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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
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551641027
- ISBN
- 9781551641027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.10
€ 16.99
€ 16.10
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
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Hardcover. A challenge to traditional male-centred accounts of the book world in 1820s' Buenos Aires. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855661967
- ISBN
- 9781855661967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.79
€ 125.79
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
€ 25.99€ 25.08
€ 25.99
€ 25.08
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
€ 96.40
€ 96.40
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBTB; JFCD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081156
- ISBN
- 9780719081156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.67
€ 150.67
Paperback. A combination of thematic, cultural, and historical approach to the study of Mormon women Editor(s): Bowman, Matthew. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607814771
- ISBN
- 9781607814771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. Introduces the reader to different aspects of women and Judaism. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732199
- ISBN
- 9780814732199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.03
€ 41.03
hardcover. This book examines the critical and often undervalued contributions of women to the culture, well-being, and subsistence of their communities as active, powerful, and wise ritual specialists. Editor(s): Marcos, Sylvia; Torjesen, Karen Jo; Ashcraft-Eason, Lillian; Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl A. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Praeger United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275991579
- ISBN
- 9780275991579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.37
€ 64.37
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
€ 42.99€ 36.26
€ 42.99
€ 36.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Murray, Pamela S. Num Pages: 382 pages, 11 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415894555
- ISBN
- 9780415894555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.10
€ 105.10
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
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
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
€ 37.54
€ 37.54
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
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners and managers in Europe and North America since the sixteenth century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and paying particular attention to the influence of gender norms, Craig identifies the factors that have facilitated or restricted women's participation. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033222
- ISBN
- 9781137033222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.03
€ 42.99
€ 36.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477881
- ISBN
- 9780801477881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447716
- ISBN
- 9780801447716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.11
€ 83.11
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
€ 14.99€ 14.01
€ 14.99
€ 14.01
Hardback. Tells the history of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, part of the Indian National Army led by Bengali revolutionary Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II. The Regiment, a hitherto forgotten part of 'the Forgotten Army', was composed largely of girls who had never seen India yet were eager to enlist to liberate India from colonial bondage. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HBW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812308092
- ISBN
- 9789812308092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71