Women and equality : changing patterns in American culture / William H. Chafe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chafe, William H.

Series:

Galaxy book.

A Galaxy book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Women.

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Sex role.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1978, c1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chafe's analysis of changing social patterns is both solid and imaginative in the best sense....His book will certainly increase our understanding of where we are going--and why.""--Elizabeth Janeway ""Adopted as required reading - tremendously popular with students - provokes lively debates.""--John Rhinehart, Riverside Community College ""A trenchant analysis of the underlying social and economic changes of the past century....Particularly insightful in analyzing the ways in which racial and sexual inequality are both similar and fundamentally different.""--Alice S. Rossi, University of Ma

Contents:

1. Women's History: Problems of Definition and Approach 2. An Historical Overview 3. Sex and Race: The Analogy of Social Control 4. Sex and Race: The Analogy of Social Change 5. Feminism in the 1970's: An Historical Perspective 6. Where Do We Go from Here? Reflections on Equality Between the Sexes 7. Epilogue Notes Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-972878-X

1-280-43910-6

1-4237-3447-5

1-60256-579-1

OCLC:

707917749