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In this book, Wilbraham Taylor speaks out against the Victorian-era 'purity movement'. The book argues that the movement, which aimed to promote sexual abstinence and purity, was damaging to women's health and well-being. This book is a must-read for...

In diesem Buch erforscht Georg Mair die Ursprünge der aistischen Mythologie sowie neure Forschungen zu den nordischen Hyperboreern. Mair zeigt, wie diese alten Glaubenssysteme noch immer Einfluss auf die modernen Gesellschaften haben.This work has been...

Este libro presenta una recopilación de historias sobre las personas de diferentes pueblos de España que asisten a las fiestas del Pilar de Zaragoza. Una obra recomendada para aquellos interesados en la cultura y tradiciones españolas.This work has been...

Compiled by Henry Renton for his family, this memorial provides a glimpse into the life of his late wife Agnes Renton. It includes letters, poems, and other personal writings that offer a touching tribute to this remarkable woman.This work has been...

Lady Hester Stanhope was a colorful and eccentric character who travelled extensively throughout the Middle East in the early 19th century. Her memoirs provide fascinating insight into the customs and beliefs of the people she encountered, as well as her...

First published in 1852, this book provides a comprehensive look at the work of female prose writers in America. Covering authors from the colonial period to the mid-19th century, Hart's book explores the contributions of women writers to American...

William Biggs provides a harrowing account of his captivity among the Kickapoo Indians in the late 18th century. The book offers a first-hand look at the lives of Native Americans during this period, as well as the experiences of white settlers who found...

Published in 1911, The New Republic: A Scheme to Abolish Poverty is a groundbreaking work of social theory that proposed a comprehensive plan to end poverty in America. Written by Charles Constantine McKeever, a leading social reformer of his day, the...

A detailed history of the Order of the Eastern Star, a Masonic organization open to both men and women.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in...

A landmark work on the history of the Five Nations of Canada, this book offers a comprehensive and engaging look at the social, political, and cultural history of the Haudenosaunee people. From their origins to the present day, author Cadwallader Colden...

This volume compiles the congressional hearings related to the repeal of war-time prohibition in the United States. The proceedings include speeches and testimony from a variety of stakeholders, from farmers to temperance advocates. Historians and legal...

La Contessa Matilda di Canossa e Iolanda di Groninga sono due donne che hanno lasciato un'impronta duratura nella cultura e nella storia italiana. In questo libro, Antonio Bresciani esamina le loro vite e le loro opere, fornendo anche una dettagliata...

Dans cet ouvrage, Dora d'Istria aborde les thèmes de l'émancipation, de l'éducation et de la condition de la femme. Les réflexions de l'auteure éclairent sur l'histoire des femmes au XIXème siècle et sur la place qui leur est réservée dans la société...

This groundbreaking study examines the effects of motion pictures on public health campaigns around venereal disease in the early 20th century. Written by renowned psychologist Karl Spencer Lashley, it explores the ways in which movies can influence...

This two-volume set collects the first two years of Kappa Sigma's official publication, The Caduceus. The magazine features articles, stories, and news items of interest to members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, as well as a wide range of other topics of...

An intriguing and informative exploration of the history and origins of the name 'black,' tracing it back to ancient societies and examining its cultural, social, and political significance throughout history. An ideal resource for anyone interested in...

Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die griechische Mythologie aus einer vergleichenden Perspektive. Es konzentriert sich besonders auf die Figur des Hermes, des Windgottes, und bietet eine faszinierende Analyse von Mythen und Legenden, die...

This book provides a fascinating history of the Freemasons, from their origins in medieval Europe to the present day. It explores the mysteries and rituals of this secretive organization, shedding light on its inner workings and its contributions to...

This important historical document chronicles the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. The National American Woman Suffrage Association was at the forefront of the fight for women's rights, and this book includes their official reports and...

Dieses Buch ist eine verführerische Sammlung von Geschichten und Legenden, die das Leben, den Geist und die Kultur der amerikanischen Ureinwohner beschreiben. Der Autor plant, die Erzählungen in mehreren Bänden zu veröffentlichenThis work has been...

This gripping narrative from Edward Eggleston and L. E. Seelye tells the story of Tecumseh, the legendary Shawnee warrior and leader, and his brother Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet. Through a series of battles and negotiations with the United States...

An examination of the social and economic challenges faced by Black Americans in the early 20th century, arguing that they were largely responsible for their own problems.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...

In diesem siebzehnten Jahrgang der Archäologischen Zeitung werden verschiedene archäologische Funde und Entdeckungen vorgestellt. Dabei werden nicht nur die Fundorte beschrieben, sondern auch die Bedeutung der Funde für das Verständnis der antiken...

A compendium of the indigenous names of various locations throughout North America, providing insights into the languages and cultures of the indigenous peoples who lived on the continent.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

L'orgueil individuel est la chose qui est, dans toute la race jaune, la plus inconnue, et paraît, aux yeux des Jaunes qui le constatent chez d'autres races, la plus incompréhensible. Le respect des Ancêtres morts à qui l'on se rattache, la solidarité...

Peg Brennan hasn't held a sword since the day she was captured at sea and imprisoned ten years earlier. But as her fingers slide around the hilt of the rapier laying in the dirt beside her, she knows that the quiet life she has created for her...

Are you a caregiver who would appreciate a little boost for the hard work you do? Or, are you a caring family member or friend of a caregiver whom you want to acknowledge and support?  Caregiver Defined is a beautifully illustrated, inspirational...

Just when Dave thought things couldn't get any worse, the world proved him wrong. Dear People in the Yellow House is a story of childhood tragedy that reveals the dark side of Australia and its education business. Dave Kardee has...

How does a young girl search for a benevolent father figure and suitable husband for her single mother among a group of Holocaust survivors? Set in the deteriorating north end of Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1950s, Surviving Remnant is Hanna...

AWARD-WINNING CREATIVE NONFICTION BIOGRAPHYO, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE "10 TITLES TO PICK UP NOW"  20181885-1914. Mary Fields, a fifty-three-year-old second-generation slave, emancipated and residing in Toledo, receives news of her...

Linda Pope is a practical environmentalist with a sense of urgency. Her research has led her to understand that solutions are already abundant. What’s needed are doers who can step outside their comfort zones and simply “be the change.”...

This book by Richard Lum, an academically trained futurist, is a practical, straight-to-the-action guide for creating foresight in any organization.  Written for today’s attention-stressed and resource-deprived manager, 4 Steps to the Future...

The culmination of a critical study of neo-pragmatism philosophy and its application to planning, Dialogical Planning in a Fragmented Society begins with philosopher Stanley M. Stein's examination of neo-pragmatism and his thoughts on how it can be...

The mass protests that erupted in China during the spring of 1989 were not confined to Beijing and Shanghai. Cities and towns across the great breadth of China were engulfed by demonstrations, which differed regionally in content and tone: the complaints...

This book synthesizes and analyzes three decades of economic, political, and cultural policies and politics toward third world women. Focusing on the impact of the current global economic and political crises - debt, famine, militarization, and...

White normativity as a way of being in the world has been parasitically joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of our problems today. Written by a world-class roster of scholars, this volume develops language to describe the current...

New South African Keywords sets out to do two things. The first is to provide a guide to the key words and key concepts that have come to shape public and political thought and debate in South Africa since 1994. The second purpose is to provide a...

The Grasinski Girls were working-class Americans of Polish descent, born in the 1920s and 1930s, who created lives typical of women in their day. They went to high school, married, and had children. For the most part, they stayed home to raise their...

What do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of "serious enough" infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young children? How do they manage? What does it take to get by? How do they maintain the wellbeing of the household...

Convergence is happening around the world. It represents a new form of reporting and may well be the future for journalism. Full convergence involves a radical change in approach and mindset among journalists and their managers. It involves a shared...

This book is a cross-cultural, gendered study of both self and curriculum. Initiating a conversation between and among Michel Foucault, Confucius, and Julia Kristeva, it searches for a new (third) cultural and psychic space of transformation and...

Because globalization is expressed in many ways and evokes complex responses, it demands various lines of analysis. Globalizing Education shows how this phenomenon is mediated and mitigated by a range of educational policies, pedagogies, and politics. It...

Based on a two-year critical ethnography, Performing Purity: Whiteness, Pedagogy, and the Reconstitution of Power demonstrates the potential of a performative conceptualization of whiteness - a way of seeing whiteness in production, in the process of...

The modern American corporate-industrial state requires a massive ideological machine to establish social order, create political consensus, train obedient citizen-workers, and dispatch marginalized groups to their place. Mass public education has helped...

Despite the enormous economic, physical and social impacts of crimes committed by states and corporations, they are still relatively under-researched within contemporary social science-partly because of the perpetrator's ability to evade critical...

By embracing a rapidly changing digital world, the so-called millennial adolescent is proving quite adept at breaking down age-old distinctions among disciplines, between high- and low-brow media culture, and within print and digitized text types...

Even after the turbulent events that culminated in the Revolution of 1848, French women remained disenfranchised and disillusioned due to their exclusion from the public domain. However, a group of pioneering women persistently challenged the issue of...

This is the first major collection to remap the American West though the intersectional lens of gender and sexuality, especially in relation to race and Indigeneity. Organized through several interrelated key concepts, The Routledge Companion to Gender...