Synopses & Reviews
Women in European History 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.
The 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.
Synopsis
This book illustrates the social, cultural, legal and, political conditions that European women have faced from the Middle Ages to the present day.
About the Author
"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"
Lori Williamson, Open University "Bock offers interesting insights into class, race, and gender...Her treatment of the divisive legislation is sophisticated and nuanced." Mary Kinnear, University of Manitoba - Canadian Journal of History
"... A welcome addition to ... women's history in Europe.This is a stimulating book." Reviews
Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface.
Preface.
1. Querelle des Femmes: A European Gender Dispute.
2. The French Revolution: The Dispute is Resumed.
3. Challenging Boundaries: A Third Gender Dispute.
4. From the Social and to the Political.
5. Between Extremes.
6. Civil, Political and Social Rights: A New Gender Debate.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.