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Showing results under subject: 'gender and development'

Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World

Author:Steve Barkan
Abstract: The founders of sociology in the United States wanted to make a difference. A central aim of the so…

U.S. History, Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860, Women’s Rights

Author:
Abstract: By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the connections between abolition, reform, …

The color of gender: reimaging democracy 

Author: Eisenstein, Zillah R
Publisher: University of California Press,  1994
Abstract: In this provocative volume, Zillah Eisenstein uncovers the hidden sexual and racial politics of th…

The fractious nation?: unity and division in contemporary American life 

Author: Rieder, Jonathan
Publisher: University of California Press,  2003
Abstract: What are we to make of the speed with which the new climate of national solidarity emerged after S…

Discrepant dislocations: feminism, theory, and postcolonial histories 

Author: John, Mary E 1956-
Publisher: University of California Press,  1996
Abstract: Mary E. John investigates the metaphor of dislocation within and across two specific "locations" -…

Thinking fragments: psychoanalysis, feminism, and postmodernism in the contemporary West 

Author: Flax, Jane
Publisher: University of California Press,  1990
Abstract: Thinking Fragments provides a brilliant critique of psychoanalytic, feminist, and postmodern theor…

Women and the war story 

Author: Cooke, Miriam
Publisher: University of California Press,  1997
Abstract: In a book that radically and fundamentally revises the way we think about war, Miriam Cooke charts…

The promise of the city: space, identity, and politics in contemporary social thought 

Author: Tajbakhsh, Kian 1962-
Publisher: University of California Press,  2000
Abstract: The Promise of the City proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of cities and urban lif…

Strong mothers, weak wives: the search for gender equality 

Author: Johnson, Miriam M
Publisher: University of California Press,  1988
Abstract: A leading theorist in the sociology of sex and gender, Miriam Johnson establishes as her starting …

Best friends and marriage: exchange among women 

Author: Oliker, Stacey J
Publisher: University of California Press,  1989
Abstract: In this fascinating book, Stacey Oliker delves into the intimate realm of women's friendships and …
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