This textbook is a compilation of material written by instructors for colleges and universities around the country. The entire compilation is provided free of charge online through a Creative Commons license. You can access or even copy all the material here, for your own reference, even after the semester ends.

Different Versions:

An electronic version of this textbook is available in the SUNY Empire State College online course, GSST 3030 Sex and Gender in Global Perspectives.

The electronic version has access to multimedia content including video, PowerPoint, and interactive activities. Also, you may purchase a physical (print) copy from the SUNY Empire State College bookstore. The print version will have all the same reading material, but not include the multimedia content.

About the Authors:

Many different authors contributed to this work; look to the “Licenses and Attributions” section at the end of each chapter to identify contributors. This compilation was remixed and adapted by Nadine Fernandez and Deborah Amory at SUNY Empire State College.

Except where expressly noted otherwise, the contents of this course are based on materials originally published as World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing edition, 2016, http://open.lib.umn.edu/worldgeography/, CC BY-NC-SA,  Perspectives: An Open Introduction to Anthropology by Carol C. Mukhopadhyay and Tami Blumenfield, with Susan Harper and Abby Gondek, http://perspectives.americananthro.org/, CC BY: Attribution, and The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology by Michael Wesch, Kansas State University, New Prairie Press, https://newprairiepress.org/ebooks/20/, CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.