The Routledge History of Women in Europe since 1700

ISBN-13: 9780415438131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 416 str.

Opis

This is a coherent overview of women's role and place in Western Europe, spanning the era from the beginning of the 18th century until the 20th century.

Recenzje

'Wide-ranging and clearly expressed, this book is set to become essential reading for students and teachers of Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.' – The Economic History Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Writing Women in(to) Modern Europe  2. At Home in the Family: Women and Familial Relationships  3. Female Sexuality  4. Learning to be Good Girls and Women: Education, Training and Schools  5. Women Workers; Working Women  6. Women Religious and Religious Women: Faith and Practice in Women’s Lives  7. Women as Citizens: Changing the Polity  8. Valiant Heroes or Pacific Ladies? Women in War and Peace  9. Home and Away: Women, Popular Culture and Leisure  10. Mistresses of Creation: Women as Producers and Consumers of Art since 1700

O autorze

Deborah Simonton is Associate Professor of British History at the University of Southern Denmark. Her publications include A History of European Women’s Work, 1700 to the Present (1998), Gendering Scottish History, an international approach (1999) (co-edited) and has written widely on gender, work and education.