A moving, cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve them The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress is constant. Social policies don't help. Of all Western industrialized countries, the Un...(展开全部)

Eileen Otis is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon.

Insulated from the dust, noise, and crowds churning outside, China's luxury hotels are staging areas for the new economic and political landscape of the country. These hotels, along with other emerging service businesses, offer an important, new source of employment for millions of workers, but also bring to light levels of inequality that surpass most developed nations. Examin...(展开全部)

Insulated from the dust, noise, and crowds churning outside, China's luxury hotels are staging areas for the new economic and political landscape of the country. These hotels, along with other emerging service businesses, offer an important, new source of employment for millions of workers, but also bring to light levels of inequality that surpass most developed nations. Examin...(展开全部)

Eileen Otis is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon.

Women have been making art for centuries, yet their work has been seen as secondary or has gone unrecognized altogether. Women Making Art asks why this is so, and what it would take for us to realize the extent of women's extraordinary contribution to the arts. Marsha Meskimmon mobilizes contemporary feminist thinking to reconsider how and why women have made art. She examine...(展开全部)

Women in today’s advanced capitalist societies are encouraged to “lean in.” The media and government champion women’s empowerment. In a cultural climate where women can seemingly have it all, why do so many successful professional women―lawyers, financial managers, teachers, engineers, and others―give up their careers after having children and become stay-at-home mothers? How d...(展开全部)

作者：大卫 麦考利是《机械运转的秘密》的作者，凯迪克金奖、波士顿环球报号角图书奖、德国青少年文学奖、安徒生大奖两度提名奖获得者，著名的教育家、作家、画家、建筑师。他在30多年的图书创作生涯中，已出版了近20部作品，获得了华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖、德国青少年读物图书奖等十余项国际大奖，并两度被提名国际安徒生大奖，多部作品已被制作成电视节目。对于少儿读物来讲，麦考利的书显得相当奢华，书中的插图每一幅都近乎设计师的图纸。年逾60的麦考利至今还像孩子玩玩具般驰骋在创意的空间里。 译者：吕梦佳，男，首都师范大学信息工程（光电信息）专业工学学士、应用英语专业文学学士和科学技术史专业理学硕士。曾就读于美国马萨诸塞州Pioneer Valley Regional School，美国国家高中荣誉生会(NHS)成员。团中央第十五届、首都师范大学第十二届研究生支教团团长，于...(展开全部)

How did women contribute to the rise of the Mongol Empire while Mongol men were conquering Eurasia? This book positions women in their rightful place in the otherwise well-known story of Chinggis Khan (commonly known as Genghis Khan) and his conquests and empire. Examining the best known women of Mongol society, such as Chinggis Khan's mother, Hö'elün, and senior wife, Börte, a...(展开全部)