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Politics of Dress in Somali Culture
Häftad, 2011
284 kr
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The universal act of dressing—shared by both men and women, young and old, rich and poor, minority and majority—has shaped human interactions, communicated hopes and fears about the future, and embodied what it means to be Somali. Heather Marie Akou mines politics and history in this rich and …
American Post-Judaism
Identity and Renewal in a Postethnic Society
Av Shaul Magid
Inbunden, 2013
460 kr
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How do American Jews identify as both Jewish and American? American Post-Judaism argues that Zionism and the Holocaust, two anchors of contemporary American Jewish identity, will no longer be centers of identity formation for future generations of American Jews. Shaul Magid articulates a new, …
Musical Forces
Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music
Av Steve Larson
Inbunden, 2012
590 kr
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Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence—as well as his skill as a jazz pianist—to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one's musical experience. Clarifying the roles of analogy, …
Shakespeare's Sisters
Feminist Essays on Women Poets
Av Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar
Häftad, 1981
252 kr
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" . . . the best collection of feminist essays on women poets now available." —Spokeswoman Review"[The essays] form a satisfying whole, stunningly enlightening, important for literature and women's studies. . . . " —Library JournalThe essays in this landmark volume highlight the achievements of …
Essential Peirce, Volume 1
Selected Philosophical Writings (1867–1893)
Av Nathan Houser, Christian J.W. Kloesel
Häftad, 1992
325 kr
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" . . . a first-rate edition, which supersedes all other portable Peirces. . . . all the Peirce most people will ever need." —Louis Menand, The New York Review of Books"The Monist essays are included in the first volume of the compact and welcome Essential Peirce; they are by Peirce's standards …
Goth's Dark Empire
Av Carol Siegel
Häftad, 2005
217 kr
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In Goth's Dark Empire cultural historian Carol Siegel provides a fascinating look at Goth, a subculture among Western youth. It came to prominence with punk performers such as Marilyn Manson and was made infamous when it was linked (erroneously) to the Columbine High School murders. While the …
Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe
Inbunden, 2018
989 kr
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Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe argues for a more comprehensive understanding of what constitutes Nazi violence and who was affected by this violence. The works gathered consider sexual violence, food depravation, and forced labor as aspects of Nazi aggression. Contributors focus in …
Berber Culture on the World Stage
From Village to Video
Häftad, 2005
282 kr
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"[S]ure to interest a number of different audiences, from language and music scholars to specialists on North Africa. . . . a superb book, clearly written, analytically incisive, about very important issues that have not been described elsewhere." —John Bowen, Washington UniversityIn this nuanced …
Yearning for the New Age
Laura Holloway-Langford and Late Victorian Spirituality
Inbunden, 2012
443 kr
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This biography of an unconventional woman in late 19th-century America is a study of a search for individual autonomy and spiritual growth. Laura Holloway-Langford, a "rebel girl" from Tennessee, moved to New York City, where she supported her family as a journalist. She soon became famous as the …
Richard G. Lugar, Statesman of the Senate
Crafting Foreign Policy from Capitol Hill
Av John T. Shaw
Inbunden, 2012
318 kr
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Two-time chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard G. Lugar has been one of the most widely respected foreign policy experts in Congress for over three decades. In this illuminating profile, John T. Shaw examines Lugar's approach to lawmaking and diplomacy for what it reveals …
Zionist Among Palestinians
Inbunden, 2012
443 kr
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A Zionist among Palestinians offers the perspective of an ordinary Israeli citizen who became concerned about the Israeli military's treatment of Palestinians and was moved to work for peace. Hillel Bardin, a confirmed Zionist, was a reservist in the Israeli army during the first intifada when he …
From Text to Txting
New Media in the Classroom
Häftad, 2012
293 kr
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Literary scholars face a new and often baffling reality in the classroom: students spend more time looking at glowing screens than reading printed text. The social lives of these students take place in cyberspace instead of the student pub. Their favorite narratives exist in video games, not books. …
Searching for Hope
Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America
Inbunden, 2012
406 kr
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Searching for Hope is a gripping account of life in a once-great high school in a rough Indianapolis neighborhood. Granted unfiltered access to Manual High throughout an entire school year, award-winning journalist Matthew Tully tells the complex story of the everyday drama, failures, and triumphs …
Africa After Apartheid
South Africa, Race, and Nation in Tanzania
Häftad, 2012
282 kr
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Tracing the expansion of South African business into other areas of Africa in the years after apartheid, Richard A. Schroeder explores why South Africans have not always made themselves welcome guests abroad. By looking at investments in Tanzania, a frontline state in the fight for liberation, …
McClellan's War
The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union
Häftad, 2011
398 kr
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Bold, brash, and full of ambition, George Brinton McClellan seemed destined for greatness when he assumed command of all the Union armies before he was 35. It was not to be. Ultimately deemed a failure on the battlefield by Abraham Lincoln, he was finally dismissed from command following the bloody …
Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology
Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers
Av Robin K. Morgan, Kimberly T. Olivares
Häftad, 2012
241 kr
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How should I use technology in my courses? What impact does technology have on student learning? Is distance learning effective? Should I give online tests and, if so, how can I be sure of the integrity of the students' work? These are some of the questions that instructors raise as technology …
Defeating Lee
A History of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac
Häftad, 2011
313 kr
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Fair Oaks, the Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Petersburg—the list of significant battles fought by the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, is a long and distinguished one. This absorbing history of the Second Corps follows the unit's creation and rise to prominence, …
Dance of Assassins
Performing Early Colonial Hegemony in the Congo
Häftad, 2012
339 kr
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A Dance of Assassins presents the competing histories of how Congolese Chief Lusinga and Belgian Lieutenant Storms engaged in a deadly clash while striving to establish hegemony along the southwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika in the 1880s. While Lusinga participated in the east African slave …
Muslim Societies in Africa
A Historical Anthropology
Inbunden, 2013
630 kr
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Muslim Societies in Africa provides a concise overview of Muslim societies in Africa in light of their role in African history and the history of the Islamic world. Roman Loimeier identifies patterns and peculiarities in the historical, social, economic, and political development of Africa, and …
Fighting Pattons
Häftad, 2013
293 kr
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The father was a legendary hero whose fame had a profound influence over his son, who was determined to make a mark on his own terms. The Fighting Pattons is their story. The elder Patton gained renown during World War II as a fearless commander devoted to his men. A complex figure driven by his …
Lynton Keith Caldwell
An Environmental Visionary and the National Environmental Policy Act
Inbunden, 2014
580 kr
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This is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960s introduced the study of the environment and environmental policy at a time when such areas of expertise did not exist. Caldwell was a principal architect of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and is …
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Call of Transcendence
Av Shai Held
Inbunden, 2013
517 kr
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Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a prolific scholar, impassioned theologian, and prominent activist who participated in the black civil rights movement and the campaign against the Vietnam War. He has been hailed as a hero, honored as a visionary, and endlessly quoted as a devotional writer. …
Battle of Dogger Bank
The First Dreadnought Engagement, January 1915
Inbunden, 2014
386 kr
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On January 24, 1915, a German naval force commanded by Admiral Franz von Hipper conducted a raid on British fishing fleets in the area of the Dogger Banks. The force was engaged by a British force, which had been alerted by a decoded radio intercept. The ensuing battle would prove to be the largest …
Defiant Life of Vera Figner
Surviving the Russian Revolution
Inbunden, 2014
428 kr
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This engaging biography tells the dramatic story of a Russian noblewoman turned revolutionary terrorist. Born in 1852 in the last years of serfdom, Vera Figner came of age as Imperial Russian society was being rocked by the massive upheaval that culminated in the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. At …
John Bartlow Martin
A Voice for the Underdog
Inbunden, 2015
533 kr
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During the 1940s and 1950s, one name, John Bartlow Martin, dominated the pages of the "big slicks," the Saturday Evening Post, LIFE, Harper's, Look, and Collier's. A former reporter for the Indianapolis Times, Martin was one of a handful of freelance writers able to survive solely on this writing. …
Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition
Häftad, 2017
397 kr
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Revising her classic 1989 book Harps and Harpists, Roslyn Rensch expands her authoritative history of this timeless instrument. This lavishly illustrated edition, with 137 black-and-white images and 24 color plates, surveys the progress of the harp from antiquity to the present day. The new edition …
Funeral Culture
AIDS, Work, and Cultural Change in an African Kingdom
Inbunden, 2018
961 kr
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Contemporary forms of living and dying in Swaziland cannot be understood apart from the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to anthropologist Casey Golomski. In Africa's last absolute monarchy, the story of 15 years of global collaboration in treatment and intervention is also one of ordinary …
Grant and Lee
A Study in Personality and Generalship
Häftad, 1982
240 kr
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" . . . cuts squarely across the accepted tradition . . . Fuller examines these two great soldiers from a fresh viewpoint and refuses to let himself be bound by tradition." —New York Times Book Review" . . . readable, instructive, stimulating, and . . . controversial as when first published." …
Mimekor Yisrael, Abridged and Annotated Edition
Classical Jewish Folktales
Av Micha Joseph bin Gorion, Emanuel Bin Gorion
Häftad, 1991
219 kr
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"[Bin Gorion's] crowning achievement was Mimekor Yisrael, a multilayered compendium of post-biblical Jewish lore and demonology." —Commentary"One of the most extraordinary publishing events in my memory—a huge source of discoveries of the quintessential Jewish experience." —Nat Hentoff"This is a …
