Connecting spheres : women in the Western world, 1500 to the present /
Integrating the discoveries of the new feminist scholarship with the main themes of Western civilization, this volume puts women back into history. From Italy to Kenya, from Britain to Russia, the text examines the impact of religious reformation, political centralization, scientific, industrial, an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1987.
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| Summary: | Integrating the discoveries of the new feminist scholarship with the main themes of Western civilization, this volume puts women back into history. From Italy to Kenya, from Britain to Russia, the text examines the impact of religious reformation, political centralization, scientific, industrial, and political revolutions, world markets, and welfare states on women of diverse backgrounds, occupations, and classes. The book's unique format combines three overview chapters of summary and analysis with thirteen original case studies by leading historians of women, enabling students to focus on a national history, a period, or a particular theme. Throughout, these essays explode prevalent myths about women's history--for example, that women have existed in a private sphere apart from the public lives of men, and that individual achievement stands apart from social responsibility--and demonstrate that women have indeed had a profound influence on the course of Western history during the last half millennium. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195041232 9780195041231 019504133X 9780195041330 |