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The Fourth Estate

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shahar, Shulamith / Shahar, S. / Shahar Shulamit, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Did ong>womenong> really constitute a "fourth estate" in medieval society ong>andong>, if so, in what sense? In this wide-ranging study, Shulamith Shahar considers this ong>andong> the whole question of varying attitudes to ong>womenong> ong>andong> their status in Western Europe between the twelfth ong>andong> the fifteenth centuries. She draws a cohesive picture of ong>womenong> in a range of situations: nuns ong>andong> married ong>womenong>, peasants ong>andong> nobleong>womenong>, townsong>womenong>, ong>andong> ong>womenong> involved in heretical movements ong>andong> witchcraft.

New Essays on Uncle Tom's Cabin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sundquist, Eric J. / Elliott, Emory, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Increased interest in the role of ong>womenong> ong>andong> minorities in establishing the canon of American literature has led to renewed interest in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The essays in this volume set out to provide contemporary readers with a critical ong>andong> historical interpretation of the novel that reflects the best of recent scholarship. In his introduction Eric J. Sundquist attempts to show that Uncle Tom's Cabin boldly takes issue with both proslavery arguments ong>andong> prevailing prejudices among abolitionists, employing the forms of popular melodrama ong>andong> heated rhetoric to carry its complex argument. The individual essays examine the influence of Stowe's novel on the characterization of ong>womenong> in the American novel ong>andong> on later ong>womenong> writers, the role of ong>womenong> in the antislavery movement, the literary exchanges between Stowe ong>andong> her contemporaries; Uncle Tom's Cabin ong>andong> the tradition of the Gothic novel, ong>andong> the characterizations of blacks in this novel ong>andong> in later ong>workong>s.

Women's Suffrage: A Primary Source History of the Women's

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Colleen, PUBLISHER: Rosen Publishing Group, In the late eighteenth century, while Americans fought for their freedom from Great Britain ong>andong> the Constitution was written declaring the freedoms ong>andong> rights of its citizens, ong>womenong> were not allowed to vote, own property, get a divorce, serve on juries, or speak in public. In , Abigail Adams voiced strong opinions about sharing a voice in electing those who run the government, ong>andong> this was the start of the ong>womenong>'s rights movement in America.

Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ellwood, Robert S. / McGraw, Barbara A., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, This classic ong>workong> presents the religions of the world in a way that captures the total human experience in both a factual ong>andong> empathetic manner. Contains chapters on understong>andong>ing the world's religious heritage; the cosmic religions of prehistoric ong>andong> tribal peoples; the spiritual paths of India; Buddhism ong>andong> other religions of East Asia; Monotheistic religions; Judaism; the growth of Christianity; the Islamic faith, ong>andong> more, ong>andong> concludes with a chapter that considers religion today ong>andong> in the future. Describes the experience of each faith's practitioners in the United States ong>andong> summarizes the affect of that faith on larger American culture. Offers fresh insights ong>andong> information on today's new religious movements (such as China's Falun Gong)--discussing the social conditions that tend to give rise to such movements, their sociological nature, ong>andong> what they say about the societies in which they appear--ong>andong> includes current information on ong>womenong>'s role in religion, ong>andong> the impact of religion on such human crises as ecology ong>andong> population. Comes with hong>andong>y outlines for writing a research paper on world religions ong>andong> visiting religious sites. For general readers interested in an introspective ong>andong> enlightening overview of world religions today.

Unsex'd Revolutionaries: Five Women Novelists of the 's

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ty, Eleanor, PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press, ong>Womenong> had been writing long before the French Revolution, but the reactionary character of the s infused their ong>workong> with a public importance ong>andong> an urgency. The decade was one of intense argument ong>andong> reflection on the role of ong>womenong> in society. Eleanor Ty studies the ways in which five ong>womenong> writers of the s politicized the domestic or sentimental novel in response to oppression ong>andong> exclusion. Influenced by radical post-revolution thinkers, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Hays, Helen Maria Williams, Elizabeth Inchbald, ong>andong> Charlotte Smith wrote fiction that questioned existing social, economic, legal ong>andong> cultural practices as they related to ong>womenong>. In particular, they dealt with historically specific gender issues such as female education, the rights ong>andong> 'wrongs' of woman, ong>andong> the duties of a wife. Using historical ong>andong> feminist psycho-linguistic studies as a base, Ty explores some of the complexities encountered in the writings of these five ong>womenong>. Through their challenge to Edmund Burke's patriarchal ideas, they discovered strategies of writing based on the maternal or female aesthetic. For these 'unsex'd revolutionaries, ' sentimental or domestic fiction was not just about courtship, love, ong>andong> romance. Their writings interrogate the structures of society, ong>andong> criticize ong>andong> make relevant the connections between the personal ong>andong> the political, the domestic ong>andong> the public sphere.

We Are Our Mothers' Daughters

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roberts, Cokie, PUBLISHER: Paperback Nova Audio Books, Cokie Roberts takes her listeners on a personal ong>andong> political journey, exploring the diverse roles ong>womenong> have played throughout American history, ong>andong> the connections ong>andong> distinctions among different generations of ong>womenong>. On a personal level, each essay is an introduction to one of the fascinating ong>womenong> Roberts has encountered during the course of her reporting career. She also relates powerful ong>andong> moving anecdotes about the ong>womenong> in her life, like her mother, former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs. These intimate portraits of extraordinary ong>womenong> become the springboard for more extensive discussions of ong>womenong>'s position in politics, business, motherhood, ong>andong> marriage, as well as other issues. Roberts examines the nature of ong>womenong>'s roles, from mother to mechanic, sister to soldier, through the illuminating lens of her personal experience. Sensitive, straightforward, ong>andong> perceptive, "We Are Our Mothers' Daughters" celebrates the diversity of choices ong>andong> perspectives available to ong>womenong> today ong>andong> ultimately affirms the bond of female solidarity - a vital, powerful interconnection among all ong>womenong>, whatever their backgrounds.

Women in Washington: Advocates for Public Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tinker, Irene, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), The book synthesizes the successes ong>andong> failures of two decades in the struggle to improve the lives of American ong>womenong> through the political process. Many of the contributors have ong>workong>ed in federal government, ong>andong> they consider such areas as education, employment, law ong>andong> business -- testifying to the wider social ong>andong> political role that so-called 'ong>womenong>'s issues' have played in shaping American society since the early s. This book is destined to shape the agenda of the ong>womenong>'s movement for the next generation. '...the text is a wonderful resource for students of political science, organizational change, ong>andong> ong>womenong>'s studies.' -- Choice, May 'Written in a lucid ong>andong> jargon-free style, the book provides both the general reader ong>andong> the professional with new information on much-studied issues such as the ERA...' -- Perspective

Work + Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yost, Cali Williams, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, The empowering new 3-step guide to combining ong>workong> ong>andong> life strategically, creatively, ong>andong> successfully. The message is simple: ong>Workong> doesn't have to be all or nothing. There are countless combinations of ong>workong> ong>andong> life between these extremes. People can change the way ong>workong> fits into their lives, in a way that's good for employees ong>andong> employers. "ong>Workong>+Life" provides the tools to adjust the "ong>workong>" portion of life in order to have more time ong>andong>/or energy for personal responsibilities ong>andong> interests. Even a small change can make a big difference. Industry expert Cali Yost has been ong>workong>ing with people on all sides of the issue: employees ong>andong> managers at companies such as General Electric/NBC, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, ong>andong> Ernst & Young, ong>andong> EAPs nationwide that help companies help their employees. They all say the same thing-"ong>Workong>+Life" is the missing piece of the puzzle, putting readers on the cutting edge of the ong>workong>place revolution.

Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frymer-Kensky, Tikva, PUBLISHER: Schocken Books Inc, "Reading the ong>Womenong> of the Bible "takes up two of the most significant intellectual ong>andong> religious issues of our day: the experiences of ong>womenong> in a patriarchal society ong>andong> the relevance of the Bible to modern life.

Play

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, Ann / Heyman, Ken, PUBLISHER: Lothrop, Lee ong>andong> Shepard Books, Come fly an airplane in Germany ong>andong> a kite in Thailong>andong>, fish for cod off the coast of Canada ong>andong> wind-up whales on a sidewalk in Japan, herd sheep in New Zealong>andong> ong>andong> ride an elephant in the United States. ong>Workong> ong>andong> its companion volume, Play, take young children on a trip around the world to visit people from a rich variety of cultures at ong>workong> ong>andong> at play.

Cycling Michigan: 25 of the Best Bike Routes in Western

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gentry, Karen, PUBLISHER: Thunder Bay Press (MI), The perfect guidebooks for bikers at all levels with an emphasis on cycle touring. Both books feature detailed maps, photos ong>andong> exact mileage for bike ong>routesong> than range from 4 to 60 miles in length. Information includes parks ong>andong> recreational areas, the favorite eateries of bike clubs ong>andong> unique attractions of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. These books are the key to a wonderful ong>andong> healthy season of cycling.

The Darkness and the Dawn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swindoll, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson Publishers, The two most significant events in human history are the death ong>andong> resurrection of Jesus Christ. ong>Andong> no one can uncover their meaning for today quite like Charles Swindoll. From the poignant interactions of The Last Supper, through the despairing events of Gethsemane ong>andong> the seven last words of Jesus on the Cross, Dr. Swindoll challenges readers with a new perspective on the atoning ong>workong> of Christ. ong>Andong> in Part Two of this inspirational ong>workong>, the secret of how the resurrection of Jesus enables Christians to live triumphantly is revealed in a clear yet surprising way.

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wingfield, Paul / Paul, Wingfield / Rushton, Julian, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The Glagolitic Mass, written between ong>andong> , is not only one of JanaD&cek's most important ong>workong>s: it is also a masterpiece of the twentieth-century choral repertoire. In this fascinating description of the Mass ong>andong> its history, Paul Wingfield brings together information on all significant aspects of the ong>workong>, including much that is new. In particular, he quotes important letters from ong>andong> to the composer that have never previously been published. Chapters on the music itself offer a full synopsis of the ong>workong>, the first in-depth study of the musical organization, ong>andong> key interpretations of the ong>workong> by JanaD&cek ong>andong> others.

Keynote for iPad

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Negrino, Tom, PUBLISHER: Peachpit Press, In this book, readers will get clear ong>andong> to-the-point instruction on how to create all kinds of presentations using the Keynote app. Readers will learn to: Install the Keynote Appong>Workong> with the document manager.ong>Workong> with the media browser ong>andong> add photos ong>andong> movies from their library.Add amazing animations ong>andong> effects.Connect with a crowd by presenting to an audience right on their iPad or connect to a TV, monitor, projector, or LCD display ong>andong> present on an even bigger screen.ong>Workong> with ong>andong> customize Apple-designed themes.

Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Lexington Books, Globally, ong>womenong> are oppressed ong>andong> this book introduces the perspective of African ong>womenong> ong>andong> especially that of Nigerian ong>womenong>. This book looks at the major themes that drive the ong>womenong>'s empowerment programs in Nigeria. Feminists in Nigeria are shaped by the institutions, values, ideologies, ong>andong> since the s, the UN ong>andong> its agencies have added an international dimension. The chapters, while taking us through a theoretical overview of Nigerian ong>womenong>'s empowerment, also shows how institutions, values, religion, ong>andong> culture can challenge feminist political philosophy a philosophy that tends to universalize ong>womenong> s problems ong>andong> their solutions.

Politics in Wired Nations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pool, Ithiel De Sola / De Sola Pool, Ithiel / Etheredge, Lloyd S., PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, Politics in Wired Nations presents Pool's pioneering ong>workong> on the social ong>andong> political impact of communication systems. Included are the first studies of trends in a global information society, ong>andong> of social netong>workong>s ong>andong> the "small world" phenomenon that creates new relationships ong>andong> ong>routesong> of informal influence ong>andong> political power, both domestic ong>andong> international. Pool describes a nonviolent revolution in freedom ong>andong> political control as the world changes from the era of one-way mass communications -- targeted to national audiences -- to a new era of abundant, high-capacity, low-cost, interactive, ong>andong> user-controlled communications on a global scale. He discusses policy choices for freedom, the battlegrounds ahead, ong>andong> the risks of government involvement in the regulation of new telecommunication technologies.

Korean Immigrant Women in the Dallas-Area Apparel Industry:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Um, Shin Ja, PUBLISHER: University Press of America, Korean Immigrant ong>Womenong> in the Dallas-Area Apparel Industry shows how gender, capitalism, race ong>andong> ethnic minority status, ong>andong> patriarchal social structure lead to the formation of new roles for Korean ong>workong>ing ong>womenong> in the U.S. In addition, this book explains the hardships of many ong>workong>ing immigrant ong>womenong> who are trying to adapt to a new life in the U.S. The author also examines how immigrant ong>womenong>'s ong>workong> experiences in a new society affect their perception of gender roles.

Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Burbank, Victoria Katherine, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, Fighting is common among contemporary Aboriginal ong>womenong> in Mangrove, Australia--ong>womenong> fight with men ong>andong> with other ong>womenong>. Victoria Burbank's depiction of these ong>womenong> offers a powerful new perspective that can be applied to domestic violence in Western settings. Noting that Aboriginal ong>womenong> not only talk without shame about their emotions of anger but also express them in acts of aggression ong>andong> defense, Burbank emphasizes the positive social ong>andong> cultural implications of ong>womenong>'s refusal to be victims. She explores questions of hierarchy ong>andong> the expression of emotions, as well as ong>womenong>'s roles in domestic violence. Human aggression can be experienced ong>andong> expressed in different ways, she says, ong>andong> is not necessarily always "wrong." Timely ong>andong> controversial, "Fighting ong>Womenong>" will stimulate discussion of aggression ong>andong> gender relations ong>andong> will enlarge the debate on the victimization of ong>womenong> ong>andong> children everywhere.

Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bodman, Herbert L., PUBLISHER: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Authors from a variety of disciplines assess the issues facing ong>womenong> in Muslim societies not only in the Middle East but also in Africa ong>andong> Asia. They stress the importance of historical context, local customs ong>andong> policies in defining the status of Muslim ong>womenong>, ong>andong> examine how ong>womenong> are coping with challenges such as modernity ong>andong> conservative reaction.

Graphic Artist's Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Graphic Artists Guild / Graphic, Artists Guild, PUBLISHER: Graphic Artists Guild, For years, the "Graphic Artists Guild Hong>andong>book: Pricing ong>andong> Ethical Guidelines" has been the industry bible for graphic designers ong>andong> illustrators. This, the 13th edition, continues the tradition with new information, listings ong>andong> pricing information based on surveys of ong>workong>ing designers. It addresses legal rights ong>andong> issues such as how copyright laws affect the income ong>andong> ong>workong> of graphic artists. It also provides tips on how to negotiate the best deals ong>andong> how ong>andong> what to charge for ong>workong>, ong>andong> includes sample contracts. For design ong>andong> illustration professionals, there is no more comprehensive ong>andong> informative resource.

Globalization, Development and Human Society

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McGrew, Anthony / Poku, Nana K., PUBLISHER: Polity Press, World poverty ong>andong> development are more salient than ever on the global political agenda. The campaigns of the global justice movement, the growing securitization of development in the aftermath of 9-11, the intensification of global inequality, ong>andong> the perceived threats of global pong>andong>emics, migrations ong>andong> failed states have contributed to a sense of renewed urgency. The contributors to this volume, including Bjorn Hettne, Fantu Cheru, Jeffrey Haynes ong>andong> Bonny Ibhawah, share a common intellectual aspiration to re-unite the study of development with the study of international relations or global politics as it is more broadly conceived today. Although ong>globalizationong> has transformed the context of development, it has yet to significantly transform for the better the prospects for real development or human security amongst the worlds most vulnerable communities. Whether ong>globalizationong>, development ong>andong> human security are inescapably trapped within a vicious circle or a virtuous cycle is the central concern of this book.

Bradt USA by Rail

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pitt, John, PUBLISHER: Bradt Travel Guides, Ever since they came on the scene, American trains have had a strong hold on the popular imagination, inspiring countless stories, songs, scong>andong>als, films, ong>andong> legends. Attracted by the pace of life ong>andong> an ever-changing view, more ong>andong> more people are discovering the joys of taking to the rails to cross this vast continent in comfort. This new edition of a best-selling Bradt title provides up-to-date timetables, information on rail passes, ong>andong> background travel information for 25 long-distance rail journeys in the United States plus an additional 12 ong>routesong> in Canada. Over 500 destinations are covered, including attractions such as the Grong>andong> Canyon, Niagara Falls, Yellowstone Park, ong>andong> Disney World--all accessible by rail--ong>andong> details of 100 steam railways ong>andong> museums. Sightseeing ong>andong> attractions in 38 major cities on rail ong>routesong> are also provided for the complete traveler's companion.

To 'Joy My Freedom to 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hunter, Tera, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, As the Civil War drew to a close, newly emancipated black ong>womenong> ong>workong>ers made their way to Atlanta--the economic hub of the newly emerging urban ong>andong> industrial south--in order to build an independent ong>andong> free life on the rubble of their enslaved past. In an original ong>andong> dramatic ong>workong> of scholarship, Tera Hunter traces their lives in the postbellum era ong>andong> reveals the centrality of their labors to the African-American struggle for freedom ong>andong> justice. Household laborers ong>andong> washerong>womenong> were constrained by their employers' domestic worlds but constructed their own world of ong>workong>, play, negotiation, resistance, ong>andong> community organization. Hunter follows African-American ong>workong>ing ong>womenong> from their newfound optimism ong>andong> hope at the end of the Civil War to their struggles as free domestic laborers in the homes of their former masters. We witness their drive as they build neighborhoods ong>andong> netong>workong>s ong>andong> their energy as they enjoy leisure hours in dance halls ong>andong> clubs. We learn of their militance ong>andong> the way they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed ong>andong> medically victimized. Finally, we understong>andong> the despair ong>andong> defeat provoked by Jim Crow laws ong>andong> segregation ong>andong> how they spurred large numbers of black laboring ong>womenong> to migrate north. Hunter weaves a rich ong>andong> diverse tapestry of the culture ong>andong> experience of black ong>womenong> ong>workong>ers in the post-Civil War south. Through anecdote ong>andong> data, analysis ong>andong> interpretation, she manages to penetrate African-American life ong>andong> labor ong>andong> to reveal the centrality of ong>womenong> at the inception--ong>andong> at the heart--of the new south.

Nation Building and Develoment Assistance in Africa:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ishikawa, Kaoru, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, Sub-Saharan Africa seems to be forgotten in the post-cold war era. But Kaoru Ishikawa's analysis of Africa's history ong>andong> its political ong>andong> economic development suggests that a brighter future is in prospect for the nations of Africa. The African nations hosted dynamic societies prior to the slave trade era, ong>andong> many of the obstacles to their future prosperity ong>andong> dynamism have been removed. The focus of the book is on how African countries ong>andong> the international community beyond Africa can ong>workong> together to realize this potential ong>andong> build on recent improvements, notably in health ong>andong> the position of ong>womenong> in society. The ability of South Africa--no longer an international pariah--to be a locomotive for growth is assessed.

The New Age Cult

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martin, Walter, PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers, Based on thirty-five years of study on the New Age Movement, the foremost expert on cults addresses the No. 1 controversy within the church today. An invaluable reference ong>workong> for scholar ong>andong> layperson alike.

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