Mothers & Daughters: Women Of The Intelligentsia In Nineteenth-Century Russia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some light scratching and warping to the plastic cover wrap. Page Condition: Good - some silverfish damage to FEP/ pages. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. Good reading copy
Mothers & Daughters: Women of the Intelligentsia in Nineteenth-Century Russia is a landmark work of social and gender history that chronicles the lives of educated Russian women who sought liberation and purpose in an era of rigid patriarchal constraint. Barbara Alpern Engel argues that the emergence of the female intelligentsia in nineteenth-century Russia was a profound social phenomenon, shaped by the tensions between domestic expectations and radical political awakening. Drawing on diaries, memoirs, and archival sources, the work presents an intimate and rigorous account of how these women navigated the competing demands of family, education, and revolutionary ideology. Engel illustrates how the generational divide between mothers — anchored to tradition — and daughters — drawn toward nihilism and political activism — defined the cultural and intellectual landscape of the period. Authoritative and deeply researched, this is an essential text for understanding the intersection of gender, class, and radicalism in Imperial Russia.
Author: Barbara Alpern Engel
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Cambridge University Press
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some light scratching and warping to the plastic cover wrap. Page Condition: Good - some silverfish damage to FEP/ pages. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. Good reading copy
Mothers & Daughters: Women of the Intelligentsia in Nineteenth-Century Russia is a landmark work of social and gender history that chronicles the lives of educated Russian women who sought liberation and purpose in an era of rigid patriarchal constraint. Barbara Alpern Engel argues that the emergence of the female intelligentsia in nineteenth-century Russia was a profound social phenomenon, shaped by the tensions between domestic expectations and radical political awakening. Drawing on diaries, memoirs, and archival sources, the work presents an intimate and rigorous account of how these women navigated the competing demands of family, education, and revolutionary ideology. Engel illustrates how the generational divide between mothers — anchored to tradition — and daughters — drawn toward nihilism and political activism — defined the cultural and intellectual landscape of the period. Authoritative and deeply researched, this is an essential text for understanding the intersection of gender, class, and radicalism in Imperial Russia.