WGSS faculty recently published books

Prof. Hannah Britton (Prof. of Political Science & Women's Studies)
Women in African Parliaments
etchen Bauer and Hannah Britton, editors
Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006



Description: Working together across religious, ethnic, and class divisions, African women are helping to formulate legislation and foster democracies more inclusive of women's interests. Women in African Parliaments explores this phenomenon, examining the impact and experiences of African women as they seek increased representation in national legislatures.

Also by Prof. Britton: Women in the South African Parliament

Prof. Marta Vicente (Prof. of History & Women's Studies)
Clothing the Spanish Empire



Description: By the 1780s in the city of Barcelona alone, more than 150 factories shipped calicoes to every major city in Spain and across the Atlantic, from Veracruz to Montevideo. Catalan, Basque and Castilian families sent relatives throughout the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish America, hoping to enrich themselves from the trade in calicoes. Clothing the Spanish Empire narrates the lives of families on both sides of the Atlantic who profited from the craze for calicoes, and in doing so helped the Spanish empire to flourish in the eighteenth century. Go here for more information.