Research Catalog

Title

The women of Paris and their French Revolution / Dominique Godineau ; translated by Katherine Streip.

Author

Godineau, Dominique.

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1998.

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Description

xxii, 415 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studies on the history of society and culture ; 26

Uniform Title

• Citoyennes tricoteuses. English
• Studies on the history of society and culture ; 26.

Alternative Title

Citoyennes tricoteuses.

Subject

• Working class women > Paris > History > 18th century
• Women > Paris > Social conditions
• Women in public life > Paris > History > 18th century
• Paris (France) > Women. > 1789-1799

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface: Marianne's Hands -- I. Parisian Life in the French Revolution. 1. Passersby. 2. Family Relations of Women of the People. 3. Women at Work -- II. Aspiring Citizens. 4. Birth of the Female Sansculottes Movement, 1789-1793. 5. Women as Guardians of the Nation. 6. Light and Shadows, Summer 1793. 7. Citizenship Denied, Autumn 1793. 8. The Search for Basic Necessities, January-July 1794 -- III. Revolutionary Daily Life of Women of the People. 9. Political Culture and Female Sociability. 10. Political Mentalite and Behavior of Women of the People. 11. At the Margins of the Revolution. 12. Sexual Difference and Equal Rights -- IV. A Mass Women's Movement. 13. From the Militant Woman to Crowds of Women, November 1794-March 1795. 14. Firebrands, April-May 1795. 15. "Bread and the Constitution" 16. Women's Silence. App. 1. Chronology of the Revolution -- App. 2. Sections of Paris -- App. 3. Portraits of Militant Women.

ISBN

• 0520067185 (alk. paper)
• 0520067193 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

96031744

OCLC

• 35114992
• ocm35114992
• SCSB-14276923

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries