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The essays in this collection theorize the complicated intersection of the black female body and its Western symbolic meanings from the 19th century through to the present day.

This collection of Haig's papers provides an overview on what is known about genomic imprinting at the turn of the 21st century. The papers cover "paternal" and "maternal" active genes and how they are competing against each other, and fundamental theories about what it means to be an individal.

Focusing on three developments, this study chronicles the many failed efforts of the Chicago Housing Authority to combat crime and improve its high-rise developments. The authors reveal the dilemmas facing women and children who are often victims or witnesses of violent crime.

There is a forgotten history to our current debates over reproductive technology - one interweaving literature and science, profoundly gendered, filled with choices and struggles. Babies in Bottles retrieves some of that history by analysing the literary and popular science writings of Julian Huxley, J.B.S. Haldane, Charlotte Haldane, Aldous Huxley, and Naomi Mitchison.

In industrialized democracies, a broad consensus developed that children should not work, but rather learn and play in settings designed and built with these specific purposes in mind. Here, the authors extract common threads in children's understandings of their material worlds, and show how the experience of modernity varies for young people.

Despite its size and its economic impact, the US arts community is not articulate about how it serves the public interest. This book encourages policy makers to investigate the crucial importance of the arts in the US, aiming to to provide new ideas, concepts and data.

Was the electric car ever a viable competitor for the petrol one? This book examines the relationship of technology, society and environment to choice, policy and outcome in the history of American transportation.

Takes a long view on the figure of the femme fatale, exploring her style, language, and stories from silent cinema to contemporary television. Julie Grossman explores the notions of female ambition, frustration, and intelligence that undergird the power and fascination of the femme fatale across time and media.

Illuminates the careers of twelve women leaders whose experiences reveal the complexities of contemporary academic leadership through the intersection of gender, race, and institutional culture. The chapters combine interviews and research to create distinct case studies that identify the obstacles that challenged each woman's leadership.

Investigates the myriad ways that Asians throughout the Americas use language, literature, religion, commerce, and other cultural practices to establish a sense of community, commemorate their countries of origin, and anticipate the possibilities presented by life in a new land. This volume provides an illuminating portrait of how immigrants negotiate between their native and adopted cultures.

Using vintage photographs, interviews and archival material, this text tells the story of a remarkable American neighbourhood, Newark's old First Ward. Boasting the nation's fifth largest Italian population, the First Ward was a quintessential urban community.

First published in 1980, Beyond Geography continues to influence its readers. This new edition, prepared for the Columbus quincentennial, includes a new introduction by T.H. Watkins and a new preface by the author. As the public debates Columbus' legacy, it is important to learn of the spiritual background of European domination of the Americas.

Viewing death as a natural event, hospices seek to enable people to live as fully and painlessly as possible. Award-winning medical historian Emily Abel provides insight into several important issues surrounding the growth of hospice care. Using a unique set of records, this book expands our understanding of the history of US hospices.