Mysteries of sex : tracing women and men through American history / Mary P. Ryan.

Author/creator Ryan, Mary P.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Description432 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Where have the corn mothers gone? : Americans encounter the Europeans -- Who baked that apple pie and when? : how domesticity conquered American culture -- How did race get colored? : gender and sexuality in the American South -- What is the sex of citizenship? : engendering the American political tradition from the revolution to the New Deal -- How do you get from home to work to equity? : 1900-1960 -- Where does sex divide? : feminism, sexuality, and the structures of gender since 1960 -- Where in the world is the border between male and female? : immigration and generation in the twentieth century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-408) and index.
LCCN 2006016540
ISBN0807830623 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807830628

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1075.5 U6 R93 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold