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Chronological Table of Contents | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Sex and Gender | |
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Gender History and Theory | |
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Structure of the Book | |
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The Origins of Patriarchy | |
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The Family | |
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Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (4000 BCE-600 BCE) | |
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The Classical Cultures of China, India, and the Mediterranean (600 BCE-500 CE) | |
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Africa, the Americas, and Southeast Asia in the Premodern Era (600 BCE-1600 CE) | |
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Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the Mediterranean (500 CE-1600 CE) | |
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The Colonial World (1500-1900) | |
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The Industrial and Postindustrial World (1800-2010) | |
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Economic Life | |
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Foraging, Horticultural, and Herding Societies (20,000 BCE-1800 CE) | |
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Agricultural Societies (7000 BCE-1800 CE) | |
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Slavery (7000 BCE-1900 CE) | |
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Capitalism and Industrialism (1500-2000) | |
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Corporations, the State, and the Service Economy (1900-2010) | |
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Ideas, Ideals, Norms, and Laws | |
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The Nature and Roles of Men and Women | |
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Binaries | |
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Motherhood and Fatherhood | |
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Ideologies, Norms, and Laws Prescribing Gender Inequity | |
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Ideologies of Egalitarianism | |
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Religion | |
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Animism, Shamanism, and Paganism (from 40,000 BCE) | |
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Written Religious in the Ancient Near East (from 3000 BCE) | |
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Confucianism and Taoism (from 600 BCE) | |
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Hinduism and Buddhism (from 600 BCE) | |
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Christianity (from 30 CE) | |
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Islam (from 600 CE) | |
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Political Life | |
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Kin Groups, Tribes, and Villages (from 10,000 BCE) | |
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Hereditary Aristocracies (from 3000 BCE) | |
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Warfare | |
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Citizenship (500 BCE-1800 CE) | |
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Women's Rights Movements (1800-2010) | |
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Colonialism, Anticolonialism, and Postcolonialism (1500-2010) | |
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Education and Culture | |
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Classical and Postclassical Cultures (600 BCE-1450 CE) | |
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The Renaissance (1400-1600) | |
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Democracy, Modernity, and Literacy (1750-2010) | |
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Sexuality | |
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Classical Eurasia (600 BCE-600 CE) | |
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The Americas (500 CE-1500 CE) | |
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Third Genders | |
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The Colonial World: Sex and Race (1500-1900) | |
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Modern Sexuality in the West (1750-1950) | |
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The Globalized World (1950-2010) | |
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Afterword | |
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Index | |