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Throughout its long history, homedressmaking has been a formative experience in the lives of millions of women. This volume is an account of the significance of homedressmaking as a form of American and European material culture, and explores themes including gender, technology and consumption.

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The description for this book, The Culture of the Meiji Period, will be forthcoming.

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Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa This book seeks to discover how dark-skinned people, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible - Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

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The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Odd Girl Out" delivers lessons in breaking the curse of the good girl, and raising authentic girls with courage and confidence.

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Tracing the werewolf's 'use' by anthropologists and criminologists and shifting interpretations of the figure - from the 'scientific' to the mythological and psychological - this work shows the werewolf in Freud's 'wolf-man' case and the sinister use of wolf imagery in Nazism.

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A comparative overview of common images of the universe from world art and folklore and their similarities to our current scientific understanding.

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A remarkable and rich exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in contemporary Europe.

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So your husband/boyfriend/partner (delete as necessary) has just tipped over 35/40/45/50 (delete as necessary) and you can see that he's not quite as keen on Emmerdale as he once was. The time when suddenly you find your partner has put a whole Scalextrix track in your attic without you noticing. Dangerous Men don't just cook - they COOK.

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This book provides a local journalist's perspective on a four-decade-long regional contribution to global news production.

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The Dark Side of Reform contains nine chapters on the development of social policies with the potential to advance racial equity. The volume also offers recommendations for implementing policies that address the unique concerns of structurally disadvantaged communitieswith particular emphasis on Black and Latinx people.

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Explores what can go awry when we put our humanitarian yearnings into action on a global scale - and what we can do in response. This book examines campaigns for human rights, refugee protection, economic development, and for humanitarian limits to the conduct of war.

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First in-depth treatment of calendars, time and time-measurement in the world of Islam from one of one of the world's foremost contemporary scholars of Muslim history and religion.

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Uncovers the academic scandal par excellence of the 20th century. This book presents the story of how and why up to 75 per cent of the 800 ancient Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts, hidden for 19 centuries, remained concealed from the world. It has interviews, historical analysis and a close study of both published and unpublished scroll material.

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Examines the history and current status of antisemitism in the United States as well as the organizations committeed to fighting antisemitism.

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The ownership and funding of media organisations inevitably affects what news we receive everyday. But is public or private ownership better Looking at how news is constructed in different contexts under public and commercial models, this book uses global comparative examples to give a topical insight into the world of broadcasting today.

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Veteran journalist Gideon Haigh assesses the future of news media in light of the internet's effects on traditional forms of publishing and broadcasting. In the last decade, customary news media have crumbled before the effects of the internet on advertising, circulation and viewership.

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How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital cameras transform our daily lives This title considers this question, from the design of products through to their use in the home. It looks at how everyday objects, ranging from screwdrivers to photo management software, are used on a practical level.