Victims of Fashion. New ed, Hardback - Helen Louise (University of York) Cowie

Helen Cowie examines the role of animal commodities in Victorian Britain. Focusing on six animal products - feathers, sealskin, ivory, alpaca wool,...

Using ethnographic data gathered in violent locations across Latin America, Eduardo Moncada shares new insights into the widespread problem of crim...

Winner, 2017 Margaret Mead Award presented by the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied AnthropologyHonorable Mention, 2...

Reducere. Explores the life of Shields Green, one of the Black men who followed John Brown to Harper's Ferry in 1859 When John Brown decided to raid the fede...

Reducere. Several decades after her death in 1968, Helen Keller remains one of the most widely recognized women of the twentieth century. But the fascinating...

DescriptionHow transnational modernity is taking shape in and in relation to Asia Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia considers the role of bodi...

Paris to New York shows how competition and cooperation between transatlantic designers and entrepreneurs built the groundwork of today's internati...

DescriptionHow the fashion industry has contributed to religious change From cross necklaces to fashion designs inspired by nuns' habits, how have ...

Presents analysis of ten documentary films about nuclear issues made since the end of the Cold War. Argues that public fascination with radioactive...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Helene CuvignyIllustration(s): 5 color maps; 2 b/w maps; 1 color plan; 4 b/w plans; 35 color images;...

An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin AmericaPublisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Henry...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Helen ArmstrongNumber of pages: 928Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 127 x 136 x 5Cover type: Mixed ...

Traces fashions from 1870 to the present along a conceptual, disruptive, and nontraditional timeline of fashion history Fashion not only reflects a...

"His work went beyond fashion and was a fine art." --a Charles James patron Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was re...

DescriptionConsiders how research in psychology offers new perspectives on property law, and suggests avenues of reform Property law governs the ac...

This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It prov...

Reducere. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City." This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itsel...

Reducere. How Latina girls and women become entangled in the criminal justice system Despite representing roughly 16 percent of incarcerated women, Latina wo...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Tanya HartNumber of pages: 336Collection: Culture, Labor, HistoryPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 1...

Reducere. How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices Giving birth is a monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman...

Reducere. A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of ...

As telecommunications products and services have become an essential part of - eryday life, consumers have at the same time grown intimately famili...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A comprehensive guide to immunopsychiatry, summarizing cutting-edge scientific evidence implicating the immune system in major psychiatric disorder...

Embraces reproductive justice for all women, but challenge mainstream legal and political solutions based on protecting free choice via neutral gov...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Elizabeth EllcessorNumber of pages: 272Collection: Postmillennial PopPublication date: 2016Dimension...

Solve problems in elementary structural mechanics thoughtfully and efficiently with this self-contained collection of essays. Illuminates concepts ...

This book introduces the homological methods used in modern representation theory and discusses several landmark results that illustrate their powe...

This study offers a critical interpretation of literary representations of urban poverty and the sustained trauma associated with exploitation, hom...

DescriptionIn 1910 and 1914, a two-volume study of New York's native birds was issued as part of the State Museum's annual report. A vast catalog o...

The Great Fire of 1835 nearly leveled Manhattan-consuming some 700 buildings-yet also created the ashes from which the city was reborn. Manhattan P...