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Women in World History Readings from 1500 to the Present

  • Published: 29 Apr 2015
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781315698090
  • Print ISBN: 9781563243127
  • eBook ISBN: 9781315698090

This work is one of two volumes presenting selected histories from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. It discusses issues within a female context and features political and economic issues, marriage practices, motherhood and enslavement, religious beliefs and spiritual development.

Contents

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    Front Matter
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    Gendering World History, Globalizing Women’s History
  • 1500–1800
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      China and Japan: The Neo-Confucian Regimes of the Qing Monarchy and the Tokugawa Shogunate
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      The Middle East: Women of the Ottoman Empire
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      India: Women of the Mughal Empire
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      Europe: Witches, Workers, and Queens
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      Gender in the European Colonization of the Americas
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      African Women in a New Era of Commerce and State Building
  • 1800–Present
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      Western Europe: Equality and Equity for New Women
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      Africa: The Colonial Legacy
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      The Symbol of the Veil in Modern Islam
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      India: National Unity, Gender Divisions
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      Seeking Liberation in New East Asian Societies: China and japan after 1800
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      The Americas: The Personal is Political
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    Back Matter