This unique reader presents primary source documents that offer insights into women's lives throughout the course of European history. Each chapter augments its readings with chapter introductions, section introductions, headnotes, and review questions.
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Presents an overview of the variety of women's experiences from the ancient Near East through the post-Cold War era to the present.
1. The Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia (2300 B.C.E.-500 B.C.E.)
Women in Creation Accounts
Women's Religious and Spiritual Activities
Marriage and Family Life
2. The Greek World (600 B.C.E.-200 C.E.)
The State and the Household in Classical Athens
Religious Life and Rituals
Medical and Anatomical Ideas
3. The Roman World (Fifth Century B.C.E- Sixth Century C.E.)
Women's Legal Position
Idealized Wives and Mothers
Christianity
4. The Early and High Middle Ages (Fifth-Fourteenth Centuries)
Marriage and the Household Economy
Exceptional Women
Ideas About Women
5. The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Fourteenth-Sixtheenth Centuries)
Religion and Family
The Household Economy
Women's Nature and Education in the Renaissance
6. Early Modern Social and Economic Developments (1500-1750)
Marriage and Family Life
Control of Women's Tongues and Bodies
Work
7. Early Modern Religious and Intellectual Developments (1500-1800)
The Protestant and Catholic Reformations
Witchcraft
Women's Rule and Rights
The Enlightenment
8. The French Revolution, Industrialization, and Midcentury Working-Class Movements
The French Revolution
The Napoleonic Code and Utopian Socialist Critiques of Marriage and the Family
Women and Industrialization
Women and Midcentury Movements for Democratic and Economic Rights
9. Women and the Development of Bourgeois Society, Politics, and Culture
National Democratic Struggles
Philanthropy, Charity, and Social Reform
Women and Colonialism
Women Artists and Bourgeois Culture
10. The Development of Bourgeois and Working-Class Feminism
New Careers in Medicine and Science
Critiques of Marriage, Sexual Norms, and Women's Fashion
Mass, Socialist Parties, Trade Unions, and Protective Legislation
Suffrage Movements on the Eve of World War I
11. World War I and the Russian Revolution
World War I and the Homefront
The Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917
12. The Interwar Period
The German Revolution and the Weimar Republic
Women and Modernism in the Interwar Period
Women and Soviet Socialist Construction
The Great Depression
Women and Fascist Leagues in France
13. Women and Fascism, World War II, and the Holocaust
Fascist Family, Work, and Racial Policies
Interwar Debates on War and Peace
Women and the Holocaust
Women and the Resistance
The Homefront in Britain and the Soviet Union
14. Women and Postwar Europe, 1945-1980
Family Allowances ct and the British Welfare State
Women and the Algerian War
Women's Movements of the 1960s and 1970s in Western Europe
15. The 1980s to the Present
The End of Postwar Consensus
Peace and Ecology Movements
Women in Eastern Europe
Women and the New Multicultural Europe
Women and the War in Bosnia
Women and the United Nations
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1. The Ancient Mediterranean and West Asia (2300 B.C.E.-500 B.C.E.) Women in Creation Accounts Women's Religious and Spiritual Activities Marriage and Family Life 2. The Greek World (600 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) The State and the Household in Classical Athens Religious Life and Rituals Medical and Anatomical Ideas 3. The Roman World (Fifth Century B.C.E- Sixth Century C.E.) Women's Legal Position Idealized Wives and Mothers Christianity 4. The Early and High Middle Ages (Fifth-Fourteenth Centuries) Marriage and the Household Economy Exceptional Women Ideas About Women 5. The Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Fourteenth-Sixtheenth Centuries) Religion and Family The Household Economy Women's Nature and Education in the Renaissance 6. Early Modern Social and Economic Developments (1500-1750) Marriage and Family Life Control of Women's Tongues and Bodies Work 7. Early Modern Religious and Intellectual Developments (1500-1800) The Protestant and Catholic Reformations Witchcraft Women's Rule and Rights The Enlightenment 8. The French Revolution, Industrialization, and Midcentury Working-Class Movements The French Revolution The Napoleonic Code and Utopian Socialist Critiques of Marriage and the Family Women and Industrialization Women and Midcentury Movements for Democratic and Economic Rights 9. Women and the Development of Bourgeois Society, Politics, and Culture National Democratic Struggles Philanthropy, Charity, and Social Reform Women and Colonialism Women Artists and Bourgeois Culture 10. The Development of Bourgeois and Working-Class Feminism New Careers in Medicine and Science Critiques of Marriage, Sexual Norms, and Women's Fashion Mass, Socialist Parties, Trade Unions, and Protective Legislation Suffrage Movements on the Eve of World War I 11. World War I and the Russian Revolution World War I and the Homefront The Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 12. The Interwar Period The German Revolution and the Weimar Republic Women and Modernism in the Interwar Period Women and Soviet Socialist Construction The Great Depression Women and Fascist Leagues in France 13. Women and Fascism, World War II, and the Holocaust Fascist Family, Work, and Racial Policies Interwar Debates on War and Peace Women and the Holocaust Women and the Resistance The Homefront in Britain and the Soviet Union 14. Women and Postwar Europe, 1945-1980 Family Allowances ct and the British Welfare State Women and the Algerian War Women's Movements of the 1960s and 1970s in Western Europe 15. The 1980s to the Present The End of Postwar Consensus Peace and Ecology Movements Women in Eastern Europe Women and the New Multicultural Europe Women and the War in Bosnia Women and the United Nations
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780395970522
Publisert
2000-07-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Houghton Mifflin
Vekt
998 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
193 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
656