Women in American History to 1880
A Documentary Reader
Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History
1. Auflage Februar 2011
216 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Women in American History To 1880 presents a collection of
over 70 primary source documents that illuminate the diverse
experiences of women from America's colonial period through
Reconstruction.
* Features images, poems, newspaper articles, and letters not
found in other collections
* Offers a balanced approach to women's experiences by
representing a diversity of voices and focusing on themes of work,
citizenship, representations, and domestic lives
* Includes an introductory chapter, document headnotes, questions
for further discussion after each chapter, and a bibliography for
further study, designed to encourage students to engage with the
text
Series Editors' Preface
Source Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Seekers, 1540-1680
2. Colonists and Colonized, 1680-1730
3. Conceptions of Liberty, 1730-1780
4. Revolution, 1780-1810
5. Awakenings, 1810-1835
6. Contested Spheres, 1835-1845
7. Partisans, 1845-1860
8. Civil Wars
9. Redefining Citizenship, 1865-1880
Further Reading
Index
voices with an elegant, inclusive design. Readers will follow
three centuries of women's progress and protest, gaining a
comprehensive first-hand understanding of the scope of American
female experience."
Megan Marshall, author of The Peabody Sisters: Three Women
Who Ignited American Romanticism
"Using an impressive range of source material and offering
thought-provoking discussion questions, Carol Faulkner's
documentary reader reflects the diversity of women's
experiences and calls attention to the centrality of women in
American history."
Anya Jabour, editor of Major Problems in the History of American
Families and Children and author of Topsy-Turvy: How the Civil War
Turned the World Upside Down for Southern Children.
"By selecting documents that range from the English
colonies to French Louisiana and Spanish New Mexico, Carol Faulkner
offers readers a fascinating array of early American women's
lives: Indian and African American women; Catholic and
Protestant women; plebian, middling, and elite women; and girls as
well as adult women. Her brisk introduction raises
provocative questions about women's varied roles in early America,
and encourages students to see their experiences as foundational to
American history."
Ann M. Little, Colorado State University
