Background
McMillan was born in Glasgow on 10 April 1948. He grew up in Paisley and attended Street Mirin"s Academy.
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France and Women, 1789-1914 is the first book to offer an authoritative account of women's history throughout the nineteenth century. James McMillan, author of the seminal work Housewife or Harlot, offers a major reinterpretation of the French past in relation to gender throughout these tumultuous decades of revolution and war. This book provides a challenging discussion of the factors which made French political culture so profoundly sexist and in particular, it shows that many of the myths about progress and emancipation associated with modernisation and the coming of mass politics do not stand up to close scrutiny. It also reveals the conservative nature of the republican left and of the ingrained belief throughout french society that women should remain within the domestic sphere. James McMillan considers the role played by French men and women in the politics, culture and society of their country throughout the 1800s.
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Concentrating on urban working and middle class women, it deals firstly with the status of women in French society from 1870 to 1940. Provactive standard for a long overdue contextual evaluation of Frenchwomen's historical experience.
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McMillan was born in Glasgow on 10 April 1948. He grew up in Paisley and attended Street Mirin"s Academy.
He graduated in Modern History from the University of Glasgow in 1969 and obtained his doctorate from Balliol College, Oxford.
Early years
Academic career
McMillan was a specialist in the history of modern France. He was a lecturer at York University from 1972 to 1992 and a professor of European history at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, where he headed the Department of History. In 1996, McMillan was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Three years later, in 1999, he was appointed to the Richard Pares chair of history at Edinburgh University.
Death and legacy
McMillan died at the age of 61 on 22 February 2010 of cancer at his home in Airdrie. His funeral mass took place at Street Mirin"s Cathedral in Paisley where the eulogy was given by Professor Tom Devine.
(France and Women, 1789-1914 is the first book to offer an...)
(Concentrating on urban working and middle class women, it...)