
Gender in History
Global Perspectives
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 18. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-4051-8995-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Updated with new material to reflect the latest developments in the field, Gender in History: Global Perspectives, 2nd Edition, provides a concise overview of the construction of gender in world cultures from the Paleolithic era to modern times.
* Includes examples drawn from the most recent scholarship relating to a diverse range of cultures, from Ancient Mesopotamia to post-Soviet Russia, and from the Igbo of Nigeria, to the Iroquois of north eastern North America.
* Reflects new developments in the field with added coverage of primates, slavery, colonialism, masculinity, and transgender issues
* Features significant discussion of the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, an important trend in the study of world history
* Lays out key theoretical and methodological issues in an introduction that is written in accessible language
* Supplementary material for instructors and students available at www.wiley.com/go/wiesner-hanks
* Includes examples drawn from the most recent scholarship relating to a diverse range of cultures, from Ancient Mesopotamia to post-Soviet Russia, and from the Igbo of Nigeria, to the Iroquois of north eastern North America.
* Reflects new developments in the field with added coverage of primates, slavery, colonialism, masculinity, and transgender issues
* Features significant discussion of the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, an important trend in the study of world history
* Lays out key theoretical and methodological issues in an introduction that is written in accessible language
* Supplementary material for instructors and students available at www.wiley.com/go/wiesner-hanks
Reviews / Votes
"This wonderful little volume packs an impressive amount of research into 227 pages... this text makes excellent addition to an ancillary reading list for students who too often receive a seriously abbreviated version of women's roles in history." (World History Connected, 1 February 2013)More details
Product info
Paperback
Edition
2. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 15.2 cm
Thickness: 1.2 cm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-8995-8 (9781405189958)
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Person
Merry Wiesner-Hanks is a Distinguished Professor of History and the Interim Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of twenty books and numerous articles that have appeared in English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese. Her books include The Marvelous Hairy Girls (2009), Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (2008) and, with Teresa Meade, A Companion to Gender History (Blackwell, 2004).
Content
Chronological Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Family
3. Economic Life
4. Ideas, Ideals, Norms, and Laws
5. Religion
6. Political Life
7. Education and Culture
8. Sexuality
Afterword
Index
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Family
3. Economic Life
4. Ideas, Ideals, Norms, and Laws
5. Religion
6. Political Life
7. Education and Culture
8. Sexuality
Afterword
Index