Women and Gender in the Early Modern World (Hardcover)

Research on women and gender in the early modern world is booming: the field has a scholarly society that is now more than twenty years old; a specialized annual journal; a tri-annual conference; and a book series. How the topic is studied has changed over time: while past scholarship tended to focus on Europe, research is now becoming increasingly global. With this development in mind, our collection will have a global appeal, with the pre-colonial as well as colonial Americas, Africa, and the Muslim world, along with Europe, South Asia and East Asia represented. Readers will be introduced to some classics in the field, as well as the newest in scholarly directions.

Edited by a highly experienced and knowledgeable academic in the field, the collection will be structured topically, and with both chronological and geographic diversity within each of the topics to allow regional, trans-regional, and global comparisons.