"A critical narrative of how gender norms and the modernist movement shaped one another in the early 20th century, using vivid case studies"--Provided by publisher. "Gendering Modernism offers a critical reappraisal of the modernist movement, asking how gender norms of the time…
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"Explores the complex interactions between French medicine and Vietnamese childbirth traditions, documenting the emergence of a plural system of maternity services that incorporated both biomedical knowledge and local birthing traditions"...
"Despite the passage of time, our vision of Native Americans remains locked up within powerful stereotypes. That's why some images of Indians can be so unexpected and disorienting: What is Geronimo doing sitting in a Cadillac? Why is an Indian woman in beaded buckskin sitting un…
Analyzing the development of extreme right movements in Great Britain, also examines their antisemitic manifestations. In 1875-76, when British nationalism increased during the government of Benjamin Disraeli, antisemitism was used as opposition. The mass emigration of Jews from…
Punched cards for processing the United States census in 1890 -- Reshaping punched cards for general statistics in the United States -- Shaping punched cards for bookkeeping in the United States : the challengers -- The Computing Tabulating Recording Company -- Declining punched…
"Europe 1880-1945 surveys the continent when it was at the apogee of its power. In these sixty-five years Europe's political and economic domination of the globe came to a climax and then crumbled. Europe's internal divisions and failure to solve internal problems brought it twi…
Suitable for 19th and 20th century Europe/modern Europe undergraduate courses. This well-established and immensely successful book provides a standard introduction to the subject by one of Britain's most popular historians. Social, economic and social history are skillfully inte…
The authors emphasize research methodology and outline the best practices for the research process, paying attention to the unique challenges inherent in conducting studies of national literature. Each chapter covers a different type of resource. The book offers a coherent accou…
Focusing on work produced between 1880 and 1945, Literary Research and British Modernism: Strategies and Sources provides scholars with the necessary methods and tools for studying the literature of this period. This reference guide will facilitateresearch into the works of such…