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Gender and Change
Through a collection of essays by leading scholars on women's history and gender history, Gender and Change: Agency, Chronology and Periodisation questions conventional chronologies while reassessing the relationship between gender, agency, continuity and change. Celebrates 20 years of the publication of the journal Gender & History Reflects the extent to which gender analysis suggests alternatives to conventional periodisation. For example, whether the European Renaissance can be classified as the same period of great cultural advance when viewed from the perspective of women Offers innovative historiographical and theoretical reflection on approaches to gender, agency, and change
On the Musically Beautiful
"Like Hanslick, Professor Payzant is both musician and philosopher; and he has brought the knowledge and insights of both disciplines to this large undertaking." --Gordon Epperson, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z
Volume 2 of 2.
Kleine Chronik der Godesberger Mineralquellen
Die Historie der für Bad Godesberg bedeutenden Draitsch- und Kurfürstenquelle wird in diesem chronologischen Überblick deutlich gemacht, indem Kupferstiche und andere Bilder sowie vor allem die Personen vorgestellt werden, die als bedeutende Mediziner und Chemiker oder auch als Schriftsteller die Quellen weit über das Rheinland hinaus bekannt gemacht haben. Die Mineral- und Heilwässer werden noch heute im Trinkpavillon (Stadtpark) und am Draitschbrunnen ausgeschenkt.
Prisoners, Lovers, & Spies
This “engrossing study” of invisible ink reveals 2,000 years of scoundrels, heroes and their ingenious methods for concealing messages (Kirkus). In Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies, Kristie Macrakis uncovers the secret history of invisible ink and the ingenious way everything from lemon juice to Gall-nut extract and even certain bodily fluids have been used to conceal and reveal covert communications. From Ancient Rome to the Cold War, spies have been imprisoned or murdered, adultery unmasked, and battles lost because of faulty or intercepted secret messages. Yet, successfully hidden writing has helped save lives, win battles, and ensure privacy—at times changing the course of history. Mac...
