Moving the mountain: the women's movement in America since 1960 / Flora Davis
by Davis, Flora
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0671602071
- ISBN 13
- 9780671602079
- Seller
-
Galway, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 604 pages; 25 cm. Contents:The opening salvos -- The resurgence of liberal feminism -- The founding of NOW -- The birth of women's liberation -- Experiments in radical equality -- The media and the movement -- Congress passes the ERA -- Turning points -- The relegalization of abortion -- Women in politics -- Changing education -- The women's health movement -- Lesbian feminism -- Feminists and family issues -- Violence against women -- Equal pay and the pauperization of women -- Diversity: from the melting pot to the salad bowl -- Why the ERA lost -- The eclipse of the gender gap -- The new right and the war on feminism -- The unending struggle over abortion -- The women's movement in the 1980s -- The future of feminism: the 1990s and beyond. Subjects: Feminism United States History. Women United States Social conditions. Women Social conditions.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 352285
- Title
- Moving the mountain: the women's movement in America since 1960 / Flora Davis
- Author
- Davis, Flora
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671602071
- ISBN 13
- 9780671602079
- Publisher
- New York: Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
Terms of Sale
MW Books Ltd.
Returns accepted within 10 days of receipt if you are unsatisfied with either our description of, or the book itself.
About the Seller
MW Books Ltd.
Biblio member since 2005
Galway
About MW Books Ltd.
MW Books is an academic and antiquarian bookshop with a large stock in core areas such as Early Travel & Exploration, Nineteenth Century Literature, Early Political Economy, Labour and Social History, and Asian and Colonial History. Please don't hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments regarding any item listed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...