Theory and Method in Women's History

ISBN-13: 9783598414558 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 314 str.

Nancy F. Cott; Nancy F. Cott

Opis

This text examines the evolving discussion of theory and method in women's history. The articles span from the first articulation of a framework to be designated women's history, to more recent discussion of the concept of gender in history.

Spis treści

i-iv -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- Theory and Method in Women's History -- New Approaches to the Study of Women in American History -- Women in American Society: An Historical Contribution -- Capitalism, the Family, and Personal Life -- Capitalism, the Family, and Personal Life. Part 2 -- The New Woman: Changing Views of Women in the 1920s -- Placing Women in History: Definitions and Challenges -- History and Historiography: The Treatment in American Histories of Significant Events Concerning the Status of Women -- Sex and Race: The Analogy of Social Control -- What Should Women's Historians Do: Politics, Social Theory, & Women's History -- The Doubled Vision of Feminist Theory: A Postscript to the "Women and Power" Conference -- Politics and Culture in Women's History: A Symposium