Showing papers in "History: Reviews of New Books in 1991"
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TL;DR: The construction of Erotic experience in the ancient Greek world is discussed in this article, with a focus on the pre-sexuality of women in the Ancient Greek world and the construction of erotic experience.
Abstract: (1991). Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek World. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 186-186.
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TL;DR: The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest as mentioned in this paper is a seminal work in the field of American Indian legal thought. But it is not a complete account of the whole story.
Abstract: (1991). The American Indian in Western Legal Thought: The Discourses of Conquest. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 151-152.
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TL;DR: The second edition of G. G. as mentioned in this paper provides a full and careful treatment of childhood in classical Athens and incorporates new scholarship on the representation of children in tragedy and art, and adds a welcome new conclusion on changes in ancient childhood over time.
Abstract: The first edition of G.’s book on children in Greek antiquity claimed an important place in the scholarship in the 1990s, when there was significantly less bibliography and no full book-length treatment on the subject. This second edition should maintain the book’s status as a full and careful treatment of childhood in classical Athens. It serves as an example of social history written without obscuring complexity for the sake of consensus and conveyed in an accessible and lively style that gives the book personality. The book is structured around what children did (Chapters 2–3) and the relationships they had (Chapters 4–6) inside and outside the household. Investigating these activities and relationships, the book travels through key themes of family life and social history, for example, dowries, marriage, care-giving and education. In this second edition, G. incorporates new scholarship on the representation of children in tragedy and art, and adds a welcome new conclusion on changes in ancient childhood over time. Also new are an increased focus on individual agency (of children and parents) and the inclusion of more archaeological evidence. The evidence employed remains primarily textual. G. is open about the limitations of the evidence and frequently careful about the conclusions that can be drawn, and he freely admits where he makes inference. Yet, he is still able to do much of interest. For example, he approaches the social history of children and the family through tragedy, a challenging and interestingly fruitful venture. G. also employs anthropological and historical analogies to good effect, especially in a sensitive and thorough treatment of infant mortality and exposure. The discussion is usefully non-polemical, approaching the evidence and scholarship from several angles, from the economic to the emotional. The addition of archaeological evidence in this edition is both useful and necessary, and a good attempt has been made to recognise changes in the field. G. is sceptical of certain uses of archaeology and is rightly dubious about finding direct correspondence between historical events and the material record. The archaeological evidence could, however, be better integrated as evidence and embedded into the critical analysis. Domestic architecture appears more as a revised setting for the textual sources than as a source of evidence for family life itself (as it does in, e.g., L. Nevett, Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity [2010], or several chapters in R. Westgate, N. Fisher and J. Whitley [edd.], Building Communities [2007]). Built hearths, for example, are very rarely found in classical houses (despite their importance in textual sources as household focal points), which must interestingly complicate our understanding of family rituals such as the amphidromeia. Although G. questions using the funerary record to suggest changes in status and attitudes towards children, he seems to miss a fundamental challenge to applying burial evidence to such questions: what remains and what has been excavated do not and cannot directly represent an even sample of a whole living population. However, that a great many adults and children were buried in ways not evident in the archaeological record could itself be suggestive of status and/or change. Throughout, G. strikes a fine balance between individual choice and collective whole picture. The sources should not be used, according to G., to impose patterns that obscure complexity (p. 19); therefore, he does not proscribe or find ancient consensus where there is none to be found, for example, in the stages of childhood, which are very inconsistent THE CLASSICAL REVIEW 576
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TL;DR: Richards examines the role of cinema in pre-war Britain, and looks at a range of contemporary attitudes to film as discussed by the authors, making particular reference to censorship and the star system. But this book is not suitable for the general reader.
Abstract: Jeffrey Richards examines the role of cinema in pre-war Britain, and looks at a range of contemporary attitudes to film. Particular reference is made to censorship and the 'star system'. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers of film and cultural studies, social historians and film buffs.
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TL;DR: In this article, women in public: Between Banners and Ballots, 1825-1880, between banners and ballots, between 1825 and 1880 is discussed.
Abstract: (1991). Women in Public: Between Banners and Ballots, 1825–1880. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 106-106.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the Peasant Family and Rural Development in the Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988 History: Reviews of New Books: Vol 19, No 4, pp 185-185
Abstract: (1991) The Peasant Family and Rural Development in the Yangzi Delta, 1350–1988 History: Reviews of New Books: Vol 19, No 4, pp 185-185
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule, and legal Lynchings and discuss the role of mob rule in these events.
Abstract: (1991). Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule, and “Legal Lynchings”. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 148-148.
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of reviews of new books about English 1727-1783 history is presented. pp 114-114, with emphasis on polite and commercial people: England 1727 -1783 History: Reviews of New Books: Vol 19, No 3, pp 114 -114
Abstract: (1991) Polite and Commercial People: England 1727–1783 History: Reviews of New Books: Vol 19, No 3, pp 114-114
TL;DR: The Making and Unmaking of British National Identity as discussed by the authors is a history of the British national identity and its formation and evolution in the 1990s and 2000s, Volume I: History and Politics; Volume II: Minorities and Outsiders; Volume III: National Fictions.
Abstract: (1991). Patriotism: The Making and Unmaking of British National Identity, Volume I: History and Politics; Volume II: Minorities and Outsiders; Volume III: National Fictions. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 118-118.
TL;DR: The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-1990 as mentioned in this paper, was the first book to explore the origins and development of the American presidential system, and it was published in 1991.
Abstract: (1991). The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776–1990. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 5-5.
TL;DR: The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250 as discussed by the authors, a book about the Papacy of the Roman Church from 1000 to 1100, was published in 1991.
Abstract: (1991). The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 120-121.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of new books about technology in world civilization, focusing on three categories: science, technology, and technology in new media, and culture.
Abstract: (1991). Technology in World Civilization. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 189-189.
TL;DR: The Authority in Islam: From the Rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads as mentioned in this paper is a history of Islam from the time of the Prophet to the present day.
Abstract: (1991). Authority in Islam: From the Rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 29-30.