In our species mating, reproduction, and pair-bonding are inextricably linked to the cultural
institution of marriage. Across societies marital norms influence sexual and economic …

20 Nicholas L. Syrett and Corinne T. Field law has never had uniform consequences for girls
and boys of various races; instead, even age-neutral laws tended to enhance differences of …

" Playing with Fire" examines child arsonists in the turn-of-the-century United States. Race,
class, and gender often conspired to determine the" ages" of" baby firebugs" and hence their …

As Civil War historians, we talk and write endlessly about workers. How could we not? After
all, the era's enslaved people toiled to generate profit; its women performed the labor of …

On 18 February 1828, weeks after her twenty-first birthday, wealthy Virginian Elizabeth
Ruffin picked up her pen to ask her brother 'a peculiar favor'. Recognising that her birthday …

«Il bambino non è mai dove lo si cerca, ma sempre altrove, fugge e si dilegua, si trasforma
in figure fantastiche, mostruose, inimmaginabili» 1 rendendo l'indagine storiografica …