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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays explores the sweeping changes in male-female relations, in family structure, sex, and social custom that took place in 19th-century America as its colonial world was supplanted by the rapidly-evolving industrial society.
Trade Review"This eagerly awaited book is sure to become a classic...It's the most comprehensive, elegant, and persuasive account to date of the relationships between gender, class, and culture in nineteenth-century America."--Elaine Showalter, Princeton University "These essays are among the most carefully informed, well-balanced, and informative sources available to readers interested in women's history."--Bram Dijkstra, Los Angeles Times "A vital historical backdrop for students."--Gertrude Fraser, Cornell University "Carroll Smith-Rosenberg is unquestionably the most quoted and cited feminist historian in America today. It is a boon to all serious scholars that her works now appear in one major, accessible volume."--Susan Brownmiller "A splendid book...A provocative collection of essays...Few historians have used the streams of myth and history so productively."--Elizabeth Janeway, New York Times Book Review "Carroll Smith-Rosenberg has left an enduring mark on women's history...She ranks among the most exciting, original voices of the consciously feminist historians."--The Women's Review of Books "One of those rare books that sets off explosion after explosion in a reader's mind; connection after connection leaps into consciousness from Smith-Rosenberg's richly suggestive tapestry."--Signs "An excellent, challenging book for upper division students."--April Bullock, Santa Clara University
