Confronting Change Challenging Tradition

Understanding the role of women in Latin American history demands a full examination of their activities in the region's political economic and domestic spheres. Toward this end historian Gertrude M. Yeager has assembled the multidisciplinary collection <I>Confronting Change Challenging Tradition</I>.<P> The essays in this volume explore the ways in which Latin American women have shaped-and have been shaped by-the traditional practices and ideologies of their cultures. The selections are arranged in two sections: Culture and the Status of Women and Reconstructing the Past.</P>