About this title: Beloved juvenile fiction writer and author of sensational thrillers, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was also an ardent champion of reform movements in nineteenth-century America. Inspired by her parents' zeal for the reforms of their day and influenced by a network of other New Englanders determined to remedy the many ills in American society, the spinster Scheherazade from Concord, Massachusetts, was a firm and convincing advocate in advancing measures extending from domestic reform and alternative medicine, to education and communal society, to antislavery and egalitarianism, to feminism and ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Northeastern
Date Published: 5-9-02
ISBN-13:9781555535131ISBN:1555535135
Description: FINE. Crisp, clean, unread hardcover with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the boards, no dust jacket and a publisher's mark to one edge-Nice! ! 0.95 lbs. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Library Binding
Publisher: Northeastern
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781555535131ISBN:1555535135
Description: New. BRAND SPANKIN' NEW IN SHRINKWRAP! ! Multiple copies may be available. SHIPS W/IN 24 HOURS! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Northeastern University Press, Boston
Date Published: 2002
Description: Hardback, without dustwrapper. Book is in as new condition. Includes sections on: “Domestic Reform: Food, Drink, Dress”; “Health and Alternative Medicine: Homeopathy, Phrenology, Mind Cure”; “Education: Moral, Intellectual, Physical”; “Communal Society: The Newness”; “Antislavery and Abolition”; “Woman's Economic Role: Egalitiarianism”; “Sex and Feminism”; “Suffrage”. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Notheastern University, Boston
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781555535131ISBN:1555535135
Description: (ix) 226 pages, index; 8vo, red cloth. Fine with no dust jacket. Quotes Alcott on topics from domestic reform to alternative medicine, abolition, suffrage and women's rights. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Northeastern
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781555535131ISBN:1555535135
Description: Near fine. Size: 9 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches; Fine in publisher's slightly rubbed cloth as issued/no dust jacket. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
Description: Hardcover Book is in Very Good condition: clean cover, clean pages (No text markings), clean page edges (No remainder mark). Tight binding. No dust jacket. Ships with email notification and bar coded label for faster delivery! read more
Edition: Advance Review Copy; First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
ISBN-13:9781555535124ISBN:1555535127
Description: Very Good. 1555535127. Editor writing with blue pencil on front cover.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; Carefully packaged and mailed for the best arrival condition. Thank you for shopping with us. read more
Description: Good. 1555535127 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781555535124ISBN:1555535127
Description: Fine. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 226 pp. , Louisa May Alcott's writings on subjects such as slavery and abolition, education, suffrage, feminism, as well as many others, pristine, a new book. read more
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