Gender: a world history
This book treats the representations, everyday lives, and relationships of men and women from ancient times to the present day across the world. It shows how gender informed and was informed by such developments as the rise of patriarchy, universal religions, war, slavery, revolution, and imperialism. Gender is a phenomenon that appears in every place and at every historical moment; it is a fundamental means by which we understand ourselves, our societies, and theworlds in which we live.
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- Full title :Gender : a world history / by Susan Kingsley Kent.
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This book treats the representations, everyday lives, and relationships of men and women from ancient times to the present day across the world. It shows how gender informed and was informed by such developments as the rise of patriarchy, universal religions, war, slavery, revolution, and imperialism. Gender is a phenomenon that appears in every place and at every historical moment; it is a fundamental means by which we understand ourselves, our societies, and theworlds in which we live.
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- Publication Date:copyright 2021
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:copyright 2021
The Physical Object
- Description:1 vol. (X-168 p.) : : ill., couv. ill. en coul. ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780190621971 (rel), 0190621974 (rel), 9780190621988 (br), 0190621982 (br)
- oclc:on1243889477
- Dewey Decimal:305.309
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