{"title":"Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks","description":"\u003cp\u003eMerry E. Wiesner-Hanks is a distinguished historian and author celebrated for her insightful exploration of social, cultural, and gender histories. Her works span various eras, with a particular focus on the transformative periods in human history. Through her meticulously researched books, Wiesner-Hanks invites readers to delve into the complexities of historical narratives, providing a thorough understanding of how past societies have shaped the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGender in History\u003c\/em\u003e, Wiesner-Hanks examines the evolving roles of gender across different cultures and epochs, offering a compelling analysis of how gender has influenced social structures. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersections of gender and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is Early Modern History?\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a gateway into understanding the unique characteristics of the early modern period. The author guides her audience through this dynamic era, highlighting key events and societal changes that signalled shifts towards modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWomen and the Reformations\u003c\/em\u003e, Wiesner-Hanks sheds light on the pivotal roles women played during the Reformation era. Her narrative uncovers the significant contributions and challenges faced by women during this period of religious and cultural upheaval, offering a deeper appreciation of their impact on history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks' collection to gain a comprehensive and nuanced perspective on history, as she skilfully weaves together the threads of gender, social change, and pivotal historical moments.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"women-and-the-reformations-by-merry-e-wiesner-hanks-9780300268232","title":"Women and the Reformations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA compelling, authoritative history of how women shaped the Reformations and transformed religious life across the globe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were central to the transformations that took place in Europe and beyond. What was life like for them in this turbulent period? How did their actions and ideas shape Christianity and influence societies around the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this rich and definitive study, renowned scholar Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks explores the history of women and the Reformations in full for the first time. \u003cem\u003eWomen and the Reformations\u003c\/em\u003e travels the globe, examining well-known figures like Teresa of Avila, Elizabeth I, and Anne Hutchinson, as well as women whose stories are only now emerging. Along the way, we meet converts in Japan, Spanish nuns in the Philippines, and saints in Ethiopia and America. 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Broad in geographic and topical scope, this comprehensive volume discusses the ways families, religions, social hierarchies, politics, work, education, art, sexuality, and other issues are linked to various conceptions of gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow organised chronologically rather than topically, this extensively revised edition presents a wealth of up-to-date information based on the scholarship of the last decade. New and expanded chapters offer insights on the connections between gender and key events and trends in world history, including domestication and the development of agriculture, the growth of cities and larger-scale political structures, the spread of world religions, changing ideas of race, class, and sexuality, colonialism and imperialism, capitalism, wars, revolutions, and more. Written by a distinguished scholar in the field of women's and gender history, this third edition of \u003cem\u003eGender in History\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExamines how gender roles were shaped by family life, religious traditions, and various other institutions, and how the institutions were influenced by gender.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eConsiders why gender variations developed in different cultures and in diverse social, ethnic, and racial groups within a single culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAddresses ideas in different cultures that shaped both informal societal norms and formalised laws.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExplores debates about the origins of patriarchy, the development of complex gender hierarchies, and contemporary movements for social change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the gender implications of modern issues including the global pandemic and ongoing cultural and economic shifts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eIncludes an accessible introduction to key theoretical and methodological issues and an instructor’s website with visual and written original sources.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGender in History: Global Perspectives, Third Edition\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students in courses such as those on women’s history, women in world history, and gender in world history, and a valuable supplement for general survey courses within History and Women’s and Gender Studies programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000626266348,"sku":"9781119719205","price":92.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18139113482586.jpg?v=1763290867"},{"product_id":"what-is-early-modern-history-by-merry-e-wiesner-hanks-9781509540570","title":"What is Early Modern History?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is Early Modern History?\u003c\/em\u003e offers a concise guide to investigations of the era from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries and serves as an entry-point to larger questions about how we divide and organise the past and how the discipline of history has evolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMerry Wiesner-Hanks showcases the new research and innovative methods that have altered our understanding of this fascinating period. She examines various subfields and approaches in early modern history, and the marks of modernity that scholars have highlighted in these, from individualism to the Little Ice Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond Europe, she surveys the growth of the Atlantic World and global history, exploring key topics such as the Columbian Exchange, the slave trade, cultural interactions and blending, and the environment. 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