History of Their Own Women in Europe from Prehistory to the PresentVolume II

Name: History of Their Own Women in Europe from Prehistory to the PresentVolume II
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ISBN: 9780195128390

ISBN-10: 0195128397

ISBN-13: 9780195128390

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Bonnie S. Anderson, Judith P. Zinsser

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This classic two-volume history is an exciting and revolutionary look at women's history from prehistoric times to the present. Its unique organization focuses on the developments, achievements, and changes in women's roles in society. Rather than examining women's history as an inevitable progression of events along a strict timeline, this text is organized within a loose chronology, with chapters focusing on women's place and function in society. This revised edition provides a new introduction, an updated epilogue on women's lives in Europe since 1988, and a completely revised bibliography that includes recent scholarship. A History of Their Own restores women to the historical record,…

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List price: $109.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/16/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 634
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.31" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Acknowledgments Introduction VI. Women of the Courts: Rulers, Patrons, and Attendants 1. The World of Absolute Monarchs from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries 2. The Life of the Courtier 3. The Traditional Life in a Grand Setting: Wife and Queen Consort 4. Women Rulers 5. New Opportunities 6. The Legacies of Renaissance Humanism and the Scientific Revolution VII. Women of the Salons and Parlors: Ladies, Housewives, and Professionals 1. Women in the Salons 2. Women in the Parlors 3. Leaving the Parlors 4. Opportunities and Limits: Change and Tradition in the Twentieth Century VIII: Women of the Cities: Mothers, Workers, and Revolutionaries 1. Family…