The essays in Race; Gender; and Rankexamine major cultural transformations from the 15th through to the 19th centuries. European colonization within and outside Europe increased `race-consciousness as a category of thought. From Christine de Pizan to Mary Wollstonecraft; feminist intellectuals raised consciousness of the ways societal institutions moulded men and women into specific gender roles; yet still the double standard persisted. The transformation of `rank-consciousness' to `class-consciousness' began in the ferment before the French Revolution and culminated in Karl Marx. Nevertheless; current controversy focuses on the liberal John Locke; who declared the natural right of life; liberty; and property; yet remained ambiguous on the slave trade and on the citizenship rights of those who own no property. Dr MARYANNE C. HOROWITZ is Professor of History; Occidental College; and Research Associate; University of California; Los Angeles. Contributors: MARYANNE CLINE HOROWITZ; JEFFREY L. KLAIBER; CLAUDINE HUNTING; WAYNE GLAUSSER; HERMAN LEBOVICS; JOHN C. GREENE; REGINALD HORSMAN; ASTRIK L. GABRIEL; NADIA MARGOLIS; KEITH THOMAS; JEROME NADELHAFT; G.J. BARKER-BENFIELD; CHARLES CONSTANTIN; STEVEN WALLECH; DALLAS L. CLOUATRE; MARCIA L. COLISH; JUDITH RICHARDS; LOTTE MULLIGAN; JOHN K. GRAHAM; JOHN C. WINFREY and NORMAN S. FIERING.
#1850142 in Books Reaktion Books 2004-02-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.75 x .60 x 7.50l; 1.00 #File Name: 1861891849239 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy TerryNot one color plate in this book. Not really worth the money.
