Gender History

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Drawing together crucial articles and essays, this extensive reference collection is essential for students and scholars seeking a critical understanding of gender and gender history. It compiles scholarly historical texts from the last 50 years across a wide range of sources, offering a key knowledge resource for the field. The four-volume set is arranged chronologically for ease of use, featuring around 100 essays and papers from pioneering works of the 1960s and 1970s to landmark texts of the recent past and present. With a global scope, it provides insights into the formation and development of gender history and its future study. Volume 1 examines gender history from antiquity to 600 CE, focusing on work, politics, religion, and gender roles. Volume 2 traces the arc of gender history in the medieval period, addressing domesticity, women's networks, and social status. Volume 3 explores the early modern world, emphasizing the significance of imperialism in relation to gender. Volume 4 covers the modern world to the present, discussing nation-states, activism, and societal changes. Each volume includes a substantial introduction contextualizing the field's development. This collection serves as a major scholarly reference work for researchers interested in gender history and gender studies more broadly.