The Sexes in Science and History

Eliza Burt Gamble (1841 - 1920)

In this revised second edition of her first book "The evolution of woman" (1894), subtitled "An inquiry into the dogma of woman's inferiority to man", Eliza Burt Gamble uses Darwin's theory of evolution and other scientific information to compare the development of the male and female organisms and describe their differences. Introducing the role of the woman in prehistoric society, we see how that changed through the course of history, from evidence both in less advanced tribes and in civilized historic societies, to the marked progress in the social and economic conditions of women in the time this edition was published (1916). - Summary by Rapunzelina

Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Rapunzelina
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Play 01 Development of the Organism Rapunzelina
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Play 02 The Origin of Sex Differences Rapunzelina
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Play 03 Male Organic Defects Rapunzelina
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Play 04 The Development of the Social Instincts and the Moral Sense Rapunzelina
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Play 05 The Supremacy of the Male Rapunzelina
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Play 06 Method of Investigation Rapunzelina
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Play 07 The Relation of the Sexes among Early Mankind Rapunzelina
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Play 08 The Gens - Women under Gentile Institutions Rapunzelina
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Play 09 The Origin of Marriage Rapunzelina
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Play 10 The Mother-Right Rapunzelina
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Play 11 Theories to Explain Wife-Capture Rapunzelina
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Play 12 Early Historic Society Founded on the Gens Rapunzelina
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Play 13 Women in Early Historic Times Rapunzelina
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Play 14 Ancient Sparta Rapunzelina
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Play 15 Athenian Women Rapunzelina
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Play 16 Roman Law, Roman Women, and Christianity Rapunzelina
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Play 17 The Renaissance Rapunzelina
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Play 18 Conclusion Rapunzelina
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