"Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History John Coatsworth, Juan Cole,
Michael P. Hanagan, Peter C. ... still depend on two other factors we have
encountered before: their integration with categorical differences, and their
relation to concentrated means of coercion. Although financial capital,
information, and science have incorporated existing distinctions by gender, age,
race, ethnicity, and religion to some ... But th ..."
"The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 1 takes us from the origin of hominids to ancient civilizations, the rise of empires, and the Middle Age ..."
"As long as this army of Hefat is calm, the whole land is calm, but if one steps on
its tail like that of a crocodile, then the north ... monkeys, and baboons, some of
which no doubt reached Punt from further down the African coast or across the
Red Sea. The brilliant blue stone lapis lazuli arrived all the way from Badakhshan
in northeastern Afghanistan, some 2,500 miles ... chariots and horses entered
Egyptian warfare, a fact that ..."
"The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal for undergraduate students. Volume 1 takes us from the origin of hominids to ancient civilizations, the rise of empires, and the Middle Age ..."
"Readable, thoughtful, persuasive, and free of jargon or elaborate theoretical formulations, this work draws on years of research with European newspapers, local studies, and archival materials and builds unobtrusively on the most extensive ..."
"This companion to Volume I presents individually authored papers covering the history, economics, and sociology of women's work and the computer revolution. Topics include the implications for equal employment opportunity in light of new technologies; a case study of the insurance industry and of women in computer-related occupations; a study of temporary, part-time, and at-home employment; and education and retraining opportunities. Ta ..."
"Drawing on the historical changes in five areas--the jobs of telephone operators, workers in the printing and publishing industries, information and data processors, retail clerks, and nurses--this volume offers a comprehensive examination of how microelectronics and telecommunications have affected women's work and their working environments and looks ahead to what can be expected for women workers in the next decade. It also offers pe ..."
"Technology and Women's Employment Panel on Technology and Women's
Employment, Committee on Women's ... where she is also associate director of
the Population Research Center and chair of the Women's Studies Steering
Committee. ... LOUISE A. TILLY is professor of history and sociology on the
Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research and ... Committee of the
Board of the Social Science Research Council, the Council of th ..."
"Consistently provocative, thoroughly original in its methods and conclusions, this book questions virtually every assumption about the conditions underlying collective violence."
"El libro de los Tilly es un clásico en los estudios sobre las acciones colectivas de protesta y violencia realizados desde el ámbito de la sociología histórica."