Women's Studies Encyclopedia, Volume III: History, Philosophy, and Religion

By Helen Tierney

In this third volume of the Women's Studies Encyclopedia, Helen Tierney has brought together a wide range of articles that focus on women's roles, activities and status in past and present society. Selected topics in history, religion and philosophy are addressed by specialists in the various fields, and receive coverage of unusual depth. In addition, although the focus is on the United States and Western society, special attention is paid to women of India, China, and Japan, as well as those in Africa and other cultures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313273588
• ISBN13: 9780313273582
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Greenwood-Heinemann Publishing
• Length: 531 Pages