Gender in World History: Second Edition Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	The traditional base: Civilizations and patriarchy	8
Pt. I	From classical civilizations through the postclassical period	17
2	Early contacts: Influences from cultural diversity	21
3	Buddhism and Chinese women	30
4	Islamic standards outside the heartland: Changes and continuities in India and sub-Saharan Africa	38
5	The Chinese influence	49
Pt. II	Results of European expansion, 1500-1900	57
6	European and Native Americans	63
7	Men and women amid British imperialism in India	75
8	Western influences and regional reactions: Polynesia and Africa	89
9	Westernization and gender: Beyond the colonial models	98
Pt. III	The twentieth century	113
10	Immigration as culture contact	117
11	Contact and retract: The Middle East in the twentieth century	124
12	New international influences	133
13	International consumer culture: The question of impact	148
	Conclusion: Patterns and trends	155
	Index	159