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The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture: Followed by The Yellow Wallpaper

The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture: Followed...

Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN: 9782384553587
Format: Paperback
$34.29

"""And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body.""In a world where...  Read More >>

Women as World Builders: Studies in Modern Feminism

Women as World Builders: Studies in Modern Feminism...

Author: Floyd Dell
ISBN: 9782384553617
Format: Paperback
$23.73

"""Feminism will make it possible for the first time for men to be free.""Step into the dynamic world of feminist...  Read More >>

Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a Globalizing World: The Past, Present, and Future

Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a Globalizing...

Author: Alem Hailu ,  Mohamed S. Camara
ISBN: 9781666902761
Format: Paperback
$68.99

This book examines the unique contribution of HBCUs, arguing that through their distinct public education, engagement,...  Read More >>

The Great Boomsky: The Many Lives of Magic's First Black Superstar

The Great Boomsky: The Many Lives of Magic's First Black...

Author: Margaret B Steele
ISBN: 9798988956006
Format: Paperback
$84.48

Thirteen-year-old Milton Hudson Everett loves his job as Boomsky, the clumsy sidekick of the great magician Alexander...  Read More >>

The Abortionist of Howard Street: Medicine and Crime in Nineteenth-Century New York

The Abortionist of Howard Street: Medicine and Crime...

Author: R.E. Fulton
ISBN: 9781501774829
Format: Hardback
$76.43

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Hanna and Barbera: Conversations

Hanna and Barbera: Conversations

Author: Kevin Sandler ,  Tyler Solon Williams
ISBN: 9781496850430
Format: Hardback
$185.90

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Greater Atlanta: Black Satire after Obama

Greater Atlanta: Black Satire after Obama

Author: Derek C. Maus ,  James J. Donahue
ISBN: 9781496850553
Format: Hardback
$185.90

Argues that in the years after the widespread hopefulness surrounding Barack Obama’s election as president waned,...  Read More >>

Trailblazing Women of Australian Public Broadcasting, 1945–1975

Trailblazing Women of Australian Public Broadcasting,...

Author: Kylie Andrews
ISBN: 9781839992308
Format: Paperback
$50.00

Trailblazing women of Australian Public Broadcasting, 1945-1975 presents a compelling feminist perspective of Australian...  Read More >>

Muhammad Ali in Africana Cultural Memory

Muhammad Ali in Africana Cultural Memory

Author: James L. Conyers, Jr. ,  Christel N. Temple
ISBN: 9781839992315
Format: Paperback
$35.00

Muhammad Ali in Africana Cultural Memory is a comprehensive study of Ali's identity and superlative impact framed...  Read More >>

The Past is not Past: Confronting the Twentieth Century in the Hungarian-Austrian Borderlands

The Past is not Past: Confronting the Twentieth Century...

Author: Katia Pizzi ,  Frank Schubert
ISBN: 9781803743592
Format: Paperback
$124.20

How do we remember the past? And what do we forget? This part-history, part-memoir examines how Hungarians and Austrians...  Read More >>

The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture: Followed by The Yellow Wallpaper

The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric Culture: Followed...

Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN: 9782384553594
Format: Hardback
$52.77

"""And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body.""In a world where...  Read More >>

The Great Boomsky: The Many Lives of Magic's First Black Superstar

The Great Boomsky: The Many Lives of Magic's First Black...

Author: Margaret B Steele
ISBN: 9798988956020
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Thirteen-year-old Milton Hudson Everett loves his job as Boomsky, the clumsy sidekick of the great magician Alexander...  Read More >>

Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image

Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress...

Author: Gowan Dawson
ISBN: 9780300270624
Format: Hardback
$61.95

The first book to examine the iconic depiction of evolution, the “march of progress,” and its role in shaping our...  Read More >>

Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews...

Author: Frances Tanzer
ISBN: 9781512825343
Format: Hardback
$158.27

"""This book reveals the foundational role philosemitism played in the effort to reimagine urban cultures after...  Read More >>

Yale and Slavery: A History

Yale and Slavery: A History

Author: David W. Blight ,  Yale and Slavery Research Project
ISBN: 9780300273847
Format: Hardback
$51.95

A comprehensive look at how slavery and resistance to it have shaped Yale University  Read More >>

Reconciling Art and Technology: A Shared Cognitive History

Reconciling Art and Technology: A Shared Cognitive History...

Author: Subrata Dasgupta
ISBN: 9781032673363
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book examines two venerable cultures, art and technology, and uses the young ‘interdiscipline’ of cognitive...  Read More >>

Novels, Needleworks, and Empire: Material Entanglements in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

Novels, Needleworks, and Empire: Material Entanglements...

Author: Chloe Wigston Smith
ISBN: 9780300270785
Format: Hardback
$103.95

The first sustained study of the vibrant links between domestic craft and British colonialism  Read More >>

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Author: Cullen J. Chandler
ISBN: 9781032121208
Format: Paperback
$73.99

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Relatos de la historia de Europa: Cincuenta relatos ver�dicos y fascinantes de grandes acontecimientos y personajes de la historia de Europa

Relatos de la historia de Europa: Cincuenta relatos...

Author: Ahoy Publications
ISBN: 9798892960878
Format: Hardback
$71.25

�Emb�rquese en un viaje en el tiempo hacia el coraz�n del pasado de Europa! �Le hipnotiza el gran tapiz de la...  Read More >>

Japanese History: 500 Interesting Facts About Japan

Japanese History: 500 Interesting Facts About Japan...

Author: Ahoy Publications
ISBN: 9798892960861
Format: Hardback
$71.25

Embark on a mesmerizing journey through time with 500 Fascinating Facts About the History of Japan!  Read More >>

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis

Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis...

Author: Julie Peakman
ISBN: 9781789148473
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Unveils the complex sex lives of libertine women in eighteenth-century London.  Read More >>

The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America

The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of...

Author: Tracie McMillan
ISBN: 9781250619426
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan combines gripping memoir, top-notch original reporting, and rigorous research...  Read More >>

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Introduction to the Carolingian Age

Author: Cullen J. Chandler
ISBN: 9781032121222
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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The English Convict Hulks 1600s - 1868: Transporting Criminals to Australia

The English Convict Hulks 1600s - 1868: Transporting...

Author: Mick Davis
ISBN: 9781399054492
Format: Hardback
$75.00

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals...  Read More >>

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