ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

Gendering World History, Globalizing Women's History

part 1|126 pages

1500–1800

chapter 1|20 pages

China and Japan

The Neo-Confucian Regimes of the Qing Monarchy and the Tokugawa Shogunate

chapter 2|18 pages

The Middle East

Women of the Ottoman Empire

chapter 3|20 pages

India

Women of the Mughal Empire

chapter 4|18 pages

Europe

Witches, Workers, and Queens

part 2|140 pages

1800–Present

chapter 7|22 pages

Western Europe

Equality and Equity for New Women

chapter 8|24 pages

Africa

The Colonial Legacy

chapter 9|20 pages

The Symbol of the Veil in Modern Islam

chapter 10|26 pages

India

National Unity, Gender Divisions

chapter 11|24 pages

Seeking Liberation in New East Asian Societies

China and japan after 1800

chapter 12|22 pages

The Americas

The Personal is Political