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American to the Backbone

By: Christopher L Webber

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The incredible story of a forgotten hero of nineteenth century New York City—a former slave, Yale scholar, minister, and international leader of the Antebellum abolitionist movement. At the age of 19, scared and illiterate, James Pennington escaped from slavery in 1827 and soon became one of the leading voices against slavery prior to the Civil War. Just ten years after his escape, Pennington was ordained as a priest after studying at Yale and was soon traveling all over the world as an anti-slavery advocate. He was so well respected by European audiences that the University of Heidelberg awarded him an honorary doctorate, making him the first person of African descent to receive such a degree. This treatment was far cry from his home across the Atlantic, where people like him, although no longer slaves, were still second-class citizens. As he fought for equal rights in America, Pennington's voice was not limited to the preacher's pulpit. He wrote the first-ever "History of the Colored People" as well as a careful study of the moral basis for civil disobedience, which would be echoed decades later by Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. More than a century before Rosa Parks took her monumental bus ride, Pennington challenged segregated seating in New York City street cars. He was beaten and arrested, but eventually vindicated when the New York State Supreme Court ordered the cars to be integrated. Although the struggle for equality was far from over, Pennington retained a delightful sense of humor, intellectual vivacity, and inspiring faith through it all. American to the Backbone brings to life this fascinating, forgotten pioneer, who helped lay the foundation for the contemporary civil rights revolution and inspire generations of future leaders.

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Simon and Schuster

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1681770113

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9781681770116

Give Me Liberty

By: Christopher L Webber

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Give Me Liberty

By: Christopher L Webber

Give me liberty," demanded Patrick Henry, "or give me death!" Henry's words continue to echo in American history and that quote, and the speech it comes from, remains one of the two or three known to almost every American. The other speeches that have become part of our American collective consciousness all have one theme in common: liberty. These feats of oration seem to trace the evolution of America's definition of liberty, and to whom it applies. But what exactly is liberty?Give Me Liberty looks at these great speeches and provides the historical context, focusing attention on particular individuals who summed up the issues of their own day in words that have never been forgotten. Webber gleans lessons from the past centuries that will allow us to continue to strive for the ideals of liberty in the twenty-first century.

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1605987123

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Report to Congress on the Root Causes of the Foreclosure Crisis

By: Christopher E. Herbert

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Report to Congress on the Root Causes of the Foreclosure Crisis

By: Christopher E. Herbert

Analyzes data and trends in the residential housing market and reviews the academic lit. and industry press on the root causes of the current foreclosure crisis (FC). Provides a review of policy responses and recommended actions to mitigate the FC and help prevent similar crises from occurring in the future. Contents: (1) Trends in Delinquencies and Foreclosures: Regional Trends in Foreclosures; (2) Lit. Review: General Lit. on Causes of Foreclosures and Delinquencies; Lit. Assessing Causes of the Current FC; Factors Enabling Expanded Risky Lending; (3) Policy Responses to the FC: Efforts To Address Rising Foreclosures; Efforts To Reduce the Risk of High Rates of Mortgage Foreclosures in the Future; Mortgage Market Reform. Illus.

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DIANE Publishing

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1437929273

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Holiness

A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology

By: Matt Ayars,Christopher T. Bounds,Caleb T. Friedeman

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Holiness

A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology

By: Matt Ayars,Christopher T. Bounds,Caleb T. Friedeman

The command to "be holy" is one of Christian life's most challenging and misunderstood commands. Three scholars from the Wesleyan tradition constructively argue for a "neo-holiness" that encourages the pursuit of Christian perfection while incorporating historic understandings of grace and the work of the Holy Spirit.

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InterVarsity Press

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1514002310

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Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Rights

Cases and Materials

By: Christopher R. Leslie

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Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Rights

Cases and Materials

By: Christopher R. Leslie

In Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Rights: Cases and Materials, Christopher R. Leslie describes how patents, copyrights, and trademarks confer exclusionary rights on their owners, and how firms sometimes exercise this exclusionary power in ways that exceed the legitimate bounds of their intellectual property rights. Leslie explains that while substantive intellectual property law defines the scope of the exclusionary rights, antitrust law often provides the most important consequences when owners of intellectual property misuse their rights in a way that harms consumers or illegitimately excludes competitors. Antitrust law defines the limits of what intellectual property owners can do with their IP rights. In this book, Leslie explores what conduct firms can and cannot engage in while acquiring and exploiting their intellectual property rights, and surveys those aspects of antitrust law that are necessary for both antitrust practitioners and intellectual property attorneys to understand. This book is ideal for an advanced antitrust course in a JD program. In addition to building on basic antitrust concepts, it fills in a gap that is often missing in basic antitrust courses yet critical for an intellectual property lawyer: the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law. The relationship between intellectual property and antitrust is particularly valuable as an increasing number of law schools offer specializations and LLMs in intellectual property. This book also provides meaningful material for both undergraduate and graduate business schools programs because it explains how antitrust law limits the marshalling of intellectual property rights.

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0195337190

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Dreaming The Goddess

By: Rosemary Edghill,Moira Scott,Glynn Owen Barrass,Ira Nayman,Rose Dimond,Mary Malinski,Robin Rowland,Stephanie Minns,Stephen B. Pearl,Christopher Gorman,James Dick

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Dreaming The Goddess

By: Rosemary Edghill,Moira Scott,Glynn Owen Barrass,Ira Nayman,Rose Dimond,Mary Malinski,Robin Rowland,Stephanie Minns,Stephen B. Pearl,Christopher Gorman,James Dick

Delve into the Dream The Realm of the Goddess is vast. From mythology to legend to modern retellings, between these pages, you will experience Her Mysteries in original stories destined to become new mythology. Experience the Goddess in Her many guises, from Egypt to Nigeria, from Europe to the UK, from the Middle East to North America. "... a passionately written, original collection of fresh, contemporary, Goddess mythology for our modern era. Each chapter is a pilgrimage to meet and get to know another embodiment of the Goddess and Her particular mysteries." - Dodie Graham McKay, author of Earth Magic.

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Dark Dragon Publishing

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1928104185

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Examples & Explanations for Antitrust

By: Christopher L. Sagers

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Examples & Explanations for Antitrust

By: Christopher L. Sagers

Examples and Explanations for Antitrust Law, Third Editionis a relentlessly accessible introduction to a body of law that seems foreign and complex but does not at all have to be. By capturing the bigger picture without sacrificing any detail, introducing antitrust economics in a purely intuitive way appropriate for users at any level of economic sophistication, and extensively explaining the real-world context and institutions of antitrust practice, the book brings the law within reach for students of all backgrounds. New to the Third Edition: Incorporation of all significant judicial and legislative developments since 2011 In-depth new coverage of the “two-sided” or “platform” market theory introduced in the Supreme Court’s seminal 2018 decision in Ohio v. American Express Revised coverage of conspiracy, monopolization, and merger law in light of key lower-court decisions, like United States v. AT&T, New York v. T-Mobile, Steves & Sons v. JELD-WEN, Viamedia v. Comcast, SC Innovations v. Uber Technologies, and the Alston NCAA litigation Expanded treatment of advanced antitrust economic theory in a substantially revised Appendix, including a full examination of bargaining theory and other developing models, and their performance before the courts. Professors and students will benefit from: Extensive attention to real-world context Heavy emphasis on accessibility in language and explanation, but backed up with support for economic and legal study by more advanced readers (for example, the Appendix on advanced antitrust economics) A two-step introduction to antitrust economics accessible without any prior background in economics, built on a purely intuitive and non-quantitative introduction supplemented by more formal explanation for more advanced readers

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Aspen Publishing

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1543819958

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Puritanism & Revolution

By: Christopher Hill

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Puritanism & Revolution

By: Christopher Hill

This illuminating collection of essays assesses the seventeenth century, interpreting what used to be called 'The Puritan Revolution', the ideas which helped to produce it and resulted from it, and the relation between these ideas and the political and economic events of the day. Each essay approaches the subject from a different angle, looking at aspects of the revolution - whether religious, constitutional, economic or biographical - in conjunction with a lively sympathy for the men who lived in that revolutionary time. Analysing the writings of Marvell, Hobbes, Harrington and Samuel Richardson, as well as less 'respectable' writers, Professor Hill examines the legacy of the Reformation and the inspiration provided by ideals like the Brotherhood of Man and the desire to re-create a pre-Norman Golden Age. A book that no serious student of our history should miss; it is a treasury of interesting detail and strong ideas, CV Wedgwood.

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Random House

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1446467422

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Human Rights in the Market Place

The Exploitation of Rights Protection by Economic Actors

By: Christopher Harding,Uta Kohl

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Human Rights in the Market Place

The Exploitation of Rights Protection by Economic Actors

By: Christopher Harding,Uta Kohl

The ideology of human rights protection has gained considerable momentum during the second half of the twentieth century at both national and international level and appears to be an effective lever for bringing about legal change. This book analyzes this strategy in economic and commercial policy and considers the transportation of the 'public law' discourse of basic human rights protection into the 'commercial law' context of economic policy, business activity and corporate behaviour. The volume will prove indispensable for anyone interested in human rights, international law, and business and commercial law.

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Routledge

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1317119738

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Declarations

By: Christopher Vickers

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Declarations

By: Christopher Vickers

The Alliance had been trying to avoid it for 40 years, but they can avoid it no longer. War is finally being declared against the Empire.In the mean time, Mike has a declaration of his own to make with his fiancee, B'Laeis, and the Zerelli are even getting in on the war declaration.

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1304677559

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From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse

African American Education in Mississippi, 1862-1875

By: Christopher M. Span

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From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse

African American Education in Mississippi, 1862-1875

By: Christopher M. Span

In the years immediately following the Civil War--the formative years for an emerging society of freed African Americans in Mississippi--there was much debate over the general purpose of black schools and who would control them. From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse is the first comprehensive examination of Mississippi's politics and policies of postwar racial education. The primary debate centered on whether schools for African Americans (mostly freedpeople) should seek to develop blacks as citizens, train them to be free but subordinate laborers, or produce some other outcome. African Americans envisioned schools established by and for themselves as a primary means of achieving independence, equality, political empowerment, and some degree of social and economic mobility--in essence, full citizenship. Most northerners assisting freedpeople regarded such expectations as unrealistic and expected African Americans to labor under contract for those who had previously enslaved them and their families. Meanwhile, many white Mississippians objected to any educational opportunities for the former slaves. Christopher Span finds that newly freed slaves made heroic efforts to participate in their own education, but too often the schooling was used to control and redirect the aspirations of the newly freed.

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1469601338

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The Practices of Crusading

Image and Action from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Centuries

By: Christopher Tyerman

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The Practices of Crusading

Image and Action from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Centuries

By: Christopher Tyerman

The crusades influenced western European society in the middle ages far beyond the military campaigns themselves. Reactions and involvement did not always follow the assumptions of ideology or supporters, medieval or modern. In this wide ranging collection of articles spanning thirty years, Christopher Tyerman explores the relationships between action and perception, ambition and practice, propaganda and support. One section concentrates on the role the crusade played in the politics and elite culture of the early fourteenth century, particularly in France. A further series of essays examines the nature of crusading as a phenomenon from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, notably the contrasts between official, literary and popular reception, and how it was variously understood by contemporaries and promoted by apologists in England, continental Europe and the Baltic. Finally, the structure of crusading armies is explored in a sequence that analyses the organisation of expeditions, including communal decision-making on the First Crusade, the sociology of recruitment and, in a previously unpublished major study, the importance of pay to crusaders from 1096 onwards.The crusades influenced western European society in the middle ages far beyond the military campaigns themselves. Reactions and involvement did not always follow the assumptions of ideology or supporters, medieval or modern. In this wide ranging collection of articles spanning thirty years, Christopher Tyerman explores the relationships between action and perception, ambition and practice, propaganda and support. One section concentrates on the role the crusade played in the politics and elite culture of the early fourteenth century, particularly in France. A further series of essays examines the nature of crusading as a phenomenon from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, notably the contrasts between official, literary and popular reception, and how it was variously understood by contemporaries and promoted by apologists in England, continental Europe and the Baltic. Finally, the structure of crusading armies is explored in a sequence that analyses the organisation of expeditions, including communal decision-making on the First Crusade, the sociology of recruitment and, in a previously unpublished major study, the importance of pay to crusaders from 1096 onwards.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000950166

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Philosophic Pride

Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau

By: Christopher Brooke

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Philosophic Pride

Stoicism and Political Thought from Lipsius to Rousseau

By: Christopher Brooke

Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and concentrating on arguments originating from England, France, and the Netherlands, the book considers how political writers of the period engaged with the ideas of the Roman and Greek Stoics that they found in works by Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Christopher Brooke examines key texts in their historical context, paying special attention to the history of classical scholarship and the historiography of philosophy. Brooke delves into the persisting tension between Stoicism and the tradition of Augustinian anti-Stoic criticism, which held Stoicism to be a philosophy for the proud who denied their fallen condition. Concentrating on arguments in moral psychology surrounding the foundations of human sociability and self-love, Philosophic Pride details how the engagement with Roman Stoicism shaped early modern political philosophy and offers significant new interpretations of Lipsius and Rousseau together with fresh perspectives on the political thought of Hugo Grotius and Thomas Hobbes. Philosophic Pride shows how the legacy of the Stoics played a vital role in European intellectual life in the early modern era.

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Princeton University Press

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069115208X

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State Formation and Shared Sovereignty

The Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, 1488–1696

By: Christopher W. Close

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State Formation and Shared Sovereignty

The Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, 1488–1696

By: Christopher W. Close

Through a comparative study of alliances in the Holy Roman Empire and the Low Countries, Christopher W. Close offers new perspectives on how alliances in early modern Europe promoted shared sovereignty, and how this influenced the evolution of states in early modern Europe.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108943799

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Ghettoway Weekend

By: Lawrence Christopher

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Ghettoway Weekend

By: Lawrence Christopher

Synopsis of Ghettoway Weekend Matthew King detours from his coasting relationship with his high-powered attorney girlfriend Natalie Pennington. He spends an unintended weekend night with Mina, an office delivery mail clerk from his building. With his newfound emotions stirred by Mina, Matthew must decide whether to do what makes sense or to follow his heart.

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0971227845

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Union General John A. McClernand and the Politics of Command

By: Christopher C. Meyers

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Union General John A. McClernand and the Politics of Command

By: Christopher C. Meyers

John A. McClernand was a career politician, and those ambitions and qualities continued during his Civil War service. A member of the Illinois General Assembly and a U.S. Representative for 10 years, McClernard was connected to other prominent figures of the time such as Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. However, he is best known for his rivalry with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and this biography balances McClernard's political career with his military leadership and his place in the Union command structure.

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McFarland

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0786461969

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A Dictionary of Writers and their Works

By: Christopher Riches,Michael Cox

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A Dictionary of Writers and their Works

By: Christopher Riches,Michael Cox

Over 3,200 entries An essential guide to authors and their works that focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth century to the present. There is also some coverage of non-fiction such as biographies, memoirs, and science, as well as inclusion of major American and Commonwealth writers. This online-exclusive new edition adds 60,000 new words, including over 50 new entries dealing with authors who have risen to prominence in the last five years, as well as fully updating the entries that currently exist. Each entry provides details of a writer's nationality and birth/death dates, followed by a listing of their titles arranged chronologically by date of publication.

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Oxford University Press

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019251850X

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Techniques in Extracorporeal Circulation 4E

By: Philip Kay,Christopher M Munsch

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Techniques in Extracorporeal Circulation 4E

By: Philip Kay,Christopher M Munsch

Extracorporeal circulation has become firmly established as an invaluable and routine adjunct to cardiac and vascular surgery. Since its introduction in 1953, the technique has evolved rapidly with advancing technology leading to improvements in and simplification of the equipment involved. Developments in the understanding and application of basic

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CRC Press

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1444114182

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Clinical Child Neuropsychiatry

By: Christopher Gillberg

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Clinical Child Neuropsychiatry

By: Christopher Gillberg

The first comprehensive reference resource for all those professionals who encounter neuropsychiatric disorders in the young.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521543355

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The World in the Evening

A Novel

By: Christopher Isherwood

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The World in the Evening

A Novel

By: Christopher Isherwood

A deeply introspective book about war, religion, and sexuality Against the backdrop of World War II, The World in the Evening charts the emotional development of Stephen Monk, an aimless Englishman living in California. After his second marriage suddenly ends, Stephen finds himself living with a relative in a small Pennsylvania Quaker town, haunted by memories of his prewar affair with a younger man during a visit to the Canary Islands. The world traveler comes to a gradual understanding of himself and of his newly adopted homeland. When first published in 1953, The World in the Evening was notable for its clear-eyed depiction of European and American mores, sexuality, and religion. Today, readers herald Christopher Isherwood's frank portrayal of bisexuality and his early appreciation of low and high camp.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374711062

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The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

Contesting Contemplation

By: Christopher D.L. Johnson

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The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

Contesting Contemplation

By: Christopher D.L. Johnson

Exploration of the global spread of Eastern Orthodox practices from local settings and the resulting divergence of interpretations as a struggle over larger issues.

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A&C Black

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1441125477

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Race and the Greening of Atlanta

Inequality, Democracy, and Environmental Politics in an Ascendant Metropolis

By: Christopher C. Sellers

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Race and the Greening of Atlanta

Inequality, Democracy, and Environmental Politics in an Ascendant Metropolis

By: Christopher C. Sellers

Race and the Greening of Atlanta turns an environmental lens on Atlanta’s ascent to thriving capital of the Sunbelt over the twentieth century. Uniquely wide ranging in scale, from the city’s variegated neighborhoods up to its place in regional and national political economies, this book reinterprets the fall of Jim Crow as a democratization born of two metropolitan movements: a well-known one for civil rights and a lesser known one on behalf of “the environment.” Arising out of Atlanta’s Black and white middle classes respectively, both movements owed much to New Deal capitalism’s undermining of concentrated wealth and power, if not racial segregation, in the Jim Crow South. Placing these two movements on the same historical page, Christopher C. Sellers spotlights those environmental inequities, ideals, and provocations that catalyzed their divergent political projects. He then follows the intermittent, sometimes vital alliances they struck as civil rights activists tackled poverty, as a new environmental state arose, and as Black politicians began winning elections. Into the 1980s, as a wealth-concentrating style of capitalism returned to the city and Atlanta became a national “poster child” for sprawl, the seedbeds spread both for a national environmental justice movement and for an influential new style of antistatism. Sellers contends that this new conservativism, sweeping the South with an antienvironmentalism and budding white nationalism that echoed the region’s Jim Crow past, once again challenged the democracy Atlantans had achieved.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820364193

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On the Field with ... Terrell Davis

By: Matt Christopher

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On the Field with ... Terrell Davis

By: Matt Christopher

Superstar running back Terrell Davis helped his team, the Denver Broncos, to two consecutive Super Bowl titles, first in 1998, then again in 1999. He holds multiple records, including those for postseason rushing average, consecutive 100-yard rushing games in the postseason, and best per-game rushing average. A unanimous Pro Bowl selection for 1999 -- his third straight year of playing in that game -- Davis was also named MVP and Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press for 1999.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316094129

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The Order of Canada

Its Origins, History, and Developments

By: Christopher P. McCreery

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The Order of Canada

Its Origins, History, and Developments

By: Christopher P. McCreery

In 1966, a project to create a national honour for Canadians was begun. The first recipients of the Order of Canada were announced a year later, and in the nearly forty years since, the Order has become a symbol familiar to, and respected by, people from across the country. The spirit that motivates the Order of Canada – celebration, inclusion, and democracy – was born of the memories of Canada's earlier experience with honours. From initial distrust and misunderstanding to the awakening of a national identity, the development of the Order reflects the relationship Canadians have with their country, their government, their culture, and their heroes. The Order itself is a product of national identity, politics, and history, reflected by the significance of its recipients' accomplishments. Indeed, the Order's history is as fascinating as the more than 4000 Canadians who have received it. This first book-length history of the Order of Canada – and first major work on Canadian honours – by Christopher McCreery is a celebration of the Order and a close examination of its unique design and various early incarnations. McCreery provides both a history of the Order's beginnings and a more general overview of trends in Canadian honours. Extensively illustrated with never-before-published photographs, The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History, and Developments pays tribute to the individuals who felt the need for a system of recognition for Canadians. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holder.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442658886

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School Choice around the World

... And the Lessons We Can Learn

By: Christopher J. Counihan,Nick Cowen,Corey A. DeAngelis,Triin Lauri,Kaire Põder,M. Danish Shakeel,Patrick J. Wolf,Toby Young

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School Choice around the World

... And the Lessons We Can Learn

By: Christopher J. Counihan,Nick Cowen,Corey A. DeAngelis,Triin Lauri,Kaire Põder,M. Danish Shakeel,Patrick J. Wolf,Toby Young

This volume of essays examines the empirical evidence on school choice in different countries across Europe, North America, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It demonstrates the advantages which choice offers in different institutional contexts, whether it be Free Schools in the UK, voucher systems in Sweden or private-proprietor schools for low-income families in Liberia. Everywhere experience suggests that parents are ‘active choosers’: they make rational and considered decisions, drawing on available evidence and responding to incentives which vary from context to context. Government educators frequently downplay the importance of choice and try to constrain the options parents have. But they face increasing resistance: the evidence is that informed parents drive improvements in school quality. Where state education in some developing countries is particularly bad, private bottom-up provision is preferred even though it costs parents money which they can ill-afford. This book is both a collection of inspiring case studies and a call to action.

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0255367805

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