Women in European Culture and Society

A Sourcebook
Herausgeber: Simonton, Deborah

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new and major collection of documents, Women in European Culture and Society: A Sourcebook includes a range of transnational sources which encompass the history of women in Europe from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present day. Including documents from across Europe, from France and Germany to Estonia, Spain and Russia, organized in a broad chronological spread, the diversity of the sources included in the book is unique. Ideal for use on its own or as a companion volume to Women in European Culture and Society: Gender, Skill and Identity since 1700, this sourcebook is an invaluable and essential collection showing how women lived throughout Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415684408
• ISBN-10: 0415684404
• Artikelnr.: 33381192

Autorenporträt

Deborah Simonton

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Rights of Man and Duties of
Woman Prelude: Women's identity in eighteenth-century culture Chapter 1:
Intimate Worlds: self, sex and family On Woman Educating Girls Transitions
1Women going it alone Marriage Law Husbands and Wives Experts on childcare
Mothers and Children Chapter 2: Community Spaces Keeping House Labouring
Women Artisans Businesswomen Midwifery Chapter 3: Wider Worlds - Gendering
the Enlightenment Rulers Political Culture Intellectual Rights Science and
intellect Travelling women Intermezzo: The Revolutionary Era Rights of
Women Reflections on Revolution Part 2 Domesticity and Industrialism
Prelude: Legacy of the Enlightenment Chapter 4: Intimate Worlds - self, sex
and family Educating Women Bridging Two Worlds Marriage Singletons Mothers
and Children Chapter 5: Community Spaces Keeping a Good House Rural Worlds
Urban workers Business and Professions Chapter 6: Shaping Wider Worlds
Political Women Worlds of Talent Intermezzo: La Belle Époque Female Health
Votes for Women Travel and Empire Part 3 Modern Times Prelude: Carrying
Linda's Stones Chapter 7: Intimacy and Independence Finding their Way
Changing Values Women's Realities Motherhood Singletons Chapter 8: The
Transitional Community Work and Identity War Work Women at Work
Legislation and unemployment Chapter 9: The Wider Stage Feminism The
Elephant in the Room Political Activism Global Politics Legacies of Empire
Worlds of Creativity Further Reading Index