Disorderly Conduct

“This eagerly awaited book is sure to become a classic…It’s the most comprehensive, elegant, and persuasive account to date of the relationships between gender, class, and culture in nineteenth-century America.”–Elaine Showalter, Princeton University”These essays are among the most carefully informed, well-balanced, and informative sources available to readers interested in women’s history.“–Bram Dijkstra, Los Angeles Times”A vital historical backdrop for students.“–Gertrude Fraser, Cornell University”Carroll Smith-Rosenberg is unquestionably the most quoted and cited feminist historian in America today. It is a boon to all serious scholars that her works now appear in one major, accessible volume.“–Susan Brownmiller”A splendid book…A provocative collection of essays…Few historians have used the streams of myth and history so productively.“–Elizabeth Janeway, New York Times Book Review”Carroll Smith-Rosenberg has left an enduring mark on women’s history…She ranks among the most exciting, original voices of the consciously feminist historians.“–The Women’s Review of Books”One of those rare books that sets off explosion after explosion in a reader’s mind; connection after connection leaps into consciousness from Smith-Rosenberg’s richly suggestive tapestry.“–Signs”An excellent, challenging book for upper division students.“–April Bullock, Santa Clara University

Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, Mary Frances Berry Collegiate Professor, Emeritus, University of Michigan, is author of numerous books, including “Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America”.