Gender: A Useful Category of Historical AnalysisAuthor(s): Joan W. ScottSource: The American Historical Review, Vol. 91, No. 5 (Dec., 1986), pp. 1053-1075Published by: American Historical AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1864376Accessed: 28/04/2009 20:11

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Issue Table of ContentsThe American Historical Review, Vol. 91, No. 5 (Dec., 1986), pp. i-x+1053-1385Volume Information [pp.i-x]Front MatterGender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis [pp.1053-1075]Japanese Gimin: Peasant Martyrs in Popular Memory [pp.1076-1102]The History of Fundamental Law in Political Thought from the French Wars of Religion to the American Revolution [pp.1103-1128]Fertility and Cultural Change among Families in Italy and America [pp.1129-1145]Notes and CommentThe Dangers of Synthesis [pp.1146-1157]

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Collected Essays [pp.1305-1313]Documents and Bibliographies [pp.1314-1315]Other Books Received [pp.1316-1321]Communications [pp.1322-1324]Back Matter [pp.1325-48(a)]