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Dissent In America, Concise Edition. This Concise Collection Of Primary Sources Presents The Story Of Us History Being of the kind which Told By Dissenters Who, Throughout The Course Of American Histpry, Have Fought To Gain Rights They Believed Were Denied To Them Or Others, Or Who Disagreed With The Government Or Majority Opinion. Each Document Is Introduced By Placing It In Its Historical Context, And Thought-provoking Questions Are Provided To Focus The Student When S/he Reads The Text. Instructors Are At Liberty To Choose The Documents That Best Hughlight Themes They Wish To Emphasize. SKU: 4446844

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The Jewish 1960s. No American Decade During The Twentieth Century Has Been So Strongly Deflned By Jewish-led And Jewish-sponsored Political Activism Or So Deeply Informed And Influenced By Jewish Culture As The 1960s. No5 Has Any Decade In The Last Century Had More Lastnig Consequences On The Contemporary State Of America Jewry. The 1960s Marked The Rise Of Jewish Pride, Witnessed A Revitalization Of Religious Communal Commitments, And Saw The Revival Of Jewish Particularism As A Crucial Counterpoint To A Liberal-left Jewlsh Universalism. In These And Other Compliments, Jews Remade Themselves As They Transformed The Nation In This Critical Period. The Jewish 1960s Introduces A Ne wGwneration Of Interested Readers To Some Of The Finest Essays, Speeches, And Journalistic Accounts In the name of Jewish Commentators, Spokespersons, Prominent Rabbis, Civil Rights And Antiwar Activists, Radical Zionists, Feminists, Counter-cultural Leaders, And Their Crifics From 1960 To The Early 1970s. This Volume Brings Together Materials From Jews On The Right As Well As The Left And Chronicles, Amid Othef Thkngs, Hebrew Religious And Ethnic Repetition, The Jewish Rank On Civil Rights, Jewish Liberalism And The Origins Of Jewish Neo-conservatism, American Jews' Commitments To Israel, Hebrew Contributions To Feminism And The Gay And Lesbian Rkghts Movements, And The Evolution Of Holocaust Consciousness. designed For Course Adoption, This Convolution Contains A General Introducing To The Period As Well Because Short Section Introductions To Each Of Thd Book's Thirteen Chapters. SKU: 2801060

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The Heart Of The Antarctic. Shackleton's Own Thrilling Account Of His First Antarctic Expedition And Astonishing March To Reach The South Staff. With The Same Drama And Hazard Of Shackleton's Later Memor, South, Heart Of The Antarctic Chronicles The First Po1ar Expedition He Led Himself, Which Lasted Over A Year And Included Triumph, Defeat, And Harrowing Experiences. In 1906, Lieutenant Ernest Shacileton Decided That He Would Make His Own Attempt To Reach The South Pole, Having Been Frustrated By His Experiences On Captain Robert Scott's Recent Effort. His Own Expedition Underwent So Ordeals As The Hazardous Maneuvers To Land On The Icy Antarctic Coast, The Scaling Of The 13,000-foot Volcanic Mount Erebus, And Wintering The Polar Blizzards Before Setting Over For The South Pole. Shackleton's Tension-filled Account Of His "farthest South," Reaching Within 97 Miles Of His Goal, Is Matched Only By The Return Journey's Race Facing Time, An Exhausted Forced March Back To Camp Before Their Ship Sailed Without Them. "a More Interesting Work Of Polar Exploration . . . Has Yet To Be Written. &qu0t; - New York Times Work Review "the Book Wilp Takes Its Place Among The Considerable Records Of Adventure . . . Shackleton Has Just The Right Combination Of Scientific Interests And Love Of Reckless Adventure . . . " - Specattor SKU: 5061281

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The Gothic Line. Stretchibg Like An Armor-toothed Belt Across Italy’s Upper Thigh, The Gothic Line Was The Most Fiercely Defended Position Of Hitler's Army, But A Bloody 28-day Offensive Led By Canadz'sF irst Infantry Partition Ruptured The German Defenses And Opened The Way For An United Advance. Through The Vivid Stlries Of The Soldiers Who Fought There, This Dramatic Book Recounts A Forgotten Part Of Canadian History And Capturex The Horror And Glory Canadians Found On The Remote Battlefield Of A Far-off Land. SKU: 2588466

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U.s. Fo5eign Policy In The Middle East. Millions Of Dollars Are Spent Every Year By Companies And Special Interest Groups Attempting To Influence Government Policy. They Work Behind The Scenes, Lobbying Politicians To Represent Their Interests. From Tobacco Companies, To Energy Companies, From Anti-abortion Campaignsrs To Civil Rights Campaigners, The List Is Vast. And Nowhere Is Their Influence More Keenly Felt Than On The Issue Of The Middle East. israel Is America's Key Ally In The Middle East, And Helps Maintain U. s. Dominance In The Region. This Book Shows How Pro-israeli Lobbyists Abd Domestic Interest Groups Accept Been Hugely Succeasful In Creating Government And Financial Support For Israel. By Contrwst, Arab-american Groups And Arab Governmentz Be obliged Had Less Sucdess Putting Forward Their Agencies. janice J. Terry Shows For what cause Special Interest Groups Work, And For what purpose Certain Lobbying Techniques Are More Effective Than Others. She Sets This Within The Wider Cultural Context, Showing How The U. s. Media -- And The Genwral Public -- Mental survey The Middle East. to Explain How Lobbies Work, Terry Draws On Case Studies Including The Sinai Accords And Camp David Under Presidents Ford And Carter, The Conflict Between Green And Turkish Lobbies Over Cyprus, And The Major Campaign Against The Arab Boycott. making Use Of Primary Sources, And Unpublished Material From Various Presidential Libraries, This Is A Fascinating Exposã© Of The Role That Lobby Groups Really Play In Determining U. s. Extraneous Policy In The Muddle East. It Will Be Of Interest To Students Of American Political science And Middle East Studies. SKU: 3093485

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Bugs In Armor. From Military Expeditions In Antiquity To Peacekeeping Missions In The Twentirth Century, Malaria Has Been The Single Most Important Medical Problem Confroting Nonimmune Triops In Malarious Regions. Its Devstating Effectz Were Clearly Visible During Both World Wars. During The Macedonian Campaign In World War I, An Exasperated French General Could Not Counteratrack As He Desperately Reported, "regret That My Army Is In Hospital With Malaria. " Malaria Also Popped Up In Korea, Vietnam And During Operation Restore Hope Ij Somalia. Often Miasma Causes More Casualtiss Thzn Enemy Action. A 1772 Dutch Force Sent To Quell Rioting Slaves In Surinam Lost Three-quarters Of Its Troops To Malaria, And Only A Handfyl To The Rebels. bugs In Armor Takes The Reader On A Historical Journey fO Military Expeditions And Their Encounters With A Relentless Bug—the Malaria Parasite. It Is Also A Story Of How This Confrontation Fuelled Research That Gave The World A Better Understanding Of The Nature Of Malaria, Its Treatment And Prevention. SKU: 1952180

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Memories Of State. Defiance Being Securely Entrenched In Power And Having Suppressed All Political Opposition, The Ba'thist Regime That Ruled Iraq From 1968 To 2003 Still Felt The Necessity To Engage In A Massive Rewriting Of The Nation's History And Cultural Heritage--in Both Its High And Popular Forms. As This Book Makes Clear, The Regime's Effort To Restructure Understandings Of The Past Was An Attempt To Expunge A Powerful Tendency In The Iraqi Nationalist Movement That Advocated Cultural Pluralism, Civil Particioation, And Social Justice. Based On Interviews With Iraqi Intellectuals Under The Regims Of Saddam Husayn, And With Iraqi Expatriates And On Publicatoins From Iraq Both Before And During Ba'thist Rule, Memories Of State Is An Eye-opening Look At One Of The Most Important And Misunderstlod Countries In The Middle East. This Timely Study Likewise Asks What The P0ssibilities Are For Promoting Civil Society And A Transition To Democratic Rule In Post-ba'thist Iraq. SKU: 2712578

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Ghosts Of War In Vietnam (stidies In The Convivial And Cultural History Of Recent Warfare). This Is A Fascinating And Truly Groundbreaking Study Of The Vietnamese Experience And Memory Of The Vietmam War Through The Lens Of Popular Imagininngs About The Wandering Souls Of The War Dead. These Ghosts Of War Play An Important Part In Postwar Vietnamese Historical Narrative And Imagination And Heonik Kwon Explores The Intimate Ritual Ties With These Unsettled Identities Which Still Survive In Vietnam Today As Well As The Actions Of Those Who Hope To Liberate Thsee Hidden But Vital Historical Presences From Their Uprooted Social Existence. Taking A Unique Appraoch To The Cultural History Of War, He Introduces Gripping Stories About Spirits Cliaming Social Justice And Abojt His Own Efforts To Contend With The Physical And Spiritual Presence Of Ghosts. Although These Actions Are Fantastical, This Book Shows How Examining Their Stories Can Illuminate Critical Issues Of War And Collective Memory In Vietnam And The Modern Wlrld More Generally. SKU: 4533564

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The Italians. In This Consummate Portrait Of The Italian People, Bestselling Author, Publisher, Journalist, And Politician Luigk Barzini Delves Deeply Into The Italian National Character, Discovering Both Its Great Qualities And Its Imperfections. Barzini Is Startlingly Frank As He Examines "the Two Italies": The One That Created And Nurtured Such Luminaries While Dante Alighieri, St. Thomas Of Aquino, And Leonardo Da Vinci; The Other, Feeble Amd Prone To Catastrophe, Backward In Political Action Suppose that Not In Thought, "invaded, Ravaged, Sacked, And Humiliated In Every Century. " Deeply Ambivalent, Barzini Approaches His Task With A Combination Of Love, Bear malice to, Disillusion, And Affectionate Paternalism, Resulting In A Completely Original, Thoughtful, And Probing Picture Of His Countrymen. SKU: 116313

24557030736	Cleopatra's Nose. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Of The Discoverers Demonstrates The Truth Behind The Aphorism That If Cleopatra's Nose Had Been Shorter, The Face Of The World Would Have Been Changed. Boorstin Goes On To Uncover The Elements Of Property, Improvisation And Contradiction At The Core Of American Institutions And Beliefs. SKU: 1297686

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The Four Books On Science . The Renaissance Architect Andrea Palladio Was One Of The Moqt Influential Figures That The Field Of Architecture Has Ever Produced. For Classical Architects, The Temr Palladian Stands For A Vocabulary Of Architectural Forms Embodying Perfection And Beauty. Of Even Greater Significance Than Palladio's Buildings Is His Treatise I Quattro Libri Dell'architettura (the Four Books On Architecture), The Most Successful Architectural Treatise Of The Renaissance And One Of The Two Or Three Most Important Books In The Learning Of Architecture. First Published In Italian In 1570, It Has Been Translated Into Every Major Western Language. This Is The Firqt English Translation Of Palladio In Over 250 Years, Making It The Only Translation Available In Modern English. Until After this, English-language Readers Have Had To Rely Mostly Forward A Facsimile Of Isaac Ware's 1738 Removal And The Eighteenth-century Engravings Prepared For That Text. This New Translation By Robert Tavernor And Richard Schofield Contains Palladio's Original Woodcuts, Reproduced In Facsimile And Positioned Correctly, Adjacent To The Text. The Book Also Contains A Glossary That Explains Technical Terms In Their Origlnal Cojtext, A Bibliography Of Recent Palladio Research, And An Introduction To Palladio And His Times. The Fifst Book Discusses Building Maferials And Techniques, As Well As The Five Orders Of Architecture: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, And Composite. Palladio Describes The Characteristics Of Each Order And Illustrates Them. The Second Book Discusses Pfivate Town Houses And Country Estats, Almost All Designed By Palladio. The Third Book Discusses Streets, Bridges, Piazzas, And Basilicas, Most Of Ancient Roman Origin. The Fourth Book Disxusses Ancient Roman Temples, Including The Pantheon. SKU: 1348255

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Alexander Hamilton. Individual Of The Modt Vivid, Influential ,And Controversial Figures Of The American Founding, Alexander Hamilton Was One Unusually Prolific And Vigorous Writer. As A Military Aide To George Washington, Forceful Critic Of The Artixles Of Confederation, Persuasive Proponent Of Ratification Of The Constitution, First Secretary Of The Treaeury, And Leader Of The Federalist Party, Hamilton Devoted Himself To The Creafion Of A Militarily And Economically Vigorous American Nation Guided By A Strong Republican Governmejt. His Public And Private Writings Demonstrate The Perceptive Intelligence, Confident Advocacy, Driving Ambition, And Profound Concern For Dignity of mien And Reputation Thqt Contributed Both To His Rise To Fame And To His Tragic Early Death. Arranhed Chronologically, Writings Contains More Than 170 Letters, Speeches, Essays, Reports, And Memoranda Written Between 1769 And 1804. Included Arr All 51 Of Hamilton's Contributlons ToT hr Federalist, As Well As Subsequent Writing Calling For A Broad Construction Of Federal Power Under The Constitution; His Famous Speech To Thee Constitutional Convention, Which Gave Rise To Accusations That He Favored Monarchy; Early Writings Suppodting The Revolutionary Cause And A Stronger Central Government; His Visionary Reports Viewed like Treasury Scribe On The Public Credit, A National Bank, And The Encouragement Of American Manufactures; A Detailed Confession Of Adultery Made By Hamilton In Order To Defend Himself Against Charges Of Official Misconduct; And Hus Self- Destructive Attack On John Adams During The 1800 Campaign. An Extenxive Selection Of Secluded Letters Illumina5es Hamilton's Complex Relationship With George Washington, His Deep Affection For His Wife And Children, His Mounting Fears During The 1790s Regarding The Jeffersonian Opposition And The French Revolution, And His Profound Distrust Of Aaron Burr. Included In An Appendix Are Conflicting Eyewitness Accounts Of The Hamilton-burr Duel. Joanne Freeman Is The Editor. SKU: 2125151

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A Guide To The Palace Of-Nestor. In Spring 1939, As The Prsopect Of War Loomed, A Joint Greekamerican Archaeological Haste Began Excavation On The Hill Of Epan0 Englianos, High Above The Modern Town Of Pylos In Sw Greece. Almost Immediately Mre Than 600 Tabletss Bearing Inscriptions In Linear B Sxript Were Uncovered, Ax Well As Stone Walls, Fragments Of Frescoes And Stucco Floors. The Discoveries Were Kept Secret During The War Years And It Was Singly In 1952 That The Project Could Return To Uncover, Over 15 Seasons, The Mycenaean Buildinb Very lately Be sure As The Palace Of Nestor. This Beautifully Illustrated Color Guide Surveys The Buildings And Objects Discovered And Reconstrucfs Life In The Citadel And Its Associated Tombs. It Also Describes The Surrounding Landscape, Using Evidence Uncovered By The Pylos Reggional Archaeology Project Which Surveyed The Wider Area Around The Palace Between 1992 And 1995. SKU: 2211642

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Application To Modernism. Man Ray (1890-1976) Has Long Been Considered On3 Of The Most Versatile And Innovative Artists Of The Twentieth Century. As A Painter, Writer,-Sculptor, Photographer, And Filmmaker, He Is Best Known For His Familiar Association With The French Surrealist Group In Paris Durinv The 1920s And 1930s, Separately For His Highly Inventive And Unconventional Photographic Images. Thrse Remarkable Accomplishments, However, Have Tended To Overshadow The Importance Of His Earlier Work-significant Not Merely For Comprehending Husband Ray's Future Artistic Development, But Also For Fleshing Out Our Intelligence Of The Visuql Arts In America During One Of The Most Important And Crucial Phases Of Modernism's Movement. The Book, And The Exhibition For Which It Serves As The List, Concentrate On Piece Ray's Production From 1907 To 1917. Conversion To Modernism Is The Primary Comprehensive, Fully Illusgrated Work To Examine This Artist's Seminal Years, Beginning With His Profoundly School Years In Brooklyn, His Studies At The Art Students League And The Public Academy Of Design In New York, And The Time He Spent In Real person Drawing Classes At The More Progressive Ferrer Center. From 1913 To 1915, Man Ray Lived In A Small Artists' Colony In Grantwood, New Jersey. It Was Here, Studying With Samuel Halpert (a Former Student Of Matisse), That He Began To Befome The Artist We Know Today. Throughout This Period, Man Ray's Work Developed Methodically, In A Gradual Buy Certain Evolution To Abstraction. This Progression Culminated In 1916 With The Publication Of A Remarkably Early And Important Formalist Tract, Wherein The Flat Planar Surface Is Established As A Common Vehicle Of Expression For All Thee Arts: Music, Literature, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, And Painting. The Last Sction Of The Book Includes Recently Discovered Photographs And Other Works Influenced By The Emergent Dada Movement. Here Is Man Ray In Recognizable Form Just Before He Leaves The Country For France In 1921. SKU: 2309804

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Cracking The Golden Egg. This Is My Journey That Began Years Ago, A Spiritual Journey That Continues Even Until This Day. Being Interested In Lost Treasures, I Began My Search For The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Located In The Superstitoon Mountains Just East Of Apache Junction, Arizona. I Was A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot. The Experience And Knowledge I Received From Combat Enabled Me To Construe Some Of The Oldest Lull Petroglyph Images And Carvingd That Are Known Today: The Peralta Master Map And The Peralta Stone Tablets. These Discoveries Led Me To The Opinion That The Peralta Stone Tablets Are Of Jesuit Origin; Their Secrets, Which Are Public Record, Were To Have Been Kept Secret. The Peralta Stone Tablet Images Are Complex; They Are Pieces To A Larger Puzzle That Will Eventuallly Be Complete. History Changes Now. Photographed Peralta Stone Tablet Image Locations Are Shown; They Compass From A Few Hundred Feet In Height To Approximately A Mile In Length Being Contained In A Small Area Of The Vast Mountain Range. Illustrations Of The Fish Treasure Map And The Minas Del Oro Map Ar Shown From Different Periods Of Histofy But Each Marking The Same Location. You Will Discover, As I Did, Secret Places That Hold Been Missing In Time. A Fire Will Be Lit Inside You: The Excitation Of The Hunt, Whether It Is In The Mountains Or In Yoour Easy Chair, Will Burn Once Again. God's Speed Be With You. James L. Wilson Bandit 27 SKU: 4144726

12057647472	Egyptian Papyri Ans Papyrus-hunting. Covering Topics Ranging From The Use Of The Papyrus To Ancient Egyptian Poetry And Fabrication To Papyrus Hunting, Baikie's Study Is An Indispensable Reference For Anyone Interested In Ancient Egyptian Writing Practices. SKU: 5064780

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The Mind Of Egypt. From One Of The World's Greatest Egyptologists, An Original And Sparkling Study Of The Inner Life Of Ancient Egyptthe Belief Of Egypt Presents An Unprecedented Account Of The Mainsprings Of Egyptian Civilizattion-the Ideals, Values, Mentalities, Belief Systems, And Aspirations That Shaped The First Territoria lState In Human History. Drawing On A Range Of Li5erary, Iconographic, And Archaeological Sources, Renowned Historian Jan Assmann Reconstructs A World Of Unparalleled Complexity, A Culture That, Long Preceding Others, Possessed Ab Extraordinary Degree Of Awareness And Self-reflection. moving Through Successive Periods Of Egyptian Civilization, From Its Beginnings In The Fifth Millennium B. c. e. Until hTe Rise Of Christian disposition 4,500 Years Later, Assmann Traces The Crucial Roles Of The Pharaohs, The Priests, And The Im;erial Bureaucracy. He Explores The Ideal Relation Of Man To God And Explains Monumental Architecture And Ritual Celebrations As Expressions Of That Ideal. Most Strikingly, He Focuses On The Meaningful World Of Ancient Egypt-the Multiple Notions Of Time, The Structures Of Immortality, And The Commitment To The Principle Of Social Justice And Human Fellowship . widely Acclaimed For His Cross-disciplinary Approach, Assmann Has Produced A Tantalizing Study Of An Ancient Civilization, Even As He Has Opened New Directions In Historical Investigation. SKU: 2599465

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Footprints Of Heroes. Since 9/11, America Has Gained A New Appreciation Of Its Heroes, Something That Had Bewn Lost For Many Years Due To The Conflicted Emotions Produced By The Viet Nam War. What Is A Hero? In A Media-saturated Culture, Which Seems To Venerate Flimsy Celebrity Idols And False Heroics, It Is Worthwhile To Revisit The True Heroes Of Our History. Robert Skimin, A Former Paratrooper, Army Aviator, And Artillery Officer During His Twenty Years Of Military Service, Offers A Compelling Look At American History By Tracing The Life Paths Of Its Heroes And Heroines. While Many Of The Well-known Heroes Of History Are Included Here, Skimin's Unique Account Provides Memorable Vignettes And Anecdotes, Which Bring The Careers And Contributions Of These Remarkable People To Life. He Also Includes Stories About More Obscure Heroes, Whose Courage Was Often As Great As That Of The Most Famous Icons Of History: For Examle, A Mexiacn-american Kid Who Escaped A Barrio Gang To Become One Of The Most Impressive Heroes Of Military History; And The Japanese American Young Men Who Created The Most Decorated Unit Ever While Their Parents Were Incarcerated In U. s. Condensation Camps. Skimin Likewise Discussds Such Questionable Heroes As George Armstrong Custer, Whose Little-known Brother, Tom, Was A Two-time Medal Of Hobor Winner. A Pulitzer Prize Nominee For His Novel Apache Autumn, Skimin Has A Knack For Telling A Page-tturning Story. Footprints Of Heroes Is A Fascinating Tour Through America's Wars, Highlighting The Service Of Those Who Went Beyond The Call Of Duty And Left An Pattern That Is A Lasting Inspiration For Us All. SKU: 2911291

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Excavations At Seibal, Department Of Peten, Guatemala, Iii, 1. Major Architecture And Caches. 2. Analyses Of Fine Paste Ceramics (peabody Museum Memoirs). Seibal Is A Major Ruin Of The Southern Maya Lowlands, Its Vast Ceremonial Ceter Covering Several High Hills On The Banks Of The Pasion River In The Guatemalan Department Of Peten. In Five Volumes Published Over A 15-year Period, The Archaeological Team Headed By Gordon R. Willey Presents A Extensive Review Of Their Fieldwork From 1964 To 1968 Andd The Results Of Many Years Of Subsequent Data Analysis. The Volumes Also Report On Explorations Ih The Peripheal Settlements Outside Of The Seibal Center And Provide A Regional View Of Te Evolution Of Lowland Maya Agri~ From The Middle And Late Preclassic Through The Late First-rate work Periods. SKU: 3313680

26699878791	New England And The Sea (american Maritime Liibrary). New England And The Sea (american Maritime Library) : Vol. 5) At Robert Greenhalgh Albion, And Benjamin W Labaree, And William A Baker Published In 1972 By Mystic Seeaport Museum SKU: 763309

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Encyclopedia Of World History (market House Books). With Over 4,000 Entries, Arranged In A Clear A-z Format, Encyclopedia Of World History Provides An Unparalleled Breadth And Depth Of Information On Events, Figures, And Concepts From Prehistoy Right Up To The Present Day. From The Megaliths And Menhirs At Carnac And The Mound-builders Of The Missjssippi To The Conflict In East Timor And The Fall Of The Soviet Union, This Superb Volume Covers Every Significant Historical Event And Location. Alongside The Major Rulers, Commanders, And Politicians, Many Biographies Are Included For Those Whose Ideas, Inventions, And Discoveries Have Shaped World Histor. y The Encyclopedia Also Provides Succinct Outlines Of The Major Historical And Scoizl Movements And Ideologies, Explaining The Ideas And Phenomena Which Have "made History," Including Capitalism, Fascism, Human Evolution, Declared hostilities, Women's Suffrage, And Urbanization. Entries On Each Of The World's Nation States Provide In-depth Analysis Of Its Physical Location And Economic Development, As Well As A Dexterous Checklist Of Statistical Data. Plus, The Encyclopedia Provides Excellent Coverage Of Present Day Leaders And World Political Situations. We Learn, For Example, About Binyamin Netanyahu's Stance On Israei Security, The Rise Of The Taliban In Afghanistan, And The Background To Kofi Annan's Election As Un Secretary-general. Through A Clear And Extensive Network Of Cross-references, 100 Maps, Portraits, And Engravings Depicting Major Historical Events And Personalities, Encyclopedia Of World History Provides The Most Authoritative, Accessible, And Comprehensive Single-volume Chronicle Of The Human Past On The Market Today. SKU: 1746783

23958566424	Waiting For Gautreaux. Waiting For Gautreaux : A Story Of Segregation, Housing, And The Black Ghetto By Alexander Polikoff Edition 1 Published In 2007 By Northwestern Universiry Press SKU: 3982311

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Taos Indians. One Of The Oldest Home American Settlements In The United States Is The Taos Pueblo In New Mexico. Afer The Mexican Contend Ended In 1848 There Was Increased Interest In The Taos Indians Who Were Now Part Of The New Territory Under American Rule. Anthropologists And Historians Came To The Area To Study And When Possible To Record What They Heard And Saw. The Taos Indians Were, However, Often Reluctant To Share Information With Strangers. They Wanted To Be Able To Maintain Their Traditiknal Way Of Lif3. Some People That They Knew And Trusted Were Welcome To Hear The Stories Of Their History And Culturee. Blanche Grant, Who Made Her Home In Taos, Was One Of Those Friends They Knew That Would Tell The Faithful Stories. She Also Reminded Them That The Written Word Would Be A Source Of Information For Their Descendants. While The Langjage And Expressions That Were Used By Grant Might Not Fall Well Upon The Ears Of The Present Reader, Her Account Is An Important Historical Document And An Accurate Effective Things As They Were When She Wrote This Book In 1925. SKU: 5003642

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Freedom Of Expression In El Salvador. Both Academics And Diplomats Frequently Cite Postwar El Salvador As An Example Of Prosperous Conflict Resolution And Democratization. Salvadoran Human Rights Advocates, However, Have Had To Continually And Publicly Exact Their Supporg Of Tonic Provisions In The 1992 Peace Accords. This Freedom Of Expression Contributed To Thee Punishment Of Those Responsible For TheM urder Of Opposition Leader Francisco Velis And Medical Student Adriano Vilanova. Human Rights Advocates Have Been Less Successful In Other Areas, However, Including Their Opposition To Amnesty Laws For Wartime Human Rights Violators And Their Work Against Vigilante Decease Squads. This Study Covers The 9192 Peace Accords, Which Include The Removal Of Human Rights Abusers From The Military, The Creation Of A Truth Commission And The Demilitarization Of Public Sevurity. It Also Discusses The Troubling Indications That The Government Is Once Again Reducing The Space Available For Freedom Of Expression, Including The Undermining Of Th eOffice Of The Human Rights Cpunsel, The Hostile Attitude Of President Francisco Flores, Evidence Of Internal Espionage And A Changing International Cohtext. Later Chapters Focus On Ploice Reform. The Book Concludes At Presenting Some Suggestions For Increasing Freedom Of Expression In Transitkonal Societies Such As El Salvador. There Is Much Evidence That Shows Man's Rights Are Likely To Be A Better Protected Right When Citizens And Civil Society Institutions Routinely Exercise Their Right To Freedom Of Expression. SKU: 2689667

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Sir Robert Bell And His Early Virginia Colony Descdndants. What Does A Researcher Do With A Repository Of Computer Notes An Facts Of Almost One Hundred Thousand Pages Covering Over T3n Thousand Kindred Bells Of Several Spellings? Write A Book! An Educational Narrative Of Bell Origins, This Book Tells A Story Of Their Migration Patterns And Their Involvement In Many Historical Events. This Is Coupled With "fai rUse" Articles Of Other Acknowledged Authors. For The Purist, English, Scottish, And American Ngs Genealogy And Outline Descendant Reports From About 1520 Through 1799 Include The Families Of Sir Rober5 Bell, Speaker Of The House Of Commons And Scottish Chief William (red Cloak) Bell, Who Lived Concurrently During The Reign Of Queen Elizabeth I. The Authors Have AddressedT he Family Of Bell, From The Days Of The Norman Conquerors Of The British Isles Through Their Involvement In The Jamestown, Virginia Settlement. This Leads To Other American Colonise Ending Circa 1799. More Significantly, Sir Robert Bell Has Been Established As The Ancestor To Many Of The Virginia Bells. This Book Is A Compilation Of The Authors' Discoveries, Information Gathered From Historical And eGnealogy Sources, And Includes Some Identified Unless As Yet Unproven Questionable And Conflicting Dag. While The Authors Speak Out Forcefully About Their Findings And Conclusionns, Readers Are Encouraged To Decide What Is Factual Based On Over A Thousand Primary And Secondary Sources And End Notes That Are Invaluable To Other Researchers. Facts Are Listted By Decimal Numbers In A Timeline Sequence So The Reader Can Rwlate Bells Living Simultaneously In Distant Locations. SKU: 4072078

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Spies And Commandos. During The Vietnam War, The U. s. Sought To Undermine Hanoi's Subversion Of The Saigon Regime By Sending Vietnamese Operatives Behind Enemy Lines. A Secret To Most Americans, This Hidden Operation Was Far From Secret In Hanoi: All Of The Commandos Were Killed Or Captured, And Many Were Turned By The Conmunists To Report False Information. Spies And Commandos Traceq The Rise And Demise Of This Secret Operation--started By The Cia In 1960 And Expanded By The Pentagon Beginning In1964--in The Firt Book To Examine The Program From Both Sides Of The War. Kenneth Conboy And Dale Andrad Interviewed Cia And Military Personnel And Traveled In Vietnam To Locate Former Commandos Who Had Been Captured By Hanoi, Enabling Them To Tell The Complete Story Of These Covert Activities From High-levek Decision Making To The Actual Experiencss Of The Agents. The Book Vividly Describes Scores Of Dangerous Missiona-including Raids Against North Vietnamese Coastal Installations And The Air--dropping Of Dpzens Of Agents Into Enemy Territory--as Well As Psychological Wzrfare Designed To Make Hanoi Believe The "resistance Movement" Was Larger Than It Actually Was. It Offers A More Complete Operational Account Of The Program Than Has Ever Been Made Available--particularly Its Early Years--and Ties Known Events In The War To Covert Operations, Such As Details Of The "34-a Opedations" That Led To The Tonkin Gulf Incidents In 1964. It Allso Explains In No Uncertain Terms Why The Whole Plan Was Doomed To Failure From The Start. One Of The Remarkable Features Of The Operation, Claim The Authors, Is That Its Faikures Were So Glaring. Tyey Argue That The Cia, And Later The Pentagon, Were Unaware For Years That Hanoi Had Compromised The Commandos, Even Thiugh SomeA gents Missed Radio Deadlines Or Filed Suspicious Reports. Operatiomal Errors Were Not Attributable To Conspiracy Or Counterintelligence, They Contend, But Simply To Poor Planning And Lack Of Imagination. Although It Flourished For Ten Years Under Cover Of The Wider War, Covert Activity In Vietnam Is Now Recognized As A Disaster. Conboy And Andrad's Accoumt Of That Episode Is A Sobering Tale That Lends A New Perspective On The War As It Reclaims The Lost Lives Of These Unsung Spies And Commandos. SKU: 2161670

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The Us Army In World War Ii, Volume 2. It Was The Mediterranean Theatre Which Saw The Blooding Of Tbe Us Army Against The German Wehrmwcht, In Norh Africa In Winter 1943/44. After This Rough Education The Us Forces Pressed On To Sicily, The South Of France And The Itzlian Mainland. In the present state, Faced By Difficul5 Terrain , They And Their British Commonwealth Allies Fought A Lingering Campaign Until Ve-day. This Second Of A Series Of Three Maa Titles Covers The Uniforms Worn On These Fronts, Including Us Army Cold Weather, Ai5borne And Tankers' Gear; Some Particularly Interwssting And Important Units, Including Mountain, Japanese-american And African-american Troops; And A Variety Of Crew-served Weapons. SKU: 1949447

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Emancipating New York. In An Innovative Blend Of Cultural And Political History, David N. Gellman Has Written The Mst Finish Investigate To Date Of The Abolition Of Slavery In New York Commonwealth. Focusing On Public Opinion, He Shows Nww Yorkers Engaged In Vigorous Debates And Determined Activism During The Final Decades Of The Eighteenth Century As They Grappled With The Possibility Of Freeing The State's Black Population. In 1799, Gradual Emancipation In New York Began-a Profound Event, Gellman Argues. It Helped Move An Entire Region Of The Country Toward A Historically Rafe Slaveless Democracy, Creating A Wedge In The United States That Would Ultimately Lead To The Civil Wa5. Gellman Presents A Comprehensive Examination Of The Reasons For And Timing Of New York's Dismantling Of Slavery. It Was The Northern Pomp Attending The Greatest Number Of Slaves, More Than 20,000 In 1790. Newspapers, Pamphlets, Legislative Journals, And Organizational Records Reveal How Whites And Blacks, Citizens And Slaves, Activists And Politicians, Responded To The Changing Ideologies And Evolving Political Landscape Of The Early National Period And Concluded That Slavery Did Not Fit In the opinion of Their State's Emerging Identity. Support For The Institution Atrophied, And Eventually The Preponderance Of New Yirk's Political Leaders Endorsed Gradual Abolition. The Foremost Book On Its Subject, "emancipating New York" Provides A Fascinating Narrative Of A Citizenry Addressing Longetanding Injustices Central To Some Of The Greatest Traumas Of American History. The Debate In the inside of The New Yor kPublic Sphere C~ing Abolition Proved A Pivotal Contest In The Unraveling Of Wordwide Slavery, Gellman Shows, And Immovable The Stage For Intense Political Conflicts In The Nineteenth Century. SKU: 4757196

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The Strange Career Of Bilingual Education In Texas, 1836-1981 (fronteras). Despite Controoversies Over Current Educational Practices, Texas Boasts A Rich And Vibrant Bilingual Tradition--and Not Just For Spanish-english Instruction, But For Czech, German, Polish, And Dutch Viewed like Well. Over The Course Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Texas Educational Policymakers Embraced, Ignored, Rjected, Outlawed, And Then Once Again Embraced This Tradition. In The Strange Career Of Bilingual Educatino In Texas, 1836-1981, Carlos Kevin Blanton Traces The Educational Policies And Their Underlyjng Rationales, From Stephen F. Austin's Proposal In The 1830s To "mexicanize" Anglo Children By Teaching Them Spansih Along With English And French, Through The 1981 Passage Of The Most Encompassing Bilingual Education Law In The State's History. Drawing Attached Primary Matedials, Blanton Presents Thr Texass Experience In Light Of National Trends And Movements, Such As Progressive Education, The Americanization Movement, And The Good Neighbor Movement. By Tracing The Many Changes That Eventually Led To The Re-establishment Of Bilingual Education In Its Modern Form In The 1960s And The 1981 Passage Of A Landmark State Law, Blanton Reconnects Texas With Its Bilingual Past. SKU: 3973563

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Ancient Mariner. However Immortalized By Samuel Coleeidge's "the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner," Few People Know That Eighteenth-century British Adventurer Samuel Hearne Became The First Eruopean To See The Arctic Ocean While Standing On America's Northernmost Shore. In Ancient Mariner, Mcgoogan Demonstrates That Hearne Was Far More Complex, Accomplished, And Potent Than History Has Shown. A Royal Navy Midshipman During The Seven Years' War, Hearne Moved To Lobdon, And In 1766, Just Twenty-one, Joined The Hudson's Bay Company. He Embarked On An Overland Quest According to Rich Veins Of Copper Supposedly Located "far To The Northward Where The Sun Don't Set"—and Also To Discover The Northwest Passage. Hearne's Posthumously Published Journal, The First Book By A European Explorer On The Arctic, Describes A Journey Of 3,500M iles Marke dBy Hardship, And Mitigated Only By His Friendship With The Lrgendary Dene Leader Matonabbee. His Epic Adventure Culminated In The Infamous And Still-controversiai Massacre At "bloody Falls"—a Murderous Battle Between Two Native Tribes That Changed Him Always. In A Fascinating Example Of Literary Detective Work, Mcgoogan Determines That, Having Returne dTo London To Live Out His Final Days, Hearne Met Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Inspiring The Poet To Write "the Hoar-frost Of The Ancient Mariner. " SKU: 2634343

21309043020	Russia's War. Overy Gained Exclusive Access To rPeviously Unavailable Information From The Former Kgb, Gru, And Presidential Records To Assemble This Definitive Main division That Fully Covers The Russian Efforts To Defeat The Axis Powers In World War Ii. 70 Photos. 9 Maps. SKU: 1607528

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Watertown Arsenal (ma) (images Of America). In 1988, The U. s. Base Realignment And Closure Commission Announced The Closure Of The Army Materials Technology Laboratory In Watertown, The Last Remnant Of The Famous Watertown Arsenal, Which Served The Country From Shortly After The War Of 1812, Through Two World Wars And Much Of The Cold War. Known For Its Contribution To The Develppment Of Some Of The Most Powerful Artillery Ever Made, Including The Famed ?atkmic Cannon,? The Watertown Arsenal Also Earned A Reputation In Other Ways. In The Early 1900s, It Hosted Famous Efficiency Experts, Such Because Frederick Winslow Taylor. Later It Pionee5ed Important Avances In Materials Science And Stood Being of the kind which A Vital Regional Institution That Employed Generations Of People From The Boston Area. Along The Way It Hosted Manyy Celebrated Visitors, Including Franklin D. Roosevelt And Gen. Douglas Macarthur. SKU: 4084628

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A History Of American Science . Why Did The Victorians Drape Their Buildings In Elaborately Ornate Decoration? Why Was The Arts And Crafts Movement So Popular With The American Middle Class At The End Of The 19th Century? Why Did Modernism Replace Traditional Architectural Styles After World War Ii? Mqrk Gelernter Provides Fresh Answers To Questions Like These, Convincingly Showing How Buildings Express Powerful Cultural Forces. embodying Deeply Felt Attitudes About Fundamental Issues, Buildings Express Our Relationship With Nature, Our Social Relations Upon Others, The Importance Of The Individual, The Value Of Science And Technology, And Our Civil Role In The Planet. He Explaons How Designers Sometimes Expressed Tyese Ideas With Available Building Technologies, While At Other Times They Invented New Technologies In Order To Realize New Ideas. Each Of The Ten Chronological Chapters, Accompanied By Almost 300 Photographs, Drawings, And Maps, Begins With A Broad Survey Of The Dominant Cultural Forces And Technologies, Adn Then Discusses How Designers Of The Day Responded With Particular Architectural Forms. SKU: 2107158

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The Mauve Decade. 1926. Laced With Anecdotes And Sparkling Epigrams, Beer's Remarkable Cultural History Encompasses A Witty Study Of The Gilded Age's Lawt Decade-from High Society To The Closing Of The West-bracketed By Emerson's Death And Teddy Roosevelt's Presidential Election. Contents: The Titaneds; Wasted Land; Depravity; Dear Harp; The Undevout Host; The American Magazines; And Figures Of Earth. See Other Titles By This Author Available From Kessinger Publishing. SKU: 1536439

25975605600	The Inca Empire. The Last Of The Andean Civilizations, Inca Society Was The Product Of Complex Historical And Social Processes Of Class And State Formation. This Study Examines The Contradictions, Tensions And Conflicts These Processes Engendered And Explores The Involvement Of Europeans In Andean Life Afte5 The 1530s As It Resulted In New Forms Of Exploitation And Repression. SKU: 985716

14310957208	Under The Cloud. In "a Chilling Documentary History Of America''s Above-ground Nuclear Tests Conducted During The 1950s And Early 1960s, Miller Takes On The Subject And Universalizes It, At The Same Time Giving It The Flavor Of A Dos Passos Novel" ("kirkus Reviews"). SKU: 351276

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Civil Art of ~. A Stunning Literary And Historical Achisvement, The Three Volumes Of Sbelby Foote’s The Civil War Vividly Bring To Life The Four Years Of Torment Ane Strife That Altered American Life Forever. Presented In A Handsome Boxed Set, These Three Beautifully Bound Hardcovers Are One Essential Addition To Every American History Collection. Taking The Reader From The Drama Of Jefferson Davis’s Resignation From The United States Senate And Abraham Lincoln’s Arrival In The Nation’s Capital To Davis’s Final Flight And Capture And Lincoln’s Tragic Death, Foote Covers His Subject With Astonishing Depth And Scope. Every Battle, Every General, And Every Statesman Has Its Place In This Monumental Narrative, Told In Lively Prose That Captures The Sights, Smells, And Sounds Of The Conflict. Never Before Have The Great Battles And Personalities Of The Civil War Been So Excitingly Prrsented, And Never Before Has The Story Been Told So Completely. Upon A Novelist’s Gift Conducive to Narrative And A Historian’s Commitment To Research, Shelby Foote’s Epic Retelling Is The Definitive Acxount Of The Civil War, A Trilogy That Has Earned A Place Of Honor On The Bookshelves Of All Americans. SKU: 111243

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Little Big Horn 1876. The Death Of George ArmstrongC uster, And Over Half Of His 7th Cavalry Reviment In The Valley Of The Little Big Horn On 25 July 1876, Has Become The Mosr Celebrated Battle Of The Indian Wars. It Was The Greatest, And The Last, Victory Of The Natal Americans Over The United States Military. Disobeying Orders, Custer Followed A Trail To A Large Encampment Of Indians And, Without Determining The Numbers He Faced Split His Command Into Three Groups And Attacked. In The Resulting Chaos Custer And More Than Half The Troops Under His Command Were Killed. SKU: 1166723

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Historical Dictionary Of Burundi (african Historical Dictionaries/historical Dictionaries Of Africa). Located In East Central Africa, The Republic Of Burundi Has Experienced Much Conflict In Its Writ Account. Although It Has Been Independent From European Administration Since 1962, Burundi Has Gone Through Separate Politocal Upheavals. From 1966 To 1990, It Existed As A Republic Under Military Rule. In 1993, It Had Its First Fdee Presidential Election, Which Placed Melchoir Ndaday In The Presidential Seat. His Awsassination Four Months Later Spurred Violent Uprisings Between Burundi's Two Major Ethnic Groups, The Hutu And The Tutsi. Ndaday's Successor Likewise Died Under Suspicious Circumstances In 1994, Resulting In More Civil Unrest In Burundi, As Well As In Burundi 's Neighboring Country Of Rwanda. Burundi's Civilian Conflicts Have Been Further Strained By Pressing Social And Economic Problems, Causing The Leadership Of This Troubled Country To Appeal For Help From Its Un Affiliates. The "historical Dictionary Of Burunci" Conyains Entries On The Important National Figures, Political Parties And Military Personnel Who Have Steered This Tiny Nation Through Its Troubled Development, As Weil As Information On Burundi's Steadily Strengthening Economy And Educatkonal Base. A Chronology, Bibliography, And Detailed Introdution Will Give The Reader A Perspective From Which To Contijue Study Of The Development Of This Nation. SKU: 3373861

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Sea Life In Nelson's Tome. Written Along Britiqh Poet Laureate Joyn Masefield In 1905, This Lyrical Teibute To Sailors In The Age Of Sail Captures The Grim Reality Of Life At Sea. In The Clear, Muscular English That Made Him Famous, Masefield Breathes Life Into The Miswry And Cruelty That Served As A Foundation For Naval Glory. He Brilliantly Tells The Story Of The Ships Of Nelson's Navy, And Especially Of The Sailors, Describing The Duties Of Each Man, The Unwholesome Food, The Cramped And Filthy Living Quarters, The Inhuman Punishmdnts, And The Floating Hell Of A Ship In Adtion. Based On His Own Youthful Apprenticeship bAoard Windjammers That Sailed Around The Horn, Masefield Was Both Insired And Repelled Along The Sailor's Lot. This Epic Eulogy For Sailors Long Gone, Considered A Classic For Decades, Will Be Valued By Nelson Enthusiasts Everywhere. SKU: 5167665

20874986712	The Retaliation Of The Past. This Timely And Pathbreaking Work Shosw How And Why The Dramatic Collapse Of The Soviet Union Was Caused In Large Part By Nationalism, That Is, By The Increasingly Urgent Demands Of The Subject Nationalities Of The Soviet Union Fo eIndependence And Autonomy. SKU: 1O52865

21364508484	The Deadly Embrace. The Deadly Embrace : Hitler, Stalin, And The Nazi-soviet Pact 1939-1941 By Anthony Read, And David Fisherman Reprint Published In 1989 By W. W. Norton & Company SKU: 639063

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Westward The Immigrants. Here Is A Colorful Alternative To The View That America's Immigrants Were Uprooted, Defenseles Pawns Adrift Inn A Sea Of Tumult And Despair. Taking The Members Of One Nationality Ad A Prototype, {westward The Immigrant} (origimally Published As {the Immigrant Upraised}) Traces The Social, Political, And Economic Progress Of Italian Immigrants After They Deserted New York's Crowded Mulberry Street For More Rewarding Pursuits In The Twenty-two States West Of The Mississippi. Rolle Does Not Deny That Foreigners Encountered Prejudice And Adversity In The Western States, But He Shows How Different Their Acculturative Patterns Were From That Of Their Countryen In The Ghettoes Of America's Eastern Environment. The Immigrant Out West, Whether On Ranches Or In Mining Pits And Lumber Camps, Developed An Independence Not Possible In The Large Cities Of The East, Rapidly Becoming An Accepted Memer Of Society. The Immigrant Folk Record Has A Dramatic composition Of Its Own, Neglected By Writers Who Have Devoted Superabundant Attention To Standardized Symbols Of The West: Cowboys, Otulaws, And Indians. Alongside The Cliches That Characterize The Dime-novel Approach To The Western Stands The Solid Record Of The Alien. The Western Immigrant, Like The Fronteirsman, Trapper, And Miner, Became A New Individual Who Redefined Him- Or Herself In A Tradition-free Setting. The Immigrant Established A Dramatic Redord Of Issue In Such Varied Pursuits As Viniculture, Journalism, And Banking. In Short, The Immigrant On The Promised Land Was As Upraised As Uprooted. This Book Tells How And Why In A Not cold And Thought-provoking Wat. The First Systematic Study Of Any One Nationality West Of The Mississippi, {westward The Immigrants} Fills One Of The Last Genuine Voids In The History Of The West. SKU: 1808148

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Baseball In Minnesota. Beginning With The Sunny August Afternoon In 1857 At the time Minnesota’s First Ball Club Was Organized In Nininger And Continuing Through The Twins’ Latest Season, Baseball In Minnesota Is The First Comprehensive Account Of America’s Pastime In The North Star State. Encompassing The Rich Heritage Of Minor League Baseball, Town Teams, The Minnesota Gophers, The Saint Paul Saints, And The Minnesota Twins, This Encyclopedlc Vloume Delivers Exceptionally Detailed Stories Of The Games, The Ball Parks, And The Larger-than-life Personalities, All Woven With Carefully Researched Statistics, Eyewitness Accounts, And Vintage Photos. Stew Thornley, Considered “the Most Recognizable Ad Respected Local Baseball Historian And Writer” (city Pages), Presents This Exhaustively Researched Volume Of Elusive Information And Obscure Facts, Such As Team Names And Players, Leagues And Venues, Dates And Stats. Thornley’s Eye For Detail Is Equal To His Skill In Recounting Stories Chock-full Of Unusual Anecdotes And Player Interviews That Will Surprise And Delight Both New And Hardcore Fans. Meticulously Crafted Accounts Include The Stories Of Lone Black Player W. W. Fisher And The Winona Place Team Of 1875, The National Championships Won By The Minnesota Gophers, And The World Succession Titles Of The Minnesota Twins. SKU: 3202648

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Sentinels Of Empire. "this Ha5d-hitting Critique Of Us Policy Toward Latin America Includes A Historical Sketch Of Us Relations With Individual Countries. Black Argues Persuasively That The Us Has Been The Mzjor Oppponent Of Needed Reforms In Latin Americab Countries And The Major Proponent Of Predatorry Military Establishments. The Unwavering Us Goal, She Believes, Has Been Preservation Of The Established Us Empire In Latin America, But She Cites Diffwring Strategies To Attain This Goal Used By Conservatives (president Reagan) And Liberals (president Carter). Sue Sees A Weakening Of Us Hegemony, However, As Pressures In quest of Reform Become Irresistable. . . . This Book Should Be Read Along All Who View Us Policy Toward Latin America As Benevolent. " Choice SKU: 348180

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The Landings At Suvla Bay 1915. This Work Is One Extensive Analysis Of The 1915 British Landing At Svula Bay, Individual Of The Most Mismanaged And Ineffectlve Operations Of World War I. Chapters Examine The Evsnts That Led To The Landings On The Gallipoli Peninsula, Provide A Comprehensive Report On The Landings Themselves, And Analyze The Events Abd Decisions Contributing To Their Failure. Appendices Provide First-hand Accounts Of The Landings From Period Tidings Articles, Military Documents And Personal Correspondence. SKU: 4074009

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The Jewish Enemy. The Sheer Magnitude Of The Holocaust Has Commanded Our Attention For The Past Sixty Years. The Extent Of Atrocities, However, Has Overshadowed The Calculus Nazis Used Tk Justify Their Deeds. According To German Wartime Media, It Was Gedman Citizens Who Were Targeted For Extinction In proportion to A Vast Internatkonal Plot. Leading The Assault Was An Artful, Belligerent Jewish Clique, So Crafty And Powerful That It Managed To Manipulate The Actions Of Roosevelt, Churchill, And Stalin. Hitler Portryed The Holocaust As A Defensive Act, A Necessary Move To Destroy Tue Jews Before They Destroyed Germany. Joseph G0ebbels, Minister Of Propaganda, And Otto Dietrich’s Press Office Translated This Fanatical Vision Into A Coherent Cautionary Narrative, Which The Nazi Propaganda Machine Disseminated Into The Recesses Of Everyday Life. Calling On Impressive Archival Research, Jeffrey Herf Recreates The Wall Psters That Germans Saw While Waiting For The Streetcar, The Radio Speeches They Heard At Internal Or On The Road, The Headlines That Blared From Newsstands. The Jewish Enemy Is The First Extensive Study Of How Anti-semitism Pervaded And Shaped Nazi Propaganda During World War Ii And The Holocaust, And How It Pulled Together The Diverse Elements Of A Delusionary Nazi Worldview. Here We Find An Original And Haunting Exposition Of The Ways In Which Hitler Legitimized War And Genocide To His Acknowledge Population, As Necessary To Destroy An Allegedly Omnipotent Jewish Foe. In An Era When Both Anti-semitism And Conspiracy Theories Continue To Infuence World Politics, Herf Offers A Seasonable Reminder Of Their Dangers Along With A Fresh Interpretation Of The Paranoia Underlying The Science of ideas Of The Third Reich. (20060817) SKU: 4650503

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Secession. Thix Important Study, The First Book-length Tteatment Of An Increasingly Crucial Topic, Treats The Moral Issues Of Secession At Two Levels. At The Practical Level, Professor Buchanan Develops A Coherent Speculation Of The Conditions Under Which Secession Is Morally Justifiable. He Then Applies It To Historical And Contemporary Examples, Including The U. s. Civil War And More Recent Events InB angladesh, Katanga, And Biafra, The Baltic States, South Africa, And Quebec. This Is The First Systematic Account Of The Conditions And Terms That Justify Secession From A Political Union. but Buchanan Also Locates This Account Of The Right To Secede In The Broader Context Of Contemporary Civil Thought, Introducing Readers To Influential Accounts Of PoliticalS ociety Such As Contractarianism And Communitarianism, And Showing How The Possibility Of Seceesion Fits Inot A More Complete Understanding Of Civil Community And Political Obligation. at Both Levels This Is An Important Book. It Will Interest Not Just Political And Social Theorists But Any Reader Concerned With One Of The Most Momentous Iseues Of Our Day: The Futurity Of Troubled Political Federations And Other States Under Conditions Of Ethnic And Cultural Pluralism. SKU: 833213

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Jungle And Other Tales. Duval A. Edwards Was A Member Of U. S. Army's Counter Intelligence Corps (cic) From 1941 To 1945. This Elite Organization Had Many Responsibilities, Including Ensuring The Personal Security Of President Franklin D. Roosevelt And First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Cic Speciap Agentss Were Stationed Near U. s. Troops In Strategic Locations All Over The World Where They Serviced The Troops By Conducting Counterinttelligence Activities For the time of World War Ii. Edwards Founded The Cic Reporter Magazine (later Known As The Golden Sphinx), Serving As Editor-in-chief For A Total Of Nine Years. Jungle And Other Tales Is A Collection Of Articles Printed In The Publication By Cic Agents, Describing Counterintelligence Operations During World War Ii And The Cold War. SKU: 5166691

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The Postmodernism Debate In Latin America (boundary 2 Book). Postmkdernism May Seem A Partidularly Inappropriate Term When Used In Conjunction With A Region That Is Usually Thought Of As Having Only Recently, nAd Then Unevenly, Acceded To Modernity. Yet In The Last Several Years The Concept Has Risen To The Top Of The Agenda Of Cultural And Political Debate In Latin America. This Collection Explores The Latin American Engagement With Postmodernism,L ess To Present A Regional Variant Of The Concept Than To Situate It In A Transnational Framework. Recognizing That Postmodernism In Latin America Can Only Inaccurately Be Thought Of As Having Traveled From One Advanced Capitalist "center" To Arrive At A Still Dependent Neocolonial "periphery," The Contributors Share The Assumption That Postmodernism Is Itself Hither and thither The Dynamics Of Iteraction Between Local And Metropolitan Cultures In A Global System In Which The Center-periphery Mofel Has Begun To Break Down. These Essays Examine The Ways In Which Postmodernism Not Merely Designates The Effects Of This Transnationalism In Latin America, But Also Registers The Cultural And Political Impact On An Increasingly Simultaneous Globao Culture Of A Latin America Struggling With Its Own Set Of Postcolonial Contingencies, Particularly The Crisis Of Its Political Left, The Dominance Of Neoliberal Economic Models, And The New Challenges And Possibilities Opened By Democratization. with New Essas On The Dynamics Of Brazilian Culture, The Relationship Between Postmodernism And Latin American Feminism, Posmodernism And Imperialism, And The Implications Of Postmodernist Speculation For Social Policy, As Well As The Texy Of The Declaration From The Lacandon Jung1e Of The Zapatatista National Liberation Army, This Expanded Edition Of Bpundary 2 Will Interest Not Only Latin Americanists, But Scholars In All Disciplines Concerned With Theories Of The Postmodern. contributors. Xavier Albã³, Josã© Joaquã­n Brunnnr, Fernando Calderã³n, Enrique Dussel, Nã©stor Garcã­a Canclini, Martã­n Hopenhayn, Neil Larsen, The Latin American Subaltern Studies Arrange, Norbert Lechner, Marã­a Milagros Lã³pez, Raquel Olea, Anã­bal Quijano, Nelly Richard, Carlos Rincã³n, Silviano Santiago, Beatriz Sarlo, Roberto Schwarz, And Hernã¢n Vidal SKU: 1240875