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Catherine Dollard - The Surplus Woman. Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918.  - 9781845454807 - V9781845454807
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The Surplus Woman. Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918.

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Description for The Surplus Woman. Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918. Hardback. The first German women's movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the FrauenuberschuA , as a central leitmotif in the campaign for reform. Proponents of the female surplus held that the advances of industry and urbanization had upset traditional marriage patterns.. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 tables, 23 figs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.

The first German women’s movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the Frauenüberschuß, as a central leitmotif in the campaign for reform. Proponents of the female surplus held that the advances of industry and urbanization had upset traditional marriage patterns and left too many bourgeois women without a husband. This book explores the ways in which the realms of literature, sexology, demography, socialism, and female activism addressed the perceived plight of unwed women. Case studies of reformers, including Lily Braun, Ruth Bré, Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne, Helene Lange, Alice Salomon, Helene Stöcker, and Clara Zetkin, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Monographs in German History
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845454807
SKU
V9781845454807
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Catherine Dollard
Catherine L. Dollard received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently is Associate Professor of History at Denison University. She is the recipient of Bundeskanzler and Renewal Fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and also has received fellowships from DAAD, the Mellon Foundation, and the Lilly Foundation.

Reviews for The Surplus Woman. Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918.
“Dollard’s work makes important contributions to German cultural history, social history, and gender history, focusing attention on the construction of the stereotype of single women as abnormal, a problem to be solved, in Imperial Germany, and the way that the German women’s movement co-opted this icon for its own purposes of reform. She also brings to attention several lesser-known German ... Read more

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