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Italian Fascism and the Female Body

Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers

By Gigliola Gori

This is the first text to examine women and sport in Italy during the period 1861-1945. To qualify and quantify the impact of fascism on…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8291-4 (Routledge)

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Christina of Markyate

Edited by Samuel Fanous, Henrietta Leyser

Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser present a vivid interdisciplinary study devoted to the life, work and extant vita of Christina of Markyate, which draws on…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30859-5 (Routledge)

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Political Women

The Women's Movement, Political Institutions, the Battle for Women's Suffrage and the ERA

By Alana Jeydel

Under what conditions are political elites responsive to social movements, and when do social movements gain access to political elites? This book explores this question…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34660-3 (Routledge)

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Women's Suffrage in Asia

Gender, Nationalism and Democracy

Edited by Louise Edwards, Mina Roces

Including chapters on Indonesia, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam and international suffrage connections, Women's Suffrage in Asia engages in debates on…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33251-4 (Routledge)

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Animal Welfare and Anti-Vivisection 1870-1910

Nineteenth-Century Women's Mission

Edited by Susan Hamilton

This three-volume set brings together a range of documents that allows researchers to explore the nineteenth-century vivisection controversy, its relation to the prominent animal welfare…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32141-9 (Routledge)

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Sisterhood Questioned

Race, Class and Internationalism in the American and British Women's Movements c. 1880s - 1970s

By Christine Bolt

This readable and informative survey, including both new research and synthesis, provides the first close comparison of race, class and internationalism in the British and…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-15853-4 (Routledge)

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"The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell"

The Power of Women in Native American Literature

By Patrice Hollrah

From warrior women to female deities who control the cycle of life, female characters in Native American literature exhibit a social and spiritual empowerment that…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-94697-1 (Routledge)

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Love, Sex and Marriage in the Middle Ages

A Sourcebook

Edited by Conor McCarthy

Including many texts available for the first time in modern English translation, Conor McCarthy brings together a wide array of writings as well as informative…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30746-8 (Routledge)

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Emmeline Pankhurst

A Biography

By June Purvis

Emmeline Pankhurst was perhaps the most influential woman of the twentieth century. Today her name is synonymous with the 'votes for women' campaign and she…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32593-6 (Routledge)

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Prostitution, Race and Politics

Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire

By Philippa Levine

In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94447-2 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia: Divorce and Marriage Law
By Kate O'Shaughnessy
To be published December 18th 2008

Women and Empire, 1750–1939, 5-vol. set: Primary Sources on Gender and Anglo-Imperialism
Edited by Susan K. Martin, Caroline Daley, Elizabeth Dimock, Cheryl Cassidy, Cecily Devereux
To be published January 21st 2009

Sexuality in World History
By Peter N. Stearns
To be published February 27th 2009

Black Women in American Literature of the South
By Sherita L. Johnson
To be published March 15th 2009

The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship: Enterprise, Home and Household in London, c. 1800-1870
By Alison Kay
To be published March 31st 2009

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