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Crusade for Justice The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (Second Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9780226691428, University of Chicago Press, April 2020
496 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 10 halftones
"She fought a lonely and almost single-handed fight, with the single-mindedness of a crusader, long before men or women of any race entered the arena; and the measure of success she achieved goes far beyond the credit she has been given in the histor...
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£16,00
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Women of Atelier 17 Modernist Printmaking in Midcentury New York
ISBN: HB: 9780300238501, Yale University Press, June 2019
296 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 76 colour illus., 63 black&white illus.
In this important book Christina Weyl takes us into the experimental New York print studio Atelier 17 and highlights the women whose work there advanced both modernism and feminism in the 1940s and 1950s. Weyl focuses on eight artists – Louise Bourge...
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£50,00
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Wildcat Women Narratives of the Women Breaking Ground in Alaska's Oil and Gas Industry
ISBN: PB: 9781602233546, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2018
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones, 2 maps
Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn't deter them. Nor did sneers, harassment, and threats".Wildcat Women" is the first book to document the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska's Nor...
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£17,00
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Body Toning for Women Bodyweight Training / Nutrition / Motivation: 21 Days is All it Takes
ISBN: PB: 9781782550716, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, January 2016
208 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 3 colour illus., 246 black&white illus., 3 tables
Every woman wants to work on some part of her body. Whether you are looking to shape your arms, bust, back, abs, bottom, or legs, Lucy Wyndham-Read's book on body toning will help you get the perfect gym body. Within just 21 days, you will see notice...
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£13,95
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Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet Union
ISBN: HB: 9780300195811, Yale University Press, September 2014
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.
During the twentieth century, 80 percent of all famine victims worldwide died in China and the Soviet Union. In this rigorous and thoughtful study, Felix Wemheuer analyzes the historical and political roots of these socialist era famines, in which ov...
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£50,00
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Women and Water Menstruation in Jewish Life and Law
ISBN: PB: 9780874519600, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, November 1999
290 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The term Niddah means separation. During her menstrual flow and for several days thereafter, a Jewish woman is considered Niddah – separate from her husband and unable to practice the sacred rituals of Judaism. Purification in a miqveh (a ritual bath...
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£28,00
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