The Gift in Sixteenth-Century France. (Reviews).

From: Journal of Social History | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Holt, Mack P. | Copyright information

The Gift in Sixteenth-Century France. By Natalie Zemon Davis (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000. x plus 185 pp. $50.00/cloth $21.00/paper).

This brief but fascinating book has been germinating for nearly two decades. Ever since Natalie Davis finished The Return of Martin Guerre (1983), she has been occupied with several other projects, most notably Fiction in the Archives (1987), Women on the Margins (1995), and Slaves on Screen (2000). It is clearly worth the...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

MEPS BACK SANCTIONS TO PUNISH TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS.(Member of the European Parliament)(Brief Article)
European Report ; The European Parliament's Citizens' Rights Committee voted unanimously on May 29 to adopt a report by Eva Klamt (EPP-ED, Germany) on measures to harmonise penalties for trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour or sexual exploitation. Unlike the Justice and Home Affairs Council (see
Let's not get too excited about the possibility of cloning human beings.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; Now that Dolly the sheep has been cloned, we have an ethical situation with the potential to rock the very foundations of our morality. With some scientists saying they can clone a human being almost as easily as they cloned a sheep, ethicists and theologians already have begun weighing in on the
ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.(Editorial)(Letter to the Editor)(Editorial)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) ; To the Editor: Tuesday's unspeakable horror reflects in an enormous way the failure of people in all parts of the world to see who other human beings really are. Whenever anyone sights down a gun barrel at another person, whenever any invaders believe that The only good (fill in the blank) is a
The Image of God in All People: A Sermon Regarding Inheritable Genetic Modifications in Human Beings
Ethics & Medicine ; The Image of God in All People: A Sermon Regarding Inheritable Genetic Modifications in Human Beings Genesis 1:26-31 (author's translation) And God said, "Let us make humanity in our image, with our resemblance, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and
UN Secretary-General Encourages Human Beings to Rise Above the `Nasty
Italian Voice, The ; Italian Voice, The 12-17-1998 UN Secretary-General Encourages Human Beings to Rise Above the `Nasty Side of Human Nature' "We know there is a nasty side to human nature, but we also know that human beings can rise above that," declared Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations. "When
Belgium to Launch Campaign on Trade in Human Beings, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; Xinhua (China) 07-19-2000 The Belgian government is planning a campaign in newspapers of some foreign countries to voice its determination to fight against the trafficking in human beings, local media said Wednesday. Believing that Chechen traffickers have been operating in human beings in Central
House passes bill to combat trafficking of human beings
Ukrainian Weekly, The ; Gore, Chadwick R. Ukrainian Weekly, The 05-21-2000 House passes bill to combat trafficking of human beings by Chadwick R. Gore WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives on May 10 adopted the "Trafficking Victim's Protection Act," a bill sponsored by Helsinki Commission Chairman Rep. Christopher H.
Letters: Charity not just for human beings
Evening News - Scotland ; IN response to Beth Collins' letter ("Hogging charity", March 17), the hedgehogs in question were introduced by human beings without any forward planning as to their population increase or eating habits. Human beings then decided they would kill all the hedgehogs to sort the problem! If people
Illegal human beings Gerald Baldwin Manheim Township
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA ; Editor, New Era: Teresa Carrasco's letter (8/2 New Era), stating that there is not a human being who is illegal, is false. The "human beings" that flood across the border from Mexico and are costing the legal residents billions of dollars in health care, education, jobs, etc. are "illegal human
Diplomat condemns modern slavery. (World).(21st-Century Slavery: The Human Rights Dimension to Trafficking in Human Beings)(Brief Article)
National Catholic Reporter ; VATICAN CITY: On the eve of an international conference on human trafficking, U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Jim Nicholson said he thinks it is time to shine a spotlight on an evil that has turned at least 700,000 people into modern slaves. Moral outrage is needed, Nicholson said May 13. A huge