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Languages : en
Pages : 1274
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House documents
Author: In the Matter of Josef Mengele
Author: Neal M. SherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intelligence service
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Decisions of the Commission
Author: United States. Federal Communications CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Broadcasting
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Paradoxes of Gender
Author: Judith LorberPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300064971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
In this pathbreaking book, a well-known feminist and sociologist--who is also the Founding Editor of Gender & Society--challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber views gender as wholly a product of socialization subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation. In her new paradigm, gender is an institution comparable to the economy, the family, and religion in its significance and consequences. Drawing on many schools of feminist scholarship and on research from anthropology, history, sociology, social psychology, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies, Lorber explores different paradoxes of gender: --why we speak of only two "opposite sexes" when there is such a variety of sexual behaviors and relationships; --why transvestites, transsexuals, and hermaphrodites do not affect the conceptualization of two genders and two sexes in Western societies; --why most of our cultural images of women are the way men see them and not the way women see themselves; --why all women in modern society are expected to have children and be the primary caretaker; --why domestic work is almost always the sole responsibility of wives, even when they earn more than half the family income; --why there are so few women in positions of authority, when women can be found in substantial numbers in many occupations and professions; --why women have not benefited from major social revolutions. Lorber argues that the whole point of the gender system today is to maintain structured gender inequality--to produce a subordinate class (women) that can be exploited as workers, sexual partners, childbearers, and emotional nurturers. Calling into question the inevitability and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize economic, educational, and cultural resources or the positions of power.
Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, The Paralympic Athlete
Author: Yves VanlandewijckPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9781444334043
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This brand new Handbook addresses Paralympic sports and athletes, providing practical information on the medical issues, biological factors in the performance of the sports and physical conditioning. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction of the Paralympic athlete, followed by discipline-specific reviews from leading authorities in disability sport science, each covering the biomechanics, physiology, medicine, philosophy, sociology and psychology of the discipline. The Paralympic Athlete also addresses recent assessment and training tools to enhance the performance of athletes, particularly useful for trainers and coaches, and examples of best practice on athletes' scientific counseling are also presented. This new title sits in a series of specialist reference volumes, ideal for the use of professionals working directly with competitive athletes.
Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of AgriculturePublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Einstein's Opponents
Author: Milena WazeckPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107017440
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Exploring the ferocious opposition which once surrounded the theory of relativity, this fascinating account details the strategies and motivations of Einstein's detractors. A unique insight into the dynamics of scientific controversies, ideal for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of physics, popular science, and the public understanding of science.
Public general laws
Author: MarylandA Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America
Author: Steven FosterPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395988145
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. 300+ color photos.
Face to Face with Kaiserism
Author: James Watson GerardPublisher:
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Category : Duitsland
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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