Contents; List of Plates; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Sexuality; 2 Gender and Labor in World History; 3 Structures and Meanings in a Gendered Family History; 4 Religion and Gender: Embedded Patterns, Interwoven Frameworks; 5 Gender Rules: Law and Politics; 6 Race, Gender, and Other Differences in Feminist Theory; 7 Gender and Education Before and After Mass Schooling; 8 How Images Got Their Gender: Masculinity and Femininity in the Visual Arts; 9 Revolution, Nationalism, and Anti-Imperialism; 10 Feminist Movements: Gender and Sexual Equality; Prehistory
Classical and Post-Classical Societies (2000 BCE-1400 CE)Gender and the Development of Modern Society (1400-1750); Gender and the Modern World (1750-1920); Gender in the Contemporary World (1920-2003); Bibliography; Index
Summary
This companion surveys the history of women around the world, studies their interaction with men in gendered societies, and looks at the role of gender in shaping human behaviour over thousands of years
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-653) and index
