Christopher Spencer's Books

Just Property

Volume Three: Property in an Age of Ideologies

By: Christopher Pierson

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Just Property

Volume Three: Property in an Age of Ideologies

By: Christopher Pierson

This third and concluding volume of Just Property brings critical accounts of property right up to the present. The book is made up of five pairs of chapters located in five major ideological traditions of modernity: liberalism, libertarianism, social democracy, conservatism, and feminism. As before, the focus is on particular thinkers and their daring, puzzling and sometimes outrageous views. The concluding chapter returns to the project's opening questions about property and inequality and about property under the imperative of growth to limits. If we are to confront the enormous challenges that loom in front of us, we have, above all else, to think again, and quite radically, about the place of property in our collective lives.

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Oxford University Press

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0191090794

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9780191090790

The Pilferage of Joe-Joe Blue

By: Christopher M. Mahoney

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The Pilferage of Joe-Joe Blue

By: Christopher M. Mahoney

A personality disorder savant becomes the gateway for a Doctor's lost family and the open door for a tormented writer. The writings of a young patient become an obsession for a failed writer while The prestigious Doctor of the St Dismas Psychiatric Center tries to cure personality disorders by learning how to create them by bringing his deceased son and wife back through a patient.

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iUniverse

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0595433154

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9780595433155

Edward II Revised

By: Christopher Marlowe

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Edward II Revised

By: Christopher Marlowe

Dramatically compressing the reign of Edward II and enlivening the historical narrative with humour, romance, and horrific violence, Marlowe interrogates how the transgression of accepted codes of behaviour affects even those at the highest level of society. Kept off the stage for almost three hundred years because of its dramatization of explicit homosexual relationships, it has become increasingly popular with modern day readers and performed on stage and film to great acclaim. This student edition contains a completely new introduction by Stephen Guy-Bray, and offers students a useful and lively overview of recent criticism, an updated performance history paying greater attention to Derek Jarman's film, a background on the author and themes, as well as an updated bibliography and a fully annotated version of the playtext.

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169

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A&C Black

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1472575407

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9781472575401

Hope Is the Thing With Feathers

A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds

By: Christopher Cokinos

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Hope Is the Thing With Feathers

A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds

By: Christopher Cokinos

A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.

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385

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Penguin

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1101057106

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9781101057100

The Breaking Storm Conspiracy

By: Christopher Fox

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The Breaking Storm Conspiracy

By: Christopher Fox

A disillusioned young women in a religious cult, a deadly conspiracy, a divided America on the verge of civil war. In a politically divided America, insurgents plan to overthrow the government. While helping to rescue a friend’s daughter from a religious cult, Maria Delgado is inadvertently drawn into a sinister plot that threatens to destabilize the elected U.S. administration. Maria must intervene to stop hell from breaking loose where thousands could die in a potential civil war.

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331

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Foxwise

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1989721087

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9781989721087

District Doubleheader

By: Matt Christopher

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District Doubleheader

By: Matt Christopher

The journey to the Little League World Series continues with two new teams and fierce competition Little League Baseball players Liam and Carter are still adjusting to changes since Liam's family moved across the country to California. Liam is faced with having to prove himself all over again to his new teammates. Carter, on the other hand, is having his best season ever. His pitches are unstoppable and it looks like his team might just sweep the competition. That is, until a new pitcher hits the scene.

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114

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316231827

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9780316231824

Evolution and Ethics

T.H. Huxley's Evolution and Ethics with New Essays on Its Victorian and Sociobiological Context

By: James G. Paradis,George Christopher Williams

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Evolution and Ethics

T.H. Huxley's Evolution and Ethics with New Essays on Its Victorian and Sociobiological Context

By: James G. Paradis,George Christopher Williams

T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) was not only an active protagonist in the religious and scientific upheaval that followed the publication of Darwin's theory of evolution but also a harbinger of the sociobiological debates about the implications of evolution that are now going on. His seminal lecture Evolution and Ethics, reprinted here with its introductory Prolegomena, argues that the human psyche is at war with itself, that humans are alienated in a cosmos that has no special reference to their needs, and that moral societies are of necessity in conflict with the natural conditions of their existence. Seen in the light of current understanding of the mechanisms of evolution, these claims remain as controversial today as they were when Huxley proposed them. In this volume George Williams, one of the best-known evolutionary biologists of our time, asserts that recent biological ideas and data justify a more extreme condemnation of the "cosmic process" than Huxley advocated and more extreme denial that the forces that got us here are capable of maintaining a viable world. James Paradis, an expert in Victorian studies, has written an introduction that sets the celebrated lecture in the context of cultural history, revealing it to be an impressive synthesis of Victorian thinking, as well as a challenge to eighteenth-century assumptions about the harmony of of nature. With Huxley's lecture as a focal point, the three parts of this book unite philosophy and science in a shared quest that recalls their common origins as systems of knowledge. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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140086030X

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9781400860302

Marlowe: Complete Plays

By: Christopher Marlowe

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Marlowe: Complete Plays

By: Christopher Marlowe

Their texts fully restored by recent scholarship, Marlowe's astonishing works can now be appreciated as originally written. For the first time, this edition boasts the complete plays - including two versions of Doctor Faustus. Blasphemy, perversion, defiance and transgression ... in a series of compelling tragedies, Marlowe challenged every authority of heaven and earth. From the proud wrath of Tamburlaine, the tyrant of Asia, to the racked anguish of Edward II, himself in thrall to unspeakable desires; from God's own Machiavel, the Duke of Guise, to Barabas, the Jew of Malta, curse of Christianity: all are taboo-breakers, to be broken in their turn. And in the tragedy of Doctor Faustus we perhaps read Marlowe's own: a tale of brilliance and audacity - and of terrible, inexorable punishment. Their texts fully restored by recent scholarship, Marlowe's astonishing works can now be appreciated as originally written. For the first time, this edition boasts the complete plays - including two versions of Doctor Faustus.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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178022382X

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9781780223827

Edward II: With Related Texts

By: Christopher Marlowe,Stephen J. Lynch

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Edward II: With Related Texts

By: Christopher Marlowe,Stephen J. Lynch

This exciting new edition of Edward II is indeed reader friendly. Of particular distinction are the introductory sections which include a thorough account of Marlowe's biography, a fresh critical examination of the play, plus a bibliography for further reading; a wise consideration of the date and text; and extensive annotations, especially helpful to students who have difficulties with the language. Of special value to both students and scholars are the Related Texts that follow the text of the play: three sections of documentary evidence on historical sources; power and politics; and love, friendship, and homoeroticism--all vital to an understanding of the play. No previous edition of the play manages to encompass so much." --Robert A. Logan, University of Hartford

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198

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Hackett Publishing

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1624662765

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9781624662768

Like a Family

The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World

By: Jacquelyn Dowd Hall,James L. Leloudis,Robert R. Korstad,Mary Murphy,Lu Ann Jones

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Like a Family

The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World

By: Jacquelyn Dowd Hall,James L. Leloudis,Robert R. Korstad,Mary Murphy,Lu Ann Jones

Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. "The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the history of the cotton-mill world.--Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review "Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.--Studs Terkel "Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.--Choice

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UNC Press Books

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0807882941

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9780807882948

Principles of Retailing

By: John Fernie,Suzanne Fernie,Christopher Moore,Sue Fernie

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Principles of Retailing

By: John Fernie,Suzanne Fernie,Christopher Moore,Sue Fernie

This book takes an international approach reflecting the increasingly global nature of the field, and addresses the serious issues created by the 'wired consumer' and the interactive shopping revolution.

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Routledge

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0750647035

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9780750647038

Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves

By: Kasey Edwards,Dr Christopher Scanlon

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Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves

By: Kasey Edwards,Dr Christopher Scanlon

Following the success of Raising Girls Who Like Themselves, Kasey Edwards and Dr Chris Scanlon have written a much-requested book about raising boys. In Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves, Kasey Edwards and Dr Chris Scanlon combine practical and evidence-based strategies to help parents build a strong foundation for their sons. With their trademark warmth, wit and positive outlook they explain: - How to get your son to tell you about his day and maintain a close and loving bond as he gets older - How to give your boy the skills and confidence to resist peer pressure and the influence of unhealthy masculinity - The most effective way to stand up for himself without resorting to violence or losing his sweet nature - How to encourage your boy to try new and hard things - What to do about screens and porn - How to encourage achievement without the nagging - How to teach your boy to be respectful and to take responsibility for his actions without making him ashamed to be a boy/man - How to instil authentic and rock-solid confidence and self-belief in your boy - How to give him a positive and healthy body image

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Random House Australia

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0143778730

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9780143778738

The Philosophy of Law

An Encyclopedia

By: Christopher Berry Grey

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The Philosophy of Law

An Encyclopedia

By: Christopher Berry Grey

From articles centering on the detailed and doctrinal exposition of the law to those which reside almost wholly within the realm of philosophical ethics, this volume affords comprehensive treatment to both sides of the philosophico-legal equation. Systematic and sustained coverage of the many dimensions of legal thought gives ample expression to the true breadth and depth of the philosophy of law, with coverage of: The modes of knowing and the kinds of normativity used in the law; Studies in international, constitutional, criminal, administrative, persons and property, contracts and tort law-including their historical origins and worldwide ramifications; Current legal cultures such as common law and civilian, European, and Aboriginal; Influential jurisprudents and their biographies; All influential schools and methods

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Routledge

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1135582769

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9781135582760

The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry

By: Christopher Beach

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The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry

By: Christopher Beach

The Cambridge Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Poetry is designed to give readers a brief but thorough introduction to the various movements, schools, and groups of American poets in the twentieth century. It will help readers to understand and analyze modern and contemporary poems. The first part of the book deals with the transition from the nineteenth-century lyric to the modernist poem, focussing on the work of major modernists such as Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, and W. C. Williams. In the second half of the book, the focus is on groups such as the poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the New Critics, the Confessionals, and the Beats. In each chapter, discussions of the most important poems are placed in the larger context of literary, cultural, and social history.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521891493

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9780521891493

Elizabethan Drama I

By: Christopher Marlowe,William Shakespeare

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Elizabethan Drama I

By: Christopher Marlowe,William Shakespeare

Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XLVI features four of the masterpiece tragedies by the greatest playwright in the English language-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)'s Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest, all written between 1599 and 1611. Also included in this volume is Edward the Second, a 1592 drama of court intrigue, by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593), who greatly influenced Shakespeare's writing and who-some speculate-may actually have penned the plays credited to Shakespeare after faking his own death and taking on an assumed name.

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1616401680

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9781616401689

Land and Liberty

Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism

By: Christopher William England

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Land and Liberty

Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism

By: Christopher William England

This work is a comprehensive treatment of the single-tax movement. The author studied a network of well-connected political entrepreneurs committed to Henry George's plan to effectively nationalize land through a confiscatory tax in the early twentieth century in the United States"--

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JHU Press

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1421445409

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9781421445403

This Abominable Slavery

Race, Religion, and the Battle over Human Bondage in Antebellum Utah

By: W. Paul Reeve,Christopher B. Rich,LaJean Purcell Carruth

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This Abominable Slavery

Race, Religion, and the Battle over Human Bondage in Antebellum Utah

By: W. Paul Reeve,Christopher B. Rich,LaJean Purcell Carruth

On July 22, 1847, a group of about forty refugees entered the Salt Lake Valley. Among them were three enslaved men, two of whom shared the religion, Mormonism, that had caused them to flee. The valley was also home to members of the Ute tribe, who would sometimes barter captive women and children to Spanish colonizers. Thus, the question of whether the Latter-day Saints would accept or reject slavery in their new Zion confronted them on the day they first arrived. Five years later, after Utah had become an American territory, its legislature was prodded to take up the question then roiling the nation: would they be slave or free? George D. Watt, the official reporter for the 1852 legislative session, reported debates and speeches in Pitman shorthand. They remained in their original format, virtually untouched, for more than one hundred and fifty years, until LaJean Purcell Carruth transcribed them. In this eye-opening volume, Carruth, Christopher Rich, and W. Paul Reeve draw extensively on these new sources to chronicle the session, during which the legislature passed two important statutes: one that legally transformed African American slaves into "servants" but did not pass the condition of servitude on to their children and another that authorized twenty-year indentures for enslaved Native Americans. This Abominable Slavery places these debates within the context of the nation's growing sectional divide and contextualizes the meaning of these laws in the lives of Black enslaved people and Native American indentured servants. In doing so, it sheds new light on race, religion, slavery, and unfree labor in the antebellum period.

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Oxford University Press

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0197765041

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9780197765043

The Methodology of Maurice Hauriou

Legal, Sociological, Philosophical

By: Christopher B. Gray

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The Methodology of Maurice Hauriou

Legal, Sociological, Philosophical

By: Christopher B. Gray

This book shows that Hauriou¿s positivist and pragmatic jurisprudence and social theory, as well as their application to the study of institutions, is satisfactorily supported by his idealistic philosophy. The nine chapters first locate Hauriou¿s influences, then situate his disciplinary methodologies within methodology in general. The central chapters concern each of the three methodologies in turn.

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