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From eve to dawn : a history of women

Author

French, Marilyn, 1929-2009.

Title

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

Format

Book

Published

New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2008.

Description

4 v. : maps ; 23 cm.

Notes

"Originally published: Toronto : McArthur, 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Kinsey subjects

Women history. Status of women history.