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Women and men : cultural constructs of gender

ix, 374 p. : 23 cm Includes bibliographical references and index Pt. I. The impact of material conditions on gender roles. Summary list of cultures. -- Prologue. Women in prehistory ; Plan of the book. -- Egalitarian foraging societies. Traditional foraging societies. The Ju/'hoansi of Botswana and Namibia, The Inuit and Inupiat of Arctic North America, Comparing the Ju/'hoansi and Inuit ; Transformation of foraging societies. The Ju/'hoansi, The Inuit, The Montagnais-Naskapi of Labrador. -- Pastoral and horticulture societies. The origins of farming ; Pastoral economies. Native peoples of the…