From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume II: The Masculine Mystique from Feudalism to the French Revolution“Filled with fascinating detail . . . this second volume of French’s massive and valuable work is an example of scholarship and clear vision.” —Publishers Weekly This volume of New York Times–bestselling author Marilyn French’s monumental history analyzes and evaluates the lives of women in societies around the world between feudal times and the French Revolution. Drawing upon fifteen years of collaboration with a team of researchers and prominent historians, the volume opens with fascinating chapters comparing medieval Europe and Japan, disparate cultures which nevertheless shared traditions of male dominated aggression and competitiveness. French then shows how, in Europe, this tradition led to colonialism and imperialism, and the horrific subjugation of indigenous societies, just as women were subjugated in the conquerors’ home countries. As French makes clear in this impassioned women’s history, only with the French Revolution did the political force women exerted powerfully change the course of history. “French gives us grand theory at its best, wading through copious amounts of scholarly data on the histories of civilizations and offering up, in readable prose, an important synthesis.” —Library Journal |
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... REACHING FOR ORDER AND CONTROL . . . . . . . . 17 CHAPTER 1: FEUDALISM IN EUROPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CHAPTER 2: FEUDALISM IN JAPAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 PART TWO: EXPANSION AND APPROPRIATION, 1500 ...
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The Masculine Mystique from Feudalism to the French Revolution Marilyn French. : REACHING FOR ORDER AND CONTROL PART ONE als, and offer counsel. The system became extremely complex as more and more land was subdivided. Feudalism is a ...
The Masculine Mystique from Feudalism to the French Revolution Marilyn French. : REACHING FOR ORDER AND CONTROL PART ONE als, and offer counsel. The system became extremely complex as more and more land was subdivided. Feudalism is a ...
Contents
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EUROPEAN APPROPRIATION OF AFRICA | 137 |
EUROPEAN APPROPRIATION OF LATIN AMERICA | 189 |
EUROPEAN APPROPRIATION OF NORTH AMERICA | 248 |
BLACK EXPERIENCE IN NORTH AMERICA | 355 |
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION | 386 |
AFTERWORD | 402 |
NOTES | 404 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 426 |
INDEX | 445 |
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