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History: specific events & topics

Hardback. This collection of essays discusses a wide range of issues from female education to lesbian passion, and the authors demonstrate through detailed case studies, women's skilful negotiation of the boundaries between personal religious beliefs, moral attitudes and social action. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HRA; HRC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333993071
ISBN
9780333993071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; HRA; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349666720
ISBN
9781349666720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681466
ISBN
9781781681466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. Addressing cultural representations of women's participation in the political violence and terrorism of the Italian anni di piombo ('years of lead', c. 1969-83), this book conceptualizes Italy's experience of political violence during those years as a form of cultural and collective trauma. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBTB; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349451432
ISBN
9781349451432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.79

Hardcover. Examines the Soviet state's attempt to rebuild following World War II by offering support to families and encouraging women to enter the work force. This book also scrutinizes a society that proclaimed sexual equality, but was unable to achieve these goals because of the failure of the state to provide the structures necessary for equality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335805
ISBN
9780880335805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV; JFFK; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401898
ISBN
9780226401898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Susan Groag; Offen, Karen M. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804711715
ISBN
9780804711715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Susan Groag; Offen, Karen M. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804711739
ISBN
9780804711739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.53

Paperback. This volume of essays addresses key questions in women's theatre history and retrieves a number of "hidden" histories of women performers. It resituates women's creative contribution within theatre and cultural hisotry and seeks to challegne orthodox readings of history and text. Editor(s): Gale, Maggie B.; Gardner, Viv. Series Editor(s): Dorney, Kate; Gale, Maggie B. Series: Women, Theatre and Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: AN; HBT; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719057137
ISBN
9780719057137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.07

Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Using a working diary written by the activist and female poor law guardian Mary Haslam, this book portrays Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. Num Pages: 364 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845190873
ISBN
9781845190873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.90

Paperback. A reassessment of women's experience of work in 18th-century England, and the effects it had on industrialization and other economic, social and technological changes. It also examines how this influenced marriage and relations between the sexes. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781857282139
ISBN
9781857282139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.07

Paperback. Reflects on the experience of growing up female in the American South, explaining the meaning of the southern heritage, the southern notion of the feminine ideal, and the reasons why southern women leave their roots. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JJPG; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781682260234
ISBN
9781682260234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.40

Paperback. Peterson, University of Maryland; Francesca Sawaya, University of Oklahoma; Talia Schaffer, Queens College, CUNY; Alpana Sharma, Wright State University; Lynn Thiesmeyer, Keio University; Ana Parejo Vadillo, Birkbeck College, University of London; and Julian Yates, University of Delaware. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801869358
ISBN
9780801869358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956277
ISBN
9780750956277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Concerned with issues that have shaped the history of women in particular places and eras, this title examines women in ancient civilizations; including women in China, Japan, and Korea; women and gender in South and South East Asia; Medieval women; women and gender in Colonial Latin America; and the history of women in the US up to 1865. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072499
ISBN
9780252072499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.30

Paperback. The American Historical Association's Committee on Women Historians commissioned some of the pioneering figures in women's history to prepare essays in their respective areas of expertise. These volumes, the second and third in a series of three, complete their collected efforts. It also includes essays on sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. Editor(s): Smith, Bonnie G. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072345
ISBN
9780252072345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. This textbook covers the key areas of women's lives in the period 1850-1945 and should be welcomed by students and teachers as an introduction to a formative period in women's history. Editor(s): Purvis, June. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415238892
ISBN
9780415238892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

Paperback. This study traces the development of women's sports from antiquity to the present day, focusing on the role of women's athletics in a cultural and social context. It investigates various contemporary issues, such as sexual exploitation and the feasibility of competition between men and women. Num Pages: 339 pages, 38 photographs, 32 p. of plates. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231069571
ISBN
9780231069571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.22

paperback. "A fascinating history of .. [a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." -New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 336 pages, photographs, drawings. BIC Classification: AFW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
WW Norton
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393313482
ISBN
9780393313482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. The nineteenth century, a time of cultural, political, and socio-economic transformation in Europe, brought about fundamental changes in the role of women. Women achieved this by fighting for their rights in the legal, economic, and political spheres. This volume provides a context to the movement by including countries from all regions of Europe. Editor(s): Paletschek, Sylvia; Pietrow-Ennker, Bianka. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBTB; JFFK; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754941
ISBN
9780804754941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.63

Paperback. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBTQ; HBW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349221615
ISBN
9781349221615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.87

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Silver Link Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858951614
ISBN
9781858951614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Consigned to illiteracy, American slaves left little record of their thoughts and feelings or so we have believed. But a few learned to use pen and paper to make sense of their experiences, despite prohibitions. These authors perspectives rewrite the history of emancipation and force us to rethink the relationship between literacy and freedom." Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: D; HBTS; HBWJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780674088061
ISBN
9780674088061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.29

Paperback. An account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as G.W. Foote, who stood trial three times for the crime of blasphemy. Foote's "martyrdom" transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime. Num Pages: 442 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; HRAM7; HRCC2; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226506913
ISBN
9780226506913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.89

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