{"product_id":"9781405149600","title":"A Companion to Gender History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to World History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Gender History\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTeresa A. Meade | Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Gender Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Gender History\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the history of women around the world, studies their interaction with men in gendered societies, and looks at the role of gender in shaping human behavior over thousands of years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn extensive survey of the history of women around the world, their interaction with men, and the role of gender in shaping human behavior over thousands of years.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses family history, the history of the body and sexuality, and cultural history alongside women’s history and gender history.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the importance of class, region, ethnicity, race and religion to the formation of gendered societies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains both thematic essays and chronological-geographic essays.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGives due weight to pre-history and the pre-modern era as well as to the modern era.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by scholars from across the English-speaking world and scholars for whom English is not their first language.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eTeresa A. Meade\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Women's Studies at Union College, New York. She is the author of \"\u003ci\u003eCivilizing\" Rio: Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and is working on a project on marriage on the Alta California frontier, 1769–1860.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerry E. Wiesner-Hanks\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her recent books include \u003ci\u003eGender in History (\u003c\/i\u003eBlackwell, 2001), \u003ci\u003eWomen and Gender in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), iscovering \u003ci\u003ethe Global Past: A Look at the Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and \u003ci\u003eChristianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 June 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405149600\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e690\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e41.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315739816076,"sku":"9781405149600","price":62.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405149600.jpg?v=1780144163","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405149600","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}