Women and the American Experience: A Concise History
- ISBN-10
- 0070715491
- ISBN-13
- 9780070715493
- Series
- Women and the American Experience
- Category
- Women
- Pages
- 415
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
- Author
- Nancy Woloch
Description
Another new addition to the Overture Books programme, known for their outstanding authorship, scholarship, beautiful trade-like design and inexpensive price. Overture Books offer a unique opportunity for professors looking for an alternative to large survey texts. This concise volume reflects an enormous range of contemporary scholarship and can act as a core text for courses in US women's history, or as a supplement in a US history survey course. The book's style is a vivid, lively and exciting account of women's history.
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