1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784983203321

Autore

Montpensier Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, <1627-1693.>

Titolo

Against marriage : the correspondence of la Grande Mademoiselle / / edited and translated by Joan DeJean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-281-12591-1

9786611125912

0-226-53493-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 86 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The other voice in early modern Europe

Altri autori (Persone)

MottevilleFrançoise de <d. 1689.>

DeJeanJoan E

Disciplina

944/.033/0922

Soggetti

Princesses - France

Ladies-in-waiting - France

Marriage

Sex role

France History Louis XIV, 1643-1715

France Court and courtiers History 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-82) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE -- MONTPENSIER-MOTTEVILLE CORRESPONDENCE -- VOLUME EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SERIES EDITOR'S BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In seventeenth-century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. Once married, they became legally subservient to their husbands. The duchesse de Montpensier-a first cousin of Louis XIV-was one of very few exceptions, thanks to the vast wealth she inherited from her mother, who died shortly after Montpensier was born. She was also one of the few politically powerful women in France at the time to have been an accomplished writer. In



the daring letters presented in this bilingual edition, Montpensier condemns the alliance system of marriage, proposing instead to found a republic that she would govern, "a corner of the world in which . . . women are their own mistresses," and where marriage and even courtship would be outlawed. Her pastoral utopia would provide medical care and vocational training for the poor, and all the homes would have libraries and studies, so that each woman would have a "room of her own" in which to write books. Joan DeJean's lively introduction and accessible translation of Montpensier's letters-four previously unpublished-allow us unprecedented access to the courageous voice of this extraordinary woman.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910829048503321

Titolo

What has this got to do with the liberation of Black people? : the impact of Ronald W. Walters on African American thought and leadership / / edited by Robert C. Smith, Cedric Johnson, and Robert G. Newby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-4384-5092-3

1-4384-5093-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in African American studies.

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithRobert C <1947-2023.> (Robert Charles)

JohnsonCedric <1971->

NewbyRobert G

Disciplina

323.1196/073

Soggetti

African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century

African Americans - Politics and government - 21st century

African American leadership - History - 20th century

African American leadership - History - 21st century

Political scientists - United States

African American political scientists

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Our tallest tree : an essay toward a biography of Ronald Walters /



Robert G. Newby -- The groundbreaking Wichita sit-in in movement : an essay in appreciation of Ronald Walters' scholarly and political contributions / Aldon Morris -- Reflections / Ronald W. Walters -- The black science in political science / Katherine Tate -- Black intellectuals in the age of new democratic politics : reflections on Ronald Walters, the Maryland years / Cedric Johnson -- A modest proposal : a call for leadership specialization and the recognition of multiple black constituencies / Andra Gillespie -- Still waters run deep : synthesizing Ronald Walters theses on black leadership and black nationalism / Errol Henderson -- Usurper-in-chief? : white nationalism, the Tea Party and president Barack Obama / Adolphus G. Belk, Jr -- White nationalism, black interests, and contemporary American politics / Corey Cook -- Ronald Walters and the District of Columbia : action research and the odyssey of the capital colony / Lenneal V. Henderson -- Ronald Walters as a political empowerment theorist : the concept of leverage strategies / Hanes Walton, Jr -- Ronald Walters : theory and practice of foreign policy justice / Karin FL. Stanford -- Ronald Walters : pan Africanism and international struggles for social justice / Horace Campbell -- Reparations, citizenship and the politics of identity / Charles P. Henry -- Rights and the first black president : Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Ronald W. Walters, with the assistance of Robert C. Smith -- Afterword / Robert C. Smith.