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Oxford The Oxford Handbook of American Womens and Gender History 2018 Edition by Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, Lisa G. Materson
From the first European encounters with Native American women to today's crisis of sexual assault, The Oxford Handbook of American Women's and Gender History boldly interprets the diverse history of women and how ideas about gender shaped their access to political and cultural power in North America.Over twenty-nine chapters, this handbook illustrates how women's and gender history can shape how we view the past, looking at how gender influenced people's lives as they participated in migration, colonialism, trade, warfare, artistic production, and community building. Theoretically cutting edge, each chapter is alive with colorful historical characters, from young Chicanas transforming urban culture, to free women of color forging abolitionist doctrines, Asian migrant women defending thelegitimacy of their marriages, and transwomen fleeing incarceration. Together, their lives constitute the history of a continent.Leading scholars across multiple generations demonstrate the power of innovative research to excavate a history hidden in plain sight. Scrutinizing silences in the historical record, from the inattention to enslaved women's opinions to the suppression of Indian women's involvement in border diplomacy, the authors challenge the nature of historical evidence and remap what counts in our interpretation of the past. Together and separately, these essays offer readers a deep understanding of the variety and centrality of women's lives to all dimensions of the American past, even as they show that the boundaries of "women," "American," and "history" have shifted across the centuries. Table of contents : - List of ContributorsIntroduction: Women, Gender, and American HistoryEllen Hartigan-O'Connor and Lisa G. MatersonPart I. EMPIRE, BOUNDARY CROSSING, AND THE BORDERS OF BELONGING1. Gender Frontiers and Early EncountersKathleen M. Brown2. Manhood and the US Republican EmpireToby L. Ditz3. Women and Conquest in the American WestDeena J. Gonzalez4. Women, Gender, Migration, and Modern US ImperialismLorena OropezaPart II. WORKERS, FAMILIES, AND HOUSEHOLDS5. Women, Unfree Labor, and Slavery in the Atlantic WorldMarisa J. Fuentes6. Women, Power, and Families in Early Modern North AmericaSarah M. S. Pearsall7. Women and Slavery in the Nineteenth CenturyDaina Ramey Berry and Nakia D. Parker8. Women's Labors in Industrial and Post-Industrial America Eileen Boris and Lara VapnekPart III. SEXUALITIES, IDENTITIES, AND THE BODY9. Public and Print Cultures of Sex in the Long Nineteenth CenturyPatricia Cline Cohen10. Interracial Sex, Marriage, and the NationMary Ting Yi Lui11. Reproduction, Birth Control, and Motherhood in the United StatesRickie Solinger12. Sexual Coercion in AmericaSharon Block13. Gender, the Body, and DisabilityRebecca Kluchin14. Transgender Representations, Identities, and CommunitiesJen ManionPart IV. CULTURE, COMMMERICE, AND RELIGION15. Women, Trade, and the Roots of Consumer SocietiesSerena R. Zabin16. Gender and Consumption in the Modern United StatesTracey Deutsch17. Women at Play in Popular CultureM. Alison Kibler18. Women, Gender, and Religion in the United StatesAnn BraudePart V. ACTIVISM19. Religion, Reform, and Anti-SlaveryMargaret Washington20. Women's Rights, Suffrage, and Citizenship, 1789-1920Ellen Carol DuBois21. Women, Gender, Race, and the Welfare StateRhonda Y. Williams22. US Feminisms and Their Global ConnectionsJudy Tzu-Chun Wu23. Sexual Minorities and Sexual RightsMarcia M. Gallo24. Women, Gender, and Conservatism in Twentieth-Century AmericaMichelle NickersonPart VI. WAR AND TRANSFORMATION25. Women, War, and RevolutionKate Haulman26. Women, the Civil War, and ReconstructionHannah Rosen27. Women and World War in Comparative PerspectiveMeghan K. Winchell28. Gender, Civil Rights, and the US Global Cold WarDayo F. GoreIndex