Bücher von Mary P. Ryan

Demonstrates how the meaning of male and female has evolved, changed, and varied across the course of American history. This book shows how at select moments of history, perceptions of sex difference were translated into complex and mutable patterns for differentiating women and men.

Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.