Feminist nightmares : women at odds : feminism and the problem of sisterhood /

Table of Contents: “…Rehabilitating Mary Crawford : 'Mansfield Park' and the relief of 'throwing ridicule' /…”
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A child of one's own : parental stories / by Bowlby, Rachel, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Changing conceptions -- Surrogates and other mothers -- Reproductive choice: a prehistory -- Foundling fathers and mothers -- Childlessness: Euripides' Medea -- A tale of two parents: Charles Dickens's Great Expectations -- Finding a life: George Eliot's Silas Marner -- His and hers: Henry Fielding's Tom Jones -- Placement: Jane Austen's Mansfield Park -- At all costs: George Moore's Esther Waters -- Between parents: Henry James's What Maisie Knew -- Parental secrets in Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge -- 'I had Barbara': women's ties and Edith Wharton's 'Roman Fever'.…”

Child of one's own : parental stories / by Bowlby, Rachel, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Changing conceptions -- Surrogates and other mothers -- Reproductive choice: a prehistory -- Foundling fathers and mothers -- Childlessness: Euripides' Medea -- A tale of two parents: Charles Dickens's Great Expectations -- Finding a life: George Eliot's Silas Marner -- His and hers: Henry Fielding's Tom Jones -- Placement: Jane Austen's Mansfield Park -- At all costs: George Moore's Esther Waters -- Between parents: Henry James's What Maisie Knew -- Parental secrets in Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge -- 'I had Barbara': women's ties and Edith Wharton's 'Roman Fever'.…”
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The free market and the human condition : essays on economics and culture /

Table of Contents: “…Title Page -- Introduction -- The Philosophical Condition -- Forbidden Delicacies: The Ideal City, the Luxurious City, and the Marketplace in Plato's Republic -- Aristotle on the Occupy Movement and Financial Inequality -- Communio, Economics, and the Anthropology of Liberalism -- The Familial Condition -- Marriage and the Marketplace in Jane Austen's Emma and Mansfield Park -- Closing America's "Factory of Individual Character": The Social and Political Consequences of a Bankrupt Home Economy -- The Public Condition -- Why Business Schools Exist: On the Intellectual Origins of Business Schools in Nineteenth Century France and America -- Philosophy, Economics, and the Supply Side of the Archaeological Black Market -- Rehabilitation or Incapacitation: The Economics of U.S. …”
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Kicking ass in a corset : Jane Austen's 6 principles for living and leading from the inside out / by Kayne, Andrea, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…-- "Universal Truths" Are Anything But: Like Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, know your inherent value -- Being "Mistress of Myself" Ain't Easy, Sister: Like Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility, respond to difficulty with an internal calm, acceptance, and problem-solving resilience -- In Defense of Seafaring Folks with Weathered Skin: Like Anne Elliot from Persuasion, choose hard work and merit -- A Better Guide In Ourselves: Like Fanny Price of Mansfield Park, insist on faithfully following your internal moral compass -- Learning to Love Is the Thing: Like Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey, protect and retain your internal childlike dreaming, wonder, curiosity, passion, and hope -- "She Thinks a Little Too Well of Herself": Like Emma Woodhouse from Emma, remain humble, open, and willing to learn -- Putting It All Together: Internally Referenced Leadership as Balanced Paradox -- Internally Referenced Leadership: A Fine Balance.…”
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The British slave trade and public memory / by Kowaleski-Wallace, Elizabeth, 1954-

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The Routledge history of disability /

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- References -- Part I: Histories of disabilities across time and cultures -- A brief overview of the Routledge History of Disability -- Introduction to Part I: Histories of disabilities across time and cultures -- Chapter 1: Reason, value and persons: the construction of intellectual disability in western thought from antiquity to the romantic age -- Introduction -- Reason, persons and value in classical thought -- Grace and innocence -- Medieval interlude -- Of devils, witches and the massa carnis -- Of reason and folly -- Reason, rights and sensualism -- Of remarkable men and the education of the idiot -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The courage of subordination: women and intellectual disability in the ancient Greek world -- Introduction and overview -- Gendered hierarchy -- The courage of subordination -- Dangerous female intellects -- Taming the female -- The environment of disabled intellects -- Intellectual impairment and desire -- Conclusions: Context and community -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Jane Austen and me: tales from the couch -- Inâ#x80;#x93;valids in the late 18th and early 19th centuries -- Invalids as workers and socializers -- Invalids as morally and religiously enlightened -- Invalids as travellers -- Mansfield Park -- Persuasion -- Sanditon -- Jane Austenâ#x80;#x99;s invalidism -- References -- Chapter 4: Developments in disability issues during the Late Ottoman period of Turkish history from 1876 to 1909 -- Introduction -- Tracing the historical roots of care of disabled people during the Ottoman reign.…”
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