Hoff, Joan

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HOFF, Joan

HOFF, Joan. American, b. 1937. Genres: Biography, History, Women's studies and issues, Law, Politics/Government. Career: California State University, Sacramento, assistant professor of U.S. diplomatic history, 1967-70; Arizona State University, Tempe, associate professor, 1970-76, professor of U.S. foreign relations, beginning in 1976; editor and writer. Harvard Law School, visiting scholar, 1976-77. Publications: American Business and Foreign Policy, 1920-1933, 1971; (ed.) The Twenties: The Critical Issues, 1971; Ideology and Economics: U.S. Relations with the Soviet Union, 1918-1933, 1974; (ed.) Report on the West Coast Women's Studies Conference, 1974; Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive, 1975; (with A. Sachs) Sexism and the Law: A Study of Male Beliefs and Legal Bias in Britain and the United States, 1979; (ed. with E.W. Hawley and R. Zieger) Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce, 1921-1928: Studies in New Era Thought and Practice, 1981; (ed., as Joan Hoff-Wilson with M. Lightman) Without Precedent: The Life and Career of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1984; (ed. as Joan Hoff-Wilson) Rights of Passage: The Past and Future of the ERA, 1986; Wellington's Marriage: A Soldier's Wife, 1987; (ed., with Susan Gubar) For Adult Users Only: The Dilemma of Violent Pornography, 1989; Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women, 1991, rev. ed. 1994; Nixon Reconsidered, 1994; (co-ed. with D. Ink) The Nixon Presidency, 1996; (with M. Yeates) The Cooper's Wife is Missing, 2000. Address: PO Box 160806, Big Sky, MT 59716, U.S.A.