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Peter Daly
This book details the various charitable endeavours of Mary Mercer, from her shelter for orphaned girls (built in 1724), to the later voluntary hospital and her school in Rathcoole, which…
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Mary Daly
Makes key excerpts from Daly’s work accessible to readers who are seeking to access the essence of her thought in a single volume.
Outrageous, humorous, inflammatory, Amazonian, intellectual, provocative, controversial…
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Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner’s son, and making a better life…
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Presenting a re-reading of Mary Daly’s published works, this open-ended anthology seeks to deauthorize the official canon of Western philosophy and refute the claim by some feminists that Daly’s work…
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‘Certainly one of the most promising theological statements of our time.’ –The Christian Century ‘Not for the timid, this brilliant book calls for nothing short of the overthrow of patriarchy…
Suffused with her inimitable word play and stunning intelligence, and embodying a balance of mysticism and critical theory, Daly’s clarion call to uncover the quintessence of the universe is quite…
First published in 1968, The Church and the Second Sex represents one of the most important critiques of sexism in the Christian tradition.
In this deeply original, provocative book, outrage, hilarity, grief, profanity, lyricism and moral daring join in bursting the accustomed bounds even of feminist discourse.
–The New York Times Book Review
* Short introductory overview of the diverse theories and applications of the concept of ‘welfare’ across the social sciences. * Defines ‘welfare’ in a broad sense, taking in issues such…
Mary Daly (Queen's University Belfast)
This study raises questions about the relationship between welfare states, gender and social inequality. It examines the British and German welfare states, showing that both countries differ in the measures…
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Erin Marie Daly
What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat? These are the harrowing questions that plagued…
Caryn D Riswold
By them we have been carried away out of our own land, as into a Babylonian captivity, and despoiled of all our precious possessions. Martin Luther, 1520 Their goal is…
The autobiography of the radical feminist philosopher and author of Beyond God the Father and Gyn/Ecology , Mary Daly. Weaving philosophy and autobiography, it takes the reader on a series…
Mary Daly,Katherine Rake
A comparative picture of the welfare state and gender relations. The authors explore how care, work and welfare are constituted in eight countries and examine the impact of the welfare…
Mary E. Daly
The roots of many problems facing Ireland’s economy today can be traced to the first two decades following its independence. This book is the first comprehensive study of industrial development…
Mary Anne Daly
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
A collection of memoirs and remembrances of individuals who have passed away. Daly celebrates their lives, preserving their memories and sharing their legacies with readers.
This work has been selected…
Charles James O'Donnell, born in Donegal and educated in Galway, provided in his will (1935) for a bequest to each of the Universities of Oxford, Wales, Edinburgh, National University of…
Between 1922 and 1966 - most of the first fifty years after independence - the population of Ireland was falling, in the 1950s as rapidly as in the 1880s. This…
The battle for legal contraception challenged key tenets of Irish identity: Catholicism, large families, traditional gender roles, and sexual puritanism. It is a story of gender, religion, social change, and…
Krista Ratcliffe
By demonstrating how the rhetorical theories of Virginia Woolf, Mary Daly, and Adrienne Rich may be extrapolated from their Anglo-American feminist texts through an examination of the interrelationship between _what_…
Mary Ann Caws
In this new biography of Salvador Dali, highly respected art and literary historian Mary Ann Caws explores the life and work of one of the most fascinating and colourful figures…
Richard V. Burkhauser,Mary Daly
The U.S. disability insurance system is an important part of the federal social safety net; it provides financial protection to working-age Americans who have illnesses, injuries, or conditions that render…
Mary E. Daly (University College Dublin)
A comprehensive account of the remaking of Ireland’s economy and society. Mary E. Daly examines how this small state responded to the political and economic pressures associated with modern industrialisation…
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Women are stepping up and making a big difference in the world like never before. Author and psychotherapist Mary Ann Daly shares an understanding of the the key to this…
Emma Craythorne,Marie-Louise Daly
Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with on the go , at a highly affordable price that…
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This volume of the Index Emblematicus deals with three early 17th-century works: Remaines of a Greater Worke Concerning Britaine, by William Camden / The Mirrour of Maiestie, by H.G. /…
This book examines aspects of Gladstone’s relationship with Ireland, setting this in the context of the United Kingdom and Empire. It is based on papers given at a conference, funded…
This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective. Written by an international team of leading scholars, it draws on a wide…
While many comprehensive texts have been written on the treatment of breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, there are relatively few which cover in depth the prevention and…
Mary Daly (School of Sociology and Social Policy, Queen's University Belfast),Grace Kelly (University of Oxford)
The central interest of this innovative book is the role and significance of family in a context of poverty and low-income. Based on a micro-level study carried out in 2011…
This book surveys welfare consequences of the Great Recession in Europe to demonstrate the importance of the welfare state and government policies for sheltering populations against serious economic contraction during…
