Presenting a diverse collection of documents, Root of Bitterness reaches from the colonial era through the nineteenth century, focusing on six dominant themes: women's work, the power of gender, the physical body, women's collective efforts, diversity and conflict among women, and women's relation to state authority. This edition contains about twenty selections from the original volume and almost sixty new ones.
- ISBN10 155553256X
- ISBN13 9781555532567
- Publish Date 27 April 1996 (first published 15 September 1986)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Northeastern University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 376
- Language English