Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition

Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9780742574816
ISBN-13 : 0742574814
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Book Synopsis Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition by : Gertrude M. Yeager

Download or read book Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition written by Gertrude M. Yeager and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the role of women in Latin American history demands a full examination of their activities in the region's political, economic, and domestic spheres. Toward this end, historian Gertrude M. Yeager has assembled the multidisciplinary collection Confronting Change, Challenging Tradition. The essays in this volume explore the ways in which Latin American women have shaped-and have been shaped by-the traditional practices and ideologies of their cultures. The selections are arranged in two sections: Culture and the Status of Women, and Reconstructing the Past.


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