This ethnographic study of female teachers in rural Oaxaca explores how education and employment empower women to make informed personal decisions and catalyze societal change.
Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Han to Liao
Keith McMahon draws upon decades of research to describe polygamous emperors and women rulers throughout Chinese history. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.
International Research on Urbanism, Architecture, and Planning
This book is the first in which current societal themes revolving around urbanism, architecture, and city planning are put forth solely through female perspectives. It reveals the importance of having female lenses on certain societal debates.
Shared Challenges and Successes in the Integration of Women Police Worldwide
This book brings a global perspective to the current conversation on women in law enforcement, providing readers with a comparison of women police worldwide. Brings together the research surrounding issues women in policing have faced, and are still facing today.
While it’s mindboggling to fathom anyone labeling a war “splendid,” a high-ranking American official used that term to describe the Spanish American War in 1898. If any slivers of splendor existed in the grim brutalities of war, they were frequently on display in the remarkable actions of brave women who nursed their fallen warriors, reported ......
Women Lifers brings to light the pressing need for gender-responsive policies in correctional systems in the United States by tracing women's lives before, during, and following a life sentence.
Surveying the history of women in China during the sixth through tenth centuries, this important study is the first book on the subject in English. Bret Hinsch provides rich insight into female life in the medieval era, ranging from political power, wealth, and work to family, religious roles, and emotion.
Surveying the history of women in China during the sixth through tenth centuries CE, this important study is the first book on the subject in English. Bret Hinsch provides rich insight into female life in the medieval era, ranging from political power, wealth, and work to family, religious roles, and emotion.
This deeply researched book provides an original history of Chinese women during the pivotal Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368). Bret Hinsch explores the most important aspects of female life in this era political power, family, work, inheritance, religious roles, and emotions and considers why the status of women declined during this period.
