The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide

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E-ISBN 978-0-231-55093-2

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hudson, Valerie M., 1958- author. | Bowen, Donna Lee, 1947- author. | Nielsen, Perpetua Lynne, author.

Title: The first political order: how sex shapes governance and national security worldwide / Valerie M. Hudson, Donna Lee Bowen, Perpetua Lynne Nielsen.

Description: New York: Columbia University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019028604 (print) | LCCN 2019028605 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231194662 (cloth) | ISBN 9780231550932 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Sex discrimination against women—History. | Sex role—History. | Women’s rights—History. | Social structure—History. | National security—History.

Classification: LCC HQ1237 .H93 2020 (print) | LCC HQ1237 (ebook) | DDC 305.4209—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019028604

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019028605

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Cover design: Catherine Casalino

Frontispiece: Statue of grieving woman holding an ouroboros, Verano Cemetery, Rome, Italy.

Photograph by Douglas Keister.