Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 (Green Venus)(Pevná vazba)

Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 (Green Venus)(Pevná vazba)

Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages (Betancourt Roland)(Pevná vazba)

Gender in the Political Science Classroom (Levintova Ekaterina M.)(Pevná vazba)

Gender in the Political Science Classroom looks at the roles gender plays in teaching and learning in the traditionally male-dominated field of political science. The contributors to this collection bring a new perspective to investigations of gender issues in the political behavior literature and

Women at Work: Rhetorics of Gender and Labor (Gold David)(Pevná vazba)

Women at Work presents the field of rhetorical studies with fifteen chapters that center on gender, rhetoric, and work in the US in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Feminist scholars explore women's labor evangelism in the textile industry, the rhetorical constructions of leadership within

Degas: Dance, Politics and Society (Degas Edgar)(Pevná vazba)

A radical reconception of Degas' sculpture through the lens of gender, labor and more, with new photography of the worksThis substantial new monograph on the work of Edgar Degas (1834-1917), one of the most significant artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, is a decisive contribution to the

Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease(Pevná vazba)

Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease: The Women's Brain Project offers for the first time a critical overview of the evidence documenting sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease neurobiology, biomarkers, clinical presentation, treatment, clinical trials and their outcomes,

Coming Home: Flemish Art 1880-1930 (Van Cauteren Katharina)(Pevná vazba)

An overview of art created in Flanders between 1880-1930, coverinig the Flemish Belle Epoque period and post-WWI. Includes works by James Ensor, Constant Permeke and George

Mulata Nation: Visualizing Race and Gender in Cuba (Fraunhar Alison)(Pevná vazba)

Repeatedly and powerfully throughout Cuban history, the mulata, a woman of mixed racial identity, features prominently in Cuban visual and performative culture. Tracing the figure, Alison Fraunhar looks at the representation and performance in both elite and popular culture. She also tracks how

Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating (Reilly Maura)(Pevná vazba)

Current art world statistics demonstrate that the fight for gender and race equality in the art world is far from over: only sixteen percent of this year's Venice Biennale artists were female; only fourteen percent of the work displayed at MoMA in 2016 was by nonwhite artists; only a third of

Politics and Technology in the Post-Truth Era (Visvizi Anna)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and politics in a global

Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race (Madison Megan)(Pevná vazba)

Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way. Now available as a hardcover picture

The Energy System: Technology, Economics, Markets, and Policy (Bradford Travis)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive textbook that integrates tools from technology, economics, markets, and policy to approach energy issues using a dynamic systems and capital-centric perspective.The global energy system is the vital foundation of modern human industrial society. Traditionally studied through

Glasgow Boys in Your Pocket (Hardie William R.)(Pevná vazba)

The Glasgow Boys revolutionised Scottish painting in the years between 1880 and 1895 but their influence lasted until just before the First World War. Lavery, Guthrie, Henry, Hornel, Crawhall, Walton and Kennedy formed the main group of painters, but there were some 18 painters in total associated

The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets, Third Edition (Boeri Tito)(Pevná vazba)

The leading textbook on imperfect labor markets and the institutions that affect them--now completely updated and expandedToday's labor markets are witnessing seismic changes brought on by such factors as rising self-employment, temporary employment, zero-hour contracts, and the growth of the

The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future (Jasanoff Sheila)(Pevná vazba)

Technology rules us as much as laws do. It shapes the legal, social, and ethical environments in which we act. Every time we cross a street, drive a car, or go to the doctor, we submit to the silent power of technology. Yet, much of the time, the influence of technology on our lives goes

Quattro: The Race and Rally Story: 1980-2004 (Walton Jeremy)(Pevná vazba)

The word 'Quattro', chosen by Audi for its pioneering high-performance four-wheel-drive cars, immediately captures glamour and excitement in the minds of all motorsport enthusiasts. This book, written by a leading journalist and Quattro devotee, explores 24 years of factory-prepared and

If - The Graphic Novel (Bell Steve)(Pevná vazba)

In his daily cartoon for the Guardian and his long-running strip, IF, in the same paper, Steve Bell has proved that he is without equal in Britain as political

Technology and Security: Governing Threats in the New Millennium (Rappert Brian)(Pevná vazba)

This book takes forward the existing state of academic understanding where security and technology intersect. It assesses the challenges posed by emerging scientific and technological developments for security while understanding how perceptions of security threats are themselves formed in relation

Catalysis for Green Energy and Technology (Bagheri Samira)(Pevná vazba)

This book describes the importance of catalysis for the sustainable production of biofuels and biochemicals, focusing primarily on the state-of-the-art catalysts and catalytic processes expected to play a decisive role in the 'green' production of fuels and chemicals from biomass. The book also

State Surveillance, Political Policing and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Solomon Vlad)(Pevná vazba)

Examines the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. This book deals with the formation of state surveillance and the emergence of institutionalized political policing in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain

The Myth of Mars and Venus (Cameron Deborah)(Paperback)

Popular assumptions about gender and communication--famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus--can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the phenomenon of 'date-rape' to

Madness of Crowds - Gender, Race and Identity; THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (Murray Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the great derangement of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of

Women's Criminality in Europe, 1600-1914 (Van Der Heijden Manon)(Pevná vazba)

Bringing together the most current research on the relationship between crime and gender in the West between 1600 and 1914, this authoritative volume places female criminality within its everyday context. It reveals how their socio-economic and cultural contexts provided women with 'agency' against

Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese Workers in the Great War (Xu)(Pevná vazba)

During World War I, Britain and France imported workers from their colonies to labor behind the front lines. The single largest group of support labor came not from imperial colonies, however, but from China. Xu Guoqi tells the remarkable story of the 140,000 Chinese men recruited for the Allied