Gender in world history
By: Peter N. Stearns.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Themes in world history
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Sex role -- History; Man-woman relationships -- History; Sex differences -- History
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The traditional base : civilizations and patriarchy; title: Early contacts : influences from cultural diversity; title: Buddhism and Chinese women; title: Islamic standards outside the heartland : changes and continuities in India and sub-Saharan Africa; title: The Chinese influence; title: Europeans and Native Americans; title: Men and women amid British imperialism in India; title: Western influences and regional reactions : Polynesia and Africa; title: Westernization and gender : beyond the colonial models; title: Immigration as culture contact; title: New international influences : feminism and Marxism; title: Contact and retract : the Middle East in the twentieth century; title: Global consumer culture : the question of impact; title: Globalization and resistance; title: Conclusion: patterns and trends.