Secret Gardens, Satanic Mills offers a comparative history of Europeangirlhood from 1750 to 1960, with a focus on Britain, France, and Germany. It coversdiverse issues in the lives of girls, from sexuality and leisure to social roles inthe family and the economy. A corrective to historians' traditionally maleorientation toward youth, the volume brings girls to the center of European history, emphasizing their importance in European economics and culture. It also identifiescultural and temporal differences within the European experience, particularly withregard to the spaces girls occupied. While the contributors appreciate theimportance of systemic and institutional factors in shaping young girls' lives, theyare also sensitive to the ways in which girls have been able to resist dominance andcreate their own destinies.The contributors are Kathleen Alaimo, Christina Benninghaus, Pamela Cox, Clare Crowston, Anna Davin, Andreas Gestrich, C line Grasser, Irene Hardach-Pinke, Elizabeth Bright Jones, Clair Langhamer, MaryJo Maynes, Carol E. Morgan, Tammy M. Proctor, Rebecca Rogers, Karin Schmidlechner, Deborah Simonton, Birgitte S land, and Mary Lynn Stewart.