Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure 9781553654339, 1553654331

The first women archaeologists were Victorian era adventurers who felt most at home when farthest from it. Canvas tents

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""If you're looking to shake up your concept of Victorian women, these stories of adventure may be your c

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Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of remarkable women who left the security and comforts of genteel Victorian soci

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Against a backdrop of increasing democracy and the associated process of aristocratic decline, this book examines the po

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This is the first definitive account of Fruitlands, one of history’s most unsuccessful—but most significant—utopian expe

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The Eastern Church venerates among its saints several Early Christian women whose teaching and wisdom contribute to the

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The Eastern Church venerates among its saints several Early Christian women whose teaching and wisdom contribute to the

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The issue of a woman’s place—and the possibility that she might stray from it—was one of early modern Italy’s most persi

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