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History Matters

Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism

By: Judith M. Bennett

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History Matters

Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism

By: Judith M. Bennett

Written for everyone interested in women's and gender history, History Matters reaffirms the importance to feminist theory and activism of long-term historical perspectives. Judith M. Bennett, who has been commenting on developments in women's and gender history since the 1980s, argues that the achievement of a more feminist future relies on a rich, plausible, and well-informed knowledge of the past, and she asks her readers to consider what sorts of feminist history can best advance the struggles of the twenty-first century. Bennett takes as her central problem the growing chasm between feminism and history. Closely allied in the 1970s, each has now moved away from the other. Seeking to narrow this gap, Bennett proposes that feminist historians turn their attention to the intellectual challenges posed by the persistence of patriarchy. She posits a "patriarchal equilibrium" whereby, despite many changes in women's experiences over past centuries, women's status vis-à-vis that of men has remained remarkably unchanged. Although, for example, women today find employment in occupations unimaginable to medieval women, medieval and modern women have both encountered the same wage gap, earning on average only three-fourths of the wages earned by men. Bennett argues that the theoretical challenge posed by this patriarchal equilibrium will be best met by long-term historical perspectives that reach back well before the modern era. In chapters focused on women's work and lesbian sexuality, Bennett demonstrates the contemporary relevance of the distant past to feminist theory and politics. She concludes with a chapter that adds a new twist—the challenges of textbooks and classrooms—to viewing women's history from a distance and with feminist intent. A new manifesto, History Matters engages forthrightly with the challenges faced by feminist historians today. It argues for the radical potential of a history that is focused on feminist issues, aware of the distant past, attentive to continuities over time, and alert to the workings of patriarchal power.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812200551

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Women in the Medieval English Countryside

Gender and Household in Brigstock Before the Plague

By: Judith M. Bennett

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Women in the Medieval English Countryside

Gender and Household in Brigstock Before the Plague

By: Judith M. Bennett

Unlike most histories of European women, which have typically focused on the 19th and 20th century elite, this study reconstructs the public lives of peasant women and men during the six decades before the Black Death of 1348-49. Drawing on the extensive records of the forest manor of Brigstock, Judith Bennett challenges the myth of a "golden age" of equality for medieval men and women. Instead, she ably shows that women faced profound political, legal, economic, and social disadvantages in their dealings with men. These disadvantages stemmed more from women's household status as dependents of their husbands than from any notion of female inferiority; consequently, adolescents and widows participated much more actively than wives in the public life of Brigstock. Women in the Medieval English Countryside demonstrates not only how enduring the subordination of women has been throughout English history, but also how firmly that subordination has been rooted in the conjugal household.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0195045610

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Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England

Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600

By: Judith M. Bennett

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Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England

Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600

By: Judith M. Bennett

Women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in London - as well as in many towns and villages - were male, not female. Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England investigates this transition, asking how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a women's trade and became a trade of men. Drawing on a wide variety of sources - such as literary and artistic materials, court records, accounts, and administrative orders - Judith Bennett vividly describes how brewsters (that is, female brewers) slowly left the trade. She tells a story of commercial growth, gild formation, changing technologies, innovative regulations, and finally, enduring ideas that linked brewsters with drunkenness and disorder. Examining this instance of seemingly dramatic change in women's status, Bennett argues that it included significant elements of continuity. Women might not have brewed in 1600 as often as they had in 1300, but they still worked predominantly in low-status, low-skilled, and poorly remunerated tasks. Using the experiences of brewsters to rewrite the history of women's work during the rise of capitalism, Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England offers a telling story of the endurance of patriarchy in a time of dramatic economic change.

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New York : Oxford University Press

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History Matters

Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism

By: Judith M. Bennett

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Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism

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Life in a Cave in Petra with the Bdoul

1981-1986

By: Judith McKenzie

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Life in a Cave in Petra with the Bdoul

1981-1986

By: Judith McKenzie

From 1981 until 1986, the archaeologist Judith McKenzie, then a graduate student at the University of Sydney, traveled to the ancient site of Petra in Jordan, living in a cave there for extended periods, in order to survey and measure architectural moldings on the rock-cut monuments. It was a critical time in the history of Petra, where, for centuries, its local inhabitants, known as the Bdoul, had lived and worked. But that tradition was coming to a close. In 1985, the Bdoul began a move to the nearby village of Umm Sayhoun, as directed by the Jordanian government. This first-hand account of life in a cave at Petra, based on diaries Judith kept at the time she lived among the Bdoul, is therefore important as a record of a lifestyle now largely vanished. As she writes in her introduction: "I spent so much time socializing with the Bdoul, I came to observe many aspects of Bdoul life in a series of visits over three main field seasons. As women we had access to the world of young girls and women, which men from outside did not, while we were also sometimes treated as honorary men." This memoir thus stands as a reminder of life at Petra before the arrival of modern-day tourism at the site. But this book is not only a memoir. Observations are made on the ways in which the Bdoul have adapted to their new environment. Changes at the site that have taken place since 1981 because of weathering and erosion are recorded through comparisons between photographs taken forty years ago and more recent images. Ramifications of the expansion of the tourist-industry at Petra in the 21st century are also considered. Life in a Cave in Petra with the Bdoul: 1981-1986 is therefore an important and essential volume on the archaeology and history of one of the best-known ancient sites in the world.

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Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford

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099549469X

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Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England

Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600

By: Judith M. Bennett

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Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England

Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600

By: Judith M. Bennett

Women brewed and sold most of the ale consumed in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in London were male, and men also dominated the trade in many towns and villages. This book asks how, when, and why brewing ceased to be women's work and instead became a job for men. Employing a wide variety of sources and methods, Bennett vividly describes how brewsters (that is, female brewers) gradually left the trade. She also offers a compelling account of the endurance of patriarchy during this time of dramatic change.

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Oxford University Press

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0195360796

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Cancer Pain: From Molecules to Suffering

By: Judith A. Paice,Rae F. Bell,Eija A. Kalso,Olaitan A. Soyannwo

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Cancer Pain: From Molecules to Suffering

By: Judith A. Paice,Rae F. Bell,Eija A. Kalso,Olaitan A. Soyannwo

An in-depth analysis of basic and clinical research on cancer pain, Cancer Pain: From Molecules to Suffering describes underlying mechanisms of cancer pain and reviews opioid treatment issues, including tolerance. This comprehensive new volume discusses current drug trials and research, clinical trial designs, common reactions including inflammation and hyperalgesia, the psychology of cancer pain, and disparities in the availability of cancer care worldwide. Who should buy this book? Cancer Pain: From Molecules to Suffering is essential reading for: Clinicians, including physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and psychologists Cancer researchers interested in studying the mechanisms and psychology of pain, as well as clinical drug trials Global health care professionals who experience disparities in cancer treatment Medical students who want to improve their skills in cancer pain assessment and management

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496332067

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Women in the Medieval English Countryside

Gender and Household in Brigstock before the Plague

By: Judith M. Bennett

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Gender and Household in Brigstock before the Plague

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Oxford University Press

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0198021135

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Information Overload

An International Challenge for Professional Engineers and Technical Communicators

By: Judith B. Strother,Jan M. Ulijn,Zohra Fazal

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Information Overload

An International Challenge for Professional Engineers and Technical Communicators

By: Judith B. Strother,Jan M. Ulijn,Zohra Fazal

This book covers the ever-increasing problem of information overload from both the professional and academic perspectives. Focusing on the needs of practicing engineers and professional communicators, it addresses the causes and costs of information overload, along with strategies and techniques for reducing and minimizing its negative effects. The theoretical framework of information overload and ideas for future research are also presented. The book brings together an international group of authors, providing a truly global point of view on this important, rarely covered topic.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118360508

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Teacher-Led School Improvement

By: Judith Durrant,David Frost,Michael Head,Gary Holden

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Teacher-Led School Improvement

By: Judith Durrant,David Frost,Michael Head,Gary Holden

A fresh look at school improvement from the perspective of professional development. Written to aid teachers in taking the initiative in identifying areas in need of improvement and finding ways of making the necessary changes.

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Routledge

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1135707936

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The Governance of Urban Green Spaces in the EU

Social innovation and civil society

By: Judith Schicklinski

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The Governance of Urban Green Spaces in the EU

Social innovation and civil society

By: Judith Schicklinski

Across European cities the use of urban space is controversial and subject to diverging interests. On the one hand citizens are increasingly aware of the necessity for self-organising to reclaim green spaces. On the other hand local authorities have started to involve citizens in the governance of urban green spaces. While an increased level of citizen participation and conducive conditions for citizens’ self-organisation are a desirable development per se, the risk of functionalising civil society actors by the local authority for neoliberal city development must be kept in mind. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected in 29 European cities from all four European geographic regions, this book examines the governance of urban green spaces and urban food production, focusing on the contribution of citizen-driven activities. Over the course of the book, Schicklinski identifies best practice examples of successful collaboration between citizens and local government. The book concludes with policy recommendations with great practical value for local governance in European cities in times of the growth-turn. This book will be of great relevance to students, scholars, and policy-makers with an interest in environmental governance, urban geography, and sustainable development.

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1315403803

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Medieval Europe

A Short History

By: Judith M. Bennett,Sandy Bardsley

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Medieval Europe

A Short History

By: Judith M. Bennett,Sandy Bardsley

For five decades, Medieval Europe: A Short History has been the best-selling text for courses on the history of Medieval Europe. This acclaimed book has long been applauded for both its scholarship and its engaging narrative. Oxford University Press is pleased to continue this tradition of excellence with a new, affordable, and streamlined twelfth edition featuring a new coauthor, Sandy Bardsley. The new edition offers increased coverage of race and ethnicity, more incorporation of archaeological data, an overall streamlining of the text, and more.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190064617

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A Medieval Life

Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague

By: Judith M. Bennett

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A Medieval Life

Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague

By: Judith M. Bennett

A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. Written in a clear and accessible style, it reworks a well-loved book to provide an entirely new resource for students, teachers, and general readers. Like Cecilia Penifader, most people in the Middle Ages were peasants, humble people living socially below the knights, bishops, and kings who figure so large in history books. Judith M. Bennett shows that peasants, too, made history. She explores how peasant lives were closely entangled with the lives and interests of those more privileged, looking at manors as well as villages; parishes, faith, and ritual practices; royal taxes and justice; economy and trade; famine and disease. By moving out from Cecilia's perspective, the book explores the ties and tensions that bound all medieval people—poor as well as rich—into a medieval society. The book also provides a primer on the fact-finding and interpretative debates that are at the heart of the historian's craft. Each chapter includes a new section on how medievalists today are studying such topics as puberty, morals, courtship, and climate change. The illustrations, taken from the famous Luttrell Psalter, provide a coherent, rich, and interpretatively complex visual program. And the final chapter explores some of the different ways in which historians, for better and for worse, have understood medieval society.

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0812297350

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A Diagnostic Approach to Organizational Behavior

By: Judith R. Gordon

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A Diagnostic Approach to Organizational Behavior

By: Judith R. Gordon

Now in its fourth edition, this text focuses on managing in a global environment and workforce diversity. It discusses contemporary issues for managers such as quality of work life, work/family issues and gender in the workplace.

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778

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Allyn & Bacon

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0205145205

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9780205145201

Empowering Higher Education in Indonesia

By: A. Chaedar Alwasilah,Judith Puncochar

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Empowering Higher Education in Indonesia

By: A. Chaedar Alwasilah,Judith Puncochar

This book is a concrete solution to the challenges in developing higher education inIndonesia. The proposed perspectives and ideas are ideal to be developed by teachers and lecturers in their own classroom. The two best parts of this book are (1) how the educators, especially in universities, should form critical thinking habit in their classroom through respectful and scholarly discussion; and (2) how universities should become the centre of ‘teaching for learning’. Those are vital as educating today’s students is our best investment to develop their willingness of life-long learning and the ability of critical thinking. In the future, these students will determine the fate of Indonesia. Therefore, let’s empower higher education in Indonesia by applying the constructive suggestions proposed in this book.

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Dunia Pustaka Jaya

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9794196630

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A Medieval Life

Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague

By: Judith M. Bennett

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Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague

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0812224698

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In the Image of God

A Feminist Commentary on the Torah

By: Judith S. Antonelli

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In the Image of God

A Feminist Commentary on the Torah

By: Judith S. Antonelli

In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah is a unique blend of traditional Judaism and radical feminism and is a groundbreaking commentary on the Bible, the central document of Jewish life. Using classical Jewish sources as well as supplementary material from history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, ancient religion, and feminist theory, Judith Antonelli has examined in detail every woman and every issue pertaining to women in the Torah, parshah by parshah. The Torah is divided into fifty-four portions; each portion, or parshah, is read in the synagogue on the Sabbath (combining a few to make a yearly cycle of readings). This book is modeled on that structure; hence there are fifty chapters, each of which corresponds to a parshah. One may, therefore, read this book from beginning to end or use it as a study guide for the parshah of the week. The reader will discover in these pages that the Torah is not the root of misogyny, sexism, or male supremacy. Rather, by looking at the Torah in the context in which it was given, the pagan world of the ancient Near East, it becomes clear that far from oppressing women, the Torah actually improved the status of women as it existed in the surrounding societies. Not only does this book refute the common feminist stereotype that Judaism is a "patriarchal religion" but it also refutes the sexism found in Judaism by exposing it as sociological rather than "divine law.

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Jason Aronson, Incorporated

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1461628911

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