Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN num: 9780073205816
ISBN number: 0073205818
Label: McGraw-Hill Companies
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 640
Printing Date: July 08, 2005
Publishing house: McGraw-Hill Companies
Sale Popularity Level: 89174
Studio: McGraw-Hill Companies
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This comprehensive synthesis of women's history from the 17th century to the present draws on the past three decades of scholarship in the field. The book's unique dual-chapter format pairs a narrative 'episode' that vividly evokes a particular individual or event with a synthesis chapter that places each episode carefully within its broader historical context. This pairing of the concrete and specific with the general and historic creates the most compelling reading experience available in a survey of U.S. women's history.
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I have been using this text for several years with adult students of American women's history. They have found it very readable -- thorough, well-balanced, and engaging. Woloch pairs chapters so that the very first chapter in each pair gives a close-up view of a person or event, and the following chapter presents the social, cultural and economic context for that close-up view. In this way, we have a chance both to experience "up close and personal" glimpses of history and to gain deeper, more multi-facted historical awareness. Woloch's voice is precise and well-measured, but not without vitality and humor. Her book provides a wonderfully comprehensive and comprehensible overview of the history of women in America.
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We are reading this book in my Women's History class in order to get some background information on the primary sources we read. Some historical information in here is helpful, but the writing is extremely reduntant and filled with useless information. When the author isnt repeating herself, she is contradicting herself. As I said, this book is worth skipping.
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She uses a lot of references, but overall the subject matter could be made a hell of a lot more interesting. She can put you to sleep, which is unfortunate because there are still not enough attention on women in US history.
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