Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (409 pages)
Disciplina	305.48/891593
Soggetto topico	Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women - Social conditions - 21st century - Afghanistan
Soggetto non controllato	afghan women afghan afghanistan agency al qaeda anthropology burqa community development domesticity education empowerment femininity feminism food security gender studies gender health islam justice marriage middle east muslim women nonfiction orientalism peace poetry politics prisoners prostitution religion religious fundamentalism religious women rural sex work social policy social science sociology urban war on terror war women womens studies
ISBN	1-283-27805-7 9786613278050 0-520-94899-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status -- CHAPTER 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereo types, and Afghan Women's Agency -- CHAPTER 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience -- CHAPTER 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women -- CHAPTER 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube -- CHAPTER 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? -- CHAPTER 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts -- CHAPTER 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison -- CHAPTER 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul -- CHAPTER 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences -- CHAPTER 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades -- CHAPTER 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security -- CHAPTER 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health -- CHAPTER 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women -- CHAPTER 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy -- CHAPTER 18. Chadari Politics Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice -- CHAPTER 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment -- CHAPTER 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success -- CHAPTER 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media -- CHAPTER 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts -- CHAPTER 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets -- CHAPTER 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910791884703321

Autore	Christianson Scott
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (342 p.)
Disciplina	364.66
Soggetto topico	Gas chambers - United States - History Capital punishment - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato	1924 20th century america american history collaboration controversial dark death penalty eugenics movement gas chamber technology gas chamber germany hitler human cruelty human execution human history hydrogen cyanide industry law lethal gas chambers medicine method of killing military uses modern history nevada no witnesses out of sight politics power structures profit science united states war world war i. wwi
ISBN	1-282-69765-X 9786612697654 0-520-94561-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. THE RISE OF THE LETHAL CHAMBER -- PART TWO. THE FALL OF THE GAS CHAMBER -- APPENDIX 1: EARL C. LISTON'S PATENT APPLICATION -- APPENDIX 2: PERSONS EXECUTED BY LETHAL GAS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE, 1924 - 1999 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910784919703321

Autore	Beaven Brad
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (271 p.)
Disciplina	305.38/962094109034
Collana	Studies in popular culture
Soggetto topico	Men - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century Men - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 20th century Working class - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 19th century Working class - Great Britain - Social life and customs - 20th century Leisure - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century Leisure - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato	British society association football citizenship drink early Edwardian era late Victorian era male leisure music hall suburbanization war working-class males
ISBN	1-84779-360-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	9780719060274; 9780719060274; Copyright; Contents; General editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Rational recreation and thecreation of the model citizen,c. 1850-1914; 2 The era of mass leisure:the pleasure-seeking citizen; 3 Fearing for the Empire:male youth, work and leisure,1870-1914; 4 Male leisure in the industrialsuburb, 1918-39: the riseof 'suburban neurosis'?; 5 Male youth, work and leisure,1918-39: a continuity in lifestyle; 6 The era of masscommunication: workingclassmale leisure and 'good'citizenship between the wars 7 Male leisure and citizenship in the Second World WarConclusion; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910786206003321

Autore	Velychenko Stephen
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (321 pages)
Disciplina	306.09477
Soggetto topico	Violence - Ukraine - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma	History
Soggetto non controllato	Bolshevik Poland Polish Ukrainian war Russia Ukraine atrocities daily life everyday history pogroms revolution violence war
ISBN	0-2280-1029-2 0-2280-1030-6
Classificazione	cci1icc
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- LIFE AND DEATH IN REVOLUTIONARY UKRAINE -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Under the Tsars -- 2 Living Conditions Under Ukrainian Governments -- 3 Living Conditions Under the Bolsheviks -- 4 Violence Against Civilians: The Russian Bolshevik Government -- 5 Violence Against Civilians: Ukrainian and Polish -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Orphans -- Appendix 2: Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910794645503321

Autore	Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis), <1804?-1882.>
Edizione	[1st Calif. ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (557 pages) : maps, music
Disciplina	972.08/1
Soggetto topico	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Soggetto non controllato	1840s 19th century america authors catholic church catholicism correspondence cuernavaca diplomacy diplomat government change hidalgo history letters marriage mexican history mexican independence mexico city mexico michoacan political change politics poor country rebellion religion and politics religion revolution scottish authors silver mines spain texas travel writing travelogue unstable government upper class war wealth gap women authors women in history womens lives
ISBN	1-282-35520-1 9786612355202 0-520-90701-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Letters 1-8: October to December, 1839 -- Letters 8-23: January to June, 1840 -- Letters 23-30: July to December, 1840 -- Letters 30-41: January to June, 1841 -- Letters 41-51: July to December, 1841 -- Letters 52-54: January to April, 1842
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910777939503321