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Paperback. Arditi's study offers a history of mores from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Drawing on the ideas of Elias, Foucault and Bourdieu, as well as through analysing courtesy manuals and etiquette books of the times, he examines the relationship between power and social practices and traces how power changes over the centuries. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; WJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226025841
ISBN
9780226025841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Orientalism, as explored by Edward Said in 1978, was a far more complex phenomenon than many suspected, being homogenous along the lines of neither culture nor time. This title provides a genealogy for the critique of orientalism by examining the divergence of the British and French colonial experiences. Editor(s): Burke, Edmund, III; Prochaska, Assoc Professor David. Num Pages: 460 pages, 33 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803213425
ISBN
9780803213425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497642
ISBN
9781137497642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.19

Paperback. Identity, race, and social networks in the African diaspora Editor(s): Byfield, Judith A.; Denzer, LaRay; Morrison, Anthea. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221537
ISBN
9780253221537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

hardcover. Editor(s): Molony, Barbara; Uno, Kathleen S. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017801
ISBN
9780674017801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.46
€ 55.34

Hardback. Using case studies, focusing on nation and nationalism, military and war, colonialism, politics and protest, class and citizenship, religion, Jewish and non-Jewish Germans, the Holocaust, and the body and sexuality, this work demonstrates the power of the gender perspective to challenge existing interpretations and rewrite mainstream arguments. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Quataert, Jean H. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452070
ISBN
9781845452070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Paperback. The role of gender in the history of the working class world Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780252073939
ISBN
9780252073939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Resources are of particular interest from a gender perspective, and this book sheds light on the importance of resources for women's struggles for political rights. Highlighting the financial strategies of the first wave of Swedish middle-class and socialist women's movements and comparing them with similar organizations around the world. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 284 pages, 31 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
284
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452719
ISBN
9780857452719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.17

Paperback. Focusing on African and European women and men, five articles explore generational conflict, connections between representation and violence, the incorporation of gendered power into state formation, memory and forgetting, and consumption and commodity cultures. Editor(s): Hunt, Nancy Rose; Quataert, Jean (Binghamton University, USA); Liu, Tessie P. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 148 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204763
ISBN
9780631204763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.82

Hardcover. Investigates women's employment in the British Civil Service and London County Council during the twentieth century, providing a new perspective on the development of the women's movement. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090271
ISBN
9780719090271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.71

Paperback. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403987082
ISBN
9781403987082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.17

Paperback. Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges presents a collection of original readings that address gendered dimensions of empire from a wide range of geographical and temporal settings. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTQ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119052203
ISBN
9781119052203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719066993
ISBN
9780719066993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. Explores the relationship of citizenship and gender across a range of regions, nations and historical time periods. In this title, each case study is an exploration of how gender shaped citizenship as a claims-making activity, and how women, often aligned with immigrants and minorities, took a leading role in articulating these claims. Editor(s): Canning, Kathleen; Rose, Sonya O. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405100267
ISBN
9781405100267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.84

Paperback. A concise and accessible introduction to the gender histories of eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the twentieth century. These essays juxtapose established topics in gender history such as motherhood, masculinities, work and activism with newer areas, such as the history of imprisonment and the transnational history of sexuality. Editor(s): Baker, Catherine. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 337 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137528025
ISBN
9781137528025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. In this social history of gender roles, the author examines change in the spheres of men and women, in family life and in public activity before and during the Industrial Revolution. He re-examines the view that women had greater economic and political opportunities in pre-industrial England. Series: Themes in British Social History. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pearson Education UK
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780582103153
ISBN
9780582103153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.77

Hardcover. This volume explores how issues of women and gender were addressed in medieval culture from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. It pays attention to the form in which these questions were addressed (which varies significantly from period to period and from culture to culture). Editor(s): Fenster, Thelma; Lees, Claire. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232443
ISBN
9780312232443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.99
€ 56.32

Paperback. Gender History Across Epistemologies offers broad range of innovative approaches to gender history. The essays reveal how historians of gender are crossing boundaries - disciplinary, methodological, and national - to explore new opportunities for viewing gender as a category of historical analysis. Editor(s): Gabaccia, Donna R.; Maynes, Mary Jo. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118508244
ISBN
9781118508244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Hardback. In the 1890s, German feminists fighting for female higher education envied American women their small colleges. Yet by 1910, German women could study at any German university, a level of educational access not reached by American women until the 1960s. This book investigates this development. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746410
ISBN
9780804746410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.69

Paperback. Gender and the City before Modernity presents a series of multi-disciplinary readings that explore issues relating to the role of gender in a variety of cities of the ancient, medieval, and early modern worlds. Editor(s): Foxhall, Lin; Neher, Gabriele. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations, maps, plans. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118234433
ISBN
9781118234433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Hardback. This volume makes a major contribution to Scottish, British and comparative gender, women's and labour history by combining personal testimony methodology, socio-economic and cultural analysis to reveal the dynamics of gender within a society considered by historians to be extremely misogynist Series: Scottish Historical Review Monographs. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639816
ISBN
9780748639816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 102.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Daybell, Professor James; Norrhem, Svante. Num Pages: 258 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138667426
ISBN
9781138667426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. Gender's critical importance to understanding Jewish history Editor(s): Kaplan, Marion A.; Moore, Deborah Dash. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 428 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222633
ISBN
9780253222633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. This book presents a wide-ranging and important collection of new work on gender history. It includes a variety of international contributions which provide the reader with a global perspective on how gender history has developed and where it is going. Editor(s): Davidoff, Leonore; McClelland, Keith; Varikas, Eleni. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219989
ISBN
9780631219989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.56

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