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Table of Contents of the Oxford Handbook of Gender, War and the Western World since 1600
Introduction
Part I: From the Thirty Years' War and Colonial Conquest to the Wars of Revolution and Independence
Part II: Wars of Nations and Empires
Part III: The Age of the World Wars
Part IV: From the Global Cold War to the Conflicts of the Post-Cold War Era
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Introduction
Introduction: Gender and the History of War—The Development of the Reserach
(Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Part I: From the Thirty Years' War and Colonial Conquest to the Wars of Revolution and Independence
1. War and Gender: From The Thirty Years' War and Colonial Conquest to the Wars of Revolution and Independence—an Overview
(Stefan Dudink, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Gender Studies and Karen Hagemann,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History)
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2. Wars, States, and Gender in Early Modern European Warfare, 1600s–1780s
(Peter H. Wilson, Oxford University, All Souls College)
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3. War, Culture, and Gender in Colonial and Revolutionary North America
(Serena Zabin, Carleton College, Department of History)
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4. War, Gender, and Society in Late Colonial and Revolutionary Spanish America
(Catherine Davies, University of London, Insttute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study)
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5. Gender, Slavery, War, and Violence in and beyond the Age of Revolution
(Elizabeth Colwill, University of Hawaii, Departent of American Studies)
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6. Society, Mass Warfare, and Gender in Europe during and after the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
(Alan Forrest, University of York, Department of History)
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7. History and Memory of Army Women and Female Soldiers, 1770s–1870s
(Thomas Cardoza, Truckee Meadows Community College, Department of Humanities and Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History)
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8. Citizenship, Mass Mobilization, and Masculinity in a Transatlantic Perspective, 1770s–1870s
(Stefan Dudink, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Gender Studies)
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Part II: Wars of Nations and Empires
9. War and Gender: Nineteenth Century Wars of Nations and Empires—an Overview
(Stefan Dudink, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Gender Studies and Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History, and Mischa Honeck, Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of History)
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10. War Mobilization, Gender, and Military Culture in Nineteenth-Century Western Societies
(Robert A. Nye, Oregon State Unversity, Department of History)
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11. Gender and the Wars of Nation-Building and Nation-Keeping in the Americas, 1830s–1870s
(Amy S. Greenberg, Penn State University, Department of History)
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12. Imperial Conquest, Violent Encounters, and Changing Gender Relations in Colonial Warfare, 1830s–1910s
(Angela Woollacott, Australian National University, School of History)
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13. The “White Man,” Race, and Imperial War during the Long Nineteenth Century
(Marilyn Lake, The University of Melbourne, The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies)
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14. Changing Modes of Warfare and the Gendering of Military Medical Care, 1850s–1920s
(Jean H. Quataert, Binghamton University SUNY, Department of History)
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Part III: The Age of the World Wars
15. War and Gender: The Age of the World Wars and Its Aftermath—an Overview
(Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History and Sonya O. Rose, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of History)
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16. Gendered War Mobilization, Culture, and Music in the Age of World Wars
(Annegret Fauser, University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill, Department of Music)
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17. Total Warfare, Gender, and the "Home Front" in Europe during the First and Second World Wars
(Susan Grayzel, University of Mississippi, Department of History)
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18. Citizenship and Gender on the American and Canadian Home Fronts during the First and Second World Wars
(Kimberly Jensen, Western Oregon University, Department of History)
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19. History and Memory of Female Military Service in the Age of World Wars
(Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History)
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20. States, Military Masculinities, and Combat in the Age of World Wars
(Thomas Kühne, Clark University, Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies)
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21. Colonial Soldiers, Race, and Military Masculinities during and beyond World War I and II
(Richard Smith, Goldsmiths, University of London, Department of Media and Communications)
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22. Sexuality, Sexual Violence, and the Military in the Age of the World Wars
(Regina Mühlhäuser, Hamburg Institute for Social Research)
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23. Gender, Peace, and the New International Politics of Humanitarianism in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
(Glenda Sluga, University of Sydney, Department of History / European University Institute, Florence)
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24. Gender, Demobilization, and the Reordering of Societies after the First and Second World Wars
(Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History)
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25. Gendering the Memories of War and the Holocaust in Europe and the United States
(Frank Biess, University of California, San Diego, Department of History)
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Part IV: From the Global Cold War to the Conflicts of the Post–Cold War Era
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26. War and Gender: From the Global Cold War to the Conflicts of the Post–Cold War Era—an Overview
(Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History and Sonya O.Rose, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of History)
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27. Gender, the Wars of Decolonization, and the Decline of Empires after 1945
(Raphaëlle Branche, Université de Rouen, Départment d'histoire)
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28. Post-1945 Western Militaries, Female Soldiers, and Gay and Lesbian Rights
Karen Hagemann (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of History) and D’Ann Campbell, (Culver-Stockton College)
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29. Conceptualizing Sexual Violence in Post-Cold War Global Conflicts
(Dubravka Zarkov, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute for Social Sudies)
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30. The United Nations, Gendered Human Rights, and Peace Keeping since 1945
(Sandra Whitworth, York University, Department of Political Science)
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31. Gender, Wars of Globalization, and Humanitarian Interventions since the End of the Cold War
(Kristen P. Williams, Clark University, Department of Political Sciences)
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