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24 reviewsISBN 10: 1405189959
ISBN 13: 9781405189958
Author: Merry E Wiesner Hanks
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
1 Introduction
Sex and Gender
Gender History and Theory
Structure of the Book
The Origins of Patriarchy
2 The Family
Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
The Classical Cultures of China, India, and the Mediterranean
Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia in the Premodern Era
Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the Mediterranean
The Colonial World
The Industrial and Postindustrial World
3 Economic Life
Foraging, Horticultural, and Herding Societies
Agricultural Societies
Slavery
Capitalism and Industrialism
Corporations, the State, and the Service Economy
4 Ideas, Ideals, Norms, and Laws
The Nature and Roles of Men and Women
Binaries
Motherhood and Fatherhood
Ideologies, Norms, and Laws Prescribing Gender Inequity
Ideologies of Egalitarianism
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Tags: Merry E Wiesner Hanks, history, perspectives