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The Gendered Object

The Gendered Object

Pat Kirkham

What does Strawberry Shortcake tell us about the female body? Is a neck tie anti-establishment? An entertaining study of the design of everyday objects and their gendered allegiance.
Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and ...

Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and ...

Pat Kirkham

A celebration of the many contributions of women designers to 20th-century American culture.
Jane Austen, Feminism and Fiction: Second Edition

Jane Austen, Feminism and Fiction: Second Edition

Margaret Kirkham

A classic account of Jane Austen in the context of eighteenth century feminist ideas and contemporary thought.
Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

M.B. Kirkham

students was Ray F. Evert. He got his Ph.D. with her in 1958 and spent his career at the University of Wisconsin. He became the leading plant anatomist in the USA after her. He said as a graduate student he was the recipient of Katherine ...
The History of the Parish Kirkham, in the County of Lancaster

The History of the Parish Kirkham, in the County of Lancaster

Henry Fishwick

It may be presumed that both these had disappeared prior to 1839, when the copies taken by William Langton in 1794 were received in evidence in a chancery suit.” From this copy of William Langton's we take the following extracts, which, it is ...
The Imagination of Edward Thomas

The Imagination of Edward Thomas

Michael Kirkham

This fascinating study explores the imagination, life and work of Edward Thomas (1878-1917).
Passionate Intellect: The Poetry of Charles Tomlinson

Passionate Intellect: The Poetry of Charles Tomlinson

Michael Kirkham

This critical study looks at the first four decades of Charles Tomlinson’s poetic career, and is the only published full-scale, exclusive treatment of his poetry.
Proceedings of the M. E. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the ...

Proceedings of the M. E. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the ...

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Cody, 1st K. & 1 G. W. Whiston, 2d K. 2 G. W. Peters, S. O'Brien, 1st R. A. C. Wood , 2d R. A. C. Kirkham, Treas'r. Br. Col. Hierlihy, Osborn, Kelly, Snelling, Phelon. A motion was made by the R. W. Importing that a number of the Brethren of this ...
The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the ...

The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the ...

Gail Fenske

38 Guy Kirkham, “Cass Gilbert, Master of Style,” Pencil Points 15 (November 1934): 541. 39 Alexander B. Trowbridge, “The Architectural League of New York Has Lost a Valued Member by the Death of Thomas R.Johnson,” May 16, 1915, ...
Black Lives in the English Archives, 1500-1677: Imprints of ...

Black Lives in the English Archives, 1500-1677: Imprints of ...

Imtiaz H. Habib

The details of this case, as explained by Duncan Salkeld in his study of the case, include the facts that Elizabeth Kirkham was one of the many prostitutes of Gilbert East who was running a large prostitution ring in Turnmill street in Clerkenwell ...
Dress and Identity in British Literary Culture, 1870-1914

Dress and Identity in British Literary Culture, 1870-1914

Rosy Aindow

54 Colin Cruise, 'Artist's Clothes: Some Observations on Male Artists and their Clothes in the Nineteenth Century', in The Gendered Object, ed. by P. Kirkham ( Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996), p. 117. 55 Ward, RobertElsmere ...
Charles and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century

Charles and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century

Pat Kirkham

Charles and Ray Eames, perhaps the most famous design partnership of 20th-century America, did pioneering work in furniture, film, architecture, and exhibition design.
A New Nation of Goods: The Material Culture of Early America

A New Nation of Goods: The Material Culture of Early America

David Jaffee

Ken Ames, Jeffrey Collins, Aaron Glass, Pat Kirkham, Deborah Krohn, Franc ̧ois Louis, Michele Majer, Andrew Morall, Amy Ogata, Elizabeth Simpson, Ittai Weinryb, and Catherine Whalen. The course on American Consumer Culture that I ...
Saul Bass: 20 Iconic Film Posters

Saul Bass: 20 Iconic Film Posters

Pat Kirkham

This collection of 20 iconic movie posters by Saul Bass, one of the greatest American designers of the 20th century, is a must for graphic designers and film fans.
Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design

Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design

Jennifer Bass

Designed by Jennifer Bass, Saul Bass's daughter and written by distinguished design historian Pat Kirkham who knew Saul Bass personally, this book is full of images from the Bass archive, providing an in depth account of one of the leading ...

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