Philippa Levine: 6 books

Book cover of Eugenics: A Very Short Introduction
by Philippa Levine
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

In 1883, Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, coined the word "eugenics" to express his dream of perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. Adapting Darwin's theory of evolution to human society, eugenics soon became a powerful, international movement, committed...
Book cover of Trans-Status Subjects

Trans-Status Subjects

Gender in the Globalization of South and Southeast Asia

by Philippa Levine, Nihal Perera
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2002

A Thai foodseller on the streets of Bangkok, a cyclo driver in a Vietnamese village, a Pahari migrant laborer in the Himalayas, a Parsi-Christian professional social worker shuttling back and forth between London and Calcutta—Trans-Status Subjects examines how these and other South and Southeast...
Book cover of Tweeker Parade
by Philippa LeVine
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015

This wickedly funny non-fiction book spans the 30-year career of (retired) DEA Special Agent Philippa LeVine. She spent the bulk of her early years in a clandestine lab group chasing methamphetamine cooks and tweekers. In salty sarcastic cop-speak, she provides a unique insight into investigating...
Book cover of Prostitution, Race and Politics

Prostitution, Race and Politics

Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire

by Philippa Levine
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013

In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By studying how British authorities enforced these...
Book cover of Victorian Feminism, 1850-1900
by Philippa Levine
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018

The second half of the nineteenth century saw in newly industrialized England the creation of a “domestic ideology” that drew a sharp line between domestic woman and public man. Though never the dominant reality, this demarcation of men’s and women’s spheres ordered people’s values and justified...
Book cover of The British Empire

The British Empire

Sunrise to Sunset

by Philippa Levine
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013

This is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise. It offers a comprehensive analysis not just of political events and territorial conquests but paints a picture of what life was like under colonial rule, both for those who ruled and for those whose countries...
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