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Luxury After the Terror
When Louis XVI was guillotined on January 21, 1793, vast networks of production that had provided splendor and sophistication to the royal court were severed. Although the king’s royal possessions—from drapery and tableware to clocks and furniture suites—were scattered and destroyed, many of the artists who made them found ways to survive. This book explores the fabrication, circulation, and survival of French luxury after the death of the king. Spanning the final years of the ancien régime from the 1790s to the first two decades of the nineteenth century, this richly illustrated book positions luxury within the turbulent politics of dispersal, disinheritance, and dispossession. Explo...
Defending Battered Women on Trial
In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of "battered woman syndrome" was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the trials of eleven battered women, ten of whom killed their partners, in the fifteen years since Lavallee. Drawing extensively on trial transcripts and a rich expanse of interdisciplinary sources, the author looks at the evidence produced at trial and at how self-defence was argued. By illuminating these cases, this book uncovers the practical and legal dilemmas faced by battered women on trial for murder.
Canadian Hospital Directory
With v. 39: Includes sections on hospitals, outpatient health service centers, nursing stations/health centers, health associations and allied organizations, and educational programs. Also, includes bed distribution tables and a buyers' guide (manufacturers and distributors, products and services).
Autour de toi, Tristan
"A travers les saisons, de juillet 1939 à octobre 1942, ce roman décrit l'existence de quatre familles de Canadiens français, habitant la même rue, dans une petite ville du Canada."--Page 4 of cover.
