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paperback. An examination of the social background and character of ten famous 19th century women who took up public social service as social workers, researchers or reformers. The author relates her findings to the problems faced by women today who endeavour to combine family responsibilities and employment. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9780333463871
ISBN
9780333463871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.14

Hardback. An examination of the social background and character of ten famous 19th century women who took up public social service as social workers, researchers or reformers. The author relates her findings to the problems faced by women today who endeavour to combine family responsibilities and employment. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333463864
ISBN
9780333463864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.07

Paperback. A complete reappraisal of the scale and significance of female criminality in a period of major legislative changes. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 194 pages, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933303
ISBN
9780861933303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801494819
ISBN
9780801494819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. In a challenging and authoritative analysis, Parvin Paidar considers how Iranian women have been affected, and their position redefined, by the political transformations of twentieth-century Iran. Editor(s): Tripp, Charles. Series Editor(s): Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Gershoni, Israel; Owen, Roger; Sayigh, Yezid; Tucker, Judith E. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; JFFK; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521595728
ISBN
9780521595728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Paperback. This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 376 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ1; LAFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415152419
ISBN
9780415152419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.37

Hardback. At the turn of the twentieth century women played a key role in debates about the nature of the Irish nation. Examining women's participation in nationalist and rural reform groups, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of Irish identity in the prelude to revolution and how it was shaped by women. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230294370
ISBN
9780230294370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.96

Paperback. Even considering recent advances in the development of women's studies as a discipline, women remain underrepresented in the history and historiography of the Great Hunger. The various roles played by women, including as landowners, relief-givers, philanthropists, proselytizers and providers for the family, have received little attention. Editor(s): Kinealy, Christine; King, Jason; Reilly, Ciaran. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publisher
Cork Univ Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990945420
ISBN
9780990945420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582418769
ISBN
9780582418769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Paperback. Since the early 1980s sex and sexuality have become prominent themes of public debate in China, after three decades during which discourses on sexuality were subject to stringent ideological controls. This book analyses the ways in which sex and sexuality have been discussed in The People's Republic of China since 1949. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613987
ISBN
9780745613987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. This work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the institutional church and by manipulating religious precepts. Contributors argue that women's participation in religious life offered them access to power in all its forms. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066394
ISBN
9780226066394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081132
ISBN
9780252081132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardcover. Wai-yee Li examines the discursive space of women in seventeenth-century China. Using texts written by women or by men writing in a feminine voice, as well as writings that turn women into signifiers of lamentation or nostalgia, Li probes the emotional and psychological turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition and subsequent moments of national trauma. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492042
ISBN
9780674492042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.90
€ 63.83

Paperback. A narrative and analytical account of Chinese women's experiences during the twentieth century. Synthesizing and incorporating the latest research, Paul J. Bailey assesses in particular the impact of political, cultural and social change in Chinese women's lives, and explores the evolution of gender discourses during this period. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577770
ISBN
9780230577770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.13

Paperback. This is an account of three English working--class communities in England from 1940 to 1970. The story is told through the words and memories of those who lived through it. The book is at once vivid, moving and eye--opening. Series: Family, Sexuality & Social Relations in Past Times. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; HBTD; JFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631196136
ISBN
9780631196136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. Women and ETA is the first book-length study of women in radical Basque nationalism. It uses a unique body of oral history interviews to examine the history of women as supporters and direct participants in ETA, including violence, from 1959 to the period before ETA's declaration of a permanent ceasefire in March 2006. Num Pages: 268 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; JFSJ1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089060
ISBN
9780719089060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Paperback. This volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The book reveals Confucianism as a modern construct that does not reflect the social and cultural histories of East Asia before the 19th century. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Haboush, JaHyun Kim; Piggott, Joan R. Num Pages: 350 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 14 tables, 3 music examples, 4 charts, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; HRKN1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231382
ISBN
9780520231382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
AFRICA WORLD PRESS United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592214730
ISBN
9781592214730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.66

Paperback. Women all on fire Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750937658
ISBN
9780750937658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

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