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"Merry Wiesner-Hanks has produced a judicious and learned book. Gender in History brilliantly explores the influence of gender constructs in political, social, economic, and cultural affairs. The remarkable cultural geographical, and chronological range of Wiesner-Hanks' research is matched only by the sophistication, nuance, and clarity of her analysis. This book offers a rare and valuable global perspective on gender roles in human history." Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawaii
"Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks draws on this wealth of scholarship and her own research to provide a welcome overview of gender in global history from prehistory to date... I would recommend Gender in History as a set text for all students beginning a degree in history, alongside more conventional fare like E. H. Carr's What is History? It should not be restricted to those students who select a course in which the main topic of study is gender. For, crucially, it demonstrates that gender is as significant as social class, race and ethnicity as a category of historical analysis, as well as providing novice historians with many insights into understanding history. This is not to ignore that it is also of value to more experienced historians, particularly because of its thematically arranged suggestions for further reading." Reviews in History
"Wiesner-Hanks ... accomplishes a near-impossible feat - a review of what is known about the construction of gender and the character of women's lives in all known cultures over the course of human history ... Theoretically sophisticated and doing justice to the historical and cross-cultural record, yet assimilable by students ..." Choice
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"Merry Wiesner-Hanks has produced a judicious and learned book. Gender in History brilliantly explores the influence of gender constructs in political, social, economic, and cultural affairs. The remarkable cultural geographical, and chronological range of Wiesner-Hanks' research is matched only by the sophistication, nuance, and clarity of her analysis. This book offers a rare and valuable global perspective on gender roles in human history." Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawaii
"Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks draws on this wealth of scholarship and her own research to provide a welcome overview of gender in global history from prehistory to date... I would recommend Gender in History as a set text for all students beginning a degree in history, alongside more conventional fare like E. H. Carr's What is History? It should not be restricted to those students who select a course in which the main topic of study is gender. For, crucially, it demonstrates that gender is as significant as social class, race and ethnicity as a category of historical analysis, as well as providing novice historians with many insights into understanding history. This is not to ignore that it is also of value to more experienced historians, particularly because of its thematically arranged suggestions for further reading." Reviews in History
"Wiesner-Hanks ... accomplishes a near-impossible feat - a review of what is known about the construction of gender and the character of women's lives in all known cultures over the course of human history ... Theoretically sophisticated and doing justice to the historical and cross-cultural record, yet assimilable by students ..." Choice --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Technologies of Gender: Essays on Theory, Film, and Fiction (Theories of Representation and Difference) by Teresa de Lauretis on page 18, and page 231
- The Reign of the Phallus: Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens by Eva C. Keuls on page 50, and page 174
- Making of Britain: Middle Ages (The making of Britain) by Lesley M. Smith on page 50
- A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America by Leila J. Rupp on page 234
- Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine (Oxford Paperbacks) by David Leeming on page 138
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- Foreign Encounters: Case Studies in German Literature before 1700 (Daphnis 33: 1-2) by Mara R. Wade on page 18
- Slavery (New Perspectives on the Past) by David M. Turley in Front Matter
- Sibling Relations And Gender in the Early Modern World: Sisters, Brothers And Others (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World) (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World) by Naomi J. Miller in Front Matter
- Recultivating the Vineyard: The Reformation Agendas of Christianization by Scott H. Hendrix in Back Matter
- Making History: An Introduction to the History and Practices of a Discipline by Peter Lambert on page 202
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