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Feminism is world history's most significant historical force and should be presented in classrooms as the central narrative in world history from the Protestant Reformation to the present. Democratic ideals created both the American congress and the feminist movement, but which is more important?.

Volume I. Introduction -- H.G. Wells: The Outline of History -- A short history of the world for children -- Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization -- Variations on the world historical approaches -- Conclusion -- Volume 2. Introduction -- World history through Islam -- The Silk Roads: a new history of the world -- A people's history of the world -- Fransic Fukuyama's political theory of world history -- World history in academia and the development of bid history -- Conclusion: world history for education and analogical thinking.

"For Chris Edwards, the decision to transition from female to male was black and white. The question was, did he have the balls to do it? Did he have the balls to come out at a company board meeting made up of white, middle-aged executives? To endure 28 painful and extensive surgeries? Show up at his 10-year high school reunion? Date a member of the Nashville Bikini Team? The answer is yes, yes he did--and with great success. Well, except for the bikini model part ... At a time when the term "transgender" didn't really exist, and with support from family, friends, and a great therapist, Chris summoned up the courage to become the man he always knew he was meant to be. He used what he learned working in advertising along with his ever-present sense of humor to rebrand himself and orchestrate what was quite possibly the most widely accepted and embraced gender transition of its kind"--Publisher's web site

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 The world division of labour and economic theories -- 1.1 The world division of labour - what do we have to explain? -- 1.2 Economic theories - the competing explanations and their sources -- Notes on further reading -- Summary -- 2 The free-marketeers and the rise and fall of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory -- 2.1 'Free to choose' - the essence of subjective theory -- 2.2 The rise of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory -- 2.3 The fall of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory -- Notes on further reading -- Summary -- 3 The rise of cost-of-production theory -- 3.1 Pluralism and distribution -- 3.2 The 'Sraffian' approach to trade theory -- Notes on further reading -- Summary -- 4 Neo-Ricardianism and unequal exchange -- 4.1 From Prebisch to Emmanuel - the foundations of unequal exchange -- 4.2 Emmanuel's unequal exchange -- 4.3 Neo-Ricardian policies on distribution and development - an overview -- Notes on further reading -- Summary -- 5 Marxist theories - underdevelopment or uneven development? -- 5.1 Marx's method and the critique of capitalism -- 5.2 Neo-Marxist theories of underdevelopment - origins and analysis -- 5.3 Theories of underdevelopment - the criticisms -- Notes on further reading -- Summary -- 6 Trade, money and crisis -- 6.1 Trade, money and balance-of-payments adjustments -- 6.2 World crisis - excess money supply, distributional conflict, or capitalist contradiction? -- Notes on further reading -- Summary -- 7 Capitalism, international money and transnational corporations -- 7.1 The expansion of capitalism -- 7.2 The international monetary system -- 7.3 Transnational corporations -- Notes on further reading -- Summary -- 8 The Third World, nationalism and a NIEO.