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Women Studies

Wildcat Women Narratives of the Women Breaking Ground in Alaska's Oil and Gas Industry

Williams Carla

ISBN: PB: 9781602233546, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2018
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 halftones, 2 maps

Subzero temperatures, whiteout blizzards, and even the lack of restrooms didn't deter them. Nor did sneers, harassment, and threats".Wildcat Women" is the first book to document the life and labor of pioneering women in the oil fields of Alaska's Nor...

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Political Science

General

Welcoming New Americans? Local Governments and Immigrant Incorporation

Fisher Williamson Abigail

ISBN: PB: 9780226572659, ISBN: HB: 9780226572512, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 line drawings, 15 tables

Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their communities "sanctuary cities" that will limit cooperation with federal immigration...

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Business & Economics

Women Studies

Women Working Longer Increased Employment at Older Ages

Goldin Claudia, Katz Lawrence F.

ISBN: HB: 9780226532509, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 77 line drawings, 70 tables

Today, more American women than ever before stay in the workforce into their sixties and seventies. This trend emerged in the 1980s, and has persisted during the past three decades, despite substantial changes in macroeconomic conditions. Why is this...

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Women Studies

Women, Peace and Security in Northeast India

Kolas Ashild

ISBN: HB: 9789385932304, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, February 2018
220 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

In recent decades, the states in the northeast of India have been home to a number of protracted violent conflicts. And while the role of women's movements in responding to conflict and violence tend to be marginalized both by the media and by schola...

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Women Studies

Health & Wellbeing

Working Woman's Handbook Ideas, Insights, and Inspiration for a Successful Creative Career

ISBN: HB: 9783791383149, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
176 pp., 19x13 cm, 130 black&white illus.

"The Working Woman's Handbook" is a detailed, practical guide that covers the spectrum of establishing and growing a self-made career: from choosing a path and finding clarity, to obtaining clients and setting up a workspace. Author Phoebe Lovatt off...

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Biography & Memoires

Criminology

Wanted The Outlaw Lives of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly

Utley Robert M.

ISBN: PB: 9780300227123, ISBN: HB: 9780300204551, Yale University Press, July 2017
256 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 42 black&white illus.

The oft-told exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly survive vividly in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and Australia. But the outlaws' reputations are so weighted with legend and myth, the truth of their live...

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Women Studies

Women of Honour Madonnas, Godmothers and Informers in the Italian Mafia

Kahn Milka, Veron Anne

ISBN: PB: 9781849048064, Hurst Publishers, April 2017
192 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The role of women in the Italian mafias has long been overlooked. So who are they? Pure and virtuous Madonnas or dangerous Godmothers? Reduced to victim status and relegated to domestic life, women serve as the mafia's respect...

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General

Who Cleans the Park? Public Work and Urban Governance in New York City

Krinsky John, Simonet Maud

ISBN: PB: 9780226435589, ISBN: HB: 9780226435442, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
288 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings, 3 tables

America's public parks are in a golden age. Hundreds of millions of dollars – both public and private – fund urban jewels like Manhattan's Central Park. Keeping the polish on landmark parks and in neighborhood playgrounds alike means that the trash m...

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Law

General

Working Law Courts, Corporations, and Symbolic Civil Rights

Edelman Lauren B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226400761, ISBN: HB: 9780226400624, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 figures, 4 tables

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, virtually all companies have antidiscrimination policies in place. Although these policies represent some progress, women and minorities remain underrepresented within the workplace as a whole and even more...

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General

What is a Refugee?

Maley William

ISBN: PB: 9781849046794, Hurst Publishers, September 2016
280 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! With the recent arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and asylum-seekers, a sense of panic began to spread across the continent and beyond. William Maley's illuminating introduction offers a guide to the complex idea of...

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