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While the lives of children were generally included in historical narratives of the country, a focus specifically on children allows the reader to more fully understand the central place of family in the economic and social development of a nation.

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Professor Wagner's study of Barok social and ritual life pays special attention to the men's-house feasting cycle. The kaba. or culminating death feast" of that cycle, is invoked by the word "asiwinarong," which symbolizes the leadership succession on which Barok claims to ethical integrity and precedence rest Originally published in 1986. The Pr

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This is an examination of the consequences of Japan's rapid industrialization upon interpersonal relations. Based upon current theories of Western experiences with modernization, these studies show that the Eastern changes do not conform to Western patterns. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-deman

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How can women create a meaningful and joyous life for themselves This book argues that women should transcend the quest for equality and focus on what she shows is a far more radical project: achieving freedom. It explores what it would mean for women politically, legally, and culturally, if we took this freedom seriously.

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A cohesive, interdisciplinary study of the imaginative power screen media has to reshape our perception of Roman women, covering over 100 years with examples from silent cinema through to computer games.

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The inaugural winner of The Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues, this is a provocative exploration of urbanised Australia and a passionate plea for the suburbs to be given their rightful place in Australia's public consciousness.

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Focusing on the political life of the sha'b in Cairo, this book shows how men and women develop creative and effective strategies to accomplish shared goals, despite the dominant forces ranged against them. It examines communal patterns of allocation, distribution, and decision-making.

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Identifies changing patterns of labor force participation by married women and analyzes the consequences to women of the work versus family decision.

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Scanlon takes a mesmerizing look at the the life of Helen Gurley Brown, the woman behind "Cosmopolitan" magazine and the groundbreaking novel, "Sex and the Single Girl." b&w photos.

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The Victorians posited that cleanliness was next to Godliness and nowhere was this association more apparent than when it was applied to women.

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This work analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body adornment, in a wide range of societies where they have become a symbol of cultural survival and identity.

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This work analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body adornment, in a wide range of societies where they have become a symbol of cultural survival and identity.

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The best-selling author of Flow and an award-winning sociologist draw on a unique longitudinal study to reveal how adolescents develop attitudes, skills, and expectations about their adult careers.

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Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term.

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A revealing portrait of black men in America explores their lives and experiences with unusual depth and clarity

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Every year more and more Europeans, including Germans, are embracing Islam. It is estimated that there are now up to one hundred thousand German converts--a number similar to that in France and the United Kingdom. What stands out about recent conversions is that they take place at a time when Islam is increasingly seen as contrary to European value