Feminists versus gallants: Manners and morals in enlightenment Britain

Women, Gender and Enlightenment

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 30-52

  Taylor, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230554801     Document Type: Chapter

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