{"product_id":"women-in-european-history-isbn-9780631191452","title":"Women in European History","description":"This book illustrates the social, cultural, legal and, political conditions that European women have faced from the Middle Ages to the present day.  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Querelle des femmes: A European Gender Dispute 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dignity of Man and the Dignity of Woman 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMisogamy and Misogyny; Philogamy and Philogyny 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power of Fathers, the Power of Men, the Power of Women 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The French Revolution: The Dispute is Resumed 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHopes 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRights of Man and Rights of Woman 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmazons and Counter-revolutionaries 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNapoleon and the Revolution in Europe 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNocturnal Intrigues 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Challenging Boundaries: A Third Gender Dispute 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Debates and Language 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo Angels in the House: Ideals and Realities 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld and New Labour 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePre-Pioneers and Pioneers of the Women’s Movement 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Social Movement 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 From the Social to the Political 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational and Transnational Movements 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEqual because Different: The Political Discourse of Suffragism 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst-comers and Late-comers: European Paths to Women’s Suffrage 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCitizenship and Mother’s Rights 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Policies for and against Women 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Between Extremes 174\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFemale Citizens and the New Woman 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaternity and Paternity in the Welfare State 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaths Leading to Dictatorship: The Political and the Private 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Socialism and Race Policy 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar and Genocide in Europe 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Civil, Political and Social Rights: A New Gender Debate 233\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberty and Equality 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Longest Revolution 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory, Mind and Gender 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 291\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Bock looks at issues such as marriage, women's roles in the French and Industrial Revolutions, the nature and definition of the family, women and the welfare state, the Nazi regime, and the women's movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book succeeds in synthesizing a substantial amount of comparative gender and cultural history over a considerable time span. And to Bock's credit, she strikes a good balance between factual information and biography... there is much food for thought\" \u003ci\u003eLori Williamson, Open University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Bock offers interesting insights into class, race, and gender...Her treatment of the divisive legislation is sophisticated and nuanced.\" \u003ci\u003eMary Kinnear, University of Manitoba - Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... A welcome addition to ... women's history in Europe.This is a stimulating book.\" \u003ci\u003eReviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eGisela Bock\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Western European History at the Free University of Berlin. She has published numerous books and articles on the history of women, including studies on gender relations in the modern welfare states, female poverty, women under National Socialism, and the European debates on gender relations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllison Brown\u003c\/b\u003e has been a freelance translator of scholarly books and essays, largely in the fields of history and the social and political sciences, especially women's and cultural studies, since 1988. She has studied linguistics and German studies, and has an M.A. in translation science.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eWomen in European History\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the social, cultural, legal and, political conditions that European women have faced from the Middle Ages to the present day. It also explores women's ideas and ideals, their perceptions of the relations between the sexes and their struggle for civil, political, and social rights.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book covers the long-standing European debate on gender relations and the roles of the sexes in society, which ultimately also posed the question of what is humanity. The study spans, among other topics, changes in marriage over centuries, women's role in the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, gender relations in the European welfare states, the European dictatorships and Nazi racism and the women's movements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book concludes with an account of the emergence of historiography on women over the past two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990502260965,"sku":"NP9780631191452","price":44.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631191452.jpg?v=1761788084","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/women-in-european-history-isbn-9780631191452","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}