War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa / Joshua S. Goldstein.
War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa / Joshua S. Goldstein.
War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa / Joshua S. Goldstein.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N303.66082/ 2
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English
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xv, 523 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
A puzzle : the cross-cultural consistency of gender roles in war -- Women warriors : the historical record of female combatants -- Bodies : the biology of individual gender -- Groups : bonding, hierarchy, and social identity -- Heroes : the making of militarized masculinity -- Conquests : sex, rape,...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war. Yet contentious debates, and the scattering of scholarship across academic disciplines, have obscured understanding of how gender affects war and vice versa. In this authoritative and lively review of our state of knowledge, Joshua Goldstein assesses the possible explanations for the near-total...
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War and gender : how gender shapes the war system and vice versa / Joshua S. Goldstein.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-480) and index.
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N303.66082/ 2
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74VvQ62jpvAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQ62jpvAM
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0521807166 :
9780521807166
0521807166
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303.66082
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991014440799702626
