From eve to dawn: a history of women. Volume 1. Origins

Foreword by Margaret Atwood

Introduction

Parents

Mothers

Fathers

Rise of the state

State formation in Peru, Egypt and Sumer

A secular state: CHina

A religious state: India

A militaristic state: Mexico

An analysis of the state

God, glory and delusions of grandeur

Judaism

Greece

Rome

Christianity

Islam

Glossary

Notes

Bibiliography

Index

Maps: Expansion of Rome, Expansion of Islam, Map of the world, Peters projection.