Books in the Gender Relations in the American Experience series

Gelber's highly readable and lively prose makes clear how this unique economic ritual survived into the industrial twentieth century, in the process adding a colorful and interesting chapter to the history of the automobile.

space program and the rise of the women's movement in America.

Jolly Fellows proposes a new interpretation of nineteenth-century American culture and society and will inform future work on masculinity during this period.

She presents a detailed view of the gendered development of management and male-female job segmentation, while examining the role of gender in such areas as architectural space, office clothing, and office workers' leisure activities.

Jeffrey Bolster, Laura Tabili, Lillian Nayder, and Melody Graulich, in addition to Margaret Creighton and Lisa Norling.

Historian Margaret A Lowe examines the process by which women at Cornell University, Smith College, and Spelman College emancipated themselves between 1875 and 1950, creating models of "body image."

By examining patterns of love and marriage in a formative era, Marriage in the Early Republic offers insights into romance and relationships in our own time as well.

As alcohol continues to spark debate about behaviors, attitudes, and gender roles, Domesticating Drink provides valuable historical context and important lessons for understanding and responding to the evolving use, and abuse, of drink.

This timely assessment of the evolution of masculine culture will be welcomed and debated by social and intellectual historians for years to come.