Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions was the last of seven works signed by Kierkegaard and published simultaneously with an anonymously authored companion piece. Imagined Occasions both complements and stands in contrast to Kierkegaard's pseudonymously published Stages on Life…
Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions was among seven signed works by Kierkegaard, each published concurrently with one of his seven pseudonymous works - in this case, with Stages on Life's Way. The two volumes not only have a chronological relation but distinctively treat some…
"The late eighteenth century marked a period of new expectations about marriage, according to Merril D. Smith, and those frequently resulted in marital strife. At the same time, new laws were being written and societal changes were occurring that helped couples in many ways to r…
""In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' ... To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds of divorce petitions, other leg…
"The meaning of things is a study of the significance of material possessions in contemporary urban life, and of the ways people carve meaning out of their domestic environment. Drawing on a survey of eighty families in Chicago who were interviewed on the subject of their feelin…
Onderzoek naar de positie van Chinese vrouwen van de elfde tot de negentiende eeuw aan de hand van drie verschillende aspecten : het Chinese huis, waarin de vrouwen opgesloten zaten, de zijdeproductie die ook in huis werd verricht en het grootbrengen van kinderen. Aandacht voor …
Presents a look inside the marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton, discussing the qualities that drew them to one another, the effects of his infidelities on their relationship with each other and on their daughter Chelsea, and the reasons they stay together.
