{"product_id":"women-adrift-joanne-j-meyerowitz-9780226521985","title":"Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930","description":"Starting with Dreiser's \u003ci\u003eSister Carrie\u003c\/i\u003e, Meyerowitz uses turn-of-the-century Chicago as a case study to explore both the image and the reality of single women's experiences as they lived apart from their families. In an era when family all but defined American womanhood, these women-neither victimized nor liberated-created new social ties and subcultures to cope with the conditions of urban life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliant. . . . Gracefully written, and mercifully free from the jargon that often plagues social history, this book is a welcome addition to literature in women's, urban, and black history.\"-Ann Schofield, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Meyerowitz provides a splendid portrait of her subjects. . . . She deserves praise for her demographic spadework, sensitive analysis, and engaging style. This is a valuable and rewarding book.\"-Nancy Woloch, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A state-of-the-art product of the new women's history. . . . Meyerowitz's work is an extremely useful contribution, a corrective to over-concentration on women in family, an opening to new ways of looking at single women.\"-Linda Gordon, \u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eWomen Adrift\u003c\/i\u003e not only brings together many of the most exciting insights of women's history in recent years, but Meyerowitz's particular angle on issues of work, family, sexuality, mass culture and relationships among women also encourages us to rethink these insights.\"-Ileen A. DeVault, \u003ci\u003eHistorian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne J. Meyerowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226521982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226521985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.09w x 0.68d","brand":"Joanne J. Meyerowitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443301724415,"sku":"9780226521985","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90a9992c-dba3-4fe5-ba6e-71934089a67c.jpg?v=1777204590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-adrift-joanne-j-meyerowitz-9780226521985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}