Women in German history : from bourgeois emancipation to sexual liberation / Ute Frevert ; translated by Stuart McKinnon-Evans in association with Terry Bond and Barbara Norden.
| Author/creator | Frevert, Ute author. |
| Other author | McKinnon-Evans, Stuart, translator. |
| Other author | Bond, Terry. |
| Other author | Norden, Barbara. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1989, ©1988. |
| Description | 346 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Frauen-Geschichte. English |
| Contents | I. Human rights and women's duties in the late eighteenth century : bourgeois society and gender. The terms of the debate -- Rural society -- The new bourgeoisie and new femininity -- The bourgeois marriage -- The scope for freedom -- II. The nineteenth century. The Biedermeier period -- The women's movement of 1848 -- Working women and workers' wives -- Proletarian women and their allies -- Middle-class women and their campaign in imperial Germany -- Bourgeois sexuality, prostitution and marriage -- The social democratic women's movement -- III. The discovery of the 'modern woman' 1914-1933. The First World War : the father of women's emancipation? -- The Weimar Republic -- IV. Between tradition and modernity : women in the Third Reich. National renewal and the woman question -- National socialist policy on women -- Resistance and mass loyalty -- V. Opportunities and restrictions in the new republic : 1945-1988. A fearful peace -- Family or career? -- The politicisation of private life -- Two hundred years of women's history : a critical appraisal. |
| Abstract | Presents a comprehensive study of the experiences of women in modern German society. This book examines aspects of change and continuity in the lives of women and analyses the social differences, as well as the common ground shared between women of various classes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-337) and index. |
| Language | Translation of: Frauen-Geschichte zwischen bärglicher Verbesserung und neuer Weiblichkeit. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Frevert, Ute. Frauen-Geschichte. English. Women in German history. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1989, ©1988 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 88013123 |
| ISBN | 0854962336 |
| ISBN | 9780854962334 |
| ISBN | 0854966854 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780854966851 |
| Technical rpt number | 83013123 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1627 .F69713 1989 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |