From eve to dawn a history of women / Marilyn French ; foreword by Margaret Atwood.

Author/creator French, Marilyn
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York,
Description4 v. : maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Women--History.

Contents v. 1: Origins -- The mothers -- The fathers -- State formulation in Peru, Egypt, and Sumer -- A secular state: China -- A religious state: India -- A militaristic state: Mexico -- Conclusion: An analysis of the state -- Judaism -- Greece -- Rome -- Christianity -- Islam -- v. 2: The masculine mystique -- Introduction -- Feudalism in Europe -- Feudalism in Japan -- Control tightens in Europe -- European appropriation of Africa -- European appropriation of Latin America -- European appropriation of North America -- Black experience in North America -- The French Revolution -- v. 3: Infernos and paradises, the triumph of capitalism in the 19th century -- Introduction -- Imperialism in Africa -- Industrialization -- Utopianism and socialism -- Middle-class women in England -- Middle-class women in the United States before the Civil War -- The Civil War and its aftermath -- Woman suffrage in the United States and Great Britain -- Labor movements -- The war against women -- v. 4: Revolutions and the struggles for justice in the 20th century -- Introduction -- Socialism in Europe -- Revolution in Russia -- Revolution in China -- Fascist revolution in Germany and Italy -- Anti-imperial revolution in Latin America -- Anti-imperial revolution in India -- Anti-imperial revolution in Algeria -- Anti-imperial revolution in Africa -- Women and development -- The history of feminism -- The political is personal, the personal is political -- The future of feminism.
General note"Originally published: Toronto : McArthur, 2002.
General noteHas new foreword (c2004) and introduction (c2007).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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