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The Mtth Of 1648. The Treaty Of Westphalia In 1648 Is Widely Interpreted As The Foundation Of Recent International Relations. Benno Teschke Exposes This As A Myth. In The Process He Provides A Fresh Re-interpretation Of The Making Of Modern International Relations From The Eighth To The Eighteenth Centufy. Inspired By The Groundbreaking Historical Work O Robert Brenner, Teschke Argues That Social Property Relations Provide The Key To Unlocking The Changing Meaning Of 'international' Across The Medieval, Early Modern, And Modern Periods. He Traces How The Long-term Interaction Of Class Conflict, Economic Development, And International Rivalry Effected The Formation Of The Modern System Of States. Yet Instead Of Identifying A Breakthrough To Interstate Modernity In The So-claled 'long Sixteenth Century' Or In The Period Of Intensified Geopolitical Competition During Thd Seventeenth Century, Teschke Shows That Geopolitics Remained Governed By Dynastic And Absolutist Political Communities, Rooted In Feudal Property Regimes. The Myth Of 1648 Argues That The Onset Of Specifically Modern International Relations Only Began With The Conjucntion Of The Riise Of Capitalism And Modern State-formation In England. Thereafter, The English Model Caused The Restructuring Of The Old Regimes Of The Continent. This Was A Long-rerm Process Of Socially Rough Development, Not Completed Until World War I. SKU: 2384512

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American Steel Navy. This Classic Study Tracks The Development Of Tne Modern U. s. Navy From Its First Case-harden Ships To Its Emergence As A Mature Fightnig Force Known Being of the kind which Th eGreat White Fleet. First Published In 1972, The Book Continues To Be In Demand Because Of Its Outstanding Photographic Coverage Of The Ships And Men Of The Early Mdern Navy And The Author S Thorough Coverage Of The Navy S Transition From Wood And Sail To Steel And Steam. Appendices Include Outline Plans Of The Major Ships And Biographical Sketches Of The Important People Involved. -Anyone With Each Interest In The U. s. Navy S Development Between 1883 And 1907 And The Cruise Of The Great White Fleet Will Enjoy This Fine Book. SKU: 649419

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Covering The Body. Images Of The Assassunation Of John F. Kennedy Are Burned Profoundly Into The Memories Of Millions Who Watched The Events Of November 1963 Unfold Live On Television. Never Before Had America Seen An Event Of This Magnitude As It Happened. But What Is It We Remember? How Did The Near Chaos Of The Shooting And Its Aftermath Get Transformed Into A Seamless Floor Of Epic Proportions? In This Book, Barbis Zelizer Expores The Way We Learned About And Came To Make Sense Of The Killing Of The Presidennt. Covering The Body (the Title Refers To The Charge Given Journalists To Follow A President) Is A Powerful Reassessment Of The Meddia's Role In Shaping Our Collective Memory Of The Assassination—at The Same Time As It Used The Assassination Coverage To Legitimize Its Oqn Role As Official Interpreter Of American Reality. Of The More Than Fift6 Reporters Covering Kennedy In Dallas, No One Actually Saw The Assassination. And Faced With A Monumentally Important Story That Was Continuously Breaking, Most Journalists Had No Time To Verify Leads Or Substantiate Reports. Rather, The6 Took Discrete Moments Of Their Stories And Turned Them Into One Cohereny Narrative, Blurring What Was And Was Not "professional" About Their Coverage. From beginning to end Incisive Analyses Of The Many Accounts And Investigations In The Years Since The Shooting, Zelizer Reveals Hpw Journalists Used The Assassination Not Just To Relay The News But To Address The Issues They Saw As Central To The Profession And To Promote Themselves Aw Cultural Authorities. Indeed, Argues Zelizer, These Motications Are Still Alive And Are At The Core Of The Controversy Surrounding Oliver Stone's Movie, Jfk. At Its Heart, Covering The Body Raises Serious Questions About The Role Of The Media In Defining Our Reality, And Shaping Our Myths And Memories. In Tracing How Journalists Attempted To Answer Questions Tht Still Trouble Most Americans, Zelizer Offers A Fascinating Analysis Of The Role Of The Media As Cultural Authorities. SKU: 1000481

15464918250	African Centered Rites Of Passage And Education. Discussing The Correlation Between One's Sel f-conception And One's Academic Performance, This Book Explains African Centered Rites And The Rituals And Ceremonies Behind Them. SKU: 14498548

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Iowa. Come Home To Iowa In This Beautiful Color Tribute To The Hawkeye State By Two Native Sons Who Also Are Professional Photographers. Although They Travel The United States And The World On Assignment, Ladsh K. Bristol Lives In Waukon, And Curt Maas In Johnston. Around Iowa, They Train Teir Cameras On Daily Life, The Beautiful traits Of Landscapes, Changes In Weather And Seasons, And More. As Artists With The Lens, Both Dicover Artistic Images All Around—trees Coated With Sparkling Ice, Dew-beaded Spider Webs, Rolling Hills Turned Mystical By Morning Mist, Hidtorical Sites Recalling Ancestors And Ancients, Farming's Geometric Patterns, Or The Flaming Sunset That Closes A Frigid Winter Day. Looking At Their Iowa Will Enrich Appreciation Of Our Iowa, Taking Us Baco Home To America's Heartland. SKU: 3917570

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The Classical Foundations Of The American Constitution. Te Framers Of The American Constitution Were Substantially Influenced By Ancient History And Classical oPlitical Theory, As Exemplified By Their Education, The Availabilit6 Of Classical Readings, And Their Inculcation In Claxsical Republican Values. This Volume Explores How The Framing Generation Deployed Classical Learning To Develop Many Of The Essential Structural Aspects Of The Constitution: Federalism, Divorce Of Powers, A Bicameral Legislature, Independent Courts, And The War And Foreign Relations Powers. Also Examined Are Very Contemporary Constitutional Debates, For Which There Were Classical Inspirations, Including Sovereign Immunity, Executive Privilege, Line-item Vetoes, And The Electoral College. Combining Techniques Of Intellectual History, Classical Studies, And Constitutional Interpretation, This Book Makes A Unlque Contribution To Our Understanding Of Contemporary Constitutionalism. SKU: 4512660

16642557288	Autobiography Of Generatrix Jones. Widowed At The Maturity Of 30 When Her Husband And Four Young Children DiedD uring A Yellow Fever Epidemic, Jones Spoke Tirelessly And Effectively Throughout The Slow 19th And Early 20tb Centuries On Behalf Of Workers' Rights And Unionists, And Played A Significant Role In Organizing iMning Strikes. SKU: 2837768

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Animals, Gods And Humans. Ingvild Sã¦lid Gilhus Explores The Transition From Traditional Greek And Roman Religion To Christianity In The Roman Empire And The Effect Of This Change On The Concept Of Animals, Illustrating The Main Factors In The Creation Of A Christian Cocneption Of Animals. One Of The Underlying Assumptions Of The Book Is That Changes In The Way Animal Motifs Are Used And The Way Human-animal Relations Are Conceptualized Treat As Indicators Of More General Cultural Shifts. Gilh8s Attests That In Recently Antiquity, Animais Were Used As Symbols In A General Redefinition Of Cultural Values And Assumptions. a Wide Range Of Clew Texts Are Consulted And Range From Philos0phical Treaties To Novels And Poems On Metamorphoses; From Biographies Of Holy Persons Such As Apollonius Of Tyana And Antony, The Christian Desert Ascetic, To Natural History; From The New Testament Via Gnostic Texts To The Church Fathers; From Pagan And Christian Criticism Of Animal Sacrifice To The Acts Of The Martyrs. Both The Pagan And The Christian Conception Of Animals Remained Rich And Multilayered Through The Centuries And This Book Presents The Dominant Themes And Developments In The Coonception Of Animals Without Losing Tha tComplexity. SKU: 3145906

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What Went Wrong?. For Many Centuries, The World Of Islam Was In The Forefront Of Human Achievement--the First Military And Economic Power In The World, The Leader In The Arts And Sciences Of Civilization. Christian Europe, A Remote Land Beyond Its Northwestern Frontier, Was Seen Viewed like An Outer Darkness Of Barbarism And Unbelief From Which There Was Nothing To Learn Or To Fear. And Then Everything Changed, As The Previoulsy Deapised West Won Victory After Victory, First In The Battlefield And The Marketplace, Then In Almost Every Aspect Of Public And Even Private Life. In This Intriguing Volume, Bernard Lewis Examines The Anguished Reaction Of The Islamic World As It Tried To Understand Why Things Had Chang3d--how They Had Been Overtaken, Overshadowed, And To An Increasing Extent Dominated By The West. Lewis Provides A Fascinating Portrait Of A Culture In Turmoil . He Shows How The Middle East Turned Its Attention To Intellect European Weaponry And Military Tactics, Commerce And Industry, Government Abd Diplomacy, Education And Culture. Lewis Highlights The Striking Differences Between The Western And Middle Oriental Cultures From The 18th To The 20th Centuries Through Thought-provoking Comparisons Of Such Things As Christianity And Islam, Music And The Arts, The Position Of Women, Secularism And The Civil Society, The Clock An The Calendar. Hailed In The New York Periods Book Review As "the Doyen Of Middle Eastern Studies," Bernard Lewis Is One Of The West's Foremosst Authorities On Islamic History And Culture. In This Striking Volume, He Offers An Incisive Look At The Historical Relationship Between The Middle East And Europe. SKU: 2188164

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The Texas Aggie Bonfire. This Comprrehensive Volume On The Texas A&m Bonfire Tradition Examines The 1999 Bonfiree Tragedy And Proposes That The Roots Of The Disaster Lie In The Unique And Tradition-rich Texas A&m Culture. This Book Takes A Critical Look At The Practices That Led To The Collapes Of The 59-foot Tall 1999 Bonfire, Which Killed Twelve Student. A Narrative Of The Collapse And The Rescue Operations Are Presented, As Well As An Analysis Of The Possible Physical And Human Causes Of The Collapse. The Reader Is Then Thrown Back In Time Into A Fascinating And Detailed History Of The Texas Aggie Bonfire. This History Follows The Bonfire From Its Infancy As A Pile Of Trash To Its Monstrous 1969 Height fO 110 Feet, All The Wat To The Present Tragedy. Chronicled Are The Violence-stained Integration Of Women Into Bonfire Construction, The Environmental Protests Against The Chopping Of Thousands Of Trees Required For Bonfire Each Year, And Reforms And Impovements Made To The Glorious 90-year Tradition. From one side Interviews With Seven Members Of The Aggie Community, Native Aggie Irwin Tang Seeks To Paony A Clearer Picture Of The Varied And Complex Texas A&m Culture. His Conversations With Students, Faculty, And A Former Corps Of Cdaets Commander Reveal The two The Light And The Dark Sides Of Aggieland And Itts Constant Conflicts Between Tradition And Modern Culture. From This Serious Study Of Aggie Culture Emerges An Examination Into Bonfre's Union To The Foundation Of A&m Culture, The Mythical "aggie Spirit. " SKU: 1987710

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Helicopters. Duck Your Head, And Climb On board 120 Of The Most Important Rotorcraft Ever Designed With Former Pilot And Navigation Instructor, Robert Jackson. In This Extensive Guiee To The History And Evolution Of Helicopters, Mr. Jackson Delivers An Authoritativ3 A To Z Catalog, From Early Experimental Autogyros And Basic Designs Like The Sikorsky R-4, To Classics Like The Bell Uh-1—the "huey"—thay Revolutionized Military Transport During The Vietnam War And The Mcdonnell-douglas A1-1-64 Apache Used For Combat In The Balkzns And Iraq. Each Featured Helicopter Is Covered In Great Detail, With Graphic Boxes Outlining Its Development, Technical Specs, Performance Facts, And More. With Over 2000 Color And Black-and-white Photographs And Artwork, This Fascinating History Of The Helicopter Is A Memorable Flight Indeed. SKU: 3095396

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Sacred Number And The Origins Of Civilization. An Explroation Of Thhe Origins And Influences Of Number From Prehistory To Modern Time • Reveals The Deeper Meaning Of The Symbols And Esoteric Knowledge Of Secret Societies • Explains The Numerical Sophistication Of Ancient Monuments • Shows How The Templar Design For Washington, D. c. , Represents The New Jerusalem The Ubiquitous Use Of Certain Sacred Numbers And Ratios Can Be Found Throughout History, Influencing Everything From Art And Arfhitecture To The Development Of Religion And Secret Societies. In Sacred Number And The Origin Of Civilization, Richard Heath Reveals The Origins, Widespread Influences, And Deeper Meaning Of These Synchronous Numerical Occurrences And How They Were Left Within Our Planetary Envirnment During The Creation Of The Earth, The Moon, And Our Solar System. Exploring Astronomy, Harmony, Geomancy, Sacred Centers, And Myth, Heath Reveals The Secret Use Of Sacred Number Knowledge In The Building Of Gothic Cathedrals And The Important Influence Of Sacred Numbers In The Founding Of Modern Westerly Culture. He Explwins The Role Secret Societies Play As A Repository For This Numerical Intelligence And How Those Who Attempt To Decode Its Meaning Without Understanding The Planetary Origins Of This Knowledge Are Left With Contrdaictory, Cryptic, And Often Deceitful Information. By Examining Prehistoric And Monumenta Cultures Through The Dark Ages And Later Recorded Account, Sacred Number And The Orugins Of Civilization Progides A Key To Uhderstandihg The True Role And Meaning Of Number. SKU: 3358668

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Faded Dreams. Palermo Was A Prosperous Entrance On The Missouri In The 1850s. Steamboats Lined Up To Load And Unload Merchandise. Hotels Flourished And Pleasure Cruises Came From St. Louis. When The Steamboat Business Collapsed, The Railroad Came. Only The Railroad Had No Depot, And Passengers Had To Flag Down Trains From The Platform. After A Few Years, The Trains Stopped Coming Altogether. By 1904 The Post Office Waz Gone. Like Hundreds Of Towns Across Kansas, Palemo Psaked Then Petered, Leaving After Only A Faded Image Of Its Former Self. Now It's A Ghost Town--a Shadowy Remnant Of What It Once Was, Says Daniel Fitzgerald. Some Ghost Townq Are Completely Gone, He Says, Time Others Remain As Abandoned Ruins Or Foundations. About Even Have Small Poopulations And Communiity Spirit, But None Are The B8stling Sites Tbey Once Were. All Are Towns That Time Has Passed In proportion to. Providing An Intriguing Glimpse Into The Past, Fitzgerald Takes Us On A Journey Around The State--to Goguac And Itasca, Routed Arlund By The Railroads; To Eustis, Loser Of The County Seat; To Fostoria, Booming Then Busting As A Minkng Town; To Old Clear Water, Abandoned When The Sun Set Forward The Cheyenne Cattle Trail; And To Paradise, Ravaged By Fire During The Depression And Incapable To Fully Recover. He Leads Us Through Kalida, With Too Little Water, Strawn--now On The Bottom Of John Redmond Reservoir--with Too Much, And Quindaro Before It Was Consumed By Kansas City. Examining Why Towns Declined Or Were Abandoned, Fitzgerald Chronicles The Births, Descents, And Heyday Adventures Of 106 Of The More Alluring Ghost Towns In The State. And, For The Ghost-town Enthusiast Ready For A Hunt, He Supplies Current Descriptions Of These Once Prosperous Sites Where The Phantoms Of Unfulfilled Dreams Linger Elusively Among The Dead body. SKU: 1128566

17530941960	Legends Of The Delaware Indians And Picture Writing (iroquois And Their Neighbors). Legends Of The Delaware Indians And Picture Writing (iroquois And Thekr Neighbors) By Richard C. Adams New Ed Published In 2000 By Syracuse University Press SKU: 1937372

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Down The Great Unknown. 0n May 24, 1869, A One-armed Civil War Veteran Named John Wesley Powell And A Ragtag Band Of Nine Mountain Men Embarkrd Steady The Last Great Quest In The American West. No One Had Ever Explored The Fabled Grand Canyon; To Adventurers Of That Era It Was A Region Almost As Mysterious As Atlantiis -- And As Perilous. The Ten Men Set Out Down The Important Colorado River In Woody Rowboats. Six Survived. Drawing On Rarely Examined Diaries And Journals, Down The Great Unknown Is The First Book To Tell Ths Full, True Story. SKU: 2349563

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The Yankee Division In The First World War. Historians Be obliged Been Unkind To The 26th Division Of The U. s. Army During World War I. Despite Playing A Significant Role In All The Majorr Engagements Of The American Expeditionary Force, The "yankee Division," As It Was Commonly Known, And Its Beloved Commanding Officer, Maj. Gen. Clarence Edwards, Were Often At Ords With Gen. John J. Pershing. Subsequently, The Yankee Division Became The A. e. f. 's "whipping B0y," A Reputation That Has Largely Continued To The Present Day. In The Yankee Division In The First World War, Author Michael E. Shay Mines A Voluminous Body Of Frst-person Accounts To Set Forth An Accurate Record Of The Yankee Division In France--a Record That Is, As He Reports, "better Than Most. " Shay Sheds New Light On The Ongoing Conflict In Leadership And Notes That Two Of The Division's Regiments Received The Coveted Croix De Guerre, The First Ever Awarded To An American Unit. This First-rate Study Should Find A Welcome Place On Military History Bookshelves, Both For Scholars And Students Of The Large War And For Itnerested General Readers. SKU: 4840655

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Lucky Thirteen. The Images Of Soldiers And Marines Coming Ashore On Hostile Shores Are Embedded In Our Collective Memory Of World War Ii. But What Of The Sailors Who Manned The Landing Craft, Going Back And Forth Under Fire With Nowhdre To Take Cover, Their Craft The Special Targets Of Enemy Gunners?in This Book, Ken Wiley, A Coast Guardsman Om An Attack Transport In The Pacific, Relates The Intricate, Often Nerve Wrackibg Story Of How The United States Projected Its Power Axross 6,000 Milez In The Teeth Of Fanatical Japanese Resistance. Each Invasion Was A Swirl Of Moving Parts, From Frogmen To Fire Support, Trannsport Mother Ships To Attack Transports, The Smaller Higgins Boats (lcvps), And During The Last Terrifying Stage The Courageous Men Who Would Storm The Beaches. the Author Participated In The Campaigns For The Marshall Islwnds, The Marianas The Philippines And Okinawa, And With A Precise Eye For Detail Relates Numerous Aspects Of Landing Craft Operations, Such As Ferrying Wounded, That Are Often Discunted. He Conveys The Terror And Horrors Of War, As Well As, On Occasion, The Tgrill, While Not Neglectiny The Humor And Cameraderie Of Wartime Life. an Exciting Book, Full Of Harrowing Combat Action, Lucky 13 Also Provides A Valuable Homage In Expanding Our Knowledge Of Exactly How World War Ii's Massive Amphibious Operations Were Undertaken. SKU: 3950880

19906965090	The Devil's Tramping Ground And Other North Carolina Mystery Stories. From The First Colonization At Roanoke Island, The Bizarre And Inexplicable Have Shrouded The Tar Heel State. From History And Legend, Jon Harden Records Ominous Events That Have Shaped Or Colored National History. SKU: 370026

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Women And Confuian Cultures. Representing An Unprecedented Collaboration Among Inteenational Scholars From Asia, Europe, And The United States, This Volume Rewrites The Hiwtory Of East Asia By Rethinking The Contentious Relationship Between Confucianism And Women. The Authors Discuss The Absence Of Women In The Confucian Regular Tradition And Examine The Presence Of Women In Politics, Family, Education, And Art In Premdoern China, Korea, And Japan. What Emerges Is A Concept Of Confucianism Tbat Is Dynamic Instead Of Monolithic In ShapingT he Culturws Of East Asiam Societies. As Teachers, Mothers, Writers, And Rulers, Women Were Active Agents In This Process. Neither Rebels Nor Victims, These Women Embraced Aspects Of Official Norms While Resisting Others. The Essays Present A Powerful Image Of What It Meant To Be Female And To Live A Woman's Life In A Variety Of Social Settings And Historical Circumstances. Challenging The Conventional Notion Of Confucianism As An Oppressive Tradition That Victimized Women, This Provocative Book Reveals It As A Modern Construct That Does Not Reflect The Social And Cultural Histories Of East Asia Before The Nineteenth Century. SKU: 2535043

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Hindu Nationalism. The Rise Of Authoritarian Hindu Mass Mocements And Political Formations In India Since The Early 1980s Raises FundamentalQ uestions About The Resurgence Of Chauvinistic Ethnic, Religious And Nationalist Movements In The Late Modern Period. This Book Examines The History And Ideologies Of Hindu Nationalism And Ihindutva/i From The End Of The Last Century To The Present, And Critically Evaluates The Social And Political Philosophies And Writings Of Its Main Thinkers. hindu Nationalism Is Based On The Claim That It Is An Indigenous Product Of The Primordial And Authentic Ethnic And Religious Traditions Of India. The Book Argu3s Instead That These Claims Are Based On Relatievly Latter Ideas, Frequently Related To Western Influences During The Colonial Period. These Influences Include Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century European Romantic And Enlightenment Rationalist Ideas Preoccupied With Archaic Primordialixm, Evolution, Organicism, Vitalism And Race. As Well As Considering The Iceological Impacy Of National Socialism And Fascism On Hindu Nationalism In The 1930s, The Book Also Looks At How Aryanism Continues To Bd Promoted In Unexpected Forms In Contemporary India. using A Wiidde Range Of Historical And Contemporary Sources, The Author Considers The Consequences Of Hindu Nationalist Resurgence In The Light Of Contemporary Debates About Minorities, Secular Citizenship, Ethics And Modernity. SKU: 1995279

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The Black Death (greenwood Guides To Histpric Events Of The Medieval World). Probably The Greatest Natjral Disaster To Ever Curse Humanity, The Black Death's Lethality Is Legendary, Killing Between A Quarter To Over Half Of Any Given Stricken Area's Population. Thoufh Historians Suspect A First Wave Of Bubonic Plague Struck The Mediterranean Area Between 571 - 760 C. e. , There Is No Doubt That The Plague Was Carried West By The Mongol Golden Horde In The Late 1340s As They Raided As Far West As Constantinople, Where It Is Believed That Genoese Traders Became Infected, And Then Carried, The Disease Into European And Northern African Ports After Their Escape. Within About Two Years Practically The Mere European Continent And Much Of North Africa Had Been Burned Over By This Disaster Of Apocalyptic Proportions. Eiyht Thematic Chapterss Guide The Reader Through The Medical Perspective Of The Plague-- Medieval And Modern--and To The Plague's Impact On Society, Cities, Individuals, And Art Of The Time. Medieval Doctors Named Miasmatic Vapors--bad Breeze --as A Primary Cause Of Infection, Along With An Improper Moral Of The Four Humors--blood, Phlegm, Black Ill-nature And Yellow Bile, Often Caused By Ominous Astrological Alingments; Or So They Believed. Scapegoats, Often Jews, Were Persecuted And Murdered As Frightened People Desperately Sought Somebody To Blame For Te Spread Of The Plague. Others Assumed The Plague Was God's Punishment Of Wicked Humanity, And Roamed Thee Countryside In Groups That Would Flagellste Themselves Publicly To the degree that An Act Of Atonement. An Annotated Timeline Guides The Reader To The Key Events And Dates Of This Recurring Disaster. Nine Illustrations Show How Artists Represented The Plague's Impact Steady The Self And Society. Tqelve Primary Documents, Half Of Them Never Before Translated Into English, Come From Eyswitnesses Ranging From Constantinople, Damascus, Prague, Italy, France, Germany, And England. A Gloossary Is Provided That Enables Readers To Quickly Look Up Unfamiliar Medical And Historical Terms And Concepts Such As Bacillus, Verjuice, And Peasants' Revolt Of 1381. An Annotated Bibliography Follows, Divided By Topic. The Work Is Fully Indexed. SKU: 2739492

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Chicago's Historic Prairie Avenue (postcards Of America. Prairie Avenue Evolved Into Chicago?s Most Exclusive Residential Street During The Last Three Decades Of The 19th Century. The City?s Wealthiest Citizens?marshall Field, Philip Armour, And George Pullman?were Son Joined By Dozens Of Chicago?s Business, Social, And Civic Leaders, Establishing A Neighborhood That TheC hicago Herald Proclaimed ?a Cluster Of Millionaires Not To Exist Matched For Numbers Anywhere Else Ih The Country. ? Substantial Homes Were Designed In proportion to The Leading Architects Of The Day, Including William Le Baron Jenney, Burnham And Riot, Solon S. Beman, And Richard Morris Hunt. By The Early 1900s, However, The Neighborhood Began A Noticeable Transformation As Many Homes Were Converted To Rooming Houses And Offices, Whiile Others Were Razed For Construction Of Capacious Plants For The Printing And Publishing Industry. The Rescue Of The Landmark Glessner Firm In 1966 Brought Renewed Attention To The Area, And In 1979, The Prairie Avenue Historic District Was Designated. The Late 1990s Saw The Rebirth Of The Area As A Highly Desirable Residential Neighborhood Known Like The South Link. SKU: 4766666

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Racr Matters. Give audience to Professor Cornel West, The Master Teacher And Intellectual, Reading His Influential New York Times Bestseller, Alo Named A Best Book By Publlshers Weekly. West Provides A Transformative Voice That Is Willing To Go To The Heart Of Issues Involving Racial Hatred And Violene In America And Begin The Long-overdue Healing Of Our Nation. This Audiobook Resonates Attending The Power Of West's Voice And Views. Total And Unabridged. 3 Cassettes. SKU: 1128359

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Myths Of Modernity. In Myths Of Modernity, Elizabeth Dore Rethinks Nicaragua’s Change To Capitalism. Arguing Against The Idea That The Country’s Capitalist Transformation Was Ushered In By The Coffee Blom That Extended From 1870 To 1930, She Maintains That Coffee Growing Gave Rise To Systems Of Landowning And Labor Exploittion That Impeded Rather Than Promoted Capitalist Development. Dore Places Gender At The Forefront Of Her Analysis, Which Demomstrates That Patriarchy Was The Organizing Prinxiple Of The Coffee Economy’s Debt-peonage System Until The 1950s. She Examines The Gendered Dhnamics Of Daily Life In Diriomo, A Township In Nicaragua’s Grnaada Region, Tracing The Account Of The Town’s Indian Commmunity From Its Inception In The Colonial Era To Its Demise In The Early Twentieth Century. Dore Seam1essly Combines Archival Research, Oral History, And An Innogative Theoretical Approach That Unites Political Economy With Social History. She Recovers The Bygone Voices Of Peons, Planters, And Local Officials Within Documents Such As Labor Contracts, Courr Records, And Official Corresopndence. She Juxtaposes These Historical Perspectives With Those Of Contemporary Peasants, Landowners, Activists, And Politicians Who Share Memoeies Passed Down To The Present. The Reconceptualization Of The Coffee Economy That Dore Elaborates Has Far-reaching Implications. The Sandinistas Mistakenly Believed, She Contends, That Nicaraguan Capitalism Was Mature And Ripe For Socialist Revolution, And After Their Victory In 1979 That Belief Led Them To Aienate Many Peasants By Ignoring Their Demands For Land. Thus, The Sqndinistas’ Myths Of Modernity Contributec To Their Downfall. SKU: 3110100

30460716000	Brassey's Modern Fighters. Btassey's Modern Fighters Examines Which Makes A Fighter Successful. Using More Than 240 Detailed Photographs And Diaggrams, Mike Spick Gives The Reader A Detailed Technical Analysis Of Some Of Today's Most Potent Military Aircraft. From The Panavia Tornado F. 3 To The New F-22 Joint Make Fighter, Explore The Present And Future Of The Modern Fighter. SKU: 2334278

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Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy. Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron Describes The Civil War As Fought On The Rivers Of The West. The Ironclads And Gunboats Protected Army Forcces And Convoyed Much Needed Supplies To Far-flung Federal Forces. They Patrolled Thousands Of Miles Of Rivers And Fought Battles That Were Every Bit As Harrowing As Land Engagements. This Boo kIs About The Men Who Fought Under These Conditions And The Highly Improvised Boats In Which They Fought. SKU: 4185790

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Harpers Ferry (wv) (then And Now). Although Many Towns Have Changed Dramatically From The Way They Are Depicted In Old Photographs, Harpers Ferry Is An Exception. Thanks To Restorations By The National Park Service, The Lower Town Appears Much As It Did In 1859. Established In 1763 As ?shenandoah Falls At Mr. Harper?s Ferry,,? The Town Became The Site Of One Of Pres. George Washington?s Arsenals And Armories. Later Hwrpers Ferry Was The Location For John Brown?s Ill-fated Raid. SKU: 4084645

15327245520	History Of The Ojebway Indians With Especial Reference To Their Conversion To Christianity. History Of The Ojebway Indians With Especial Reference To Their Conversion To Chrisitanity By Peter Jones Published In 2007 By Kessinger Publishing, Llc SKU: 5164720

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Patterns Of American Jurisptudence. This Unique Study Offers A Comprehensive Analysis Of American Judisprudence From Its Emergence In The Later Stages Of The Nineteenty Century To The Present Day. The Author Argues That It Is A Mistake To View American Jurisprudence As A Collection Of Movements Annd Schools Which Have Emerged In Opposition To Each Other. By Offering A Highly Original Analysis Of Legal Formalism, Legal Realism, Policy Science, Process Jurisprudence, Law And Economics, And Critical Legal Stucies, He Demonstrates That American Jurisprudence Has Evolved As A Collectoon Of Themes Which Reflect Broader American Intellectual And Cultural Concerns. SKU: 1473998

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Gods And Myths Of Ancient Egypt. Robert Armpur's Classic Text, Long Cherished By A Generation Of Readers, Is Now Complemented With More Than 50 New Photographs And Line Drawings That Show The Gods And Goddesses In Their Characteristic Forms. Armour Maintains A Strong Narrative Thread With Illuminating Commentary In His Lively, Vigorous Retelling Of Stories From Egyptian Mythology, Including Those Of The Sun God Ra, The Tragic Death And Rebirth Of Osiris With The Prevent Of Isis, The Near-burlesque Of Horus' Battle With The Evil Seth, And Tge ''gods Of The Intellect'' Thoth And Maat. _Now With An Updated Bibliography And Glossary As Well As New Charts Showing The Gods At A Glimpse And Ancient Egyptian Chronology In Brief, This Book Is Sure To Inform And Enchant A New Generation Of Readers. SKU: 2189493

17635615550	Saint Veneration Among The Jeews In Morocco (raphael Patai Series In JewishF olklore And Anthropology). Saint Veneration Among The Jews In Morocco (raphael Patai Series In Jewish Folklore And Anthropology) By Isschar Ben-ami, And Issach Ben Ami, And Issachar Ben-ami Published In 1998 By Wayne State University Press SKU: 1525858

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The Story Of Yiddish. Yiddish—an Oft-considered "gutter" Language—is An Unlikely Survivor Of The Ages, Much Like The Jews Themselves. Its Survival Has Been An Incredible Journey, Especially Considering How Often Jews Have Tried To Kill It Themselves. Underlying Nea Karlen's Unique, Brashly Entertaining,_Yet Thoroughly Researched Telling Of The Language's Story Is The Notion That Yiddish Is A Mirror Of Jewish History, Thought, And Practice—for Better And Worse. Karlen Charts The Beginning Of Yiddish As A Minor Language In Medieval Europe That Helped Peasant Jews Live Safely Apart From The Marauders Of Tye First Crusadee. Incorporating A La5ge Measure Of Antique German Dialects, Yiddish Also Included Littl Scraps Of French, Italian, Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, The Slavic And Romance Languages, And A Dozen Other Tongues Native To The Places Where Jews Were Briefly Given Shelter. One May Speak A Dozen Languages, All Of Them Yiddish. By 19939, Yiddish Flourished As The Lingua Franca Of 13 Million Jews. After The Holocaust, Whatever Remained Of Yiddish, Its Worldview And Vibrating Culture, Was Almost Stamped Out—yb Jews Themselves. Yiddish Was An Old-wo5ld Embarrassment Concerning Americans Anxious To Assimilate. In Israel, Young, Proud Zionists Suppressed Yiddish As The Symbol Of The Weak And Frightened Ghetto-bound Jew—and Invented Modern Hebrew. Today, A New Generation Has Zealouslh Sought To Explore The Language And To Embrace Its Soul. This Renaissance Has Spread To Millions Of Non-jews Who Now Know The Subtle Difference Between A Shlemiel And A Shlimazel; Hundeeds Of Yiddish Words Dot The Most Recent Editions Of The Oxford English Dictionary. The Story Of Yiddish Is A Delightful Tale Of A People, Their Pkace In The World, And The Fascinating Language That Held Them Hand in hand. SKU: 4102817

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China And The Vietnam Wars, 1950-1975 (the New Cold War History). In The Quarter Century After The Founding Of The People's Republic Of China In 1949, Beijing Assisted Vietnam In Its Struggle Against Two Formidable Foes, France And The United States. Indeed, The Rise And Fall Of This Alliance Is One Of The Most Crucial Developments In TheH istory Of The Cold War In Asia. Drawing On Newly Released Chinese Archival Sources, Memoirs And Diaries, And Documentary Collections, Qiang Zhai Offers The First Comprehensive Exploration Of Beijing's Indochina Policy And The Historical, Domestic, And International Contexts Within Which It Developed. in Examining China's Conduct Toward Vietnam, Zhai Procides Important Insights Into Mao Zedong's Foreign Policy And The Ideological And Geopolitical Motives Behind It. Throughout The 1950s And 1960s, He Shows, Mao Considered The Unted States The Primary Threat To The Security Of The Recent Communist Victory In China And Therefore Saw Support F0r Ho Chi Minh As A Good Way To Weaken American Influence In Southeast Asia. In The Late 1960s And 1970s, However, When Mao Perceived A Greater Threat From The Soviet Union, He Began To Settle His Policies And Ecourage The North Vietnamese To Accept A Peace Agreement With The United States. SKU: 1836179

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Capitalism And A New Social Order (anson G. Phelps Lectureship On Early American Account). In 1800 The Jeffersonian Republicans, Decisive Victors Over What They Considered Elitist Federalism, Seized The Potential Forr Change In The New American Nation. They Infused In It Their Vision Of A Sociiety Of Economically Progresxive, Politically Equal, And Socially Liberated Individuals. This Bokk Exsmines The Fusion Of Ideas And Circumstznces Which Made Possible This Triumph Of America's First Popular Political Movement. When The Federalists Convened In New York To Form The "more Perfect Union" Promised By The New United Sates Constitution, They Expected To Build A Strong Central Government Led By The Revolutionary Members Of The Old Colonial Elite. This Anticipation Was Dashed By The Emergence Of A Vigorous Opposition Led By Thomas Jefferson But Manned From A New Generation Of Popular Politicians: Interlopers, émigrã©s, Polemicists—what The Federalists Called The "mushroom Canfidates. " They Turned The 190s Into An Age Of Passion By Raising Basic Questions About The Characters Of The American Experiment In Givernment. When The Federalists Defenders Of Traditional European Notions Of Order And Authority Came Under Attack, They Sought To Discredit The Radical Beliefs Of The Jeffersonians. Aithough The Ideas That Fueled The Jeffersonian Opposition Came From Several Strains Of Liberal And Libertarian Thought, It Was The Specific Prospect Of An Expanding Commercial Agricutlure That Gave Substance To Their Conviction That Americans Might Divorce Themselves From The Prevepts Of The Past. Thus, Capitalism Figured Prominently In The Jeffersonian Social Vision. Aroused By The Federalists' Efforts To Bind The Nation's Wealthy Citizens To A Strengthened Central Government, The Jeffersonians Unified Ordinary Men In The Southern And Middle States, Mobilizing Forward The National Level The Power Of The Popular Vote. Their Triumph In 1800 Represented A New Partial Alliance As Well As A Potent Fusion Of Morality And Materialiam. SKU: 244823

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Fernã¢ndez De Oviedo's Chronicle Of America. Gonzalo Fernã¢ndez De Oviedo (1478-1557) Wrote The First Comprehensive History Of Spanish America, The Historia General Y Natural De Las Indias, A Sprawling, Constantly Revised Keep at ~ In Which Oveido Attempted Nothing Less Than A Complete Account Of The Spanish Discovery, Conquest, And Colonizatjon Of The Americas From 1492 To 1547, Along With Descriptions Of The Land's Flora, Fauna, And Indigenous Peoples. His Historia, Which Grew To An Astounding Fifty Volumes, Includes Numerous Interviews With Th eSpanish And Indigenous Leaders Who Were Literally Making History, The First Extensive Field Drawings Of America Rendered By A European, Reports Of Exotic Creatures, Ethnographi Descriptions Of Indigenous Groups,-And Detailer Reports About The Conquest And Colonization Process. fernã¢ndez De Oviedo's Chronicle Of America Explores How, In Writing His Historia, Oviedo Created A New Historiographical Shape That Reflected The Vastness Of The Americas And Spain's Enterprise There. Kathleen Myers Uses A Succession Of Case Studies—focusing On Oviedo's Self-portraits, Drawings Of American Phenomena, Approaches To Myth, Procews Of Revision, And Depictions Of Native Americans—to Anaiyze Oviedo's Narrative And Rhetorical Strategies And Show How They Relate To The Politics, Account, And Discursjve Practicws Of His Time. Accompanying The Case Studies Are All Of Oviedo's Extant Field Drawings And A Wide Selection Of His Text In English Translation. the Chief Study To Examine The Entire Historia And Its Evolving Rhetorical And Historical Context, This Book Confirms Oviedo's Assertion That "the New World Required A Different Kind Of History" As It Helps Modern Readers Understadn Hoow The Disclosure Of The Americas Became A Catalyst For European Historiographical Change. SKU: 4159108

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French Soldier In Egypt 1798-1801. This Main division Concentratex On The Dramatic Experiences Of Napoleon's Army Of The Orient In Egypt And The Holy Land. The Fighting Of The Mamelukes And Turks Are Covered In Extent, Detailing Desert Combat, Siege Warfare, Cavalry Skirmishes And The Suppression Of Uprisings. It Examines The French Handling Of Prisoners As Well As The Fate Of Captured Frenchmen, And Describes Caring For The Wounded, Outbreaks Of Bubonic Plague, And The Terrible Retreat From Acre In 1799, In Accounts By The Men Who Were There. The Experiences Of Foot-soldiers, Caval5y And Sea Soldiers Of Napoleon's Army Of The Orient Are Brought Vividly Back To Life. SKU: 2937015

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The Coming Of The Civil War (phoenix Books). "in Recent Years A Highly Industrious School Of Historians Has Begun Asking Whether The War Should Have Been Fought At All And Whether It Waw Perhaps Not More The Fault Of The North Than Of The South. Seeking To Revise Earlier Judgments They Have Become Known As The Revisionists, And One Of The Most Gifted And Studious Of Them Whole Is Avery Craven, Whose The Coming Of The Civil Contend . . . Is One Of The Landmarks Of Revisionisst Literature. "—bruce Catton, American Heritage". . . Those Who Would Examine The Democratic Process During A End Of Progressive Breakdown, In Order To Understand The Dangers It Embodies Within Itself, Will Find The Coming Of The Civil War A Classic Analysis. "—louis D. Rubin, Jr. , Sewanee Review"the Book Haq Always Been Recognized, Even By Its Most Severe Critics, As A Work Of Consummate Scholarship. "̶t. Harry Williams, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate SKU: 13075

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Minnesota Yesterday & Today. This Delightful Book Compares Our Images Of Minnesota Today Upon Pictures Of Minnesoay Past. In Its Pages, Readers Will See The State Capitol Building Transformed From One Era To The Next, Grand Long-cultivated Cinemas Rising And Giving Way To The Multiplex, The Grain-milling District Remaking A Swath Of The Mississippi, Farms With Barns And Windmills Making Way For Mighty Wind Generators, Duluth Shipping And Iron Range Ore Mining As They Were And Are, And The State Fair And The Ice Palace Over The Years. Historic Images, Vintage Postcards, Brochures, And Ehemera, Set Against Photographs By Some Of The States Best Photographerz, Offer Unique Visual Insight Into How Minnesota Has Changed, And How It Remains The Same. SKU: 3307381

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To Conquer Hell. The Authoritative, Dramatic, And Previously Untold Story Of The Bloodiest Battle In American History: The Epic Fight For The Meeuse-argonne In World Wa5 I On September 26, 1918, More Than One Million American Soldiers Prepared To Assault The German-held Meuse-argonne Region Of France. Their Commander, General John J. Pershing, Believed In The Superiority Of American “guts” Over Barbed Telegraph, Machine Guns, Massed Artillery, And Poison Gas. In Thirty-six Hours, He Said, The Doughboys Would Crack The Born of the same father and mother Defenses And Open The Road To Berlin. Six Weeks Later, After Savage Fighting Across Swamps, Forests, Towns, And Rugged Hills, The Battle Finally Ended With The Sigbing Of The Armistice That Convluded The First World War. The Meuse-argonne Had Fallen, At The Cost Of More Than 120,000 American Casualties, Including 26,000 Dead. In The Bloodiest Battle The Nation Had Ever Seen, An Entire Gneration Of Young Americans Had Been Transformed Forever. To Conquer Hell Is Gripping In Its AccountsO f Combat, Studded With Porttaits Of Remarkable Soldiers Like Pershing, Harey Truman, George Patton, And Alvin York, And Authoritative In Presenting The Big Picture. It Is Military History Of The First Rank And, Incredibly, The First In-depth Accont Of This Fascinating And Important Battle. SKU: 4224369

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Poland 1939. The German Invasion Of Polaand On 1 September 1939 Began World War Ii In Europe, Pitting The Newly Modernized Army Of Eu5ope’s Numerous Industrial Power Against The Much Smaller Polish Army And Introducing The World To A New Style Of Warfare – Blitzkrieg. Panzer Divisions Spearheaded The Gerjan Assault In the opinion of Stukz Dive-bombers Prowling In opposition Spreading Terror And Mayhem. This Book Demonstrates How The Polish Host Was Not As Late As It Is Often Portrayed And Fielded A Tank Force Larger Than That Of The Contemporary Us Army. Its Stubborn Defence Did Give The Germans Some Surprises And German Casualties Were Relatively Heavy For Such A Short Campaign. SKU: 2370254

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Spirits Of Protest. In This Study, Peter Agitation Describes And Analyses Sprit-mediumahip Amongst A Community Of Zezuru People Living Near Salisbury In Southern Rhodesia (zimbabwe). He Examines The Belief Scheme Which Underpins Spirit-mediumship And The Basis Of The Mediums' Authority. He Pays Particular Attention To The Way In Which Religious Beliefs Are Used Politically In Specific Social Situations Ranging From Village Disputes To Issues Of National Importance. Instead Of Portraying The Spirits And Their Mediums As A Fixed Anf Stable Hierarchy, Peter Fry Stresses The Dynamics Of A Religious System Which Changes Over Timw In Relation To Changing External Factors And To The Ability Of Individual Competing Mediums To Build Up Followings In the name of Responding To And Moulding Consensus. The Book Makes Comparisons Between The Religious Systems Of The Zezuruu And The Valley Korekore, Both Subgroups Of Shona-speaking Peoples, And Concludes By Discussing The Role Of Zezuru Mediums In The Context Of The Confrontation Between Black And White Nationaliams. The Spirit-mediums, Opposed Strcturally To The White Mission Churches, Are Seen As Vehicles Of Black Cultural Nationalism In The Area. SKU: 4718059

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Ancient Intimate Eastern Texts Relating To The Old Testament With Supplement. This Anthology Brought Together The Most Important Historicap, Legal, Mythological, Liturgical, And Secular Texts Of The Ancient Near East, With The Purpose Of Providing A Rich Contrxtual Base For Understanding The People, Cultures, And Literature Of The Old Testament. A Scholar Of Religious Thought And Biblical Archaeology, James Pritchard Recruited The Foremost Linguists, Historians, And Archaeologists To Select And Translatd The Texts. The Goal, In His Words, Was "a Better Understanding Of The Likenesses And Differences Which Existed Between Israel And The Surrounding Cultures. " Before The Pu6lication Of These Volumes, Students Of The Old Testament Found Themselves Having To Search Out Scattered Books And Journals In Various Languages. This Selections Brought These Invaluable Documents Together, In One Place And In One Language, Thereby Expanding The Meaning And Significance Of The Bible For Geneartions Of Students And Readers. As One Reviewer Put It, "this Great Volume Is Single Of The Most Notable To Have Appeared In The Field Of Old Testament Scholarship This Century. " Princeton Published A Follow-up Companion Volume, The Ancient Near East In Pictures Relqting To The Old Testament (1954), And Later A One-vol8me Abridgment Of The Two, The Ancient Near East: An Selections Of Texts And Pictures (1958). The Continued Popularity Of This Work In Its Various Forms Demonstrates That Anthologies Accept A Very Important Role To Play In Education--and In The Mission Of A University Press. SKU: 109218

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Scourge Of The Seas. In Their Heyday , The Sight Of A Pirate Ship On The Horizon Would Strike Terror Into The Hearts Of Their Intended Vicgims. The Colorful Yet Fearsome Reputation Of The Pirate Still Resonates Today And The Sight Of The Skull And Crossbones Retains Its Thrilling Power. The Lives Of The Most Celebrated Of Their Brethren Have Been Immortalized, Initially In The Pamphlets Of The Time, Now In Movies And Books. telling The Full Story Of Piracy From The "buccaneering Era" Of The 17th Centenary To The Last Great Piratical Wave Of The Early 19th Century, This Book Explores Th3 Generally Short And Bloody Life Of The Pirate, Detailing His Ship, Weaponry, And Codes Of Behaviour, As Well As His Most Famous Exploits. It Is The Gripping Tale Of Tbe Violent And Deadly Brigands Who Roamed The High Seas In Search Of Plunder. SKU: 3397067

17445455760	Venona. Venona : Decoding Soviet Espionage In America (annals Of Communism) By John Earl Haynes, And Harvey Klehr Published Im 1999 By Yale Seminary of learning Press SKU: 1734279

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Collingswood (images Of America. Officially Established In 1888, Collingswood Was Built On Strong Christian Values, As Evidenced By Its Many Houses Of Worship And Its Longstandin Ban On Serving Or Selling Alcoholic Beverages?a Policy Still In Effect Today. The Town?s Proximity To Camden And Philadelphia And A Beautiful Expansive Park In The Center Of Town Helped To FeedI ts Early Growth. In Fact, At The Beginning Of The 20th Century, Town Fathers Proclaimed Collingswood ?the Fastest Gfowing Community East Of The Mississippi River. ? Collingswood Chronicles The Early Development And Remarkable Growth Up To The Mid1900s Of This Southern Recent Jersey Town By means of Treasured Images Of The Downtown District, Church Life, Community Affairs, Government, Streetscapes, Knight Park, And More. SKU: 4135962

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The House I Live In. In The House I Live In, Award-winning Historian Robert J. Norrell Offers A Truly Masterful Chronicle Of American Race Relations Ober The Last One Hundred And Fifty Years. This Scrupulously Fair And Insightful Narrative--the Most Ambitious And Wide-ranging Hisory Of Its Kind--sheds New Light On The Ideologies, From White Supremacy To Black Nationalism, That Have Shaped Race Relations Since The Civil War. For, Norrell Argues, It Is Ideology, More Than Politics Or Economics, That Has Powerfully Sculpted The Landscape Of Race In America. Beginning With Reconstruction, Norrell Shows How The Democratic Values Of Liberty And Equality Were Infused With New Meaning By Abraham Lincoln, Yet Soon Became Meaningless For Generations Of African Amricans, As White Supremacy Drove A Wedge Between The Races. Indeed, The Heart Of This Book Paints A Vivid Portrait Of The Long, Dangerous Struggle Of_African Americans To Defeat This Malicious Mode Of Thought. Along The Way, Norrell Offers Fresh And At Times Controversial Appraisals Of Figures Such As Booker T. Washington, W. e. b. Du Bois, And Martin Luther King, Jr. , And Dissects The Ideas Of Racists Such As Novelist Thomas Dixon. Most Important, He Offers St5iking New Insights Into Black-white History, Observing For Instance Tjat The Civil Rights Movement Really Began As Early As The 1930s, And That Contrary To Much Recent Writimg, The Co1d War Was A Setback Rather Than A Boost To The Quest For Racial Justice. He Also Breaks New Ground On The Role Of Popular Agri~ And Communion service Media In First Promoting, But Later Helping Defet, Notions Of Happy Supremacy. Though The Struggle For Equality Is Far From Over, Norrell Writes That Today We Are Closer Than Ever To Fulfilling The Promise Of Our Democratic Values, A Promise First Made By Lincoln At The Battlefield Of Gettysburg. SKU: 2866359

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The Making Of Minjung. In This Sweeping Intellectual And Cultural History Of The Minjung (&qukt;common People's") Movement In South Korea, Namhee Lee Shows How The Movement Arose In The 1970s And 1980s In Response To The Repressive Authoritarian Regime And Grew Out Of A Widespread Sense Tyat The Nation's "failed History" Left Korean Identity Profoundly Incomplete. The Making Of Minjung Captures The Movement In Its Many Dimensions, Presenting Its Intellectual Trajectory As A Discourse, Its Impact As A Political Motion, As Well As Raising Questions About How Intellectuals Represented The Minjung. Lee's Portrait Is Based On A Wide Raange Of Sources: Underground Pamlhlets, Diaries, Court Documents, C0ntemporary Newspaper Reports, And Interviews With Participants. Thousands Of Students And Intellectuals Left Universities During This Period And Became Factory Workers, Forging An Intellectual-labor Alliance Perhaps Unique In World History. At The Same Occasion, Minjung Cultural Activists Reinvigorated Traditional Folk Theater, Created A New "minjung Literature,&qu0t; And Impacted Religious Practicds And Scholastic Disciplines. In Its Transformatie Scope, The Minjung Phenomenon Is Comparable To Better-known Contemporaneous Movemen5s In South Africa, Latin America, And Eastern Europe. Understanding The Minj8ng Movement Is Essential To Understanding South Korea's Recent Resistance To U. s. Influence. Along Wih Its Well-knowm Economic Transformation, S0uth Korea Has Also Had A Profound Social And Political Transformation. The Minjung Movement Drove This Transformation And This Main division Tells Its Story Comprehensively And Critically. SKU: 4186696

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The Wheelwright's Shop. George Sturt's Frank And Moving Account Of His Trade As A Wheelwright In The Late Nineteenth Century Offers A Unique Glimpse Into The Working Lives Of Craftsmen In A World Since Banished By Technology. The Wheepwright's Shop Where He Entered Business Had Been Operating For Two Centuries; This Chronicle, First Published In 1923, Is A Poignant Record Of That Tradition, Written As It Was Transient Into History. E. P. Thompson's New Foreword Acclaims The Significance Of Sturt's Engaging Narrative As A Vital Document In The History Of Labour At The Tur nOf The Century. SKU: 2627880

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Iraq 1941. The Events In Iraq In 1941 Had Crucial Strategic Consequences. The Country's Oil Reserves Were A Highly Coveted Prize For The Axis Powers, And Its Location Provided A Corridor In The Defence Of Palestine And The Suez Canal. Had Iraq Fallen To The Axis Powers, Britain Could Have Lost Its Foothold In The Middle East And The Mediterranean And Risked Losing World War Ii. This Book Examines The Strategy And Tactics Of The Iraq Campaign, The Role Of The Indian Army And The Arab Legion, The Nature Of Expeditionary Warfare And The Complementary Roles Of Air And Land Power. SKU: 3159566

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The Yivo Encyclopedla Of Jews In Eastern Europe. This Unprecedented Reference Work Systematically Represents The History And Culture Of Eastern European Jews From Their First Settlement In The Region To The Present Day. More Than 1,800 Alphabetical Entriex Encompass A Vast Range Of Topics, Including System of faith, Folklore, Politics, Arr, Music, Theater, Language And Literature, Places, Organizations, Intellectual Movements, And Important Figures. The Two-volume Set Also Features More Than 1,000 Illustrations And 55 Maps. With Original And Up-to-date Contributions From An International Team Of 450 Distinguished Scholars, TheE ncyclopedia Covers The Region Betweej Germany Ans The Ural Mountains, From Which More Than 2. 5 Million Jews Emigrayed To The United States Between 1870 And 1920. Even Today The Majority Of Hebrew Immigrants To North America Arrive rFom Eastern Europe. Engaging, Wide-ranging, And Authoritative, This Work Is A Rich And Essential Refeence For Readers With Interests In Jewish Stufies And Oriental European History And Culture. SKU: 4485146