Gender in world history [Elektronisk resurs] / Peter N. Stearns.

• Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedications; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Traditional Base: Civilizations and Partriarchy; Part I: From Classical Civilizations Through the Postclassical Period; 2. Early Contacts: Influences from Cultural Diversity; 3. Buddhism and Chinese Women; 4. Islamic Standards Outside the Heartland: Changes and Continuities in India and Sub-Saharan Africa; 5. The Chinese Influence; Part II: Results of European Expansion, 1500-1900; 6. Europeans and Native Americans; 7. Men and Women Amid British Imperialism in India. 

• From classical times to the twenty-first century, Gender in World History is a fascinating exploration of what happens to established ideas about men and women, and their roles, when different cultural systems come into contact. This book breaks new ground to facilitate a consistent approach to gender in a world history context.This second edition has been completely updated, and now includes:expanded introductions to each chronological sectionextensive discussion of the twentieth century bringing it right up-to-datenew chapters on international influences in the first half of the twentieth ce 

Ämnesord

Män och kvinnor  (sao)

Könsroller  -- historia (sao)

Kvinnohistoria  (kao)

Socialhistoria  (kao)

Women's history  (kao//eng)

Social history  (kao//eng)

Könsskillnader  -- historia (sao)

Könsroller  -- historia -- globalt perspektiv (kao)

Gender roles  -- history -- global perspective (kao//eng)

Man-woman relationships. 

Man-woman relationships - History. 

Sex differences. 

Sex differences - History. 

Sex role. 

Sex role - History. 

Man-woman relationships  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

305.309 (DDC)

Ohj (kssb/8 (machine generated))