What Difference Does a Husband Make?: Women and Marital Status in Nazi and Postwar Germany (Studies on the History of Society & Culture) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

What Difference Does a Husband Make?: Women and Marital Status in Nazi and Postwar Germany (Studies on the History of Society & Culture) Book

In October 1946, seven million more women than men lived in occupied Germany. In this study of unwed, divorced, widowed, and married women at work and at home across three political regimes, Elizabeth Heineman traces the transitions from early National Socialism through the war and on to the consolidation of democracy in the West and communism in the East. Based on thorough and extensive research in German national and regional archives as well as the archives of the U.S. occupying forces, this pathbreaking book argues that marital status can define women's position and experience as surely as race, gender, sexual orientation, and class. Heineman finds that, while the war made the experience of single women a dramatic one, state activity was equally important. As a result, West German women continued to be defined in large part by their marital status. In contrast, by the time of reunification marital status had become far less significant in the lives of East German women. In one broad, comprehensive sweep, Elizabeth Heineman compares prewar and postwar, East and West, lived experience and public policy. Her sharp analytical insights will enrich our understanding of the history of women in modern Germany and the role of marital status in twentieth-century life worldwide. "A pathbreaking book. Nothing else attempts the broad sweep or comprehensive vision that Heineman offers in this book." --Robert Moeller, author of Protecting MotherhoodRead More

from£35.00 | RRP: £35.00
* Excludes Voucher Code Discount Also available Used from £31.01
  • 0520214250
  • 9780520214255
  • ED Heineman
  • 14 April 1999
  • University of California Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 542
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you click through any of the links below and make a purchase we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Click here to learn more.

Would you like your name to appear with the review?

We will post your book review within a day or so as long as it meets our guidelines and terms and conditions. All reviews submitted become the licensed property of www.find-book.co.uk as written in our terms and conditions. None of your personal details will be passed on to any other third party.

All form fields are required.