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46 produkter
The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border
Häftad, 2019
683 kr
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Rivers Ran Backward
The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border
E-bok, 2016
283 kr
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Most Americans imagine the Civil War in terms of clear and defined boundaries of freedom and slavery: a straightforward division between the slave states of Kentucky and Missouri and the free states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas. However, residents of these western border states, Abraham …
The Rivers Ran Backward
The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border
Inbunden, 2016
612 kr
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Most Americans believe that the Ohio River was a clearly defined and static demographic and political boundary between North and South, an extension of the Mason-Dixon Line. Once settled, the new states west of the Appalachians -- the slave states of Kentucky and Missouri and of the free states of …
Rivers Ran Backward
The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border
E-bok, 2016
283 kr
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Most Americans imagine the Civil War in terms of clear and defined boundaries of freedom and slavery: a straightforward division between the slave states of Kentucky and Missouri and the free states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas. However, residents of these western border states, Abraham …
Freedom's Port
The African American Community of Baltimore, 1790-1860
Häftad, 1997
354 kr
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Baltimore's African-American population--nearly 27,000 strong and more than 90 percent free in 1860--was the largest in the nation at that time. Christopher Phillips's Freedom's Port, the first book-length study of an urban black population in the antebellum Upper South, chronicles the growth and …
Civil War in the Border South
Inbunden, 2013
642 kr
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The border states during the Civil War have long been ignored or misunderstood in general histories. This book corrects that oversight, explaining how many border state residents used wartime realities to redefine their politics and culture as "Southern."By studying the characteristics of those …
Civil War in the Border South
E-bok, 2013
676 kr
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The border states during the Civil War have long been ignored or misunderstood in general histories. This book corrects that oversight, explaining how many border state residents used wartime realities to redefine their politics and culture as "Southern." By studying the characteristics of those …
Battle for Syria
International Rivalry in the New Middle East
Häftad, 2020
178 kr
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An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria’s ongoing civil war“One of the best informed and non-partisan accounts of the Syrian tragedy yet published.”—Patrick Cockburn, IndependentSyria’s brutal, long-lasting …
Battle for Syria
International Rivalry in the New Middle East
E-bok, 2020
235 kr
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An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria''s ongoing civil war"One of the best informed and non-partisan accounts of the Syrian tragedy yet published."—Patrick Cockburn, IndependentSyria''s brutal, long-lasting …
Battleground
10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East
Inbunden, 2024
234 kr
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The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even …
Battleground
10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East
Häftad, 2025
153 kr
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The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even …
Socrates Cafe
A Fresh Taste of Philosophy
Häftad, 2002
147 kr
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Christopher Phillips is a man on a mission: to revive the love of questions that Socrates inspired long ago in ancient Athens. "Like a Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree, Phillips has gallivanted back and forth across America, to cafés and coffee shops, senior centers, assisted-living …
Socrates in Love
Philosophy for a Passionate Heart
Häftad, 2008
300 kr
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Christopher Phillips goes to the heart of philosophy and Socratic discourse to discover what we’re all looking for: the kind of love that makes life worthwhile. That is, love not defined only as eros, or erotic love, but in all its classical varieties. Love of neighbor, love of country, love of …
Constitution Café
Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution
Häftad, 2012
300 kr
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Thomas Jefferson believed that every generation of Americans should rewrite our Constitution from scratch—to mirror the progress of the human mind and, most of all, to maintain the revolutionary spirit. He would be dismayed that it’s considered untouchable these days. Taking up Jefferson’s cause, …
Everyday Arab Identity
The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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Whether through government propaganda or popular transnational satellite television channels, Arab citizens encounter a discourse that reinforces a sense of belonging to their own state and a broader Arab world on a daily basis. Looking through the lens of nationalism theory, this book examines how …
What Next for Britain in the Middle East?
Security, Trade and Foreign Policy after Brexit
Av Michael Stephens, Christopher Phillips
Inbunden, 2021
1166 kr
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As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain’s place in the world? The Middle East is one of the regions the UK has been most engaged in historically. This book …
What Next for Britain in the Middle East?
Security, Trade and Foreign Policy after Brexit
Av Michael Stephens, Christopher Phillips
Häftad, 2021
253 kr
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As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain’s place in the world? The Middle East is one of the regions the UK has been most engaged in historically. This book …
What Next for Britain in the Middle East?
Security, Trade and Foreign Policy After Brexit
Av Michael Stephens, Christopher Phillips
E-bok, 2021
418 kr
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As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain's place in the world? The Middle East is one of the regions the UK has been most engaged in historically. This book …
What Next for Britain in the Middle East?
Security, Trade and Foreign Policy After Brexit
Av Michael Stephens, Christopher Phillips
E-bok, 2021
418 kr
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As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain's place in the world? The Middle East is one of the regions the UK has been most engaged in historically. This book …
Damned Yankee
The Life of General Nathaniel Lyon
Häftad, 1996
469 kr
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Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861) was the first Union general to die in the Civil War. Killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, he became the North's first war hero, famed as the man who saved Missouri for the Union. In Damned Yankee, chosen by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book in 1991, …
Missouri's Confederate
Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West
Häftad, 2021
270 kr
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Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862) remains one of Missouri's most controversial historical figures. Elected Missouri's governor in 1860 after serving as a state legislator and Democratic party chief, Jackson was the force behind a movement for the neutral state's secession before a federal sortie …
Everyday Arab Identity
The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World
E-bok, 2012
1074 kr
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Whether through government propaganda or popular transnational satellite television channels, Arab citizens encounter a discourse that reinforces a sense of belonging to their own state and a broader Arab world on a daily basis. Looking through the lens of nationalism theory, this book examines how …
Everyday Arab Identity
The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World
E-bok, 2012
1074 kr
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Whether through government propaganda or popular transnational satellite television channels, Arab citizens encounter a discourse that reinforces a sense of belonging to their own state and a broader Arab world on a daily basis. Looking through the lens of nationalism theory, this book examines how …
Everyday Arab Identity
The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World
Häftad, 2016
915 kr
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Whether through government propaganda or popular transnational satellite television channels, Arab citizens encounter a discourse that reinforces a sense of belonging to their own state and a broader Arab world on a daily basis. Looking through the lens of nationalism theory, this book examines how …
Programming Elastic MapReduce
Using AWS Services to Build an End-to-End Application
Av Christopher Phillips, Kevin Schmidt
E-bok, 2013
339 kr
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Although you don’t need a large computing infrastructure to process massive amounts of data with Apache Hadoop, it can still be difficult to get started. This practical guide shows you how to quickly launch data analysis projects in the cloud by using Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), the hosted …
Programming Elastic MapReduce
Using AWS Services to Build an End-to-End Application
Av Christopher Phillips, Kevin Schmidt
E-bok, 2013
339 kr
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Although you don’t need a large computing infrastructure to process massive amounts of data with Apache Hadoop, it can still be difficult to get started. This practical guide shows you how to quickly launch data analysis projects in the cloud by using Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), the hosted …
Philosophy of Childing
Unlocking Creativity, Curiosity, and Reason through the Wisdom of Our Youngest
E-bok, 2016
226 kr
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Weaving together philosophy, social science and neuroscience research, personal anecdotes and dialogues, The Philosophy of Childing takes a radically different approach to the traditional boundaries between childhood and adulthood to reveal how rather than lapse into adulthood, we can achieve what …
