{"product_id":"undreamed-shores-five-women-who-sought-out-the-world-9781783783342","title":"Undreamed Shores: Five Women Who Sought Out the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring story of five women who set out to explore the furthest reaches of the globe and redefine scholarship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first decades of the 20th century, five women - Katherine Routledge, Maria Czaplicka, Winifred Blackman, Beatrice Blackwood and Barbara Freire-Marreco - arrived at Oxford to take the newly created Masters in Anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough their circumstances differed radically, all were intent on visiting and studying remote communities a world away from their own. Through their work, they resisted the prejudices of the male establishment, proving that women could be explorers and scientists, too. In the wastes of Siberia; in the villages and pueblos of the Nile and New Mexico; on Easter Island; and in the uncharted interior of New Guinea, they found new freedoms - yet when they returned to England, loss, madness and self-doubt awaited them.\u003cbr\u003eFrances Larson's masterful group biography is a revelatory portrait of five hidden heroines of British scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13302964\"\u003eFrances Larson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783783342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783783346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037070\"\u003eModern | 20th Century | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC002010\"\u003eAnthropology | Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Frances Larson \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSevered\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Of The Year, and a biography of Henry Wellcome, \u003ci\u003eAn Infinity of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eSunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Book of The Year and a \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eScientist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2009. She is an honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827684049035,"sku":"9781783783342","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_72ed1e1d-3303-434b-be6b-e4103cd63239.jpg?v=1755540832","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/undreamed-shores-five-women-who-sought-out-the-world-9781783783342","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}