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Malta: Women, History, Books and Places
Susanna Hoe
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Description for Malta: Women, History, Books and Places
Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, 2 maps, 57 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSM; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 838.
A crater on the planet Mercury is named Maria de Dominici. Born in 1645, she was the first established Maltese woman artist. She, and other women in Maltese history, are little known about. But Malta is much more than Knights of St John and Second World War courage. This book tells their story through the waves of women who arrived in the archipelago of Malta and Gozo, starting with Sicilian farmers 7,000 years ago, and ranging through Phoenician, Roman, and Arab times, until women of European extraction, but speaking an Arabic-influenced language, established a Maltese identity. Best known of those ... Read more
A crater on the planet Mercury is named Maria de Dominici. Born in 1645, she was the first established Maltese woman artist. She, and other women in Maltese history, are little known about. But Malta is much more than Knights of St John and Second World War courage. This book tells their story through the waves of women who arrived in the archipelago of Malta and Gozo, starting with Sicilian farmers 7,000 years ago, and ranging through Phoenician, Roman, and Arab times, until women of European extraction, but speaking an Arabic-influenced language, established a Maltese identity. Best known of those ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Women's History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780957215351
SKU
V9780957215351
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-48
About Susanna Hoe
This is the 4th title in Susanna Hoe's series 'Of Islands and women.' It follows: Madeira (2004), Crete (2005) and Tasmania (2010).
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