ON behalf of Monica Green

This may seem an unorthodox request, but here goes. Last year, Oxford
University Press published my book, Making Women¹s Medicine Masculine: The
Rise of Male Authority in Pre-Modern Gynaecology. As is customary practice
(I take it), the press priced the book without consulting me: it costs a
whopping $120/£66. Even I wouldn¹t shell out this kind of money! Needless
to say, sales seem to be mostly going to libraries, and with the global
economy in its present state, I doubt any future sales are likely. They¹ve
done next to no marketing.

What¹s more surprising, however, is that so few people seem to have taken
advantage of the FREE (yes, you read that right) downloadable copy of the
complete Conclusion to the book available at Oxford¹s U.K. website:
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199211494. (It is only available at
the U.K. website, not the U.S.‹don¹t know why. I get no royalties from
downloads, so I¹m not trying to generate income.) The Conclusion is
actually quite substantial, and summarizes the wide-ranging implications of
my findings for post-medieval history. In short, it¹s potentially of
relevance to medievalists and non-medievalists alike. (Cf. Joan Scott¹s
recent call for historicizing the category of ³women²‹a point just repeated
in a recent posting here on MEDFEM-L.)

I would greatly appreciate it if you could alert students and colleagues to
the availability of this portion of my work. Should web traffic increase,
that might finally signal to OUP that there is a market for this book and
that it would be worth considering a paperback (i.e., affordable!) edition.

Thanks for your help!

Monica Green
Professor of History
Arizona State University
http://www.asu.edu/clas/asuhistory/faculty/green.html
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