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Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court
Price:
$95.00
ISBN: 9781487547301
Pub Date: October 2023
Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court reconstructs the life, work, and legacy of an extraordinary woman and prolific writer of the seventeenth century.
The Cartulary of Prémontré
Price:
$175.00
ISBN: 9781487544836
Pub Date: July 2023
This volume presents the first transcription and edition of the thirteenth-century cartulary of Prémontré.
Charm Offensive
Commodifying Femininity in Postwar France
Price:
$39.95
ISBN: 9781487525828
Pub Date: March 2023
This book examines the many forces that shaped postwar French femininity as a desirable commodity, both within France and around the world.
Writing and Rewriting the Reich
Women Journalists in the Nazi and Post-War Press
Price:
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487547219
Pub Date: February 2023
Writing and Rewriting the Reich offers a comprehensive history of German women journalists throughout the Nazi era.
The Queen of Scots
La reina di Scotia
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487544812
Pub Date: February 2023
This is the first English-language annotated edition of La reina di Scotia, one of the earliest dramatic works depicting the tragic end of Mary Queen of Scots.
Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds
Selling Cold War Culture in the US and the USSR
Price:
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487503772
Pub Date: January 2023
Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds focuses on women, gender, and the politics of selling US consumer culture and domesticity during the early Cold War through "polite propaganda."
Feeding Fascism
The Politics of Women’s Food Work
Price:
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487551575
Pub Date: December 2022
Feeding Fascism uses food as a lens to examine how women’s efforts to feed their families became politicized under the Italian dictatorship.
A Woman’s Empire
Russian Women and Imperial Expansion in Asia
Price:
$80.00
ISBN: 9781487545604
Pub Date: November 2022
A Woman's Empire sheds light on how women's voices, activities, and writings were part of Russia's late imperial expansion into Asia.
Rural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada
First-hand Perspectives on Local Public Life and Participation in Electoral Politics
Price:
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487529765
Pub Date: August 2021
Carbert not only contextualizes the results in terms of economic and demographic structures of rural Atlantic Canada, but also considers points of comparison and contrast with other parts of the country.
All Things in Common
A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia
Price:
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487525569
Pub Date: June 2021
All Things in Common explores the history of a Canadian utopian community, highlighting the roles of family, faith, and business pragmatism in its cohesion and longevity.
Health and Healing in the Early Modern Iberian World
A Gendered Perspective
Price:
$68.00
ISBN: 9781487505189
Pub Date: April 2021
This interdisciplinary collection takes a deep dive into early modern Hispanic health and demonstrates the multiples ways medical practices and experiences are tied to gender.
The Trial of Jeanne Catherine
Infanticide in Early Modern Geneva
Price:
$26.95
ISBN: 9781487587673
Pub Date: January 2021
This page-turning translation of a seventeenth-century infanticide trial tells the story of a single mother accused of poisoning two children, including her own.
The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History
Price:
$88.00
ISBN: 9781487508371
Pub Date: October 2020
This is the first historical study to examine changing perceptions of sexual murder and the treatment of "sex killers" while the death penalty was in effect in Canada.
The Soul of Things
Memoir of a Youth Interrupted
Price:
$28.95
ISBN: 9781487525125
Pub Date: October 2020
The Soul of Things is a deeply reflective, evocative, and beautifully written memoir. A bestseller in Hungary, where it has been compared to the works of Primo Levi, it marks an important female contribution to the canon of Holocaust writing.
Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy
Price:
$83.00
ISBN: 9781487532017
Pub Date: February 2020
This book explores motherhood in Greek and Roman literature, focusing on images of mothers and their relationships with their children across a variety of genres.
Reading Canadian Women’s and Gender History
Price:
$42.95
ISBN: 9781442629714
Pub Date: May 2019
By putting past and present scholarship into dialogue with each other, this book addresses accomplishments in Canadian women’s and gender history, as well as ongoing silences and absences.

Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court
$95.00
ISBN: 9781487547301
Pub Date: October 2023
Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court reconstructs the life, work, and legacy of an extraordinary woman and prolific writer of the seventeenth century.
The Cartulary of Prémontré
$175.00
ISBN: 9781487544836
Pub Date: July 2023
This volume presents the first transcription and edition of the thirteenth-century cartulary of Prémontré.
Charm Offensive
Commodifying Femininity in Postwar France
$39.95
ISBN: 9781487525828
Pub Date: March 2023
This book examines the many forces that shaped postwar French femininity as a desirable commodity, both within France and around the world.
Writing and Rewriting the Reich
Women Journalists in the Nazi and Post-War Press
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487547219
Pub Date: February 2023
Writing and Rewriting the Reich offers a comprehensive history of German women journalists throughout the Nazi era.
The Queen of Scots
La reina di Scotia
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487544812
Pub Date: February 2023
This is the first English-language annotated edition of La reina di Scotia, one of the earliest dramatic works depicting the tragic end of Mary Queen of Scots.
Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds
Selling Cold War Culture in the US and the USSR
$85.00
ISBN: 9781487503772
Pub Date: January 2023
Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds focuses on women, gender, and the politics of selling US consumer culture and domesticity during the early Cold War through "polite propaganda."
Feeding Fascism
The Politics of Women’s Food Work
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487551575
Pub Date: December 2022
Feeding Fascism uses food as a lens to examine how women’s efforts to feed their families became politicized under the Italian dictatorship.
A Woman’s Empire
Russian Women and Imperial Expansion in Asia
$80.00
ISBN: 9781487545604
Pub Date: November 2022
A Woman's Empire sheds light on how women's voices, activities, and writings were part of Russia's late imperial expansion into Asia.
Rural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada
First-hand Perspectives on Local Public Life and Participation in Electoral Politics
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487529765
Pub Date: August 2021
Carbert not only contextualizes the results in terms of economic and demographic structures of rural Atlantic Canada, but also considers points of comparison and contrast with other parts of the country.
All Things in Common
A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia
$31.95
ISBN: 9781487525569
Pub Date: June 2021
All Things in Common explores the history of a Canadian utopian community, highlighting the roles of family, faith, and business pragmatism in its cohesion and longevity.
Health and Healing in the Early Modern Iberian World
A Gendered Perspective
$68.00
ISBN: 9781487505189
Pub Date: April 2021
This interdisciplinary collection takes a deep dive into early modern Hispanic health and demonstrates the multiples ways medical practices and experiences are tied to gender.
The Trial of Jeanne Catherine
Infanticide in Early Modern Geneva
$26.95
ISBN: 9781487587673
Pub Date: January 2021
This page-turning translation of a seventeenth-century infanticide trial tells the story of a single mother accused of poisoning two children, including her own.
The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History
$88.00
ISBN: 9781487508371
Pub Date: October 2020
This is the first historical study to examine changing perceptions of sexual murder and the treatment of "sex killers" while the death penalty was in effect in Canada.
The Soul of Things
Memoir of a Youth Interrupted
$28.95
ISBN: 9781487525125
Pub Date: October 2020
The Soul of Things is a deeply reflective, evocative, and beautifully written memoir. A bestseller in Hungary, where it has been compared to the works of Primo Levi, it marks an important female contribution to the canon of Holocaust writing.
Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy
$83.00
ISBN: 9781487532017
Pub Date: February 2020
This book explores motherhood in Greek and Roman literature, focusing on images of mothers and their relationships with their children across a variety of genres.
Reading Canadian Women’s and Gender History
$42.95
ISBN: 9781442629714
Pub Date: May 2019
By putting past and present scholarship into dialogue with each other, this book addresses accomplishments in Canadian women’s and gender history, as well as ongoing silences and absences.