“…Quarante ans plus tard, c'était au tour de Charles Ier de monter sur l'échafaud pour être décapité à la hache, devant la foule rassemblée à Whitehall. En France, le supplice de Louis XVI et de Marie-Antoinette, les 21 janvier et 16 octobre 1793, se fit lui aussi à la suite d'un procès et en place publique. …”

“…This periodsaw the emergence of a new kind of utopian text--one that redefinedwomen's roles in society and questioned the very foundations ofthe social order on both sides of the Atlantic. During the period understudy, more than one hundred remarkably diverse utopian narratives writtenby women were published on both sides of the Atlantic: feminist and antifeminist,socialist and capitalist; placed in Kentucky, in London, at the North Pole,or on Mars; set in the past, present, future, or outside of time altogether.The value of these narratives is incalculable, for they provide insightinto how a homogeneous group of women (sharing an Anglo-Saxon heritageand middle-class status) at a particular historical moment imagined whatmen and women might be like if freed from the tyranny of custom and contemporaryvalues. …”

“…En los años 50, un padre afroamericano lucha contra los prejuicios raciales mientras trata de sacar adelante a su familia en una serie de eventos fundamentales en su vida para él y para los suyos. …”

“…She lived parts of her life on either side of the Atlantic, both in Cuba, the US, and Europe and sometimes wrote under the pseudonym, ""The Pilgram."" …”

“…This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. …”

“…This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. …”