Flora Tristan
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$47.57
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2019
Summary
Active in the 1830s and 1840s, Flora Tristan is best known for her book “Workers’ Union”, an account of the conditions of women and workers in Peru, London, Paris and the provinces of France. Regarded as something of a pariah, she was one of the first women radicals to draw clear connections between the plight of disaffected workers and powerless women. Her version of socialism has been regarded as leading towards Marx. Sandra Dijkstra aims to paint a clear picture of Tristan as a class- and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788734868 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1788734866 |
| Author: | Sandra Dijkstra |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Feminist Classics |
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Flora Tristan was the pioneer social explorer of the early Victorian world, chronicling the condition of women and labor from the sugar plantations of Peru to the salons of the July Monarchy and the satantic mills of industrial England. In this brilliant study, Dijkstra restores Tristan to her rightful but complex place in the histories of socialism and feminism. – Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums
About The Author
Sandra Dijkstra
Based in Southern California, Sandra Dijkstra began her career as a feminist scholar and professor in the ‘70s. Since the mid-‘80s, she has worked as a literary agent, and has championed books that make a difference.
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