Writing women's history : international perspectives / edited by Karen Offen, Ruth Roach Pierson, and Jane Rendall on behalf of the International Federation for Research in Women's History.

Most of papers were first presented at the Bellagio Conference, in July 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Content:

Foreword Editorial Note Introduction
Ida Blom, President, International. Federation for Research in Women's
History Federation international Iaw

PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
1 Challenging Dichotomies: Perspectives on Women's 1
History by Gisela Bock;
2 Demographic History and its Perception of Women 25 from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century by Anne-Lise Head-Konig;
3 Uneven Developments: Women's History, Feminist 45 History, and Gender History in Great Britain,
by Jane Rendall;
4 Finding Our Own Ways: Different Paths to Women's 59 History in the United States
by Phyllis Stock-Morton;
5 Experience, Difference, Dominance and Voice in 79 the Writing of Canadian Women's History,
by Ruth Roach Pierson; vii
6 Women's Culture and Women's Power: Issues in French Women's History,
by C~cile Dauphin, Arlette Farge, Genevi~ve Fraisse, Christiane Klapisch-Zuber,Rose-Marie Lagrave, Michelle Perrot, Pierette Pfzerat, Yannick Ripa, Pauline Schmitt-Pantel, Dani~le Voldman
Global Women's History: Organising Principles and Cross-Cultural Understandings,
by Ida Blom 107 135;

PART TWO: THE STATE OF THE ART IN WOMEN'S HISTORY
8 Writing the History of Australian Women 151 by Patricia Grimshaw
9 The Development of Women's History in Japan 171 by Noriyo Hayakawa
10 Women's History in India: An Historiographical Survey, 181 by Aparna Basu
11 Writing Women into History: The Nigerian Experience 211 by Bolanle Awe
12 Women's History in Norway: A Short Survey 221 by lngeborg Fleystad
13 The State of Women's History in Denmark 231 by Nanna Damsholt
14 The State of Women's History in Sweden: An 239 Overview by Yvonne Birdman
15 Women's History Behind the Dykes: Reflections 259 on the Situation in the Netherlands
by Francisca de Haan
16 Women's History in Austria 279 by Brigitte Mazohl-Wallnig
17 Historical Research on Women in the Federal 291 Republic of Germany by Ute Frevert, Heide Wunder, and Christina Vanja
18 Historical Research on Women in the German 333 Democratic Republic by Petra Rantzsch and Erika Uitz
19 Women's History in Switzerland 355 by Regina Wecker viii
Contents
20 Women's History in Brazil: Production and 369 Perspectives by Maria Beatriz Nizza da Silva
21 Two Decades of Women's History in Spain: 381 A Reappraisal by Mary Nash
22 Women's History in Yugoslavia 417 by Andrea Feldman
23 The 'History of Women' in Greece 423 by Efi Avdela
24 Women's History in Ireland 429 by Mary Cullen
25 Women's History in Italy 443 by Paola Di Cori
26 Women, Gender and Family in the Soviet Union 457 and Central/East Europe: A Preliminary Bibliography compiled by Mary F. Zirin
Notes on Contributors 517
Index Beth McAuley 525