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Featuring a renowned author team and the best recent scholarship,
World in the Making: A Global History explores both the global and
local dimensions of world history. Abundant full-color maps and
images, along with other special pedagogical features that
highlight the lives and voices of the world's peoples, make this
synthesis accessible and memorable for students-all at an
affordable low price.
Based on the scholarship of a global team of diverse authors, this
wide-ranging handbook surveys the history and current status of
pro-women thought and activism over millennia. The book traces the
complex history of feminism across the globe, presenting its many
identities, its heated debates, its racism, discussion of religious
belief and values, commitment to social change, and the struggles
of women around the world for gender justice. Authors approach past
understandings and today’s evolving sense of what feminism or
womanism or gender justice are from multiple viewpoints. These
perspectives are geographical to highlight commonalities and
differences from region to region or nation to nation; they are
also chronological suggesting change or continuity from the ancient
world to our digital age. Across five parts, authors delve into
topics such as colonialism, empire, the arts, labor activism,
family, and displacement as the means to take the pulse of feminism
from specific vantage points highlighting that there is no single
feminist story but rather multiple portraits of a broad cast of
activists and thinkers. Comprehensive and properly global, this is
the ideal volume for students and scholars of women’s and gender
history, women’s studies, social history, political movements and
feminism.
This newly updated and improved edition of Bonnie G. Smith's
classic textbook provides the most authoritative history available
of Europe in a global context during the 20th and 21st centuries.
It cleverly incorporates elements of political, social, cultural,
economic and intellectual history and presents an integrated
history with detailed coverage right across the continent.
Including 131 images and 23 maps, Europe in the Contemporary World:
1900 to the Present is organized around key themes within a
chronological chapter structure that is easy to follow. Smith's
balanced treatment of the subject allows for a comprehensive
assessment of the positive and negative developments in European
history over the period, as well as the wider impact of this in the
world at large. The book also includes picture essays and document
sections, which provide variety and foreground the importance of
primary sources, and useful end-of-chapter further readings for
students who wish to investigate specific topics in greater depth.
The enhanced 2nd edition contains: * A new chapter on the
21st-century issues that have challenged and continue to challenge
Europe * More material on globalization, the end of the Cold War,
European countercultures and various other topics * Historiographic
updates throughout Europe in the Contemporary World: 1900 to the
Present is the definitive guide to Europe and its place in the
world since 1900 for students and scholars alike.
Based on the scholarship of a global team of diverse authors, this
wide-ranging handbook surveys the history and current status of
pro-women thought and activism over millennia. The book traces the
complex history of feminism across the globe, presenting its many
identities, its heated debates, its racism, discussion of religious
belief and values, commitment to social change, and the struggles
of women around the world for gender justice. Authors approach past
understandings and today's evolving sense of what feminism or
womanism or gender justice are from multiple viewpoints. These
perspectives are geographical to highlight commonalities and
differences from region to region or nation to nation; they are
also chronological suggesting change or continuity from the ancient
world to our digital age. Across five parts, authors delve into
topics such as colonialism, empire, the arts, labor activism,
family, and displacement as the means to take the pulse of feminism
from specific vantage points highlighting that there is no single
feminist story but rather multiple portraits of a broad cast of
activists and thinkers. Comprehensive and properly global, this is
the ideal volume for students and scholars of women's and gender
history, women's studies, social history, political movements and
feminism.
Featuring a renowned author team and the best recent scholarship,
World in the Making: A Global History explores both the global and
local dimensions of world history. Abundant full-color maps and
images, along with other special pedagogical features that
highlight the lives and voices of the world's peoples, make this
synthesis accessible and memorable for students-all at an
affordable low price.
Women and Gender in Postwar Europe charts the experiences of women
across Europe from 1945 to the present day. Europe at the end of
World War II was a sorry testimony to the human condition; awash in
corpses, the infrastructure devastated, food and fuel in such short
supply. From Soviet Union to the United Kingdom and Ireland the
vast majority of citizens on whom survival depended, in the postwar
years, were women. This book charts the involvement of women in
postwar reconstruction through the Cold War and post Cold-War years
with chapters on the economic, social, and political dynamism that
characterized Europe from the 1950s onwards, and goes on to look at
the woman's place in a rebuilt Europe that was both more prosperous
and as tension-filled as before. The chapters both look at broad
trends across both eastern and western Europe; such as the horrific
aftermath of World War II, but also present individual case studies
that illustrate those broad trends in the historical development of
women's lives and gender roles. The case studies show difference
and diversity across Europe whilst also setting the experience of
women in a particular country within the broader historical issues
and trends, in such topics as work, professionalization, sexuality,
consumerism, migration, and activism. The introduction and
conclusion provide an overview that integrates the chapters into
the more general history of this important period. This will be an
essential resource for students of women and gender studies and for
post 1945 courses.
Women in World History brings together the most recent scholarship
in women's and world history in a single volume covering the period
from 1450 to the present, enabling readers to understand women's
relationship to world developments over the past five hundred
years. Women have served the world as unfree people, often forced
to migrate as slaves, trafficked sex workers, and indentured
laborers working off debts. Diseases have migrated through women's
bodies and women themselves have deliberately spread religious
belief and fervor as well as ideas. They have been global authors,
soldiers, and astronauts encircling the globe and moving far beyond
it. They have written classics in political and social thought and
crafted literary and artistic works alongside others who were
revolutionaries and reform-minded activists. Historical scholarship
has shown that there is virtually no part of the world where
women's presence is not manifest, whether in archives, oral
testimonials, personal papers, the material record, evidence of
disease and famine, myth and religious teachings, and myriad other
forms of documentation. As these studies mount, the idea of
surveying women's past on a global basis becomes daunting. This
book aims to redress this situation and offer a synthetic world
history of women in modern times.
Global Feminisms Since 1945 is an innovative historical introduction to the issues of contemporary feminism, with a truly global perspective. It is a concise anthology considering the similarities and differences between feminisms in West and East, North and South, and highlighting class, racial, ethnic and imperial tensions and claims in the twentieth century. The book analyses the roots, development and, in some cases, the conclusions of feminisms and how they have interacted. From the European and American feminist movements to those in the ex-Soviet Union and women's rights groups in Africa and East Asia, Global Feminisms Since 1945 examines the key economic, technological, sexual, reproductive, ecological and political debates.
Women's Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the
pathbreaking and cross-disciplinary study of women-past and
present. Tracing the history of the field from its origins, this
revised and updated text sets out the main topics making up the
discipline, exploring its global development and its relevance to
our own times. A new chapter on militarization and violence
provides fresh insight into trends in the contemporary world and
adds to curricular significance. Reflecting the diversity of the
field, core themes include: The interdisciplinary nature of women's
studies Core feminist theories and the feminist agenda Issues of
intersectionality: women, race, class, gender, ethnicity, and
religion Violence, militarization, security, and peace Women,
sexuality, and the body Women's Studies: The Basics provides an
informed foundation for those new to the subject and is especially
meant to guide undergraduates and postgraduates concentrating in
women's studies and gender studies. Those in related disciplines
will find in it a valuable overview of and background to
women-centered issues and concerns, including global ones. The work
also provides an updated list of suggested reading to help in
further study, classroom presentations, and written exercises.
Women's Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the
pathbreaking and cross-disciplinary study of women-past and
present. Tracing the history of the field from its origins, this
revised and updated text sets out the main topics making up the
discipline, exploring its global development and its relevance to
our own times. A new chapter on militarization and violence
provides fresh insight into trends in the contemporary world and
adds to curricular significance. Reflecting the diversity of the
field, core themes include: The interdisciplinary nature of women's
studies Core feminist theories and the feminist agenda Issues of
intersectionality: women, race, class, gender, ethnicity, and
religion Violence, militarization, security, and peace Women,
sexuality, and the body Women's Studies: The Basics provides an
informed foundation for those new to the subject and is especially
meant to guide undergraduates and postgraduates concentrating in
women's studies and gender studies. Those in related disciplines
will find in it a valuable overview of and background to
women-centered issues and concerns, including global ones. The work
also provides an updated list of suggested reading to help in
further study, classroom presentations, and written exercises.
Women in World History brings together the most recent scholarship
in women's and world history in a single volume covering the period
from 1450 to the present, enabling readers to understand women's
relationship to world developments over the past five hundred
years. Women have served the world as unfree people, often forced
to migrate as slaves, trafficked sex workers, and indentured
laborers working off debts. Diseases have migrated through women's
bodies and women themselves have deliberately spread religious
belief and fervor as well as ideas. They have been global authors,
soldiers, and astronauts encircling the globe and moving far beyond
it. They have written classics in political and social thought and
crafted literary and artistic works alongside others who were
revolutionaries and reform-minded activists. Historical scholarship
has shown that there is virtually no part of the world where
women's presence is not manifest, whether in archives, oral
testimonials, personal papers, the material record, evidence of
disease and famine, myth and religious teachings, and myriad other
forms of documentation. As these studies mount, the idea of
surveying women's past on a global basis becomes daunting. This
book aims to redress this situation and offer a synthetic world
history of women in modern times.
This newly updated and improved edition of Bonnie G. Smith's
classic textbook provides the most authoritative history available
of Europe in a global context during the 20th and 21st centuries.
It cleverly incorporates elements of political, social, cultural,
economic and intellectual history and presents an integrated
history with detailed coverage right across the continent.
Including 131 images and 23 maps, Europe in the Contemporary World:
1900 to the Present is organized around key themes within a
chronological chapter structure that is easy to follow. Smith's
balanced treatment of the subject allows for a comprehensive
assessment of the positive and negative developments in European
history over the period, as well as the wider impact of this in the
world at large. The book also includes picture essays and document
sections, which provide variety and foreground the importance of
primary sources, and useful end-of-chapter further readings for
students who wish to investigate specific topics in greater depth.
The enhanced 2nd edition contains: * A new chapter on the
21st-century issues that have challenged and continue to challenge
Europe * More material on globalization, the end of the Cold War,
European countercultures and various other topics * Historiographic
updates throughout Europe in the Contemporary World: 1900 to the
Present is the definitive guide to Europe and its place in the
world since 1900 for students and scholars alike.
Global Feminisms Since 1945 is an historical introduction to the issues of contemporary feminism, with a truly global perspective. This book is a concise anthology considering the similarities and differences between feminisms in West and East, North and South, and highlighting class, racial, ethnic and imperial tensions and claims in the twentieth century. The book analyses the roots, development and, in some cases, the conclusions of feminisms and how they have interacted. From the European and American feminist movements to those in the ex-Soviet Union and women's rights groups in Africa and East Asia,Global Feminisms Since 1945 examines the key economic, technological, sexual, reproductive, ecological and political debates.
Women and Gender in Postwar Europe charts the experiences of women
across Europe from 1945 to the present day. Europe at the end of
World War II was a sorry testimony to the human condition; awash in
corpses, the infrastructure devastated, food and fuel in such short
supply. From Soviet Union to the United Kingdom and Ireland the
vast majority of citizens on whom survival depended, in the postwar
years, were women. This book charts the involvement of women in
postwar reconstruction through the Cold War and post Cold-War years
with chapters on the economic, social, and political dynamism that
characterized Europe from the 1950s onwards, and goes on to look at
the woman's place in a rebuilt Europe that was both more prosperous
and as tension-filled as before. The chapters both look at broad
trends across both eastern and western Europe; such as the horrific
aftermath of World War II, but also present individual case studies
that illustrate those broad trends in the historical development of
women's lives and gender roles. The case studies show difference
and diversity across Europe whilst also setting the experience of
women in a particular country within the broader historical issues
and trends, in such topics as work, professionalization, sexuality,
consumerism, migration, and activism. The introduction and
conclusion provide an overview that integrates the chapters into
the more general history of this important period. This will be an
essential resource for students of women and gender studies and for
post 1945 courses.
This is a new translation of one of the classics of the traditions of anarchism and socialism. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a contemporary of Marx and one of the most acute, influential, and subversive critics of modern French and European society. What is Property? (1840) has become a classic of political thought through its wide-ranging and deep-reaching critique of private property as at once the essential institution of Western culture and the root cause of greed, corruption, political tyranny, social division, and violation of natural law.
The Medieval and Early Modern World tells the colorful story of a
pivotal period in human history, an era that is crucial to
understanding our own times. The expansion of trade and city life,
the spread and reform of religious institutions, the rise of
regional empires and local feudal regimes, and revolutionary
advances in science and technology laid the foundation for the
modern world. Told through the words and experiences of the people
who lived it kings, queens, and commoners, priests and lay people,
explorers, scientists, artists, and world travelers this is a world
history for a new generation.
Based on the central role that the study of documents plays in the
history classroom, Modern Empires: A Reader presents the history of
modern empires across the globe from the late fifteenth century to
the present. The anthology's chronological, geographical, and
thematic range offers special pedagogical benefits in light of the
growing attention to the history of empire. Featuring voices from
all levels of society and all parts of the world, this book
stresses the complexity of empires when seen from multiple points
of view. The introduction provides a thorough synopsis of the rise
and fall of empires and also presents themes on which to base class
discussions: Are empires chaotic systems or do they lead to systems
of world governance? Are empires agents of integration and
civilization or agents of violence and destruction? What is the
nature of individual participation in empire? What is the role of
resistance in the evolution of empire? The selection of sources in
Modern Empires portrays an imperial panorama and charts its
wide-ranging effects on individual nations and the unfolding
history of the world. Providing the most comprehensive and
up-to-date collection of documents from modern empires around the
world, Modern Empires: A Reader makes explicit the connections
between imperialism and modern globalization.
This two-volume workbook includes approximately thirty-five
reference maps and fifty outline maps that provide opportunities to
deepen understanding of world history through coloring exercises.
Almost a century ago Vassar professor Lucy Maynard Salmon
(1853-1927) started down an intellectual path that made her one of
the most innovative historians of all time. Her historical method
relied on extensive use of the documents of everyday life. In
class, for example, she surprised her students with laundry lists,
grocery receipts, and newspapers, and asked them to interpret these
"ephemera" as historical documents. What did the laundry receipts
tell about those who used such services? About those who ran such
establishments? About systems of domestic service? Business
organization? In short, Salmon recentered history from narrative to
methodology, from story to apparatus. By examining subjects that we
associate with material culture she anticipated current practices
by decades. Salmon was modern in her concerns and her methods, and
a feminist in both her interests and her approach. The book
contains a cross-section of her essays, including selections from
her ground-breaking study "Domestic Service" and her well-known
essays "History in a Back Yard" and "Main Street" in which she
reads the everyday environment of garden and city in historical
terms. Also included are her remarkable essay on the architectural
organization of her kitchen and a hitherto unpublished essay on her
former professor, Woodrow Wilson, that describes him in vivid terms
as an "autophotographer." Salmon's modernism will startle those who
have not read her before.
In a social and cultural study of nineteenth-century bourgeois
women in northern France, Bonnie Smith shows how the advent of
industrialization removed women from the productive activity of the
middle class and confined them to a largely reproductive
experience. Out of this, she suggests, they created their own
world, centered on domesticity, family, and religion. To understand
these women, the author argues, it is necessary to examine their
world on its own terms as a coherent whole. Professor Smith draws
on demographic, psychoanalytic, anthropological, linguistic, as
well as historical insights and uses a variety of evidence that
includes personal interviews, photographs, letters, genealogical
records, and traditional archival sources. Part One outlines the
transition from mercantile to industrial manufacturing that
terminated the relationship between home and business and that
separated the sexes according to their respective functions. Part
Two concentrates on the lives of the women following their
acceptance of an exclusively reproductive function and shows how
the interdependence and fusion of household chores, religious
values, and social conscience fostered a unified cultural system.
Part Three, then, explores the propagation of this domesticity by
the convent, as the primary educational system, and by the
sentimental novel, as the vehicle most suited for an ideological
expression of domestic life.
The American Historical Association's Committee on Women Historians
commissioned some of the pioneering figures in women's history to
prepare essays in their respective areas of expertise. These
volumes, the second and third in a series of three, complete their
collected efforts. The first volume of the series dealt with the
broad them necessary to understanding women's history around the
world. As a counterpoint, volume 2 is concerned with issues that
have shaped the history of women in particular places and during
particular eras. It examines women in ancient civilizations;
including women in China, Japan, and Korea; women and gender in
south and South East Asia; Medieval women; women and gender in
Colonial Latin America; and the history, Susan Mann, Barbara N.
Ramusack, Judith M. Bennett. Ann Twinam, and Kathleen Brown. As
with volume 2, volume 3 also discusses current trends in gender and
women's history from a regional perspective. It includes essays on
sub-Saharan African, the Middle East, early and modern Europe,
Russian and the Soviet Union, Latin American, and North American
after 1865. Its contributors include Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Nikki R.
Keddie, Barbara Engel, Asuncion Lavrin, Ellen Dubois, and Judith P.
Zinser writing with Bonnie S. Anderson. Incorporating essays from
top scholars ranging over an abundance of regions, dates, and
methodologies, the three volumes of "Women's History in Global
Perspective constitute an invaluable resource for anyone interested
in a comprehensive overview on the latest in feminist scholarship.
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