{"product_id":"the-surplus-woman-catherine-l-dollard-9780857453136","title":"The Surplus Woman: Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003e The first German women's movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the \u003ci\u003eFrauenüberschu \u003c\/i\u003e, 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, demonstrate the expansive influence of the discourse surrounding a female surfeit. By combining the approaches of cultural, social, and gender history, The Surplus Woman provides the first sustained analysis of the ways in which imperial Germans conceptualized anxiety about female marital status as both a product and a reflection of changing times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine L. Dollard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857453130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857453136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Catherine L. Dollard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906611958015,"sku":"9780857453136","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af0d05dc-9bb6-48f5-8266-6cc92c202c5b.jpg?v=1748770915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-surplus-woman-catherine-l-dollard-9780857453136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}