1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966144403321

Autore

Parker David <1941->

Titolo

Class and state in ancien regime France : the road to modernity? / / David Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-77738-8

1-134-77739-6

1-280-31949-6

0-203-43690-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

944/.03

Soggetti

Despotism - France - History

Social classes - France - History

France Politics and government

France Economic conditions

France Social conditions

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. 314-335) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Glossary of French terms; INTRODUCTION; APPROACHES TO FRENCH ABSOLUTISM; THE FRENCH ECONOMY: A CASE OF ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT; THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT; ORDERS AND CLASSES; THE NOBILITY: A HEGEMONIC TOUR DE FORCE; POWER, IDEOLOGY AND THE FRENCH STATE; FRANCE, ENGLAND AND THE CAPITALIST ROAD; EMPIRICAL RSUM AND THEORETICAL AFTERTHOUGHTS; Notes; Select bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

David Parker's challenging interpretation presents a broad, in-depth study of the economic, social, ideological and political foundations of French Absolutism. This stimulating reassessment runs contrary to much revisionist historiography.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959860803321

Titolo

Doing gender diversity : readings in theory and real-world experience / / edited by Rebecca F. Plante and Lis M. Maurer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , [2018]

©2010

ISBN

0-429-98056-6

0-429-50093-9

0-429-96948-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 555 pages)

Disciplina

305.48/8

Soggetti

Sex role

Sex differences

Cultural pluralism

Diversity in the workplace

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2010 by Westview Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Gender Diversity and the Binary -- chapter 2 Learning How to “Do Gender” -- section 1 The Basics of Gender -- chapter 3 Constructing the Gendered Body -- chapter 4 Doing “It”: Sexualities -- section 2 The Microcosm of Gender: Individuals in Context -- chapter 5 Doing Gender Diversity: At Home and at Work -- chapter 6 Thinking Critically about Structures and Institutions in Our World -- Transgender Law Center -- chapter 7 Rattling the Cage: Social Change -- section 3 The Macrocosm of Gender: Institutions, Structures, and Politics.

Sommario/riassunto

This cutting-edge reader demonstrates the multiple ways in which the universe of gender is socially, culturally, and historically constructed. The selections focus on gender itself how gender operates socioculturally, exists, functions, and is presented in micro and macro interactions.