History of Women's Lives in Oxford, Paperback - Nell Darby

Find out about all classes of women - from the university elite, to the poorest members of society.

This new book looks at the diversity and vibrancy of women's lives in Liverpool.

An extraordinary new look at the history of the famous city of Coventry during a century of change (1850-1950) through the eyes of the women who li...

The unexpected story of an essential 18th and 19th century accessory

Meet Julia and her six Steiff bears and a 'rough old bear' (as Bear Smith describes himself...) Best of friends, these companions go everywhere tog...

A Mark Treasure mysteryPublisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): David WilliamsNumber of pages: 212Collection: Mark Treasure MysteriesPublication date: 20...

The first history of female private detectives in Britain, looking at their origins and their development.Illustrations: 32 black and white illustr...

Explores the dark history of this famously picturesque region of England. Behind the picture-postcard idyll, there have been murders, beatings, jea...

Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanIllustration(s): XVII, 359 p.Number of pages: 359Publication date: 1986Dimensions: 216 x 140Cover type: HardbackEditor...

Reducere. Literary evidence is often silent about the lives of women in antiquity, particularly those from the buried cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Even...

Publisher: Honno Welsh Women's PressNumber of pages: 284Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 40Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera...

'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with ...

A Miscarriage of Justice examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After the abolitio...

When Nell finds a tiny chick, their new friendship is the trigger for a dreamlike journey into the imaginative realm of the circus. Nell helps to p...

Reducere. Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only ...

This volume offers a comprehensive collection of studies on social engineering by the state in Nazi Germany. It examines the concept of Volksgemein...

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave...

In the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, a large indigenous population lives in rural communities, many of which retain traditional forms of governance...

Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman and novelist-journalist Patricia O'Brien provide a thoughtful, deeply personal look at the enduring ...

When Nell finds a tiny chick, her new friendship is the trigger for a dreamlike journey into the imaginative realm of the circus. Nell helps to pre...

Reducere. In Plain Sight explores how the poetry of nineteenth-century American women that was once so visible within American culture could have, with the e...

Reducere. Some people think that a cookbook is just a collection of recipes for dishes that feed the body. In Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives through the...

Reducere. In the quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, over the course of two days in July, 1848, a small group of women and men, led by Elizabeth Cady Stant...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Margaretta (Professor of Cultural Studies, Professor of Cultural Studies, School of Media, Film, a...

In 1607, Powhatan teenager Pocahontas first encountered English settlers when John Smith was brought to her village as a captive. In 1920, the rati...

Reducere. American Indians had lived in North America for thousands of years by the time European settlers arrived. The settlers came in search of land and w...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Richard P. (Professor of Medicine and Director, Psychosocial Oncology and Cancer Patient Support P...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christopher J. LebronStarted in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLiv...

As African American women left the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the pr...

Reducere. A narrative history of the settlement of the Hoback Basin in western Wyoming, and peppered with historic photographs, Jensen's book is filled with ...

Description"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and in moments of comfort, but where he stands in moment...

Reducere. Featuring a streamlined single-volume format, Women's America: Refocusing the Past is more teachable, accessible, and affordable than ever before. ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nellie BlyTen Days in a Mad House is the report of journalist Nellie Bly, who went undercover into a mental institution to ...

During years of travelling through North Africa, author Barnaby Rogerson has encountered a handful of stories so complicated that he could not plac...

Personal recollections, newspaper articles, new photos and material from the archives detailing the lives of women in Halifax from 1800-1950, throu...

Suffrage and Struggle in Manchester' celebrates the struggle for the recognition of female rights, the centenary of female suffrage and the 90th an...

The life of Harry Perry Robinson-a born adventurer, a master of reinvention, and the ultimate witness to history. From a stint in the gold mines an...

Concerned with issues that have shaped the history of women in particular places and eras, this title examines women in ancient civilizations; incl...

Meet 50 of the English capital's most eccentric, revolutionary, bloodthirsty, ingenious and generally extraordinary characters

Reducere. If your job or relationships are bringing you down, and you are feeling a little blue, WHAT HAPPY WOMEN KNOW can teach you the secret to recapturin...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 22Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. Now in its 20th year, the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women's Health, Sixth Edition remains an accessible and easy-to-use quick re...

Wide focus on the experiences of women in Northumberland using source material drawn from local archives, local history groups, previous accounts a...

Lucretia Coffin Mott was one of the most famous and controversial women in nineteenth-century America. Now overshadowed by abolitionists like Willi...