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Paperback. Written by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, this book presents a concise and comprehensive history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. It shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women. Num Pages: 432 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128634
- ISBN
- 9780691128634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Restoring Women to History
Nashat, Guity; Tucker, Judith E.
paperback. Tracing the evolution of the role of women beginning with ancient Middle Eastern societies through the seventeenth century, this book examines the interplay between local practices and early Islamic beliefs and institutions. It also examines the development of the foundations of Islamic law and practice with regard to women. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212641
- ISBN
- 9780253212641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.20
€ 26.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Hambly, Gavin R. G. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 580 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; JFSJ; JFSR; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312224516
- ISBN
- 9780312224516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.54
€ 118.54
Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 580 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 44. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312210571
- ISBN
- 9780312210571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.62
€ 130.62
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ilic, M.; Reid, Susan; Attwood, Lynne. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; GTB; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920430
- ISBN
- 9781403920430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. The First World War was fought on two fronts. In a military sense it was fought on the battlefields throughout Europe, the Gallipoli peninsular and other such theatres of war, but on the Home Front it was the arduous efforts of women that kept the country running. Num Pages: 176 pages, 176 pages of integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473834149
- ISBN
- 9781473834149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.99
€ 21.99
€ 19.99
Paperback. As millions of young men marched off to war, they left behind mothers, wives and sisters who were determined to contribute to the British cause. They were first enrolled as nurses to treat wounded soldiers. Later in the war they were accepted into the armed services. This book looks at the realities and myths of the women's role in the war effort. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747807520
- ISBN
- 9780747807520
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433549618
- ISBN
- 9781433549618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.07
€ 30.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), an African American Pentecostal denomination founded in 1896, has become the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States. This book examines the religious and social lives of the women in the COGIC Women's Department from its founding in 1911 through the mid-1960s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC96; HRCC99; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858080
- ISBN
- 9780807858080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.98
€ 51.98
paperback. Examines women's role in the army and military organizations during the First and Second World Wars, during peacetime, in the interwar era and in the post-war period. This book argues that the women challenged traditional notions of gender and threatened to destabilise clear-cut notions of identity by unsettling the masculine territory of warfare. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBW; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415390576
- ISBN
- 9780415390576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Hardback. Shows scholars, clergy, seminarians, and college students how to gain access to books and articles-both technical and semi-popular-which shed light on women in antiquity in Israel, Judah, and the surrounding countries, who play a role in the world of Hebrew Scripture. Series: ATLA Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830691
- ISBN
- 9780810830691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.76
€ 133.76
Paperback. Using evidence from the Athenian Agora the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women's lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women played-as owners of property, companions (in and outside of marriage), participants in ritual, craftspeople, producers, and consumers. Num Pages: 56 pages, 75 col & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HDDA; HDDK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
- Edition
- Volume XXVI ed.
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876616444
- ISBN
- 9780876616444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.54
€ 12.54
Hardcover. Editor(s): Frank, Lisa Tendrich. Num Pages: 631 pages, 119. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 46. Weight in Grams: 2545.
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851096008
- ISBN
- 9781851096008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.30€ 170.26
€ 184.30
€ 170.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206014
- ISBN
- 9780872206014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.04
€ 11.99
€ 11.04
Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206021
- ISBN
- 9780872206021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Hardcover. Women in Russian Culture and Society, 1700-1825 is a collection of essays by leading researchers shedding new light on women as writers, actresses, nuns and missionaries. It illuminates the lives of merchant and serf women as well as noblewomen and focuses on women's culture in Russia during this period. Editor(s): Rosslyn, Wendy; Tosi, Alessandra. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553231
- ISBN
- 9780230553231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Women in Russian Culture and Society, 1700-1825 is a collection of essays by leading researchers shedding new light on women as writers, actresses, nuns and missionaries. It illuminates the lives of merchant and serf women as well as noblewomen and focuses on women's culture in Russia during this period. Editor(s): Rosslyn, W.; Tosi, A. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349363056
- ISBN
- 9781349363056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In the eighth and ninth centuries, three Byzantine empresses - Irene, Euphrosyne, and Theodora - changed history. Their efforts restored the veneration of icons, saving Byzantium from a symbolic and decorative art and ensuring its influence for centuries to come. This book shows how these women exercised imperial sovereignty. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 color illus. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780691117805
- ISBN
- 9780691117805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Hardcover. Part of an annual series which brings together studies of issues in the former USSR and Eastern Europe, this title covers both domestic and international developments. It bridges the gap between specialist research and journalistic accounts. Editor(s): Wejnert, Barbara; Spencer, Metta; Drakulic, Slobodan. Series: Research in the Soviet Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JFSJ1; JHBC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781559384322
- ISBN
- 9781559384322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.86
€ 116.86
Paperback. This work argues that Plato's philosophy is a gendered philosophy: it contains within its basic tenets notions associated with masculinity. The author explores the reasons why, in "The Republic", Plato includes women in the ruling class of his proposed ideal state on equal terms with men. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333750957
- ISBN
- 9780333750957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68