"Joinery, Joists and Gender: A Woodworking History for the 21st Century is the first publication of its kind to survey the long and rich histories of women and gender non-conforming persons who work in wood. Written for craft practitioners, design students, and readers intereste…
La última década ha visto un interés creciente en el fenómeno del narcotráfico en México a nivel global. Las diversas expresiones de violencia extrema que acompañan al negocio ilegal de drogas se narran en artefactos mediáticos que provocan fascinación e intriga. Así, la literat…
This book explores Indian women's economic contribution through paid and unpaid work in different sectors of the economy and society in extremely diverse life situations and geographical locations. It highlights gender implications of interlinkages between local, national, regio…
"The story of two dedicated women, a labor organizer and an immigrant laundry worker, coming together to spearhead an audacious campaign to unionize one of the most dangerous industries in one of the most anti-union states-Arizona-and offering a nuanced look at the modern-day la…
Introduction -- Making the Generous Cooking Pot: ca. 1890-1920 -- Body Politics, Taste, and the Creation of the Office du Niger ca. 1920-1944 -- 'We farmed money': Re-shaping the Office and Reclaiming Taste -- Re-Engineering the Office: Cooking with Metal Pots and Threshing Mach…
Originally conceived as small-scale loans allowing impoverished women to invest in informal sector economic opportunities, microfinance programs have grown rapidly across the globe over the past two decades to become the most common development tool used to empower women in low-…