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In the spring of 1858 all seemed wonderful. But that was before the war. That awful war which came marching like a dreadful tyrant...Rachel Evans and her brother return to Virginia to visit their cousins, but with war looming on the horizon, tensions mount and circumstances send them back to Ohio. F...
Author
Patricia J. Romero
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
201
Publisher
Brentwood Christian Press
ISBN #
7
A revealing oral history collection, Profiles in Diversity contains in-depth interviews of twenty-six women in South Africa from different racial, class, and age backgrounds. Conducted in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Vryburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Durban, and a rural secti...
Author
Patricia Romero
Binding
Paperback
Pages
231
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
ISBN #
0870134477
EAN Code
9780870134470
ISBN #
5
A panoramic survey of the roles women have played in Africa south of the Sahara, from the Queen of Sheba in Ethiopia to the present-day presidents of Liberia and Malawi. Romero discusses education and religion; the occult and power; diseases and treatment; women and war; and women s increasing prese...
Author
Patricia Romero
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
420
Publisher
Markus Wiener Publishers
ISBN #
1558765751
EAN Code
9781558765757
ISBN #
10
This book depicts the history of Lamu, once an important East African port city, now known as an unspoiled tourist destination and scenic location for Hollywood movies. Records from both the distant past and the more recent period give voice to the opinions of the WaAmu on many issues: Islam, slaver...
Author
Patricia W. Romero
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
310
Publisher
M. Wiener Pub.
ISBN #
1558761063
EAN Code
9781558761063
ISBN #
8
An anthology of Victorian women's writings on Africa. It offers an overview of the roles of women as scholars, missionaries, adventurers, spies and journalists, and gathers examples of their ground-breaking scholarly treatises, popular accounts, letters, articles and adventure stories.
Binding
Paperback
Pages
280
Publisher
Markus Wiener Pub
ISBN #
1558760482
EAN Code
9781558760486
ISBN #
6
This volume contains seven life histories of African women from different geographical areas and from varying cultural backgrounds. Many of these women's lives were affected by the European colonial presence in Africa, yet others reflect the influence of Islam. By reading them together, one gains in...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
208
Publisher
Humanity Books
ISBN #
1573922978
EAN Code
9781573922975
ISBN #
4
By combining biography with gender, this two-volume biographical world history reader fully integrates women into traditional political and social narratives. Profiles feature compelling political figures, activists, and artists from all regions of the globe--the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and ...
Author
Jane Slaughter, Melissa K. Bokovoy, Patricia Risso, Ping Yao, Patricia W. Romero
Binding
Paperback
Pages
464
Publisher
Cengage Learning
ISBN #
0618370471
EAN Code
9780618370474
ISBN #
3
By combining biography with gender, this two-volume biographical world history reader fully integrates women into traditional political and social narratives. Profiles feature compelling political figures, activists, and artists from all regions of the globe--the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and ...
Author
Jane Slaughter, Melissa K. Bokovoy, Patricia Risso, Ping Yao, Patricia W. Romero
Binding
Paperback
Pages
432
Publisher
Cengage Learning
ISBN #
0618370455
EAN Code
9780618370450
ISBN #
2