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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
At long last, Mary Beard has addressed, in one brave book, the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over. Few, sadly, are more experienced with this kind of hateful barrage than Beard herself, who has been subjected to an onslaught of criticism online, in response to her work. Here, Beard presents her most powerful statement yet, tracing the origins of misogyny to their ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender...
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman Empire. But the eruptions are only part of the story. In The Fires of Vesuvius, acclaimed historian Mary Beard makes sense of the remains. She explores what kind of town it was -- more like Calcutta or the Costa del Sol? -- and what it can tell us about "ordinary" life there. --from publisher description
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