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This insightful book examines women's lives across Asia, challenging typical stereotypes and providing a fresh look at the changing role of women in various regions of the vast continent.

All around the world, women's important role in history has only recently been acknowledged.

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This concise historical overview of the existing historiography of women from across eighteenth-century Europe covers women of all ages, married and single, rich and poor.

During the 18th century, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, protoindustrialization, and colonial conquest made their marks on women's lives in a variety of ways.

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This book surveys Latin American and Caribbean women's contributions throughout history from conquest through the 20th century.

From the colonial period to the present day, women across the Caribbean and Latin America were an intrinsic part of the advancement of society and helped determine the course of history.

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The 19th century is referred to as the "Woman's Century," and it was a period of amazing change and progress for American women. There were great leaps forward in women's legal status, their entrance into higher education and the professions, and their roles in public life. This book examines the factors that affected women's roles in the US.

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This exhaustive exploration of the sociocultural, political, and economic roles of African women through history demonstrates how African women have shapedand continue to shapetheir societies.

Women play essential, critical roles in every society;

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Information on women's roles and daily life in the Middle Ages has often been elusive. This survey provides readers with an understanding of how women high and low fared in the fields of religion, work, family, law, culture, and politics and public life.

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This concise, content-rich volume provides an overview of women's roles in the Middle East and North Africa from the advent of Islam to the present.

Recent research shows that women in the Middle East and North Africa have played much larger roles in society than previously acknowledged.

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For the first time, a content-rich survey on Renaissance women for students and the general public is available. Women's Roles in the Renaissance examines the attitudes and practices that shaped the varied roles of women then, but also the important ways women shaped the world in which they lived.