Changing Lives: Women in European History Since 1700

by Bonnie Smith

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Not impressed..., 2005-04-30
This book is flawed. In an attempt to write a gender-based history, the author actually offers a limited, gender-biased view of the past three centuries. Much of the book is a history of the feminist movement. Men and conservatives are villanized, while feminists are glorified. This wouldn't be so apprehensible if the book at least revealed historical trends in the woman's movement. Instead, the reader is forced to infer and piece these trends together from 560 pages. Furthermore, the author overly-references historically isolated and irregular figures and portrays them as representative of all women during the period. Needless to say, I was unimpressed with her product.

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5 out of 5 stars

Excellent survey of European women's history, 2000-06-30
This is a terrific book for serious students of women's history. It's readable--intended for college course use, it's much better-written than the average textbook. Also included are many unusual illustrations, time lines, brief excerpts from documents, and references to additional readings. Bonnie Smith is a noted scholar of early modern and women's history who takes pains to orient her readers to the general historical context, while focussing on the lives and experiences of women. Although famous women receive some attention, her emphasis is on the lives of more ordinary women. She carefully distinguishes the experiences of rural, working- class, middle-class, and aristocratic women, which often were strikingly different in important ways. The book covers almost 3 centuries in about 540 pages. It's clear and interesting and has worked well with my students. There's nothing else in print now that's nearly as good.

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