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| Title: | Inventing the American Woman, Volume 2, 4th Edition
: An Inclusive History |
| Author: | Glenda Riley |
| ISBN: | 088295251X : 9780882952512 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 530 |
| Weight: | .454 Kg. |
| Published: | Harlan Davidson - January 2007 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Womens studies: USA |
Thoughtfully re-edited with the student reader in mind and featuring expanded coverage of women in the military, women's healthcare, divorce, and women of colour -- especially Spanish speaking, American Indian, African American, and Asian American -- this well-balanced interpretive account of women's experiences as they shaped and were shaped by American history resounds as a remarkable feat of insight and inclusion.
"Reordering Woman's Sphere": The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1878 to 1914; The "New Woman": World War I and the "Roaring Twenties", 1914 to 1929; "Making Do and Pitching In": The Great Depression and World War II, 1929 to 1945; The Feminine Mystique and Beyond, 1945 to 1965; Modern American Women: 1965 to Present; Conclusion - Looking Toward the Future.
