Gender issues have become an increasingly prominent concern of academics and policy-makers. Although the death of feminism has often been pronounced, feminist ideas still permeate modern thinking. But what exactly do we mean by gender? How can we best understand gender differences? How are current g[...]

Globalization and Work challenges conceptions of globalization as a project orchestrated by governments, multinational companies and international agencies.[...]

New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice's outstanding academic title award. Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life.[...]

Emma was one of England's most remarkable queens: a formidable woman who made her mark on a Europe beset by Vikings. By birth a Norman, she married and outlived two kings of England and witnessed the coronations of two of her sons: Harthcnut the Viking and Edward the Confessor. She became an unscrup[...]

One day, out of the blue, Harriet Bean's dad says to her, 'Your aunts would like to hear about that!' Harriet is shocked - this is the first time she's heard anything about any aunts, and suddenly, she has five of them! Naturally, she's very curious to meet them, especially as her dad has told her t[...]

Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which usually strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty. But current medical practice ties these families' hands when it comes to helping their children recover. Conventional medical wisdom dictates separating the patient from t[...]

Middle school and high school students studying Spanish as a second language, as well as students whose first language is Spanish will find a wealth of words and their synonyms to enrich their Spanish vocabulary in this revised, updated, and enlarged edition. More than 6,000 words are presented alph[...]

A useful manual for those preparing for the GED, TOEFL, and for others who need to improve their skills in basic English usage, offers twenty-two lessons that cover the various aspects of grammar, with practice questions and answers. Original.[...]

One of the first women to fly, the fashionable Harriet Quimby (1875-1912) came of age in the fading years of a gilded era, determined to have more than the life of a farmer's wife. Beautiful, intelligent, and forever seeking the next adventure when her life ended tragically at age thirty-seven, this[...]

Provides a provocative study of the history of medical experimentation on African Americans, from the colonial era to the present day, revealing the experimental exploitation and poor medical treatment suffered by blacks, often without any form of consent, and offering new details about the infamous[...]