Gender in History av Merry E. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Wiesner-Hanks

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<p><b>A concise yet comprehensive account of the roles and influences of gender over the millennia, featuring new and updated content throughout </b></p><p><i>Gender in History: Global Perspectives, Third Edition</i>, explores the construction and evolution of gender in many of the world¿s cultures from the Paleolithic era to the COVID pandemic of the twenty-first century. Broad in geographic and topical scope, this comprehensive volume discusses the ways families, religions, social hierarchies, politics, work, education, art, sexuality, and other issues are linked to various conceptions of gender. </p><p>Now organized chronologically rather than topically, this extensively revised edition presents a wealth of up-to-date information based on the scholarship of the last decade. New and expanded chapters offer insights on the connections between gender and key events and trends in world history, including domestication and the development of agriculture, the growth of cities and larger-s