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Gender in world history / / Peter N. Stearns



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Autore: Stearns Peter N Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gender in world history / / Peter N. Stearns Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2000
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
Disciplina: 305.309
Soggetto topico: Sex role - History
Man-woman relationships - History
Sex differences - History
World history
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The traditional base: Civilizations and patriarchy; From classical civilizations through the postclassical period; Early contacts: Influences from cultural diversity; Buddhism and Chinese women; Islamic standards outside the heartland: Changes and continuities in India and sub-Saharan Africa; The Chinese influence; Results of European expansion, 1500 1900; Europeans and Native Americans; Men and women amid British imperialism in India; Western influences and regional reactions: Polynesia and Africa
Westernization and gender: Beyond the colonial modelsThe twentieth century; Immigration as culture contact; Contact and retract: The Middle East in the twentieth century; New international influences; International consumer culture: The question of impact; Conclusion: Patterns and trends; Index;
Sommario/riassunto: From classical times to the twentieth century, Gender in World History is a fascinating exploration of what happens to established ideas about men and women, and their roles, when difficult cultural systems come into contact.
Titolo autorizzato: Gender in world history  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-32634-4
0-203-18428-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910806258703321
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Serie: Themes in world history.