Description
Book SynopsisAddressing the comparative themes that the editors and contributors see as central to understanding women's history around the world, this book is the first in a major three-volume set. The collection is rounded out by essays on religion, race, ethnicity, and the different varieties of feminism.
Trade Review"The vast new evidence of our global connectedness has revived the imperative to understand the world better and especially to bring into focus the worldwide history of women. These volumes are devoted to surveying the most recent findings on women and gender in hopes of bringing teachers at all levels a practical introduction to the new data, historical issues, and historiographical debates from all regions of the world."--Bonnie G. Smith, from the Introduction to
Volume 1Table of ContentsIntroduction Bonnie Smith; The theory and practice of women's and gender history in global perspective Margaret Strobel & Marjorie Bingham; Family history as world history Ann B. Waltner & Mary Jo Maynes; Exemplary women and sacred journeys: Women and gender in Judaism, Christianity and Islam from late antiquity to the eve of modernity Julia Clancy-Smith; Gender and nation Mrinalina Sinha; Race and ethnicity in women's and gender history in global perspective Pamela Scully; Gender and work: Possibilities for a global, historical overview Alice Kessler-Harris; Worlds of feminism Susan Kent
