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Women in Russian History: From the Tenth to the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781563247989 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the first survey of the history of women in Russia to be published in any language, this book is itself an historic event -- the result of the collaboration of the leading Russian and American specialists on Russian women's history. The book is divided in to four chronological parts corresponding to eras of Russian history: (I) Kievan/Mongol (10th - 15th centuries); (II) Muscovite ( 16th - 17th centuries); (III) 18th century; and (IV) 19th - early 20th centuries.
Each part gives coverage to four main topics: (1) The role of prominent women in public life, with biographical sketches of... As the first survey of the history of women in Russia to be published in any language, this book is itself an historic event -- the result of the coll...
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All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930
ISBN: 9781565123816 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They were smart. Sassy. Daring. Exotic. Eclectic. Sexy. And influential. One could call them the first divas--and they ran absolutely wild. They were poets, actresses, singers, artists, journalists, publishers, baronesses, and benefactresses. They were thinkers and they were drinkers. They eschewed the social conventions expected of them--to be wives and mothers--and decided to live on their own terms. In the process, they became the voices of a new, fierce feminine spirit.
There's Mina Loy, a modernist poet and much-photographed beauty who traveled in pivotal international art circles;... They were smart. Sassy. Daring. Exotic. Eclectic. Sexy. And influential. One could call them the first divas--and they ran absolutely wild. They were ...
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84,74 |
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Love, Loss, and What I Wore
ISBN: 9781565124752 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ilene "Gingy" Beckerman's beloved and bestselling book has been adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron. The star-studded Off-Broadway show is receiving rave reviews, as did the book: "Illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women. . . . This small gem of a book is worthy of a Tiffany box." -- The New York Times Book Review "A memoir every reader will wish to copy in her own size." --Glamour "Ilene Beckerman's sleek little memoir . . . strikes a startling chord. . . . Unsettling and oddly powerful." --People "Surprisingly poetic."...
Ilene "Gingy" Beckerman's beloved and bestselling book has been adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron. The star-studded Off-Broadway show is ...
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65,37 |
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The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of Dependency
ISBN: 9781565849761 / Angielski / Miękka / 387 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A brilliant expose of the contradiction between the American myth of self-reliance and the reality of an interdependent society.
With the controversy over gay marriages grabbing national headlines, traditional conceptions of family in American society have become subject to increasingly fierce debate. In The Autonomy Myth, influential and always-provocative legal theorist Martha Albertson Fineman expands the terms of the debate even further to argue for public policy that reflects the realities of how we live together. As Fineman points out, those charged with... A brilliant expose of the contradiction between the American myth of self-reliance and the reality of an interdependent society.
With the co... |
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105,42 |
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Technology Assessment: A Feminist Perspective
ISBN: 9781566390910 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Investigates two areas of technology that affect women's lives: productive (clerical work) and reproductive (health care). Case studies of clerical workers and health care recipients illustrate gender-specify effects of technology, ranging from word processors to treatments for infertility.
Investigates two areas of technology that affect women's lives: productive (clerical work) and reproductive (health care). Case studies of clerical wo...
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137,09 |
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Women of Color in U.S. Society
ISBN: 9781566391061 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Talks about the experience of women of color African Americans, Latinas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. This work discusses the social conditions that simultaneously oppress women of color and provide sites for opposition. It uncovers similar experiences in the classroom, workplace, family, prison, and other settings.
Talks about the experience of women of color African Americans, Latinas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. This work discusses the social conditi...
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141,98 |
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Patriarchy on the Line: Labor, Gender, and Ideology in the Mexican Maquila Industry
ISBN: 9781566391962 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Mexican maquiladora industry, the string of US export-processing subsidiaries on the Mexican side of the border, women constitute the majority of workers. This comprehensive study of the maquilas in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, analyzes the roles of these women workers and dispels the myth that they are docile and downtrodden.
In the Mexican maquiladora industry, the string of US export-processing subsidiaries on the Mexican side of the border, women constitute the majority ...
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137,09 |
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Living Rooms as Factories: Class, Gender, and the Satellite Factory System in Taiwan
ISBN: 9781566393904 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Taiwan, small-scale subcontracting factories are found in rice fields and urban areas, front yards and living rooms, mostly employing married women in line with the government slogan that promotes work in the home Living Rooms as Factories. The author studies the experiences of the married women who work in this satellite system of factories.
In Taiwan, small-scale subcontracting factories are found in rice fields and urban areas, front yards and living rooms, mostly employing married women...
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141,98 |
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Women's Political Voice: How Women Are Transforming the Practice and Study of Politics
ISBN: 9781566395342 / Angielski / Miękka / 419 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the 1960's, academic and activist women have been challenging the conventional wisdom about political life and the study of politics. This book provides a comprehensive critical history of the changing research on politics and the changing nature of the political science discipline. It analyzes the course of women's political activism in US.
Since the 1960's, academic and activist women have been challenging the conventional wisdom about political life and the study of politics. This book ...
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146,88 |
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Women, International Development: And Politics
ISBN: 9781566395465 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global attention has focused on some remarkable transitions to democracy on different continents. Those transitions have often failed to improve the situation of women, and democratic practices have not included women in government. This title includes essays and a conclusion that show the upsurge of interest in women and development since 1990.
Global attention has focused on some remarkable transitions to democracy on different continents. Those transitions have often failed to improve the s...
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146,88 |
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Misconceiving Mothers: Legislators, Prosecutors, and the Politics of Prenatal Drug Exposure
ISBN: 9781566395588 / Angielski / Miękka / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a case study of how public policy about reproduction and crime is made. This title uses secondary research and first-hand interviews with legislators and prosecutors to examine attitudes toward the criminalization and/or medicalization of drug use during pregnancy by the legislature and criminal justice system in California.
Presents a case study of how public policy about reproduction and crime is made. This title uses secondary research and first-hand interviews with leg...
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127,29 |
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Policing Women: The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD
ISBN: 9781566395595 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern policework one of the most male dominated occupations in the United States.
Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments iro...
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313,46 |
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Policing Women: The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD
ISBN: 9781566395601 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments ironically helped to make modern policework one of the most male dominated occupations in the United States. This book shows how female officers handled the complex gender politics of their work.
Traces the origins of women in police work, explaining how pioneer policewomen's struggles to gain secure footholds in big city police departments iro...
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122,40 |
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Ecological Politics
ISBN: 9781566395700 / Angielski / Miękka / 337 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning with the ecofeminists, this title describes the paths environmental causes, the feminist peace movement, the feminist spirituality movement, the animal liberation movement, and the anti-toxics movement, as well as experiences of interconnectedness that have led women (and a few men) to articulate an ecofeminist perspective.
Beginning with the ecofeminists, this title describes the paths environmental causes, the feminist peace movement, the feminist spirituality movement,...
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137,09 |
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Workin' It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime
ISBN: 9781566395793 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Margaret, Charlie, Virginia, Tracy, and Laquita are all drug users who are involved in regular criminal activity: prostitution, burglary, and various kinds of fraud. Four of the women are black; one is white and Puerto Rican. While all five have been involved in same-sex relationships, three are primarily straight and two are primarily lesbian.
Margaret, Charlie, Virginia, Tracy, and Laquita are all drug users who are involved in regular criminal activity: prostitution, burglary, and various ...
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347,74 |
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Workin' It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime
ISBN: 9781566395809 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Margaret, Charlie, Virginia, Tracy, and Laquita are all drug users who are involved in regular criminal activity: prostitution, burglary, shoplifting, robbery, drug selling, petty theft, and various kinds of fraud. This title describes their lives, how they came to be where they are, and where they hope to go.
Margaret, Charlie, Virginia, Tracy, and Laquita are all drug users who are involved in regular criminal activity: prostitution, burglary, shoplifting,...
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127,29 |
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Neither Separate Nor Equal
ISBN: 9781566396790 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When she began work on this collection, Barbara Ellen Smith was asked, Why work on a book about women in the South? Nobody writes books about women in the Midwest. In an era of intensified globalization, when populations, cultures, and capital move across the boundaries of nation-states in multiple forms and directions, the concept of a subnational region seems parochial and out of date. But, Smith argues, it is precisely because of the historical construction of the secessionist South as an embattled region when all manners of social problems tend to be blamed on poor women and children and...
When she began work on this collection, Barbara Ellen Smith was asked, Why work on a book about women in the South? Nobody writes books about women in...
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Neither Separate Nor Equal
ISBN: 9781566396806 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the WOMEN IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY series, this book analyses the dramatic developments in the lives of contemporary Southern women. Case studies portray women's diverse circumstances, from rural African women taking on new roles as community builders to female textile workers contending with automation and reorganization of the mills.
In the WOMEN IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY series, this book analyses the dramatic developments in the lives of contemporary Southern women. Case studies p...
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122,40 |
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Weaving Work and Motherhood
ISBN: 9781566397001 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on women in jobs that typify the vast majority of women's employment in the United States, sociologist and work and family expert Garey analyzes what it means to be at once a mother who is employed and a worker with children.
Focusing on women in jobs that typify the vast majority of women's employment in the United States, sociologist and work and family expert Garey analy...
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122,40 |
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Their Day in the Sun
ISBN: 9781566397193 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although women participated in the Manhattan Project, their contributions are either omitted or only mentioned briefly. It is this story that is presented in Their Day in the Sun through interviews, written records, and photographs of the women who were physicists, chemists, mathematicians, biologists, and technicians in the labs.
Although women participated in the Manhattan Project, their contributions are either omitted or only mentioned briefly. It is this story that is prese...
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