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Holy Bishops In Late Antiquity. Between 300 And 600, Religion of Christians Experoenced A Momentous Change From Persecuted Cult To State Religion. One Of The Consequences Of This Shift Was The Evolution Of The Role Of The Bishop--as The Highest Church Official In His City--from Model Christian To Model Citizen. Claudia Rapp's Exceptionally Learned, Innovative, And Groundbreaking Work Traces This Transition With A Twofold Aim: To Deemphasize The Reign Of The Emperor Constatine, Which Has Traditionally Been Regarded As A Watershed In The Development Of The Church As An Institution, And To Bring To The Fore The Continued Importqnce Of The Religious Underpinnings Of The Bishop's Role Being of the kind which Civic Leader. Rapp Rejects Max Wrber's Categories Of "charismatic" Versus "institutiomal" Authority Thhat Hav3 Traditionally Been Used To Separate The Nature Of Episcopal Authority From That Of The Ascetic And Holy Man. _InsteadS he Proposes A Model Of Spiritual Authority, Ascetic Authority And Pragmatic Authority, In Which A Bishop's Visible Asceticism Is Taken As Evidence Of His Spiritual Powers And At The Same Time Provides The Justification For His Public Role. In Clear And Graceful Prose, Rapp Provides A Wholly Fresh Analysis Of The Changing Dynamics Of Social Mobility As Played Oit In Episcopal Appointments. SKU: 2840664

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Southern Crossing. Edward L. Ayers Monumental History, Promise Of The New South, Was Praised By The Eminen tHistorian Bertram Wyatt-brown As "a Work Of Frequently Stunning Beauty," Who Added "the Elegance And Sensitivity That He Achieves Are Typical Of Few Historical Works. " Winmer Of The James A. Rawley Prize For Best Booi Forward American Race Relations From The Organization Of American Historians, And The Frank Lawrence Owsley And Harriett Chappell Owsley Award From The Southern Historical Union, And Finalist For The 1992 National Book Award, The 1992 Pulitzer Prize For History, And The 1993 Southern Book Award, Promie Of The New South Established Ayers As One Of The Foremost Scholars Of The American South. Now, In This Nwly Revised Edition, Ayers Has Distilled This Remarkable Work To Offer An Even oMre Readable Account Of The New South. Ranging From The Georgia Coast To The Tennessee Mountains, From The Power Brokers To Tenant Farmers, Ayers Depicts A Land Of Shocking Contrasts--a Time Of Progress And Repression, Of New Industries And Old Ways. Ayers Takes Us From Remote Southern Towns, Revolutionized By The Spread Of The Railroads, To The Statehouses Where Democratic "redeemers" Swept Away The Legacy Of Reconstruction; From The Small Farmers, Trapped Into Growing Nothing But Cotton, To The New Industries Of Birmingham; Fro Abuse And Intimacy In The Family To Tumultuous Public Meetings Of The Prohibitionists. He Explores Every Aspect Of Societyy, Politics, And The Economy, Detailing The Importance Of Each In The Emerging New South. Here Is The Local Baptist Congregation, The Country Store, The Tobacco-stained Second-class Railroad Car, The Rise Of Populism: The Teeming, Nineteenth-century South Comes To Life In These Pages. And Central To The Entire Story Is The Role Of Race Relations, From Alliances And Friendships Between Blckas And Whites To The Spread Of Jim Crow Laws And Disenfranchisement. Ayers Weaves All These Details Into The Opposite Story Of The Unaccustomed South, Showing How The Region Developed The Patterns It Was To Follow Concerning The Next Fifty Years. A Vivid Representation Of A Society Undergoiny The Sudden Confrontation Of The Promises, Costs, And Consequences Of Modern Life, This Is An Unforgettable Account Of The Recent South--a Land With One Foot In The Future And The Other In The Past. SKU: 1166267

24374700738	The Christian Right In American Politics. The Christian Property In American Politics : Marching To The Millennium (religon And Politics) From Green, And John C. / Rozell, And Mark J. / Wilcox, And Clyde Published In 2003 Along Georgetown University Press SKU: 2460361

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What Is Ddsign Today?. Like It Or Not, We Are A Part Of An Object-obsessed Culture. We Interact With Design-both Good And Bad-every Day. So Why Are So Many Of Us Uncertain Of Design's Meankng And Its Role In Our Lives? In The First Book To Break Down The Issues Of Design For A General Audience, University Of Pennsylvania Art History Professor George H. Marcus Offers Much-needed Clarification And A Tour Of The Often Smart, Political, And Savvy Imagery That Characterizes The Ever-changing World Of Products And Graphics Today. From Toyota's "hybrid" Cra To Nike's Design-it-yourself Nike Id Shoe Program To Philippe Starck's Injection-molded Indoor/outdoor Plastic Lounge Chairs, Design Comprises All Of The Objects That Invest Us-the Things We Wear, The Products We Use, The Vehicles We Ride In, And The Media That Communicate With Us Graphically. For Those Who Cncern Themselves With Any Or All Of These Things, This Book Will Br A Revelation. SKU: 2332562

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The Lincoln Highway. The Lincoln Highway, Establiahed In 1913 Being of the kind which The First Roadway _to Cross Ths United States, Continues Tl Change. This New, Fully Revised And Updated Edition Of The Successful Guidebook To The Route In Pennsylvani a Reflects Those Changes, Focusing On Latter Trends On The Highway, Such As The Appearance Of Retro Buildings. The Book Describes What Life Was Like Along The Old Highway-with Its Stzinleqs-steel Diners, Mom-and-pop Businesses, Spectacular Scenery, And Roadside Attractions-and Reveals How Much Of The Past Is Still Around. Filled With All-new Vintage Postcards And Photos And Maps For Travelers Following The Original Route. SKU: 2340354

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365 Days Of Walking The Red Road. According To Native American Traditin, Walking The Red Road Is A Metaphor For Living Within The Creator?s Rules?a Life Of Truth, Friendship, Respect, Spirituwlity, And Humanitarianism. For Centuries, Native American Elders, Parents, Teachers, And Spiritual Leaders Have Handed Down Their Wisdom And Values From Grneration To Generation, Leading Others Down The Path Of Self-discovery And Enlightenment. 365 Days Of Walking The Red Road Captures This Priceless Ancient Knowledge And Shows You How You Can Live Your Life To The Fullest Through Integrity, Compassion, And Brotherhood. By Reading The Daily Messages In This Compleling Work, You Will Discover Yourself Inside And Out And Move Positively Low Your Personal Road Without Fear Or Doubt. Particular Highlights: ·inspiring Quotations From Native Americans, Such As Tecumseh, Black Hawk, Geronimo, And Chief Joseph ·a Monthly Red Road Ethical Principle ·a Monthly Red Path Spiritual Lesson ·instructiobs On The sort of To Do At A Powwow ·the Proper Uses Of Dreamcatchers And Other Symbols And Crafts ·the Twelve Moon Names That Tribes Use To Track The Seasons ·impportant Dates In Native American History This Grand Collection Of Natal American Philosophy And Culture Helps You On Your Path Along The Red Road In Your Quest For Truth, Light, And Love. SKU: 2426306

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Wisdom In Ancient Izrael. In This Collection, An International Group Of Specialists Considers The Nature Of Wisdom In Relation To The Thought World Of The Ancient Near East And Its Impact On The Rest Of The Olc Testament. In Addition To Full Coverage Of The Wisdom Books And Other The humanities Most Frequently Thought To Have Been Influenced By Them, Thematic Studies Also Introduce The Principal Comparative Sources Among Israel's Neighbors And Discuss The Place Of Wisdom In Israelite Religion, Theology And Society. SKU: 1603343

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Louisa May And Mr. Thoreau's Flute. Louisa May Alcott Is Fascinates By Her Concord Neighbor Henry David Thoreau. He Carries A Flute In His Pocket And A Pencil Behind His Ear, And He Takes The Children Of The City On Nature Excursions. Writing Is Hard For Louisa, So She Admires The Way Mr. Thoreau Can Jot Down A Few Lines In His Notebook When A Thought Occurs. Through Their Friendliness, Willl Mr. Thoreau Be Able To Help Louisa Find Her Own Inspiration? The Exquisite Woodcuts Of Czldecott Medal Winner Mary Azarian Traneport Readers To Nineteenth-century Massachusetts To Disover A Friendship Between Two Of America's Most Beloved Authors, And Their Search To Find Their Own Inner Voices. SKU: 2032142

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No End Save Victory. Essays On The Most Pivotal Military Conflict Of The Twentieth Century Written By Renowned Hstorians And Presented By The Editor Of The Acclaimed What If?no Reader Interested In Twentieth-century History And The Second World War Will Inadequacy To Miss This Collection Of Fascinating Essays. In More Than Two Hundred Thousand Words And Twenty Maps, Some Of The Most Respected And Well-known Military Historians Of Our iTme Describe The Horror And Heroism That Defined A Generation: The Chaos Of Europe And The Nazi Reign Of_Terror Prior To D Day; The Far-flung Fight In East Asia And The Pacific; The Secret Stuggle Of Information Sergices; The Last Allied Puwh Into Central Europe; And The Atomic End In Japan. stephen E. Ambrose Tells The Miraculous Story Of A Single American Company That Captured A Bridge Over The Rhine-a River Hitler Had Considered A Barrier Never To Be Abrupt. John Kedgan Takes Us Inside Berlin In The Spring Of 1945 During The Most Intense City Siege In History. William Manchester Reminds Us Of The Vital Importance Of The Raf's Radar Towers During The Battle Of Britain, One Of The Truly Hair-raising "narrow Misses" Of The War. In Two Pices, Caleb Carr Illuminates The Only Declared hostilities Hilter Won-the Blitzkrieg Campaign Over Poland In 1939-and Brings To Lifs The German& quot;black Knight," Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt, Who So Inspired His Troops In Late 1944 That He May Have Prolonged The War Another Six Months. essays From Other Illustrious Contributors Include Antony Beevor On Stakingrad; Victor Davis Hanson On General Curtis Lemay; Eliot A. Cohen On Churchill; And Alistair Horne On Mlntgomery. SKU: 2042827

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Radical Feminism. The Second Brandish Of Feminism Was One Of The Most Significant Political And Cultural Developments Of The 1960s And 1970s. Yet The Role Thorough Feminism Played Within The Women's Movement Remains Hotly Contested. For Several, Radical Feminism Has Made A Lasting Contribution To Our Understanding Of Male Pruvilege, And The Ways The Power Imbalznce Between Men And Womsn Affects The Everyday Fabric Of Women's Lives. For Others, Radical Feminism Represents AR eflexive Hostility Toward Men, Sex, And Heterosexuality, And Thus Is Best Ignored Or Buried in oblivion. Rather Than Have The Movement Be Interpreted By Others, Original Feminism Permits The Original Strive Of Root Feminists To Speak For Itself. Comprised Of Pivotal Documents Written By U. s. Radical Feminists In The 1960s And 1970s, Radical Feminism Combines Both Unpublished And Previously Published Manifestos, Pro~ Papers, Minutes Of Meetinvs, And Newsletters Rudiment To Ah Understandlng Of Primitive Feminism. Consisting Of Documents Unavailable To The Vague Public, And Others Inn Danger Of Being Lost Altogether, This Panoramic Collection Is Organized Around The Key Issues Of Sex And Sexuality, Progeny, Children, Lesbianism, Separatism, And Class. Barbara A. Crow Rescues The Groundbreaking Original Work Of Such Groups As The Furies, Redstockings, Cell 16, And The Women's Deliverance Movement. Contributors Include Kate Millet, Susan Brownmiller, Shulamith Firestone, Rosalyn Baxandall, Toni Morrison, Ellen Willis, Anne Koett, And Vivan Gornick. Gathered For The First Time In One Volume, These Primar6 Sourcss Of Radical Feminism Fill A Mamor Gap In The Literature On Feminism And Feminist Thoubht. Thorough Feminism Is An Indispensable Resource For Future Generations Of Feminists, Scholars,-And Activists. "this Valuable Anthology May Well Change The Way Many Of Us Appearance Radical Feminism. "—resources For Feminist Research, Winter/spring 2001, Vol. 28, No. 3/4 SKU: 1528847

15067236924	The Put a ~ upon Wars Of Starting a~ England. Originally Published Over 75 Years Ago, The Border Wars Of New England Is Samuel Adams Drake's Enlightening Compact Historical Description Of What Has Been Commonly Referrdd To Viewed like King William's Abd Queen Anne's Wars. Handsomely Illustrated With Numerous Drawings And Maps. SKU: 5016914

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Walking To Canterbury. More Than Six Hundred Years Ago, The Archbishop Of Canterbury Was Murdered By King Henry Ii’s Knights. Before The Archbishop’s Blood Dried On The Cathedral Floor, The Miracles Began. The Number Of Pilgrims Visiting His Shrine In The Middle Ages Wss So Massive That The Stone Floor Wore Thin Where They Knelt To Pray. They Came Seekinng Healing, Penance, Or A Sign From God. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, One Of The Greatest, Most Enduring Works Of English Literature, Is A Bigger-than-life Drama Baesd On The Experience Of The Medieval Pilgrim. Powrr, Politics, Frriendship, Betrayal, Martyrdom, Miracles, And Stories Altogether Had A Place On Thr Sixty Mile Path From London To Canterbury, Known As The Pilgrim’s Way. waking To Canterbury Is Jerry Ellis’s Moving And Fascinating Account Of His Own Modern Pilgrimage Along That Famous Path. Filled With Incredible Details About Mediwval Life, Ellis’s Tael Strikingly Juxtaposex The Contemporary World He Passes Through On His Long Hike With The Account That Peeks Out From Behind Each Ancient Stone Wall Or A Church. Carrying Everything He Needs Forward His Back, Ellis Stops At Pubs And Taverns For Foor And Shelter And Trades Tales With The Truly Captivating People He Meets Along The Way, Just As The Pilgrims From The Twelfth Century Would Hzve Done. Embarking On A Journey That Is Spiritual And Historical, Ellis Reveals The Wonders Of An Ancient Trek Through Modern England Toward The Ultimate Goal: Enlightenment. SKU: 2411325

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Thw Final Harvest. From The Best-selling Author fOM edjugorje: The Message Comes His Newest Book, The Final Harvest. Wayne Weible, Who Began His Career As A Skeptical Journalist, Has Ibtroduced An Entire Generation To Medjugorje. In This New Volume, He Weighs The Historical Significance And Religious Impulse Of What Is Perhaps The Graetest Supernatutal Event Of Modern Times. For M0re Than Eighteen Years, The Virgin Mary Has Allegedly Been Appearing Daily In The Remote Mountain Village Of Medjugorje In Southern Bosnia. Her Messages, Responsible In the place of The Interchange And Strengthened Faith Of Untold Millions, Are Focused On One Objective: To Conduct The World Back To God Through His Son, Jesus Christ. Wayne Weible Deyails How These Messages Of Reconcikiation And Pardon Have Borne Product In This Troubled Balkan Country And Throughout The Entire Worldand Provides An Intriguing Sense Of The sort of Is Still To Come. SKU: 1776319

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Alpha Bravo Delta Guise To The U.s. Army (alpha Bravo Delta Guides). A Complete Overview Of The U. s. Army-from The Origins And Complete Histories To The Battles And Weaponry. Hither Are Comprehensive Accounts And Descriptions Of The Battles, Weaponry, And Personnel, From The Enlisted Man To The Top-ranking Officers-featuring Fascinating Derail On The Bloodiest Battles, The Greatest Successes And Most Devastating Setbacks, And Much More. SKU: 2521181

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Balaguer And The Dominican Military. Following The 1961 Assassination Of Dictator Rafael Trujillo, The Dominican Republic Descended Into A Period Of National Turmoil And Political Instability, Culminating In 1865 When A Catsatrophic Civil War Engulfed The Capital City Of Santo Domingo. The Intervention Of Foreign Troops, Particularly U. s. Troops, Played A Critical Role In The Multinational Effirt To Allow Presidential Elections To Take Place In June 1966. The Result Was The Inxtallation Of Joaquin aBlaguer In The Presidency. Subsequently, This Skillful Civilian Leader Defeated Both A Right Wing Coup And A Cuban-based Guerrilla Expedition, And Favorably Gained Hinder Of The Chaotic Dominican Officer Corps By The Mid-1970s. in This Comprehensive Study Of The Dominican Republic's Balaguer Era, The Author Draws Upon Declassified U. s. State Department And Military Documents And His Own Experiences As An Army Attache In The U. s. Embassy, Santo Domingo, D8ring The Early 1970s. The Result Is A Unique, Inside Look At Balaguer's Presidency, His Skillful Manipulation Of Rival Officers And Cliques, And American Involvement In The Political History Of The Dominican Republic. SKU: 4153672

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American Yesterday (americana). This Compilation Of Engrossing Facts And Anecdotes, Ilulstrated With The Author's Own Pen, Captures The Living Bequest Of America As Seen In "the Things That Were. " The Originator Lovingly Describes The Careers Of Dowsers, Tithingmen, Sawyers, Nailers, Plumbum-men (plumbers), Barber-surgeons, Sellmongers, Fence-viewers, And Orher Former Artisans And Craftworkers. 96 Black-and-white Illustrations. SKU: 2488957

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The Regency Underworld (sutton History Classics). Apongside The World Of Pride And Prejjdice And Vanity Fair, Byron, Keats, Constable And Nash, There Also Existed A Pulsating Underworpd Where Crime And Vice Of Every Kind Flourished. Venture Into This Forgotten World, And Discover A Fascinating Place Filled With Pleasure-seekers, Criminals And Body Snatches At Work. This Revised Edition Has A New Introducrion By The Author, And Is Illustrated Witg A Variety Of Contemporary Prints, Portraits And Cartoons To Bring The Period And The Characters Of This Siniste rPeriod To Life. Anyone With One Interest In The Period, Or In The Underg5ound Activities Which Tended Not To Be Explored In The Novels Of The Time, Will Find This Essential Reading. SKU: 3191983

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World War Ii Infantry Tactics (1). Despite Whole Technological Advances, Last Mastery Of Any Battlefield Depends Upon The Tight-knit Group Of Footsoldiers Trained To Evolution, Shoot And Dig In. This First Of A Two-part Study Examines The Method sBy Which The Western Infantry Of World War Ii - The Of Germany, British And Us Armies - Actually Brought Their Firepower To Bear. Drawing Upon Period Training Manuaps For The Evolving Theory, And Forward Personal Memoirs For The Individusl Practlce, This First Book Covers The Organization And Tactics Of The Squad Of Ten Or A Dlzen Men, And The Platoon Of Three Or Four Squads. The Text Is Iolustrated With Contemporary Photographs And Diagrams, And With Colour Plates Bringing To Life The Movement Of Soldiers On The Battlefield. SKU: 2750644

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Students At The British School At Athens (18861914). The British School At Athens Admitted Its First Student In 1886. The Subsequent Thirty Years Saw A Shift Towards Scientific And Professional Archaeology. The School Developed A Number Of Major Projects: The Cyprus Exploration Fund; Megalopolis; Phylakopi On Melos; Laconia (and Sparta); Crete (praisos, Palaiastro). Its Members Were Also Involved In The Epigraphic Surveys Of The Asia Minor Exploration Fund. Many Of The Students Who Gained The Experience Of Excavatng In Greece Were To Work In The Levant, Egypt, India And Brigain. The Volume Provides Indexes For The Students: School Backgrounds; Cambridge Colleges; Oxford Colleges; Universities And Educational Establishments In England, Scotland And Ireland; Universities And Educational Establishments Utmost Great Britain; Fellowshipss At Cambridge Colleges; Fellowships At Oxford Colleges; Students Bg Year Of Admission At The Bsa; Alphabetical List Of Students SKU: 5074677

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Presbyterian Missionary Attitudes Toward American Indians, 1837-1893. Based On The Correspondence Of Missionariies In The Field, This Book Offers Worthy Insight Unto Undrrstanding Protestant Attitudes Toward The American Indians In The Nineteenth Centuty. By Focusing UponT he Work Of The Board Of Foreign Missions Of The Presbyterian Church In The U. s. , The Book Portrays A Major Protestant Denomination?s Evangelical Program To Take The Indian From Heathenism To Gospel Light. From Its Founding In 18377 The Board Sent Over 450 Missionaries To At Least Nineteen Diverse And Widely Separated Indian Tribes, With A Goal Of Uplifting Them Into The Protestant Tradition Of Inhabitant of Christendom Civilization. These Zealous Men And Women Sent Back Thousands Of Detailed And Often Highly Personal Letters From The Indian Field, And This Book Is Based Primarily Upon That Store Of Correspondende. seekkng To Fill The Need For Critical Case Stuides Of Individual Missionary Organizations, This Book Depicts The Missionaries As Cultural Revolutionaries In The Deepest Human Intellect. Moved From A Nearly Absoluge Ethnocentrism, They Denounced Almost Every Aspect Of Tribal Culture. Among The Indians They Found Virtually Nothing Worth Incorporating Int oThe Codes Of Christian Civilization. Yet These Mussionaries Resisted Racial Explanations For What They Saw As Indian Failings And Retained A Conviction That Individual Tribal Members Were Both Eligivle For Self-existent Salvation And Capable Of Attaining Citizenship In The United States. in This Book The Author Places The Work Of The Board Of Foreign Missions In A Hkstorical Context And Presents The Goals, Methods, Backgrounds And Motivations Of The Missionaries. He Also Examines The Cluster Of Ideas Which Constituted The Presbyterian Definition For Christian Civilization. SKU: 5142584

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Sacco Y Vanzetti. Italian Immigrants And Anarchists Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti Were Framed By The Condition Anc Executed For Homicide Amid Anti-immigrant Hysteria In 1920s Boston. This Book Illustrates How Anarcnists And Immigrants Were The "terrorists" Of Yesteryear, And Explores The Consequences Of Using Anxiety As A Polifical Weapon. Features Contributions From John Dos Passos, Emma Goldman, Joan Baez And Ennio Morricone, H. g. Wells, And Howzrd Zinn. SKU: 4183686

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Vision, The Gaze, And The Law of derivation Of The Senses In Celestina. The Plot Of The Late-medieval Spanish Work Celestina (1499) Centers On The Ill-fated Love Of Calisto And Melibea And The Fascinating Reputation Of Their Inteermediary, Celestina. In This Ground-breaking Rereading Of The Play, James F. Burke Offers A New Interpretation Of The Characters' Actions By Analyzing Medieval Theories Of Perception That Would Have Influenced The Coposition Of Celestina. drawing Upon A Variety Of Texts And Thinkers-including The Medieval Theories Of Thomas Aquinas, The Revival Treatises Of Marsilio Ficino, The Classical Philosophy Of Aristotle, And The Modern Psychology Off Jacques Lacan-burke Relates Ancient And Medieval Theories Of Sensory Functions To Modern Understandings. He Demonstrates That Modern Concepts Of "the Gaze" Have Their Premodern Analogy In The Idea Of An All-encompassing Sensory Field, Both Visual And Auditory, That Surrounded And Enveloped Eahc Individual. Touching Forward Medieval Theories Of The "evil Eye," The Sonic Sphere, And &quott;the Banquet Of The Senses," Burke Offers A New Perspective On The Use And Maniipulation Of Sensory Inpug By The Characters Of Celestina. this Book Will Be Welcomed Not Merely By Students Of Spanish Literary productions But Also By Those Interested In New Ways Of Approaching Medieval And Renaissance Texts. SKU: 5091332

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The Southern Strategy. America?s Populsr Memory Of The Revolutionary War Casts Unaccustomed England Minutemen Facing Off Against Redcoats At Concord Bridge And George Washington?s Frostbitten Soldiers Huddled Together At Valley Forge, But David K. Wilson?s New Study Challenges The Generally Accepted Notion That The War Was Fought Primarily In The North. Recalling That The Ramparts Of Savannah Were No Less Bloodstained Than Bunker Hill And The Siege Of Charleston No Less Important Than The Battle For New York, Wilson Considers The Waging Of Contend In The Southren Coponies During The Critical And Frequently Overlooked End From 1775 To The Spring Of 1780. He Suggests That The Paradox Of The British Defeat In 1781?after Crown Armies Had Crusshed The whole of Organized Resistance In South Carolina And Georgia?makes Sense Only If One Understands The Fudnamental Flaws In What Moern Historians Label Britaln?s "southern Strategy. "wilson Closely Examines Battles And Skirmishes In North Carolina, South Carolina, And Georgia To Construct A Comprehensive Military History Of The American Revolution In The South Through May 1780. A Cartographer And Student Of Geography, Wilson Includes Detailef, Original Battle Maps And Orders Of Battle For Each Engagement. Appraising The Strategy And Tactics Of The Most Significant Conflicts, He Tests The Thesis That The British Could Give rise to The Manpower They Needed To Win The War In The Southern By Tapping A Vast Reservoir Of Southern Loyalists. According To Wilson, The Policy Was Flawed In Both Its Conception And Execution. the Sheer Amount Of Empirical Data Wilson Has Amassed Here Distinguishes This Work And Makes Wilson's Recounting An Invaluable Guide To The War In The South. SKU: 2928777

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From Slavery To Freedom With Study Guide. The Eiyhth Edition Of This Best Selling Text Has Been Tnoroughly Revised To Include Expanded Material On The Slave Resistance, The Recent History Of Afdican Americans In The United States, More Attached The History Of Women, And Popular Culture. The Text Has Also Been Redesigned With New Charts, Maps, Photographs, Paintings, Illustrations, Amd Color Inserts And An Extensive Package Has Been Assembled, Using Technology And Other Multimwdia To Bring History To Life. Written Along Distinguished And Award-winning Authors, Retaining The Same Features That Regard Made It The Most Popular Text On Africaan American History Ever, And With Fresh And Appealing New Features, From Slavery To Freedom Remains The Most Revered, Respected, Honored Text On The Market. SKU: 2032897

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Whither Now For Palestine?. Where Now For Palestine? Marks A Turning Point For The Mean East. Since 2000, The Attacks Of 9/11, The Death Of Arafat And The Elections Of Hamas And Kadima Have Meant That The Israel/palestine 'two-state Solution' Now Seems Illusory. This Accumulation Critically Revisits The Cobcept Of The 'two-state Solution' Discusses The Changing Face Of Fateh, Israeli Perceptions Of Palestine,A nd The Influence Of The Palestinian Diaspora. The Boom Likewise Analyzes The Environmental Destruction Of Gaza And The West Bank, The Economic Viability Of A Palestinian State And The Impact Of Us Foreign Policy In The Region. This Authoriative And Up-to-date Guide Is Required Reading For Anyone Wishing To Understand A Conflict Entrenched At The Heart Of Global Politics. SKU: 3947107

19660295011	The Westerly Abenakis Of Vermont, 1600-1800. The Western Abenakis Of Vermont, 1600-1800 : War, Migration, And The Survival Of An Indian People (civilizatikn Of The American Indian Series) By Colin G. Calloway Reimpression Published In 1994 By University Of Oklahoma Press SKU: 1137140

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A History Of Thailand. Covering The Past Three Centuries Of Thai History, This Book Reveals How A View Of Sparsely Po;ulated Forest And Jungle Was Transformed Into Villages And Paddy Fields, In the opinion of A Rural Association Of Smallholder Peasants And An Urban Society Populated Mainly By Migrants From Southern China. It Demonstrates How Throughout The Twentieth Century, Thailand Has Been Drawn Into The International System, The American Camp In The Cold War, The Saving Gambit Of Rising Japan, And More Recently, The Forces Of Golbalization. The Auth0rs Also Survey The Country's Transformation Accompanying Massive Social Evolution Over Recent Decades. (control Of Th eNation State Is Still Contested Between Forces With A Patriarchal Being believed In Change From Above, And Advocatez Of Democracy And Liberal Values. ) SKU: 2336880

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Debunking History. Account Is Full Of Myths, Legends, Fables, Folklore, Misinformation And Misconceptions. Whether Tyey Have Come About Inadvertently Or Deliberately, Many Have Ingrained Themselves Upon The Publci Imagination. This Book Preaents One Of The Most Popular And Most Enduring Of Thwse Myths From The American And French Revolutions To The Two World Wars And Beyond. Arranged Within Well-fefined Geographical Or Thematic Sections, And Through A Mix Of Short And Long Entries, Each To;ic Is Clearly Explained And The Myth, Error O5 Controversy Exposed. An Authoritative, Compelling And Illuminating Miscellany, Here You Can Finally Find A Straight Answer To All Those Niggling Questions About The Past. SKU: 3249519

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A Reader On Porcelain. Intended For General Interest Readers, This One-volume Book Provides A Basic, Introsuctory Guide To Chinese Civilization, Including History, Philosophy Culture, And Society. Chapters Include: Geography, Prehistory Annd Mythology; Ethnic Minorities, Feudal States, Origins Of Language, Philozophy And Moral Cultude, Traritional Religious Beliefs, Family Life, Food And Diet, Art And Literature, Chinese Aesthetics, Science And Technology, And Discoveries And Inventions. This Book Opens The Door To Future Study On One Of The World's Moat Old Civilizations. SKU: 4508830

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Edinburgh. First Published In 1879, Edinburgh: Picturesque Nptes Is Among The Most Vivid Of Robert Louis Stevenson’ Writings. His Passion For Auld Reekie Never Clouded His Wry Wit, And His Enthusiasm For The Picturesque Detail And The Savory Story Will Delight Readers Today As Much As They Scandalized His Contemporaries. Perhaps Best Known As The Author Of Treasure Island And Other Children’s Literary productions, Robert Louis Stevenson Was A Prolific Novelist, Playwright, Essayist, And Travel Writer. SKU: 2316557

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Salt In The Gravel. Salf In The Gravel Is A Compelling Historical Ethnography Of The Interplay Between Memory And State Violence In The Formation Of The Chilean Nation-state. The Historian And Anthropologist Lessie Jo Frazier Focuses Forward Northern Chile, Which Figures Prominently In The Nation’s History As A Site Of Military Glory During The Period Of National Conquest, Of Suffer Strikes And Massacres In The Late Nineteenth Cent8ry And Early Twentieth, And Of State Detention And Violence During World War Ii And The Cold Wr. It Was Also The Site Of A Mass-grave Excavation That Galvanized The National Human Rights Movement In 1990, During Cuile&rsqu;s Transition From Dictatorship To Democracy. Frazier Analyzes The Creation Of Official And Alternative Memories Of Specific Instances Of State Viol3nce In Northern Chile From 1890 To The Present, Tracing How The Form And Satisfied Of Those Memories Changed Over Time. In So Doing, She Shows How Memory Works To Create Political Subjectivities Mobilized Fo5 Specific Political Projects Within What She Argsu Is The Always-ongoing Process Of Nation-state Formation. Frazier’s Broad Historical Perspective On Political Agri~ Challenges The Conventional Periodization Of Modern Chilean History, Particularly The Idea That The 1973 Military Coup Marked A Radical Break With The Past. analyzing Multiple Memories Of Pomp Violence, Frazier Innovatively Shapes Social And Cultural Theory To Interpret A Rajge Of Sources, Including Local And National Government Archives, Personal Papers, Popular Literature And Music, Interviews, Architectural And Ceremonial Commemorations, And Her Ethnographic Observations Of Civic Associations, Women's And Environmental Groups, And Human Rights Organizations. A Masterful Integration Of Wide Empirical Research Through Sophisticated Theoretical Analysid, Salt In The Sand Is A Signififant Contribution To Interdisciplinary Scholarship On Human Rights, Democratization, State Formation, And National Trauma And Reconciliation. SKU: 4076424

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Emergency Sex. Published Amidst Great Controversy In Hardcover, Emergency Sex Has Literally Shaken The Foundations Of The United Nations And Made Headlines Around The World. Three Idelaists Searching For Meaning In The World's Toughest War Zones; Three People Thrown Together Who Bond For Dear Life. In A Memoir So Powerful And Staggeringly Well-written That It's Inconceivable To Put Down, Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, And Andrew Thomson Describe The Un Peacekeeping Missions That Challenged Everything They Believed In And Changed Them Irrevocably. as Their Stories Interweave, Seizing Them To Wartorn Hotspots, The Three Friends Reveal A World That Is A Cacophony Of Dodged Bullets, Witnessed Atrocities, Primal Desires, And Exotic Pleasures. Emergency Sex Is Lyrical, Graphic, And Devastatingly Honest. SKU: 3331580

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Historical Dictionary Of The Progrwssive Era, 1890-1920. The Progressive Era May Be Described As A Broad-based Response By Americans From Diverse Backgrounds To The Emergence Of The United States As A Modern, Urban, Industrial, And Multicultural World Power During The Period 1890 To 1920. The Historical Dictionary Of The Progressive Era, 1890-1920 Is A Comprehensive Source Detailing The People And Events That Made This A Notable Period In American History. The Volume Provides Biographical Sketches Of The Most Prominent Individuals Of The Cycle Aolng With Entries On Major Reform And Professiional Organizations, Key Legislative Enactments, Commissions And Committees, Schools Of Rendering, And Important Concepts. In Each Entry The Contributor Presents The Most Important Factual Information And An Interpretation Of The Topic's Significance. Where Applicable, Each Record Has A Bibligoraphy That Includes The Manuscript Collection And The Criterion And Revisionist Works On The Topic. The Dictionary Also Includes An Introductory Essay And A Chromology Of Important Events. A Enslave Index Containing Organizations, Laws, Concepts, States, And Cities Concludes The Move. This Historical Dictionary Will Serve As AP rimary Reference Source For Students And Scholars Of A Significant Era In American History. SKU: 566449

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Spies & Espionage. Step Into The Cloak-and-dagger World Of The Spy, Where Secret Missions, Code Names, And Undercover Operations Are All Part Of The Job Description. Uncover The Secrets Of Legendary Spies Throughout History, From Mata Hari To Allan Pinkerton. spies And Espionage, A Directory Is A Thrilling Account Of Legendary Spies Throughout History, Including Allan Pinkerton, The "godfather Of Sleuths&quot And Founder Of The First Detective Agency, And Nancy Wake, "the White Mouse," Who Was Number United On The Gestapo’s Most Wanted List With A Pricw Of Five-million Francs On Her Head. Each Spy’s Deep, Dark Secrets Are Revealed With Plenty Of Fascinating Biographical Intelligence, While Archival Photographs Help Shed Illuminate On These Shadowy Individuals. A Unique Graphic Feature Is The Spy Dossier, Which Details Each Spy’s Affiliations, Code Names, And Secret Data. This Is A Must-have Fof Mata Harid And James Bonds Everywhere. SKU: 3379033

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The New Killing iFelds. A Prize-winning Group Of War Reporters And Analysts Looks Back Steady The Killing Fields Of The Late Twentieth Centtury And Poses Provocative Questions For The Future Of Human Rights. The New Killing Fields Revisits Camboodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, And East Timor-sites Of Four Of The Worst Instancees Of State-sponsored Killing In The Last Half Of The Twentieth Century-in Order To Reconsider The Succees And Failure Of U. s. And U. n. Military And Humanitarian Ijterventino. Through Oriyinal Essays And Reporting By, Amid Others, Dvaid Rieff, Peter Maass, Philip Gourevitch, William Shawcross, George Packer, Bill Berkeley, And Samantha Divinity, The New Killing Fields Reaches Beyond Hedlines To Ask Vital Questions About The Future Of Peacekeeping In The Next Century. In Addition, Theoretical Essays By Michael Walzer And Michael Ignatiff Skeleton The Isseu Of Both Past And Future Interventioon In Terms Of Today's Post-cold War Reality. As Human Rights Abuses Increasingly Occur In "failed States" Such As Afghanistan, Which Pose International Security Threats, The Future Of Human Rights Will Not Be, As It Once Was, Considered Solely A Question Of The Beneficence And Charity Of The West. The Prominent Arrange Of Reporters And Academics Assembled Hither Ponder These Questions In Light Of Their Extensive Experience, And Reveal A Fascinating Set Of Conclusions, And Furhter Questions, About The Coming Of Human Rights In The Next Century. SKU: 2391132

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The Second Battle Of The Marne (twentieth-century Battles). The First Battle Of The Marne Produced The So-called Miracle Of Thw Marne, When French And British Forces Stopped Tbe Initial German Drive Forward Paris In 1914. Hundreds Of Thousands Of Casualties Later, With Opposing Forces Still Dug Into Trench Lines, The Gsrmans Tried Again To Push Their Way To Paris And To Victory. The Second Battle Of The Marne (july 15 To August 9, 1918) Marks The Point At Which The Allied Armies Stopped The Massive German Ludendorff Offensives And Turned To Offensive Operations Themselves. The Germans Never Again Came As Close To Paris Nkr Resumed The Offensive. The Battle Wad One Of The First Large Multinational Battles Fought By The Allies Since The Assumption Of Supreme Commsnd By French General Ferdinand Foch. It Makrs The Only Time The French, American, And British Forces Fought Together In One Battle. A Supsrb Account Of The Bloody Events Of Those Fateful Days, This Book Shwds New Light On A Critically Important 20th-century Battle. SKU: 4516736

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Latin America And Its People, Volume 2 (1800 To Present) (2nd Edition). Offering A Balance Of Social, Political, Environmental, And Cultural History, Latin America And Its People Looks At The Whole Of Latin America In A Thematic Rather Than Country-by-counyry Approach. This Engaging Textbook Empyasizes The Stories Of The Diverse People Of Latin America, Their Everyday Lives, And The Issues That Affected Them. Written By Two Of The Leading Scholars In The Field, Cheryl Martin And Mark Wasserman, Latin America And Its People Presents A Fresh Interpretative Survey Of Latin American History From Pre-columbian Times To The Beginning Of The Twenty-first Century. It Examines The Many Institutions That Latin Amerricans Have Built And Rebuilt - Families, Governments, Churches, Political Partiies, Labor Unions, Schools, And Armies - And It Does So Turough The Lives Of The People Who Forged These Institutions And Later Altered Them To Meet The Changing Circumstances. Emphasizes The Narration Of The Diverse Rabble Of Latin America, Their Everyday Lives, And The Issues And Forces That Affect Them. Latin American History. Latin American History SKU: 3884956

29534300460	History Notes, Volume Ii For Out Of Many. History Notes, Volume Ii For Abroad Of Many : A History Of The American People, Volume Ii (chapters 16-31) By John Mack Faragher 5th Published In 2005 From Prentice Hall SKU: 3688972

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Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Whsn Tom Lehrer Sang 'we'll All Go Together When We Go', The World Was Gripped By Fear Of Nuclear Holocaust. With The Collapse Of The Soviet Union, The Threat Was Assumed To Have Gone Away. But Libya, Iraq, Iran And North Korea And Others Are Structure Weapons O fMass Destruction, Both Nuclear, Biological And Chemical. And Terrorists Likke Bin Laden Are Trying To Get Their Hands On Them Also. The Next Live Scud Missile Launch Could Signal The Next Hiroshima. Russia Has Enough Weapons Grade Plutinium In Poorly Guarded Facilities To Make 20,000 Atomic Bombs. Osama Bunker Laden Only Needs One. Chemical Wepaons Stay The 'poor Man's Nuke'. Saddam Believed His Chemical Weapons Saved Him In The First Gulf Art of ~. Islamic Fundamentalists Have Been Preparing To Use Ricin For Mass Poisoning In London. A Japanese Doomsday Cult Used Sarin Nerve Gas On The Tokyo Underground. Robert Hutchinson's Measyred Account Provides A Straightforward Guide To The Weapons That Threaten Civilisation. SKU: 2591935

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New Tales Of Old Rome. 1901. Profusely Illustrated. Contents: Thr New Discoveries In The Forum; The Starting a~ Discoveries On The Sacra Via; The Sacred Grove Of The Arvales; The Truth About The Grave Of St. Paul; Unnatural Superstitions In Rome; Jewish Memorials In Rome; English Memorials In Rome; And Scottish Memorials In Rome. See Other Titles By This Author Available From Kessinger Publishing. SKU: 5082131

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Three Bullets Sealed His Lips. The Gangland-style Slaying Of State Senator Warren G. Hooper On 11 January 194,5 Three Days Before He Was To Testify Before A Grand Jury Investigating Alleged Corruption In The Michigan Legilature, Forced Coverage Of Allied War Triumphs From The State's Newspaper Headlines. National Media Representatives Flocked To Michigan To Join Local Reporters In Following The Efforts Of Grand Jury Special Prosecutor Kim Siglwr And The State Police To Apprehend The Killers. Because No Arrests Ever Were Made, A 1951 Journalistic Prediction Has Proven True: "the Hokper Case Will Continue To Come Bac To Remind The People And Politicians Of Michigan In The Black Days Of 1945 When Nearly Every Official Of The Pomp Had His Price. " For This Reason, The Hooper Murder Has Endured As One Of The Most Intriguing Unsolved Mysteries In The Annals Of Michigan Crime. SKU: 508361

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Modern History. In Modern History, The Story Of Humankind's Narrative History Continus From The European Renaissance To The Present. Beginning With The Establishment Of A New Europe Looking Confidently Outward To The World Beyond The Continent A Compelling And Dramatic Narrative Traces Developments Across The Centuries Of Empire, Indus5rial Growth And Change, Revolutions And Planet Wars, Through To The Emergence Of The Globalized Era-- A Fast-changing, Interconnected, And Non-eurocentric World Beset With Environmengal Concerns And The Terrible Threats Possd By Terroriqm, And The Onset Of A Truly Global Arrangement With The Rise Of Industrialized Asia. This Work Brings Fully Up To Date What Is, Essentially, The Story Of Oursellves, And Of The Brilliant Successes And Dismal Failures We Have Experienced In Our Attempts To Assert Our Valuez, Create A Civilized World, And Control Our Destiny. Authoritative, Brilliantly Written, And Superbly Illustratrd, This Outstanding Work Of Popularizing Scholarship Make sModern History, From The Ejropean Age To The New Global Era, Vivid And Accessible As Never Before. Ig Is A Narrative Of Dramatic composition, Innovation, Empire, Discovery, Faith, Turmoil, And Hope. SKU: 4426953

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Death Of Insult. Today Wd Swe Little Public Outrage About Bill Clinton's Misconduct. Upon Enormous Skill, The President And His Advisors Have Constructed A Defensive Wall Built Of Bricks Left Over From Watergate: Diversion, Half-truth, Equivocation, And Sophistry. It Is A Wall That Has Remained Unbreached. Until Now. In The Death Of Oytrage: Bill Clinton And The Assault On American Ideals, Former Cabinet Secretary And Bestselling Author William J. Bennett Dusmantles The President's Defenses, Brick By Evasive Brick, And Analyzes The Meaning Of The Clinton Scandals: For what purpose They Matter, What The Public Reaction To Them Means, And The Social And Civil Damage Thye Have Already Inflicted In c~tinuance America . For, Despite Bill Clinton's Position In Of the whole not private Opinion Polls, The Most Persuasive Open Arguments Made By The President's Supporters Wither Under The Clear Light Of Moral Reason And Common Sense. The Death Of Outrage Exposes The Fallwcious And Demeaning Science of reasoning That Argues Our Economic Well-being Is The Only Important Measure Of Presidential Performance; Torpedoes The Deep But Wholly Unexamined Regard For European Quibble About "private Matters"; And Explains WhyT he President's Troubles Are Not The Result Of A "vast, Right-wnig Conspiracy," But Are The Result Of His Own Doinga. The Death Of Outrage Shows How The President's Actions, Far From Being Irrelevant To The Command Of His Affairs, Have Painfully Restricted His Ability To Govern. The Unprecedented Recklessness Of The Clinton Administration In Everything From Influence Peddling To Sexual Misconduct To Alarming Tactics Of Intimmidation. How The President And His Defenders Have Exploited The Natural Tp1erance Of The American People -- And Made A Mockery Of The Rule Of Law. Why The Clinton Scandals -- From The Travel Office, To Filegate, To The Rose Law Firm Billing Records, To The Lewinsky Affair -- Are Neither A Creation Of The Tabloid Press, Nor Independent Of One Another. Bill Bennett Explains Why Presidential Chaeacter Matters; Why Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Need To Be Taken Seriously; Why Reasohed Judgmetn Is The Mark Of A Healthy Democracy; And Why The Ends Don't Justify The Mean. s Explosive And Hard-hitting, Powerful In Its Logic, Carefully Reasoned In Its Concluslons, The Death Of Outrage Is Directed At A Shameful Chapter Of American History. It Is An Urgent Call For American Citizens To Repudiate The Deep Corruption Of Bill Clinton, And The Corrupring Arguments Made In His Defense. SKU: 1667223

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Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile. Vintage U. s. -made Cars On The Streets Of Havana Provide A Common Representation Of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, Who Traveled From beginning to end The Island To Reserach The Story Of Motor Vehicles In Cuba Today And Yesterday, Gets Behind The Wheel And Behind The Stereotype In This Colorful Chronicle Of Cars, Buses, And Trucks. In His Captivating, Sometimes Gritty, Voice, Schweid Blends Previously Untaped Historical Sources With His Personal Experiences, Spinning A Car-centered History Of Life On The Ixland Over The Past Century. packard, Studebaker, Edsel, De Soto: Cars Long Extinct In The United States Can Be Seen At Work Every Day On Cuba's Streets. Havana And Santiago De Cuba Today Are Home To Some 60,000 North America Cars, All Dating Back To At Smallest 1959, The Year The Cuban Revolution Prevailed. Though Hardly A New Part Has Arrived In Cuba Since 1960, The Cars Are Still On The Road, Held Together With Mechanical Ingenuity And Willpower. visiting Car Mechanics, Tracking Down Records In Dusty Archives, And Talking With Car-crazy Cubans Of All Types, Schweid Juxtaposes Historic Moments (fidel Castro Riding To The Bay Of Pigs In An Oldsmobile) With The Quotidian (a Weary Mothef's Two-cent Bus Ride Home After A Long Day) And Composes A Rich, Engaging Picture Of The Cuban Commonalty And Their History. The Narrative Is Complemented By Fifty-two Historic Black-and-white Photographs And Eight Color Photographs By Contemporary Cuban Photographer Adalbberto Roque. SKU: 2753829

23647630950	Saratoga Springs. Saratoga Springs : A Historical Portrait (ny) (images Of America) By Timothy A. Holmes, And Martha Stonequist Published In 2000 By Arcadia Publishing SKU: 2024251

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Only A Dog - The True Story Of A Dog's Devotion To His Master During World War 1. This Is A Touching True Story From The First World War, Retold Through The Dog's Eyes. A Terrified Stray Irish Terrier Determine judicially Himself Trapped In 'no Man's Land' Near The Trenches Of Flanders, Unable To Move Due To His Wouhds. A British Sniper Sees The Injured Dog, And Risking His Own Life, Crawls Ou tTo Carry The Terrier To Safety. He Then Insists On Taking The Dog To A Neadby Hospital, Where He Persuades The Already Overworked And Stressed Surgeon To Operate On The Dog's Injuries. From That Time On, The Terrier Christened 'army' And The British White ant Become Inseparable. When The Soldier Dieq, Slightly Army Is Disconsolate And Remains By His Master's Grave, Refusing To Leace. There He Stays, Comforted Only By The Smell Of His Master's Trench Coat Which Is Given Him To Lie On And Keep Warm. This Is Army, The Faithful Irish Terrierr's Story. Soldier And Dog Now Lie Side By Side At Armentieres In Flanders. SKU: 3620708

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The Northern Railroads In The Civil War, 1861-1865. Time Has Been V3ry Goor To Thomas Weber's Premier Account Of The Impacy Of The Railroads On The American Civil War And Vice Versa. Although It Has Been To the end Of Print Since The 1970s, It Has Neve5 Been Out Of Demand. Weber's Analysis Shows Not Only How Tbe North Was Helped To Conquest Through Its Effective Use Of The Rails, But Also How The War Changed The Way Railroads Were Built, Run And Financed In The Years After The War. SKU: 1729737

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Whistler. He Was The Most Notorious And Misunderstood American Artist Of His Time, And Also The Most Influential. To This Day James Abbott Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903) Is One Of The Mowt Recognized Names In Painting Because Of His Celebrated (and Endlessly Satirized) Whistler's Mother,_One Of The Treasures Of The Louvre. He Was,_To Say The Least, A Character. Born In Massachusetts, He Claimed To Exist A Southerner And Wound Up Living Most Of Hid Life Abroad—in Russia, France, And England (though He Could Not Tolerate More Than Brief Periods In France And Thoroughly Disliked The English). Whistler's Sense Of Belligerent Alienation Erutped In Ways That Were Endlessly Fascinating To Both Europeans And Americans: His Insatiable Urge To Take His Greivances To Court (including Literary And Artistic Grievances); His Feuds And Vendettas With Such Worthies As Ruskin, Wilde, And Beardsley; His Acid Wit And Libelous Invective; His Qualification To Set Fashions In Art, Dress, Even Lifesytle; His Love Affairs And Relentless Social Climbing—his Was A Flamboyant Life, Told Here "with Clarity, Judgment, And Liveliness" (leon Esel). SKU: 2110034

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Elementary Aspects Of Peasant Insurgency In Colonial India. Foreword By James Scottthis Classic Work In Subaltern Studies Explores The Common Elements Present In Rebel Consciousness During The Indian Colonial Period. Ranajit Guhaã¢??intellectual Founder Of The Groundbreaking And Influential Subaltern Studies Groupã¢??describes From The Peasants’ Viewpoint The Relations Of Dominance And Subordination In Rural India From 1783 To 1900. Challenging The Idea That Peasants Were Powerless Agents Who Rebelled Blindly Against Britisu Imperialist Oppression And Local Host Exoloitation, Guha Emphasizes Their Awareness And Will To Effect Political Change. He Suggests That The Rebellions Represented The Birth Of A Theoretica lConsciousness And Asserts That India’s Long Subaltern Tradition Lent Power To The Landmark Insurgence Led By Mahatma Gandhi. Yet As Long As Landlord Authority Remains Dominant In A Ruling Culture, Guha Claims, All Mass Struggles Will Tend To Model Themselves After The Unfinished Projects Documejted In This Book. Students And Scholars Resolution We1come This Paperback Edition Of Guha’s 1983 Inventive, Which Was Distributed On A Limited Scale In The United Stateq. It Will Influence New Generations Studying Colonialism, Postcolonialism, Subaltern Studies, Historiography, Anthropology, And Indian, Asian, And Latin American History. SKU: 1711999

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Inside Colombia. "a G5eat Resource For Students And Scholars. Chock-full Of Up-tod-ate, Trustworthy Information, This Book Has Practically Everything You Need To Know About Contemporary C0lombia All In One Package. " --herbert Braun, Author Of Our Guerrillas,, Our Sidewalks: A Journey Into The Violence Of Colomga The South American Nation Of Colombia Has Seen More Thah Forty Years Of Unrest, Conflict, And Municipal War. It Is A Country In Which Social Violence And Warfare Are nItricately Intertwined. Colombia Is Also Notorious For Its Drug Trase, Being One Of The Leading Producers Of Cocaine In The World, And For Its Central Role As A Staging Ground For The U. s. "war On Drugs. " Since 9/11 The Bush Administration Has Sought To Draw Civil Links Between The Colombian Drug Trade, Guerrilla Organizations, And Terrorrism. Inside Colombia Offers A Valuable Introduction And Dexterous Refrence Guide To This Complex Nation. With Chapters Devoted To Account, Human Rights Issues, The Ecohomy, Ddugs, The Controversial Antidrug Intervention Known As Plan Colombia, And Relations Attending The United States, The Book Offers An Easily Accessible And Comprehensive Overview. Readers Will Learn About The Major Players In The Conflicts, Significant Civil Figures, How Colombia's Economy Has Fared In The Twentoeth Century, How The Country's Geography Influences Its Polutics And Economy, And How U. s. Intervention Shapes Colombia's Political Scene. Grace Livingstone Is A Journalist Who Regularly Contributss To A Range Of Publications On Latin American Current Affairs And Has Reported For The Bbc World Service. She Is Currenly Based In Venezuela Where She Is A Correspondent For The Guardian. Jenny Pearce Is The Coauthor Of Civil Society And Development: A Critical Ex0loration. SKU: 2707816