Women in France Since 1789: The Meanings of Difference

by Susan K. Foley

This compelling study traces the changes in women's lives in France from 1789 to the present. Susan K. Foley surveys the patterns of women's experiences in the socially-segregated society of the early nineteenth century, and then traces the evolution of their lifestyles to the turn of the twenty-first century, when many of the earlier social distinctions had disappeared.

Focusing on women's contested place within the political nation, Women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333619935
• ISBN13: 9780333619933
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"