1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387360603316

Titolo

Directions for musters [[electronic resource] ] : Wherein is shevved the order of drilling for the musket and pike. Set forth in postures, with the words of command, and brief instructions for the right use of the same

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Cambridge], : Printed by Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1638

Descrizione fisica

[18] p., 21 plates

Soggetti

Military art and science

Weapons

Armor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The plates, derived from Jacob de Gheyn's Wapen-handelinghe van roers, musquetten en spiessen (STC 11810) are identical to, but apparently in a later state than, those bound with the Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy of STC 7684; see the description in the STC note to STC 794.5. The last plate of the present item has no imprint--STC.

Title page is preceded by an engraved title page that indicates vendor: and are to bee sould by Roger Daniel at the Angel in Lumbard Streete.

Signatures: pi¹ A-B⁴.

Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0021



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974336003321

Autore

Brookey Robert Alan <1959->

Titolo

Reinventing the male homosexual : the rhetoric and power of the gay gene / / Robert Alan Brookey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-06271-9

9786612062711

0-253-10891-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Race, gender, and science

Disciplina

306.76/62

Soggetti

Male homosexuality - Physiological aspects - Research - Social aspects

Male homosexuality - Genetic aspects - Research - Social aspects

Behavior genetics

Genetic psychology

Gay rights

LGBTQ+ civil rights

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. [149]-159) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Reinventing the Male Homosexual; ONE: Rights, Choice, and the Appeal of Biology; TWO: The Sociopsychological Theories of Male Homosexuality; THREE: Behavioral Genetics; FOUR: Neuroendocrinology; FIVE: Sociobiology/Evolutionary Psychology; SIX: Beyond the Gay Gene; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene                examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a                viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for                gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric," a means of incorporating                scientific research into public debates. The book investigates the biological                research on which this gay rights argument is based, and explores how male                homosexuality is conceptualized in the field