Arresting Dress: Cross-Dressing, Law, and Fascination in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco, Paperback - Clare Sears

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Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Clare Walker GoreIllustration(s): 4 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 208Collection: E...

Across the eighteenth century in Britain, readers, writers, and theater-goers were fascinated by women who dressed in men's clothing--from actresse...

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This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK...

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How Catholic religious activism shaped the language and outcome of San Francisco's debates about over the common good and the public interestPublis...

DescriptionAlthough we are used to thinking of science and the humanities as separate disciplines, in the nineteenth century this division was not ...

Reducere. The nineteenth century witnessed a series of revolutions in the production and circulation of images. From lithographs and engraved reproductions o...

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For more than a generation, historians and legal scholars have documented inequalities at the heart of American law and daily life and exposed inco...

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The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 is one of the most important pieces of social legislation ever enacted. Its principles and the workhouse system ...

From the Castro to the Ferry Building and many places in between, take a knitting adventure through San Francisco. We introduce you to ten Bay Area...

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Publisher: Red Sea Press, U.S.Author(s): Peri M. KlemmIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 206Publication date: 2022Dimens...

The colourful story of fancy dress in Britain.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Verity WilsonIllustration(s): 135 illustrations, 40 in colourNumb...

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In the 1830s and '40s, a new preoccupation with the housing of the poor emerged in British print and visual culture. In response to cholera outbrea...

Reducere. In recent years, San Francisco has been synonymous with gay and lesbian pride, and the various achievements of the gay and lesbian community are pe...

Rural areas cover 97 percent of the United States--yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the mi...

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Only the Clothes on Her Back illuminates the ways in which women, men of color, and poor people used textiles as a form of property that enabled th...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Alia VolzNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 135 x 204 x 37Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera fa...

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Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, this novel tells the story of charlatan dentist McTeague and his ...

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Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert. Lond...

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"An absolute charmer of a book...Delightful!" --Jenn Bennett, author of Alex, Approximately and Starry Eyes Sparks fly when two ex-best-friends tea...

Bringing together an international group of established and emerging scholars, this volume considers the emerging field of the history of emotion a...

Reducere. It's no puzzle why folks visit San Francisco or even call it home! From the Golden Gate Bridge to Chinatown to Alcatraz Island, there's something f...

This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteenth-century Britain. -- .Illustrations:...

This volume explores the multiple forms and functions of reading and writing in nineteenth-century Ireland. It traces how understandings of literac...

The first study to examine both the experience and representation of Christmas during the formative period of the nineteenth and early twentieth ce...

Reducere. In this empathetic tale of hope, understanding and the importance of family, young readers are introduced to the difficult issue of poverty and the...

Reducere. Imagine it's the end of the nineteenth century, and, with one catalog, you can buy everything from beds and tools to clothing and opium. (Yes, opiu...