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Peter Filene's path breaking study did both.-Elaine Tyler May, from the Foreword

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This updated edition contains... new material on such timely topics as changing attitudes toward domesticity and work, prostitution, women's friendships, health and sexuality, 'manliness,' fatherhood, and the change and demise of previously all-male institutions. Current Literature

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Part I: The End of the Victorian Era (1890–1919)
Prologue. As They Were
Chapter 1. Women and the World
Chapter 2. Women and the Home
Chapter 3. Men and Manliness
Chapter 4. In Time of War
Part II: The Modern Era (1920–1998)
Chapter 5. New Generations
Chapter 6. The Long Amnesia: Depression, War, and Domesticity
Chapter 7. The Children of Domesticity
Chapter 8. The Children of the Women's Movement
Epilogue. As We Are Becoming
Appendix A. The Female Labor Force, 1890–1990
Appendix B. Higher Education, 1870–1990
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

HimHerSelf Gender Identities in Modern America

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 11/03/1999
      ISBN13: 9780801859212, 978-0801859212
      ISBN10: 0801859212

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Peter Filene's path breaking study did both.-Elaine Tyler May, from the Foreword

      Trade Review
      This updated edition contains... new material on such timely topics as changing attitudes toward domesticity and work, prostitution, women's friendships, health and sexuality, 'manliness,' fatherhood, and the change and demise of previously all-male institutions. Current Literature

      Table of Contents

      Foreword
      Preface to the Third Edition
      Preface to the First Edition
      Part I: The End of the Victorian Era (1890–1919)
      Prologue. As They Were
      Chapter 1. Women and the World
      Chapter 2. Women and the Home
      Chapter 3. Men and Manliness
      Chapter 4. In Time of War
      Part II: The Modern Era (1920–1998)
      Chapter 5. New Generations
      Chapter 6. The Long Amnesia: Depression, War, and Domesticity
      Chapter 7. The Children of Domesticity
      Chapter 8. The Children of the Women's Movement
      Epilogue. As We Are Becoming
      Appendix A. The Female Labor Force, 1890–1990
      Appendix B. Higher Education, 1870–1990
      Notes
      Essay on Sources
      Index

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