In this poignant and darkly humorous memoir, Sonya Vesterholt recounts her experiences growing up in Leningrad during the Stalin era and the post-Stalin thaw.
This book engages the way Christian, Jewish, Muslim and secular-progressivist actors used Mosaic and Islamic law and ethics in relation to slavery in American, West African and transatlantic history from 1440 to 1830.
This book engages the way Christian, Jewish, Muslim and secular-progressivist actors used Mosaic and Islamic law and ethics in relation to slavery in American, West African and transatlantic history from 1440 to 1830.
For millennia, ships have been used to fish; transport passengers and cargo; and bring divers to particular locations to harvest sea life, salvage wrecks, or conduct studies.
The borderers - people forged and hardened by endemic warfare over generations, whether by raids and skirmishes or set piece battles - are marked even today as a distinct group.
This book reveals the part played by the eight Bustler Class Rescue Tugs built at the Henry Robb Shipyard during the Second World War and will shed more light on the almost-forgotten part played by this country's mariners.
Out of the Lab, into the Streets tells the story of how academic workers built the largest strike in the history of American higher education and set a new standard of militancy in one of the fastest growing sectors of the labor movement.
This under-documented expedition was a pivotal moment in the annals of polar exploration and was the starting point, in historical terms, of revealing the great unknown continent of Antarctica.
Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical approaches to explore the formation of medieval female subject consciousness in writings by female mystics including Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Margery Kempe, as well as secular writings of Christine de Pizan, and powerful female characters of Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer.
Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical approaches to explore the formation of medieval female subject consciousness in writings by female mystics including Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, and Margery Kempe, as well as secular writings of Christine de Pizan, and powerful female characters of Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer.
During Peru's internal armed conflict, the government of Alberto Fujimori launched a campaign-disguised as a family planning program-that resulted in the forced sterilization of thousands of women of poor, rural, and Indigenous-language-speaking backgrounds.
During Peru's internal armed conflict, the government of Alberto Fujimori launched a campaign-disguised as a family planning program-that resulted in the forced sterilization of thousands of women of poor, rural, and Indigenous-language-speaking backgrounds.
In the Southern Cone and Brazil the democratization processes that began in the mid-1980s led to numerous investigations into the most complex and dire episodes in the region's history.
In the Southern Cone and Brazil the democratization processes that began in the mid-1980s led to numerous investigations into the most complex and dire episodes in the region's history.
Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism presents a dynamic and much-needed fresh analysis of Black gendering and racialized sexualities in the sphere of Hip Hop.
Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism presents a dynamic and much-needed fresh analysis of Black gendering and racialized sexualities in the sphere of Hip Hop.
Este libro analiza la participacion de las escritoras del exilio republicano espanol en los medios de comunicacion masivos de Argentina prensa periodica y radio dirigidos al publico femenino, concebidos como espacios clave para la reconfiguracion de sus trayectorias intelectuales y de sus militancias.
Este libro analiza la participacion de las escritoras del exilio republicano espanol en los medios de comunicacion masivos de Argentina prensa periodica y radio dirigidos al publico femenino, concebidos como espacios clave para la reconfiguracion de sus trayectorias intelectuales y de sus militancias.
This book examines the development of global cities in Indonesia and proposes a new paradigm for urban development, grounded in inclusive social development.
Wuste, Weite, WildnisRote Dunen und tiefblaues Meer, malerische Kustenorte und artenreiche NationalparksEr war im Suden und im Westen Afrikas unterwegs, in der Mitte und im Osten, doch keine Destination hat es Dominik Prantl so sehr angetan wie Namibia.
Die Einfuhrung in die historische Sprachwissenschaft des Deutschen erlautert Grundbegriffe der historischen Linguistik und diskutiert an deutschem Sprachmaterial die Prinzipien des sprachlichen Wandels.
For one hundred years Scottish medical explorers were at the forefront of exploration within the British Empire, as exemplified by these five individuals.
