Women's History: In Global Perspective Volume 2

by Bonnie G. Smith (Editor), Sarah Hughes (Contributor), Brady Hughes (Contributor)

In Volume 2 of  Women's History in Global Perspective , Bonnie G. Smith curates more essays by pioneering thinkers on issues that have shaped the history of women, this time with a focus on particular places and particular eras. The collection examines women from prehistory to ancient civilizations in Egypt, Israel, India, and beyond; a survey of women history 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 of women in the United States to 1865.  Inclusive and wide-ranging,  Women's History in Global Perspective,  Volume 2, offers an invaluable collection of feminist scholarship on overlooked and marginalized topics.  Judith M. Bennett, Kathleen Brown, Brady Hughes, Sarah Shaver Hughes, Susan Mann, Barbara N. Ramusack, and Ann Twinam.

312 pages, Paperback

First published June 14, 2005