History

Transgender History By:Susan Stryker Published on 2009-01-07 by Seal Press Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events. Chapters cover the transsexual and transvestite communities in the years following World War II; trans radicalism and social change, which spanned from 1966 with the publication of The Transsexual Phenomenon, and lasted through the early 1970s; the mid-'70s to 1990-the era of identity politics and the changes witnessed in trans circles through these years; and the gender issues witnessed through the '90s and '00s. Transgender History includes informative sidebars highlighting quotes from major texts and speeches in transgender history and brief biographies of key players, plus excerpts from transgender memoirs and discussion of treatments of transgenderism in popular cu...

Gender and the Politics of History By:Joan Wallach Scott Published on 1999 by Columbia University Press The classic work, now with a preface and a new chapter reassessing the usefulness of the gender category. Scott, a renowned feminist historian, critiques women's history and gender inequality. Exploring topics ranging from language and gender to the politics of work and family, Gender and the Politics of History is a crucial interrogation of the uses of gender as a tool for cultural and historical analysis. This Book was ranked at 36 by Google Books for keyword History. Book ID of Gender and the Politics of History's Books is o2lApVRwxEoC, Book which was written byJoan Wallach Scotthave ETAG "F8l07TaRPGw" Book which was published by Columbia University Press since 1999 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780231118576 and ISBN 10 Code is 0231118570 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "267 Pages" is Printed...

The Persistence of History By:Vivian Carol Sobchack Published on 1996 by Psychology Press In the aftermath of the Holocaust, the Rodney King beating, the O.J. Simpson trial, what is to count as history, and how can it be recounted? This is an anthology of essays from major film scholars and historians which focuses on a radical contemporary challenge to historical representation in film. This challenge is brought about by what the collection terms the modernist event - novel historical occurrences unthinkable before the 20th century and raised to visibility, if not intelligibility, through the mass mediations of film and television. Contributors look at how the moving image has not only challenged, but completely altered, traditional modes of historical thought and representation. Exploring a range of film and video texts, from The Ten Commandments to the Rodney King video, from the projected work of documentarian Errol Morris to Oliver Stone's JFK and Steven Spielberg's Schind...

Media Studies: Media history, media and society By:Pieter J. Fourie Published on 2007 by Juta and Company Ltd While examining exactly who owns the media and who produces the media, this text manages to encompass the systematic, critical, and analytical media in all its forms and concludes that the media is one of the most important generators and disseminators of meaning in contemporary society. Investigating the power relationships between the media and politics, culture, economy, society, and above all, democracy, this resource is well-suited for anyone with an interest in the modern role of media in society. This Book was ranked at 2 by Google Books for keyword History. Book ID of Media Studies: Media history, media and society's Books is MrlnwlKQDr4C, Book which was written byPieter J. Fouriehave ETAG "w4aBr9hq3s4" Book which was published by Juta and Company Ltd since 2007 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780702176920 and ISBN 10 Code is 0702176923 Reading Mode in Text...

Changing Women, Changing History By:Diana Lynn Pedersen Published on 1996 by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP This Book was ranked at 3 by Google Books for keyword History. Book ID of Changing Women, Changing History's Books is iyXrGHOHyBAC, Book which was written byDiana Lynn Pedersenhave ETAG "W5342+m3Owk" Book which was published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP since 1996 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780886292805 and ISBN 10 Code is 0886292808 Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "253 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at "" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is false Book Preview

Crime and Punishment: A History of the Criminal Justice System By:Mitchel Roth Published on 2010-06-02 by Cengage Learning Authoritative and engaging, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: A HISTORY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, 2e delivers a comprehensive examination of the history of the criminal justice system. Roth begins with a discussion of system’s roots in the ancient world and Great Britain and carries the narrative all the way through the 21st Century and the impact of terrorism and white collar crime on today’s criminal justice institutions. Written by a historian and criminologist, the text goes in depth to demonstrate how history has shaped the present criminal justice system and how it affects public policy being established today. It offers intriguing insight into the people--such as Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover--and events--like the Innocence Project--that impacted the evolution of the American system. In addition to its thorough coverage of history, the Second Edition explo...

Burdens of History By:Antoinette M. Burton Published on 1994 by Univ of North Carolina Press In this study of British middle-class feminism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Antoinette Burton explores an important but neglected historical dimension of the relationship between feminism and imperialism. Demonstrating how feminis This Book was ranked at 41 by Google Books for keyword History. Book ID of Burdens of History's Books is sDZL9T8OHJkC, Book which was written byAntoinette M. Burtonhave ETAG "HVj/B0az7C8" Book which was published by Univ of North Carolina Press since 1994 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780807844717 and ISBN 10 Code is 0807844713 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is false Book which have "301 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was rated by 1 Raters and have average rate at "1.0" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was writte...

Humour and History By:Keith Cameron Published on 1993-01 by Intellect Books Aristotle felt that laughter was a distinctive trait of humanity and one that distinguished humans from the animals. On the other hand, the very existence of human beings could be considered a 'joke'. This title offers an insight into the role humour has played in various European cultures throughout their history. This Book was ranked at 27 by Google Books for keyword History. Book ID of Humour and History's Books is JI9aKq-B5ysC, Book which was written byKeith Cameronhave ETAG "phLxyhFkH0M" Book which was published by Intellect Books since 1993-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781871516807 and ISBN 10 Code is 1871516803 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "158 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategorySocial Science This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at "" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status...