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Featuring a streamlined single-volume format, Women's America: Refocusing the Past is more teachable, accessible, and affordable than ever before. The ninth edition incorporates insights from new coeditor Karissa Haugeberg and appears at a time of anxiety about the meaning of equality in the twenty-first century. Some of the inequalities with which women have long struggled have been eliminated, while others have emerged or reemerged. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, Women's America is an indispensable text for the study of US women's history.Digital Learning Tools to Enrich Your CourseAll print and electronic versions of Women's America: Refocusing the Past come with access to a full suite of engaging digital learning tools that work with the text to bring content to life and build critical skills.Podcasts, web based research, books and journal articles, and films provide additional resources for students to further their understanding of the text.Interactive timelines summarize the important events covered in the text.
This volume investigates the evolution of gender roles and the status of women within the broader context of United States history. The editors, a team of established historians including Linda K. Kerber and Jane S. De Hart, synthesize decades of scholarship to examine how legal, social, and economic structures have shaped the lives of American women. The text argues that the history of women is central to understanding the American experience, utilizing a framework that balances chronological narrative with thematic analysis of equality and inequality.
What You Will Find
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Academic reviewers frequently identify this work as a foundational text for undergraduate courses in women's history due to its comprehensive scope and pedagogical structure. Experts highlight the inclusion of diverse perspectives and the updated digital resources as key factors in its continued relevance for contemporary students.
Page Count:
688
Publication Date:
2019-09-16
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190945753
ISBN-13:
9780190945756
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