History of Women in the West
Arthur Goldhammer translator Georges Duby editor Michelle Perrot editor Pauline Schmitt-Pantel editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Published:14th Apr '94
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Informed by the work of seventy-five distinguished historians, this five-volume series sets before us an engaging, panoramic chronicle that extends from antiquity to the present day.
The inaugural volume brings women from the margins of ancient history into the fore. It offers fresh insight into more than twenty centuries of Greek and Roman history and encompasses a landscape that stretches from the North Sea to the Mediterranean and from the Pillars of Hercules to the banks of the Indus. The authors draw upon a wide range of sources including gravestones, floor plans, papyrus rolls, vase paintings, and literary works to illustrate how representations of women evolved during this age. They journey into the minds of men and bring to light an imaginative history of women and of the relations between the sexes.
A series of carefully interrelated essays that form the first volume of a five-part encyclopedic history of women… [This work] marks the rapid development over the past twenty years in the study of women in the ancient world. -- Mary Beard * Times Literary Supplement *
[This volume contains] a wealth of knowledge and a scholarly scrupulosity which bodes well for its successors. -- Helen Hackett * Times Higher Education Supplement *
A stellar cast of historians from many countries here examines women’s bodies, hearts, and minds and explores their nature and role… Their investigation pinpoints the changes that have taken place in a colonized continent… The road to freedom is long. We look forward to visiting subsequent stations along the way. -- Anne Pons * L’Express *
A bold new enterprise that will no doubt stand as a milestone in European history. -- Laurent Theis * Le Nouvel Observateur *
ISBN: 9780674403697
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 744g
600 pages