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Bonnie Smith, ed., Women's History in Global Perspective, 3 vols. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 2004)
ONE OF THE MORE arduous yet intellectual challenges of teaching at a small liberal arts university in a conservative region is convincing students (and, at times, colleagues) that women's and gender history have an authoritative genealogy. In an era of economic tumult, students seek degree programs that clearly promise financially profitable career prospects. The fact that women's and gender history command an under-whelming sum of institutional recognition, in Canada at least, undermines the field's credibility. Thus for many, women' s and gender history appear an unlikely guarantee of professional advancement.
However, women's and gender history are extraordinarily vital as this three- volume set edited by renowned Rutgers University scholar Bonnie Smith, and published with the support of the Women's Committee of the American Historical Association, affirms. Both seasoned readers and neophytes will be impressed with the remarkable theoretical, methodological, and historical achievements of women's history since the 1970s as reflected in nineteen essays enhanced with rich appendices and footnotes. Undergraduates, graduates, and teachers across women's history, global history, regional history, labour history, gender, feminist, and women's studies will benefit from this collection featuring... |
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