Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 298 g
Identity and Empire in Historical Perspective
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 298 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-069624-5
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Growing directly out of the experiences of a team of historians at Washington State University who designed a new foundational course for WSU's common requirements, the Roots of Contemporary Issues series is built on the premise that students will be better at facing current and future challenges, no matter their major or career path, if they are capable of addressing controversial and pressing issues in mature, reasoned ways using evidence, critical thinking, and clear written and oral communication skills. To help students achieve these goals, each title in the Roots of Contemporary Issues series argues that we need both a historical understanding and an appreciation of the ways in which humans have been interconnected with places around the world for decades and even centuries.
Much of the world's politics revolve around questions about gender and imperialism, including the relationship between gender and empire over the last five hundred years. There are no easy answers to these questions, but the decisions that all of us make about them will have tremendous consequences for individuals and for the planet in the future.
Gender Rules introduces students to history from the point of view of controversial and pressing issues they already know about and many of whom already feel invested in. Each chapter includes both Western and non-Western content, allowing readers to understand the deep past as connected to the present, and to see that the West has interacted with non-Western regions for centuries.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- List of Maps/Images
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Series Introduction: Connecting the Past and Present
- INTRODUCTION: Gender and Imperialism
- CHAPTER ONE: Law and Religion in Spanish Latin America
- Religion: The Introduction of Catholicism
- Government: Race, Class, Gender, and the Family
- Work: The Impacts of the Mita/Repartimiento System
- Nonbinary Genders: Two-Spirit Peoples
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- CHAPTER TWO: Gender and Commerce in the Atlantic World
- European Manufacturing for the Slave Trade
- Impacts of the Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa
- The British Caribbean: Jamaica
- The end of the Slave Trade: England and Abolition
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- CHAPTER THREE: Gender and Imperial Spaces in French Algeria and Indochina
- The City Itself: Algiers and Hanoi
- Tropical Respite: Dalat Hill Station
- Domestic Spaces: The Harem and the European Home
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- CHAPTER FOUR: Gender, Attire, and Nationalist Movements in India and Egypt
- The Body Itself
- Covering the Body: Clothing
- The Top of the Body: Headwear
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- CHAPTER FIVE: Gender, Soft Power, and the Western in Cold War Europe
- The Archetypal Cowboy
- Westerns West and East Germany
- The Role of Women in Westerns
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- CONCLUSION: A Postgender World?
- Index
- About the Cover
