Belva Lockwood [[electronic resource] ] : the woman who would be president / / Jill Norgren
| Belva Lockwood [[electronic resource] ] : the woman who would be president / / Jill Norgren |
| Autore | Norgren Jill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; London, : New York University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Disciplina |
340.092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Lawyers - United States
Women lawyers - United States Lawyers Women lawyers |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Acounts
accomplished advocates centurys first life most nineteenth rights story surprising time womens |
| ISBN |
0-8147-5861-4
0-8147-5906-8 1-4356-0041-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Early a widow -- In search of a new identity -- Apprenticeship -- Becoming a lawyer -- Notorious ladies -- A tougher fight -- Woman lawyer -- The practice of law -- Lady lobbyist -- Lockwood for president -- Life on the platform -- Lay down your arms -- The power of association -- Pushing for place -- A world's fair and a million dollar case -- Aging soldiers of cause. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778298503321 |
Norgren Jill
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| New York ; ; London, : New York University Press, 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bodies of Difference : Experiences of Disability and Institutional Advocacy in the Making of Modern China / / Matthew Kohrman
| Bodies of Difference : Experiences of Disability and Institutional Advocacy in the Making of Modern China / / Matthew Kohrman |
| Autore | Kohrman Matthew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.4/0951 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biopolitics - China
People with disabilities - China |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
advocacy advocates beijing biomythography biopolitics corporate body cultural history culture disability studies disability disabled persons institutional advocacy marriage mental deficiencies mental disabilities mental impairments modern china modern world modernity myth physical disabilities race racism scholarly social history social justice social studies |
| ISBN |
1-59734-504-0
1-282-76242-7 9786612762420 0-520-93556-X 1-4175-8498-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Biomythography in the Making -- 2. Why Ma Zhun Doesn't Count -- 3. Building a Corporeal Corporate Body -- 4. Speeding Up Life in Beijing -- 5. Troubled Sociality: The Federation-Canji Relationship in Wenchang County -- 6. Dis/ablement and Marriage: Ridiculed Bachelors, Ambivalent Grooms -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Appendix A. The Five Criteria of Disability Used by the 1987 National Sampling Survey of the Disabled -- Appendix B -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318503321 |
Kohrman Matthew
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2005] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Innocence Commission [[electronic resource] ] : preventing wrongful convictions and restoring the criminal justice system / / Jon B. Gould
| The Innocence Commission [[electronic resource] ] : preventing wrongful convictions and restoring the criminal justice system / / Jon B. Gould |
| Autore | Gould Jon B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina | 347.755/012 |
| Soggetto topico |
Judicial error - Virginia
Criminal justice, Administration of - Virginia |
| Soggetto non controllato |
advocates
book convictions exonerated investigate legal occur prisoners shows state steps these took ultimately were what wrongful |
| ISBN |
0-8147-3306-9
0-8147-3204-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | History and background -- The Innocence Commission for Virginia -- The cases -- An unmet obligation -- Putting it together. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778248003321 |
Gould Jon B
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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