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Hace 5 días · I was delighted to read Paula Bartley's flattering review of Sex, Gender and Social Change in Britain since 1880, which is the kind of review historians dream about.It would be lazy, though true, to say that my choices as to what went in and what didn't were affected by the length limitations of the format for the textbook series - my editor did very kindly grant me a 20,000 word extension ...
Hace 1 día · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
Hace 2 días · Book: The Invisible Woman: Aspects of Women's Work in Eighteenth-Century Britain. edited by: Isabelle Baudino, Jacques Carré, Cécile Révauger. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2005, ISBN: 9780754635727; Price: £48.99. Women's Work and Identity in Eighteenth-Century Brittany. Nancy Locklin.
Hace 5 días · Sirimavo Bandaranaika (1916-2000) was the modern world's first female Head of Government. She became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (known as Ceylon at the time) in 1960. She held office three time (1960-1965, 1970-1977 and 1994-2000. The least 70% of the population of Sri Lanka are Theravada Buddists.
Hace 5 días · This list of genocides includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocides that are recognised in significant scholarship as genocides. It excludes mass killings which have not been explicitly defined as genocidal, but called mass murder, crimes against humanity, politicide, classicide, or war crimes, such as the Thirty Years' War (4.5 to 8 million deaths ...
Hace 3 días · This is a ground-breaking social history of single men and women in England from the early to the mid-20th century. Up until recently, historians of the family have prioritised the experiences of those men and women who married and became parents. This book draws on an admirably wide range of sources (including oral history, autobiography ...
Hace 3 días · The National Labor Union (NLU), founded in 1866, was the first national labor federation in the United States. It was dissolved in 1872. The regional Order of the Knights of St. Crispin was founded in the northeast in 1867 and claimed 50,000 members by 1870, by far the largest union in the country.
