1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996390970803316

Autore

Rojas Fernando de -1541

Titolo

The Spanish bavvd, represented in Celestina: or, The tragicke-comedy of Calisto and Melibea [[electronic resource] ] : Wherein is contained, besides the pleasantnesse and sweetnesse of the stile, many philosophicall sentences, and profitable instructions necessary for the younger sort: shewing the deceits and subtilties housed in the bosomes of false seruants, and cunny-catching bawds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by I[ohn] B[eale] and are to be sold by Robert Allot at the signe of the Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1631

Descrizione fisica

[16], 202, [2] p

Altri autori (Persone)

MabbeJames <1572-1642?>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A translation of "Celestina", attributed to Fernando de Rojas.

Translator's dedication signed: Don diego Puede-ser, i.e. James Mabbe.

Printer's name from STC.

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

A variant of the edition with "sold by Ralph Mabbe" in the imprint.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784662503321

Autore

Jain Devaki <1933->

Titolo

Women, development, and the UN [[electronic resource] ] : a sixty-year quest for equality and justice / / Devaki Jain  ;  foreword  by Amartya Sen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612072758

1-282-07275-7

0-253-11184-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

United Nations intellectual history project

Disciplina

305.42/09172/4

Soggetti

Women in development - International cooperation - History

Women's rights - International cooperation - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Women, development, and equality : history as inconclusive dialogue -- Setting the stage for equality, 1945-1965 -- Inscribing development into rights, 1966-1975 -- Questioning development paradigms, 1976-1985 -- Development as if women mattered, 1986-1995 -- Lessons from the UN's sixth decade, 1996-2005.

Sommario/riassunto

""Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it has changed the female half of the world -- and vice versa. Women, Development, and the UN is a book that every global citizen, government leader, journalist, academic, and self-respecting woman should read."" -- Gloria Steinem""Devaki Jain's book nurtures your optimism in this terrible war-torn decade by describing how women succeeded in empowering both themselves and the United Nations to work toward a global leadership inspiration