 September 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback 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 ContentsIntroduction: Guilty Women? Gendering Appeasement 1. British Women and the Three Encounters: International, European, and Fascist 2. Women's War on Fascism 3. 'Guilty Women': Conspiracy and Collusion 4. 'Guilty Women': Powers behind Thrones 5. 'To Speak a Few Words of Comfort to Them': Conservative Women's Support for Chamberlain and Appeasement 6. 'Women are the Best Friends of Mr Chamberlain's Policy': Gendered Representations of Public Opinion 7. 'Anyway Let's Have Peace': Women's Expressions of Opinion on Appeasement 8. 'Don't Believe in Foreigners': The Female Franchise Factor and the Munich By-elections 9. The Women Churchillians and the Politics of ShameReviewsJulie Gottlieb has succeeded in finding a truly original angle on the study of Appeasement. In highlighting the 'sex' dimension she shows that the language of foreign policy was heavily gendered. Her scholarly but highly readable book is bound to become a central point of reference in the field. - Richard Toye, University of Exeter, UK Julie Gottlieb has once again compelled a fresh understanding of a seemingly settled topic by injecting gender into the mix of elements to be analyzed and interpreted. 'Guilty Women', Foreign Policy, and Appeasement in Inter-War Britain opens up a new and invaluable way of thinking about appeasement and enables a broader and more complex appreciation of the period and its actors. - Susan Kingsley Kent, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Julie Gottlieb has succeeded in finding a truly original angle on the study of appeasement. In highlighting the 'sex' dimension she shows that the language of foreign policy was heavily gendered. Her scholarly but highly readable book is bound to become a central point of reference in the field. - Richard Toye, University of Exeter, UK Julie Gottlieb has once again compelled a fresh understanding of a seemingly settled topic by injecting gender into the mix of elements to be analyzed and interpreted. 'Guilty Women', Foreign Policy, and Appeasement in Inter-War Britain opens up a new and invaluable way of thinking about appeasement and enables a broader and more complex appreciation of the period and its actors. - Susan Kingsley Kent, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA A scholarly yet highly readable analysis that breaks the mould of appeasement studies. This fascinating and important book opens up new vistas on 1930s Britain and on the study of foreign policy in general. - David Reynolds, University of Cambridge, UK Author InformationJulie V. Gottlieb is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published widely on the relationship between gender and political history. She is the author of Feminine Fascism: Women in Britain's Fascist Movement, 1923-1945 (2000), and has co-edited The Culture of Fascism (2004), Making Reputations (2005), and The Aftermath of Suffrage (2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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