Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From eve to dawn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

165957864

Responsibility statement

Marilyn French ; foreword by Margaret Atwood

Sub title

a history of women

Summary

An eminently readable-- and revolutionary-- four-volume history of women. It runs from prehistory to the present day, and covers the entire globe

Table Of Contents

v. 1: Origins -- Part one: Parents -- The mothers -- The fathers -- Part two: The rise of the state -- 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 -- Part three: God, glory, and delusions of grandeur -- Judaism -- Greece -- Rome -- Christianity -- Islam -- v. 2: The masculine mystique -- Introduction -- Part one: Reaching for order and control -- Feudalism in Europe -- Feudalism in Japan -- Part two: Expansion and appropriation, 1500-1800 -- 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 -- Capitalism triumphant -- 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 -- Part one: The twentieth century: revolution -- 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 -- Part two: The twenty-first century: dawn -- The history of feminism -- The political is personal, the personal is political -- The future of feminism

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History of women in the world

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