Paradox of Change - American Women in the 20th Century

Zusatztext `Lively writing! shrewd analysis! and a keen eye for anecdote make The Paradox of Change marvelously readable and powerfully instructive. Bill Chafe is an indispensable guide for those who seek to understand our history - and for those who wish to change it.'Kinda K. Kerber! author of Women of the Republic Informationen zum Autor William H. Chafe is Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University. He is the author of Women and Equality: Changing Patterns in American Culture, A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America, The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II, and Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom. Klappentext Here is a sweeping study of American women in the 20th century by a leading scholar of women's history. The Paradox of Change ranges from the Progressive Ers and the New Deal to the rise of feminism and the New Right in the 1970s and 1980s. Thoroughly researched and incisively argued, it is essential for anyone who wants to learn more about how women have shaped, and been shaped by, modern America. Zusammenfassung An analysis of the experiences of 20th-century American women, which considers the significance of events during the 1970s to 1990s, such as the rise of feminism. The author outlines that although women have entered more fully into economic and political life, complete equality remains elusive.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William H Chafe, William H. Chafe, William H. (Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of Chafe, William H. (Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History Chafe, Chafe William H.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.03.1992
• EAN: 9780195044195
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504419-5
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: American Women in the 20th Cen; American Women in the 20th Cen
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; USA, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, United States of America, USA, Feminism and feminist theory, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989