Women and the Environment in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1775-1925

This volume features a variety of primary sources by nineteenth-century women from around the globe, whose work focuses on the varied interconnections between gender and the environment. The collection focuses on woman writers and the ecologies of war; early eco-feminisms and circum-Atlantic revolutions; abolitionists, the Haitian Revolution, and the Caribbean World; French dispossession and female farmers. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of Women's History and Environmental History.