Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World
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Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World by Joyce E Salisbury
An extensive and fascinating collection of stories featuring both famous and everyday women, giving a well-rounded view of the lives of women in the ancient world. When did women first become rulers, athletes, soldiers, heroines, and villains?
Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World is very highly recommended as a core addition to any academic world history or women's studies reference collection* Wisconsin Bookwatch *
This volume should be helpful to high school students, undergraduates, and general readers. * Booklist *
Excellent maps, geneaological charts, and indexing make the work easy to use, while the prose style entices readers to delve into the content. * Choice *
[N]one can match the breadth and depth of coverage . . . No other work covers the general articles as well. * Association of College and Research Libraries *
What a wonderful book. . . . The clever thing with this encyclopedia is that the cover suggests accessibility and a gentle read, and indeed you do get that. The text is meticulously indexed . . . The foreword is enticing and the preface is extremely helpful. * The School Librarian *
An interested general reader can drive a lot of pleasure from dipping into the Encyclopedia. The ancient accounts themselves take center stage; scholarly interpretations are deftly handled. Salisbury does not bog down the reader with multiple interepretations or a catalog of academic disputes. * Feminist Collections *
This volume should be helpful to high school students, undergraduates, and general readers. * Booklist *
Excellent maps, geneaological charts, and indexing make the work easy to use, while the prose style entices readers to delve into the content. * Choice *
[N]one can match the breadth and depth of coverage . . . No other work covers the general articles as well. * Association of College and Research Libraries *
What a wonderful book. . . . The clever thing with this encyclopedia is that the cover suggests accessibility and a gentle read, and indeed you do get that. The text is meticulously indexed . . . The foreword is enticing and the preface is extremely helpful. * The School Librarian *
An interested general reader can drive a lot of pleasure from dipping into the Encyclopedia. The ancient accounts themselves take center stage; scholarly interpretations are deftly handled. Salisbury does not bog down the reader with multiple interepretations or a catalog of academic disputes. * Feminist Collections *
Joyce Salisbury is Frankenthal professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781576070925 |
| ISBN 10 | 1576070921 |
| Title | Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World |
| Author | Joyce E Salisbury |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2001-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 424 |
| Prizes | Winner of Editors' Choice 2001 Reference 2002 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |