Against the Tide: Women Reformers in American Society
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Against the Tide: Women Reformers in American Society
By (Author) Paul A. Cimbala
By (author) Randall M. Miller
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
28th February 1997
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Gender studies: women and girls
Social and cultural history
History of the Americas
303.484082
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Description
Against the Tide is a collection of in-depth biographical essays on the most important women reformers in American history. This reader will be useful in any history course that deals with the important contributions made by women to the development of our government and society from the early republic to today. The volume combines scholarly vitality with readability, making it appropriate for all levels of students.
Reviews
[T]his collection of essays would...prove very valuable to Women's and American Studies, as well as History and Sociology scholars. It would certainly be a good addition to any academic library.-Journal of American Culture
The new addition by Paul A. Cimbala is a long overdue study of the black American-Canadian abolitionist, Mary Ann Shadd Cary....This is a good text for an advanced undergraduate course.-Journal of Women's History
"This collection of essays would...prove very valuable to Women's and American Studies, as well as History and Sociology scholars. It would certainly be a good addition to any academic library."-Journal of American Culture
"The new addition by Paul A. Cimbala is a long overdue study of the black American-Canadian abolitionist, Mary Ann Shadd Cary....This is a good text for an advanced undergraduate course."-Journal of Women's History
"[T]his collection of essays would...prove very valuable to Women's and American Studies, as well as History and Sociology scholars. It would certainly be a good addition to any academic library."-Journal of American Culture
Author Bio
PAUL A. CIMBALA is Associate Professor of History at Fordham University. He has published articles on slavery and Reconstruction. He is the coeditor of American Reform and Reformers (Greenwood, 1996). RANDALL M. MILLER is Professor of History and Director of American Studies at St. Joseph's University. He is the author or editor of 16 books, including the award-winning Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family (1978, rev. ed., 1990), Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery (Greenwood, 1988), and American Reform and Reformers (Greenwood, 1996).
