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{"id":6538903289945,"title":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","handle":"thinking-woman-dragseth-93","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:41-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:22:29-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2995,"compare_at_price_min":2995,"compare_at_price_max":2995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256751046745,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA286-Dragseth","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2995,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781625646347","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Thinking Woman by Jennifer Dragseth '93","id":20239954640985,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba286-dragseth-thinking.jpg?v=1614802951","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? \u003cem\u003eThinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as women. Some, like Hildegard of Bingen and Edith Stein, found women to be a unique creature designed by God, necessary for good stewardship of creation. Others, such as Mary Wollstonecraft and Sojourner Truth, found women to be identical to men in all but biology and thus identical before the law. Still others, from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler, found the very question troubling as they tried to sort out cultural ideas from biological rules. These women and their views form a canon on the question of women, a canon that can help guide the conversation for thinkers and activists today who want both to understand women and to advocate for justice for all people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Thinking Woman by Jennifer Dragseth '93

Thinking Woman - Dragseth '93

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By Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Class of 1993 What does it mean to be a woman? Do women have a unique nature and a unique vocation? Should feminists work to help women specifically or to support all people? Thinking Woman examines the lives and ideas of women in the history of philosophy who wished to understand and advocate for themselves as w...


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{"id":6538898964569,"title":"Forging the Ideal Educated Girl - Khoja-Moolji","handle":"forging-the-ideal-educated-girl-khoja-moolji","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Shenila Khoja-Moolji,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/skhoja\/\" title=\"Shenila Khoja-Moolji faculty profile\"\u003e Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eForging the Ideal Educated Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the figure of the ‘educated girl’ to examine the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associated with calls for women’s and girls’ education and argues that such advocacy is not simply about access to education but, more crucially, concerned with producing ideal Muslim woman-\/girl-subjects with specific relationships to the patriarchal family, paid work, Islam, and the nation-state. Thus, discourses on girls’\/ women’s education are sites for the construction of not only gender but also class relations, religion, and the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:15:12-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:15:02-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":3495,"price_min":3495,"price_max":3495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3495,"compare_at_price_min":3495,"compare_at_price_max":3495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256730861657,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF285-Khoja-Moolji","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Forging the Ideal Educated Girl - Khoja-Moolji","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3495,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780520298408","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf-khojamoolji-forging.jpg?v=1614802504"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf-khojamoolji-forging.jpg?v=1614802504","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Forging the Ideal Educated Girl by Shenila Khoja-Moolji","id":20239929770073,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf-khojamoolji-forging.jpg?v=1614802504"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf-khojamoolji-forging.jpg?v=1614802504","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Shenila Khoja-Moolji,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/skhoja\/\" title=\"Shenila Khoja-Moolji faculty profile\"\u003e Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eForging the Ideal Educated Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the figure of the ‘educated girl’ to examine the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associated with calls for women’s and girls’ education and argues that such advocacy is not simply about access to education but, more crucially, concerned with producing ideal Muslim woman-\/girl-subjects with specific relationships to the patriarchal family, paid work, Islam, and the nation-state. Thus, discourses on girls’\/ women’s education are sites for the construction of not only gender but also class relations, religion, and the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Forging the Ideal Educated Girl by Shenila Khoja-Moolji

Forging the Ideal Educated Girl - Khoja-Moolji

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By Shenila Khoja-Moolji, Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies In Forging the Ideal Educated Girl, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the figure of the ‘educated girl’ to examine the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associ...


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{"id":6538896113753,"title":"Time Use of Mothers — Connelly","handle":"time-use-of-mothers-connelly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Rachel Connelly, \u003ca title=\"Rachel Connelly faculty profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/connelly\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/connelly\/\"\u003eBion R. Cram Professor of Economics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Jean Kimmell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on the time use of mothers of preteenaged children in the United States from 2003 to 2006. We explore how mothers at the start of the twenty-first century are using their time in order to better understand their lives, the lives of their partners, and the lives of their children. Differences in the time choices American mothers make will have important implications for their own well-being and the well-being of family members. The study of maternal time use is hugely important because of the relationship between quality caregiving and child well-being. Additionally, employers looking for new labor pools are also affected by the time use choices of mothers of young children because 60 percent of American mothers with young children are employed. The time choices of mothers in the United States also affect policymakers' thinking about things such as educational policy, the role that taxes play in the allocation of time between paid and unpaid activities, and possible expansion of publicly funded preschool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:08:33-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:08:10-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":1800,"price_min":1800,"price_max":1800,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1800,"compare_at_price_min":1800,"compare_at_price_max":1800,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256708546649,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF284","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Time Use of Mothers — Connelly","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1800,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1800,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780880993685","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf284-connelly-time.jpg?v=1614802600"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf284-connelly-time.jpg?v=1614802600","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Time Use of Mothers by Rachel Connelly","id":20239906766937,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf284-connelly-time.jpg?v=1614802600"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf284-connelly-time.jpg?v=1614802600","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Rachel Connelly, \u003ca title=\"Rachel Connelly faculty profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/connelly\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/connelly\/\"\u003eBion R. Cram Professor of Economics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Jean Kimmell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on the time use of mothers of preteenaged children in the United States from 2003 to 2006. We explore how mothers at the start of the twenty-first century are using their time in order to better understand their lives, the lives of their partners, and the lives of their children. Differences in the time choices American mothers make will have important implications for their own well-being and the well-being of family members. The study of maternal time use is hugely important because of the relationship between quality caregiving and child well-being. Additionally, employers looking for new labor pools are also affected by the time use choices of mothers of young children because 60 percent of American mothers with young children are employed. The time choices of mothers in the United States also affect policymakers' thinking about things such as educational policy, the role that taxes play in the allocation of time between paid and unpaid activities, and possible expansion of publicly funded preschool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Time Use of Mothers by Rachel Connelly

Time Use of Mothers — Connelly

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By Rachel Connelly, Bion R. Cram Professor of Economicsand Jean Kimmell This book focuses on the time use of mothers of preteenaged children in the United States from 2003 to 2006. We explore how mothers at the start of the twenty-first century are using their time in order to better understand their lives, the lives of their partners, and the l...


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Gendered Bodies — Cui
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{"id":6538892181593,"title":"Gendered Bodies — Cui","handle":"gendered-bodies-cui","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Shuqin Cui, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/scui2\/index.html\" title=\"Shuqin Cui faculty profile\"\u003eBowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces readers to women's visual art in contemporary China by examining how the visual process of gendering reshapes understandings of historiography, sexuality, pain, and space. When artists take the body as the subject of female experience and the medium of aesthetic experiment, they reveal a wealth of noncanonical approaches to art. The insertion of women's narratives into Chinese art history rewrites a historiography that has denied legitimacy to the woman artist. The gendering of sexuality reveals that the female body incites pleasure in women themselves, reversing the dynamic from woman as desired object to woman as desiring subject. The gendering of pain demonstrates that for those haunted by the sociopolitical past, the body can articulate traumatic memories and psychological torment. The gendering of space transforms the female body into an emblem of landscape devastation, remaps ruin aesthetics, and extends the politics of gender identity into cyberspace and virtual reality. The book presents a critical review of women's art in contemporary China in relation to art traditions, classical and contemporary. Inscribing the female body into art generates not only visual experimentation, but also interaction between local art\/cultural production and global perception. While artists may seek inspiration and exhibition space abroad, they often reject the (Western) label “feminist artist.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-03T15:01:20-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T15:00:03-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Art","Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":5299,"price_min":5299,"price_max":5299,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":5500,"compare_at_price_min":5500,"compare_at_price_max":5500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39256665817177,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF283-Cui","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Gendered Bodies — Cui","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5299,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":5500,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780824840037","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf283-cui-gendered.jpg?v=1614802570"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf283-cui-gendered.jpg?v=1614802570","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Gendered Bodies by Shuqin Cui","id":20239877701721,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf283-cui-gendered.jpg?v=1614802570"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf283-cui-gendered.jpg?v=1614802570","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Shuqin Cui, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/scui2\/index.html\" title=\"Shuqin Cui faculty profile\"\u003eBowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces readers to women's visual art in contemporary China by examining how the visual process of gendering reshapes understandings of historiography, sexuality, pain, and space. When artists take the body as the subject of female experience and the medium of aesthetic experiment, they reveal a wealth of noncanonical approaches to art. The insertion of women's narratives into Chinese art history rewrites a historiography that has denied legitimacy to the woman artist. The gendering of sexuality reveals that the female body incites pleasure in women themselves, reversing the dynamic from woman as desired object to woman as desiring subject. The gendering of pain demonstrates that for those haunted by the sociopolitical past, the body can articulate traumatic memories and psychological torment. The gendering of space transforms the female body into an emblem of landscape devastation, remaps ruin aesthetics, and extends the politics of gender identity into cyberspace and virtual reality. The book presents a critical review of women's art in contemporary China in relation to art traditions, classical and contemporary. Inscribing the female body into art generates not only visual experimentation, but also interaction between local art\/cultural production and global perception. While artists may seek inspiration and exhibition space abroad, they often reject the (Western) label “feminist artist.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Gendered Bodies — Cui

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By Shuqin Cui, Bowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies This book introduces readers to women's visual art in contemporary China by examining how the visual process of gendering reshapes understandings of historiography, sexuality, pain, and space. When artists take the body as the subject of female experience and the medium of aest...


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{"id":4786554011737,"title":"Success Simplified — Fuller '61","handle":"success-simplified-simple-solutions-measurable-results","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Ted Fuller, Class of 1961\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA refreshingly practical compilation revealing simple time tested strategies that produce measurable results in business and in life. The book features best-selling authors Stephen Covey (\u003cem\u003eThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People\u003c\/em\u003e), Dr. Tony Alessandra (\u003cem\u003eThe New Art of Managing People\u003c\/em\u003e), and Patricia Fripp (Award-winning Professional Keynote Speaker). Templer, Covey, Alessandra and Fripp, are joined by other well-known authors and speakers \u003cstrong\u003e[including Ted Fuller '61],\u003c\/strong\u003e each offering time-tested strategies for success in frank and intimate interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-06T17:14:37-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-06T17:14:24-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Non-Fiction"],"price":1299,"price_min":1299,"price_max":1299,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1299,"compare_at_price_min":1299,"compare_at_price_max":1299,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32375619715161,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA276-Fuller","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Success Simplified — Fuller '61","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1299,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1299,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781600135972","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba276-fuller-success.jpg?v=1614019778"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba276-fuller-success.jpg?v=1614019778","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Success Simplified","id":7515772420185,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba276-fuller-success.jpg?v=1614019778"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba276-fuller-success.jpg?v=1614019778","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Ted Fuller, Class of 1961\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA refreshingly practical compilation revealing simple time tested strategies that produce measurable results in business and in life. The book features best-selling authors Stephen Covey (\u003cem\u003eThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People\u003c\/em\u003e), Dr. Tony Alessandra (\u003cem\u003eThe New Art of Managing People\u003c\/em\u003e), and Patricia Fripp (Award-winning Professional Keynote Speaker). Templer, Covey, Alessandra and Fripp, are joined by other well-known authors and speakers \u003cstrong\u003e[including Ted Fuller '61],\u003c\/strong\u003e each offering time-tested strategies for success in frank and intimate interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Success Simplified — Fuller '61

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Contributor Ted Fuller, Class of 1961 A refreshingly practical compilation revealing simple time tested strategies that produce measurable results in business and in life. The book features best-selling authors Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People), Dr. Tony Alessandra (The New Art of Managing People), and Patricia Fripp (Award...


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{"id":4785182965849,"title":"Sutton E. Griggs — Chakkalakal","handle":"jim-crow-literature-and-the-legacy-of-sutton-e-griggs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/tchakkal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tess Chakkalakal faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTess Chakkalakal\u003c\/a\u003e, Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English, Director of Africana Studies Program, and Kenneth W. Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspaper editor from Texas, Sutton E. 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By taking up Griggs's work, these essays open up a new historical perspective on African American literature and the terms that continue to shape American political thought and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-03T16:55:42-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-03T16:49:02-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2995,"compare_at_price_min":2995,"compare_at_price_max":2995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32371826229337,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF266-Chakkalakal","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sutton E. 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Edited by Tess Chakkalakal, Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English, Director of Africana Studies Program, and Kenneth W. Warren Imperium in Imperio (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspap...


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By Judith Casselberry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies In The Labor of Faith Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the women of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., which is based in Harlem and one of the oldest and largest historically Black Pentecostal denominations in the United S...


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By Meghan Cox Gurdon '86 A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of a...


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{"id":4670445355097,"title":"The Democratization of Invention — Khan","handle":"the-democratization-of-invention-patents-and-copyrights-in-american-economic-development-1790-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Zorina Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/bkhan\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zorina Khan Faculty Bio\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Economics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn examination of the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century,' this book compares the American system to developments in the more oligarchic societies of France and Britain. The United States created the first modern patent system and its policies were the most liberal in the world toward inventors. Individuals who did not have the resources to directly exploit their inventions benefited disproportionately from secure property rights and the operation of efficient markets. When markets expanded, these inventors contributed to the proliferation of new technologies and improvements. In contrast to its leadership in the area of patents, the US copyright regime was among the weakest in the world, in keeping with its utilitarian objective of promoting the general welfare. American patent and copyright institutions promoted a process of democratization that not only furthered economic and technological progress but also provided a conduit for the creativity and achievements of disadvantaged groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-06-30T09:53:00-04:00","created_at":"2020-06-30T09:52:59-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":3599,"price_min":3599,"price_max":3599,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3599,"compare_at_price_min":3599,"compare_at_price_max":3599,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32020273528921,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF247-Khan","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Democratization of Invention — Khan","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3599,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3599,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780521747202","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790–1920 by B. Zorina Khan, Professor of Economics","id":7518590795865,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Zorina Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/bkhan\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zorina Khan Faculty Bio\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Economics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn examination of the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century,' this book compares the American system to developments in the more oligarchic societies of France and Britain. The United States created the first modern patent system and its policies were the most liberal in the world toward inventors. Individuals who did not have the resources to directly exploit their inventions benefited disproportionately from secure property rights and the operation of efficient markets. When markets expanded, these inventors contributed to the proliferation of new technologies and improvements. In contrast to its leadership in the area of patents, the US copyright regime was among the weakest in the world, in keeping with its utilitarian objective of promoting the general welfare. American patent and copyright institutions promoted a process of democratization that not only furthered economic and technological progress but also provided a conduit for the creativity and achievements of disadvantaged groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e"}
The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790–1920 by B. Zorina Khan, Professor of Economics

The Democratization of Invention — Khan

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By Zorina KhanProfessor of Economics An examination of the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century,' this book compares the American system to developments in the more oligarchic societies of France and Britain. The United States created the first modern patent system and its policies wer...


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Hockey: A Global History, by Stephen Hardy

Hockey: A Global History — Hardy '70

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By Stephen Hardy, Class of 1970, & Andrew C. Holman Long considered Canadian, ice hockey is in truth a worldwide phenomenon--and has been for centuries. In Hockey: A Global History, Stephen Hardy and Andrew C. Holman draw on twenty-five years of research to present THE monumental end-to-end history of the sport. Here is the story of on-ice s...


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{"id":1879092691033,"title":"On the Other Side of Freedom — McKesson '07","handle":"on-the-other-side-of-freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Deray McKesson, Class of 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn August 2014, twenty-nine-year-old activist DeRay Mckesson stood with hundreds of others on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to push a message of justice and accountability. These protests, and others like them in cities across the country, resulted in the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, in his first book, Mckesson lays down the intellectual, pragmatic, and political framework for a new liberation movement. Continuing a conversation about activism, resistance, and justice that embraces our nation’s complex history, he dissects how deliberate oppression persists, how racial injustice strips our lives of promise, and how technology has added a new dimension to mass action and social change. 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These protests, and others like them in cities across the country, resulted in the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, in his first book, Mckesson lays down the intellectual, pragmatic, and political framework for a new liberation movement. Continuing a conversation about activism, resistance, and justice that embraces our nation’s complex history, he dissects how deliberate oppression persists, how racial injustice strips our lives of promise, and how technology has added a new dimension to mass action and social change. He argues that our best efforts to combat injustice have been stunted by the belief that racism’s wounds are history, and suggests that intellectual purity has curtailed optimistic realism. The book offers a new framework and language for understanding the nature of oppression. 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On the Other Side of Freedom — McKesson '07

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By Deray McKesson, Class of 2007 In August 2014, twenty-nine-year-old activist DeRay Mckesson stood with hundreds of others on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to push a message of justice and accountability. These protests, and others like them in cities across the country, resulted in the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, in hi...


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{"id":121150344,"title":"Dangerous Convictions — Allen '67","handle":"dangerous-convictions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Tom Allen '67\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe debt ceiling debacle of 2011 was clear evidence of the dangerous polarization of American politics.  Heedless of the warnings of economists, a majority of Republicans in the House refused to allow the Treasury to borrow enough money to pay for spending already ordered by Congress.  The government avoided a catastrophic default only by unprecedented legislative contortions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe debt ceiling fight also showed that the two parties simply don't understand each other.  In \u003ci\u003eDangerous Convictions\u003c\/i\u003e, former six-term Democratic congressman Tom Allen of Maine explains how beneath the surface of our political debates, the incompatible worldviews of the two parties have turned Congress into a dysfunctional body.  \"Years of listening to what seemed to me to be preposterous arguments in committee, on the House floor, or in private conversations,\" he writes, \"changed my mind about our capacity to find bipartisan agreement on the most fundamental topics.\"  Likewise, most Republican members of Congress gave no credence to Democratic arguments on budget and tax issues, health care, and climate change.  Allen argues that \"smaller government, lower taxes\" in all times and circumstances is not an economic policy but an ideological barrier to meaningful debate and the simplest compromises.  In the last thirty years, he suggests, Republicans and Democrats have been speaking different languages; 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Dangerous Convictions by Tom Allen

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By Tom Allen '67 The debt ceiling debacle of 2011 was clear evidence of the dangerous polarization of American politics.  Heedless of the warnings of economists, a majority of Republicans in the House refused to allow the Treasury to borrow enough money to pay for spending already ordered by Congress.  The government avoided a catastrophic defau...


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{"id":89348418,"title":"Making Families Through Adoption — Riley \u0026 VanVleet","handle":"making-families-through-adoption","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Nancy E. Riley, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/n\/nriley\/\"\u003eProfessor of Sociology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and Krista E. Van Vleet, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/k\/kvanvlee\/\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Anthropology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis text provides both a comprehensive look at adoption practices in the United States and in other cultures, providing insights into the practices and ideology of kinship and family.  The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions of what constitutes family or kin; the role of biological connectedness; oversight of parenting practices by the state; and the role of race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class in the building of families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2012-03-13T15:10:00-04:00","created_at":"2012-03-13T15:10:17-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":2700,"price_min":2700,"price_max":2700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":208929692,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF206-Riley","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Making Families Through Adoption — Riley \u0026 VanVleet","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781412998000","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Making Families Through Adoption by Riley \u0026 Van Vleet","id":20239504605273,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Nancy E. Riley, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/n\/nriley\/\"\u003eProfessor of Sociology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and Krista E. Van Vleet, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/k\/kvanvlee\/\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Anthropology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis text provides both a comprehensive look at adoption practices in the United States and in other cultures, providing insights into the practices and ideology of kinship and family.  The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions of what constitutes family or kin; the role of biological connectedness; oversight of parenting practices by the state; and the role of race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class in the building of families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}
Making Families Through Adoption by Riley & Van Vleet

Making Families Through Adoption — Riley & VanVleet

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By Nancy E. Riley, Professor of Sociology and Krista E. Van Vleet, Associate Professor of Anthropology This text provides both a comprehensive look at adoption practices in the United States and in other cultures, providing insights into the practices and ideology of kinship and family.  The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions o...


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Horror after 9/11 — Briefel

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Edited by Aviva Briefel, Professor of English and Cinema Studiesand Sam J. Miller Horror films have exploded in popularity since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many of them breaking box office records and generating broad public discourse.  These films have attracted A-list talent and earned award nods, while at the same time becoming...


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From the jacket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover."}
Infinite Persistence Life Book by Gordon Weinberger

Infinite Persistence Life Book — Weinberger '87

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By Gordon Weinberger '87 At age 28, Gordon Weinberger started his company, Gordon's Pies, in the sleepy little New Hampshire town of Londonderry.  With his great-grandma's pie recipe and two blue ribbons from the county fair pie contest, Weinberger pursued his dream of successfully branding the Great American Dessert.  By the time he was 33, he...


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