Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe: A History from the French Revolution to the Present Day

by Annette F. Timm, Joshua A. Sanborn

Overview

At a time when issues of gender and sexuality are as prominent as they have ever been, Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe provides an authoritative exploration of the history of these deeply connected subjects over the last 250 years. Incorporating a blend of history and historiography, Annette F. Timm and Joshua A. Sanborn write engagingly on gender and sexuality in a way that illuminates our understanding of historical change and individual experience throughout Europe.

The new and improved 3rd edition of this textbook now includes:

· Personal vignette textboxes which shed light on key themes through individual life stories
· Added material on Russia, Eastern Europe, the Holocaust and the 21st century
· Historiographical updates throughout that bring the text up-to-date with new scholarship
· 30 new images and maps

Through 6 thematic chapters that cover democracy, capitalism, imperialism and war, Timm and Sanborn trace the social construction of gender roles, consider gender's influence on political and economic developments during the period and reflect on where European society's relationship with gender will go both now and in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350180031
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/13/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Annette F. Timm is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the author of The Politics of Fertility in Twentieth-Century Berlin (2010), one of the co-editors of Not Straight from Germany: Sexual Publics and Sexual Citizenship since Magnus Hirschfeld (2017) and the editor of Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik (Bloomsbury, 2018).

Joshua A. Sanborn is David M. '70 and Linda Roth Professor of History at Lafayette College, USA. He is the author of Imperial Apocalypse: The Great War and the Destruction of the Russian Empire (2014) and Drafting the Russian Nation: Military Conscription, Total War, and Mass Politics, 1905-1925 (2003).
Annette F. Timm is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the author of The Politics of Fertility in Twentieth-Century Berlin (2010) and one of the co-editors of Not Straight from Germany: Sexual Publics and Sexual Citizenship since Magnus Hirschfeld (2017).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Prefaces
Introduction
1. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
2. Gendered Capitalism and its Discontents
3. The Imperial Drive and the Colonial World
4. Brothers and Sisters at War
5. The Long Sexual Revolution
6. 21st-Century Europe
Conclusion
Works Cited
Appendix: Further Images
Index

Editorial Reviews

This revised and expanded version of Joshua Sanborn's and Annette Timm's widely acclaimed study is essential reading for students and teachers of modern European history alike. In their thorough examination of how sex and gender have shaped and were shaped by the various social, cultural, and political contexts of modern Europe, the authors bring together broad thematic discussions with a wide range of lively individual vignettes, from Catherine the Great to Idris Elba. The result is an engaging and panoramic overview of Europeans' experiences as gendered and sexual citizens across the past two and a half centuries.” —Dr Siobhán Hearne, Historian of Gender and Sexuality, University of Durham, UK

“The third edition of Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe improves on what was already an excellent text notable for its clarity, accessibility, and thoughtfulness. The inclusion of individualized vignettes at the beginning of each section brings abstract ideas to life and clearly establishes that personal is political, and vice versa. Also to be emphasized is this edition's enhanced attention to trans lives and individuals. This updated volume remains a stand-out in the field.” —Marko Dumancic, Director of Graduate Studies; Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University, USA

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