The Surplus Woman

The Surplus WomanThe first German womens movement embraced the belief in a demographic surplus of unwed women, known as the Frauenberschu, as a central leitmotif in the campaign for reform. Proponents of the female surplus held that the advances of industry and urbanization had upset traditional marriage patterns and left too many bourgeois women without a husband. This book explores the ways in which the realms of literature, sexology, demography, socialism, and

including the performance of masculinities and the queering of theater

Combining literary analysis with some of the latest findings in applied linguistics and the study of bilingualism

Humorous and heartfelt

Jerry of the Islandsemploys rich description that allows readers to feel as if they are a part of the story

altering irrevocably the lives of students and faculty and disrupting the process of storytelling itself

Cyrus is a railroad engineer

Imbued with supernatural powers

school discipline and classroom management are acute problems in contemporary schools

their achievements point to the potential for other areas of the country to forge sustainable futures

she is introduced to Gilbert Osmond

a temporary destination that allowed them entry when the United States

In an exhaustive examination Professor Loubère follows the wine production process from practices recommended long ago by the Greeks and Romans through the technical changes that occurred in the nineteenth century