Search Results: Women's Studies from The Brooklyn Bookman

THURMAN, Judith: Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire. New York, Picador/Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007. Stated First Picador Edition: 2008. Softcover, 427 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays / Literary / Women's Studies. Condition: Good. The main defect of the book involves ruffling of pages (page corners and edges bent). Otherwise a copy in readable condition with all pages clean and unmarked. This book "is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles , representing twenty years of Judith Thurman's writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and 'women's work' – a term that in her definition, encompasses haute couture, literature, and ruling empires...these essays hint at the central occupations of a uniquely inquisitive mind." ISBN: 9780312427757

SEAGRAVES, Anne: Daughters of the West. Hayden, ID, Wesanne Publications, 1996. Trade Paperback, 176 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History – The American West / Women's Studies. Condition: Very Good Plus. Small crease found at the front cover's edge. Otherwise a copy in excellent condition with clean and unmarked pages. Fully illustrated throughout. Fascinating study of how the "West was won" - by members of the opposite sex! An intelligent and colorful contribution to the history of the American West. ISBN: 9780961908850

BRIZENDINE, Louann: The Female Brain. New York, Broadway Books, 2006. Paperback, 279 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Brain-Psychology & Physiology / Female Psychology. Condition: Very Good. Light edge-wear to the extremities of the book-spine. No other visible defects. All pages clean and not marked. The biological foundations of human behavior – from a female perspective – clearly explained and analyzed for the layperson. ISBN: 9780767920100

BOHRER, Melissa Lukeman: Glory, Passion, and Principle: The Story of Eight Remarkable Women at the Core of the American Revolution. New York, Atria, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 272 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History-American / American Revolution, 1765-1791 / History & Biography / Women's Studies. Book & jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Gently used copy with a remainder mark on the underside. All pages unmarked and clean. A bit of rubbing to the jacket extremities. A first-rate copy overall in a near-fine dust wrapper with an attractive cover. Fascinating account of the founding heroines of the American War of Independence. A must read for students of women's studies and history enthusiasts. ISBN: 0743453301

BARKER-BENFIELD, G.J.: The Horrors of the Half-Known Life: Male Attitudes Towards Women and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century America. New York, Harper and Row, 1977. First Paperback Edition. Originally published in 1976. Paperback, 352 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History / Women's Studies. Condition: Good. Slight curling to the covers. Line soiling to the interior front cover and endpaper. Some underlining of pages throughout but quite readable. A decent-looking copy all-in-all. A penetrating and insightful study regarding sexual relations and patriarchy "that male 'freedom' is contingent on the subordination of the opposite sex." Essential reading for those interested in history and feminist thought. ISBN: 0060905395

ROBB, George: Ladies of the Ticker: Women and Wall Street from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 2017. First Edition. Softcover, 248 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Women's Studies / American History-Women and Finance. Condition: Like New. A very gently used copy with all pages clean and bright. A unique look and study regarding the emergent and vital role played by women in the development of American finance dating from the Gilded Age up to the aftermath of the Great Depression. An important contribution to women's studies and American economic history. ISBN: 9780252082719

ROSEN, Ruth: The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America, 1900-1918. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. Stated Second Printing. (Originally published in 1982.) Paperback, 245 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History-U.S. Prostitution – early twentieth century / History-Women's Studies. Condition: Good Plus. Creasing to the front cover near the lower left hand corner. Corner chip at the upper part of the book-spine. All pages clean and unmarked. Cogent and well-researched history of a topic all too neglected by previous scholars. A necessary addition – from a feminist perspective - to the literature of American social history. ISBN: 0801826659

GLUCKEL of Hameln: The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln. New York, Schocken Books, 1989. Originally published in 1932. First Schocken Books Edition published in 1977. Translated with notes by Marvin Lowenthal. Softcover, 295 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History / Autobiography & Memoir / Women's Studies / Jewish Studies. Condition: Very Good. Very faint edge-wear to the lower extremities with light bumps to the lower corners. All pages unmarked and clean. "Begun in 1690, this diary...tells how she [Gluckel] guided the financial and personal destines of her children, how she engaged in trade...Her memoir, a rare account enlightens not just her children , for whom she wrote it, but all posterity about her life and community. Gluckel speaks to us with determination and humor from the seventeenth century. She tells of...all human events that befell her during her lifetime. She writes in a matter of fact way of the frightening and precarious situation under which the Jews of northern Germany lived....This memoir… Read More

DOUGLAS, Susan J. & MICHAELS, Meredith W.: The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined Women. New York, Free Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 383 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Family and Relationships / Motherhood / Womens Studies. Book & jacket condition: Very Good. Some edge-wear to the top front flap and light wear to extremities of jacket. Light sunning to pages but all clean and unmarked. A near-fine copy in a near first-rate dust wrapper. A deft scholarly analysis concerning the idealized notions and realities of the so-called New Motherhood. ISBN: 0743259998

COTT, Nancy F.(Editor): No Small Courage: A History of Women in the United States. Oxford & New York, Oxford University Press, 2000. Later Edition: 2004. Softcover, 646 pp. Subject: Nonfiction/History- Women - U.S./Women's Studies. Condition: Good. Evident crease to the book's spine, but all pages are fully intact. Bumping to the corner tips. Some underlining to the pages as well, but with clear text and fully readable. Scholarly and comprehensive survey of American history from the perspective of women from Colonial time to the present day. Replete with individual stories and primary sources, this book is a must for students of women's studies and history buffs alike. ISBN: 9780195173239

PAGLIA, Camille: Sex, Art and American Culture: Essays. New York, Vintage, 1992. Stated First Edition. Softcover, 337 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / U.S.- Popular Culture – History / Feminism / Essay Collections. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light wear to extremities evident. Pages slightly toned but unmarked. A collection of insightful essays by America's most controversial feminist cultural critic. ISBN: 0679741011