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Gender and the Historian.
Why are most famous historians men? How have women changed the writing of history over the last decades? What lives and stories have been hidden from history?Until recently history was predominantly the domain of men. That men were the authors of our past meant that in many cases only half of the st...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Series: | Making History.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Why are most famous historians men? How have women changed the writing of history over the last decades? What lives and stories have been hidden from history?Until recently history was predominantly the domain of men. That men were the authors of our past meant that in many cases only half of the story was told. In the second half of the twentieth century, however, the picture changed. Women, and indeed some men as well, started to address gender history. Women had been investigated historically before, but never with such intensity, nor such breadth. The impetus for this writing was. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (165 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317877103 1317877101 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |