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Pierce Genealogy. Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, and Afterwards Charlestown Village (Woburn), in New England, with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, etc.

By: Frederick Clifton Pierce

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Pierce Genealogy. Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, and Afterwards Charlestown Village (Woburn), in New England, with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, etc.

By: Frederick Clifton Pierce

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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338541511X

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9783385415119

The Undergraduate Curriculum

A Guide To Innovation And Reform

By: Clifton F. Conrad

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The Undergraduate Curriculum

A Guide To Innovation And Reform

By: Clifton F. Conrad

Recent pressures on undergraduate education have led to major—but often untutored—attempts to revitalize curricula. This comprehensive handbook is designed to aid faculty, administrators, and students engaged in curriculum reform at the undergraduate level. The emphasis throughout is on planning. Professor Conrad proposes a systems model for curriculum planning and examines four major areas: general and liberal education, area concentration, experiential learning, and calendar and degree programs. In each of these areas he identifies key issues, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches, provides a historical context, outlines major trends, and describes a variety of innovations that institutions might adopt. The result is a practical, usable book.

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145

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Routledge

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1000306704

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9781000306705

The Money Machines

The Breakdown and Reform of Governmental and Party Finance in the North, 1860-1920

By: Clifton K. Yearley,Professor Clifton K Yearley

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The Money Machines

The Breakdown and Reform of Governmental and Party Finance in the North, 1860-1920

By: Clifton K. Yearley,Professor Clifton K Yearley

The Money Machines advances the provocative thesis that the mechanisms for financing state and local government in the Northern United States from 1860 to 1920 were deeply enmeshed with those financing the extralegal--often illegal--activities of the major political parties, complicating reform or change mandated by the post-Civil War breakdown of the North's legal fiscal machinery. Few reformers then recognized the interdependence of government and the party money machines; fewer still acknowledged the effectiveness or social value of the extralegal machines. On the contrary, basic fiscal reform in this period was characterized by attempts to exorcise "politics" in any form, which in turn provoked counteraction from politicians whose organizations had the same need for efficient, reliable revenue systems as did governments. Dr. Yearley demonstrates the failure of the established legal money machines to cope with the demands of postwar governments facing industrialization and urbanization. He characterizes the revolt of old and new middle classes against fiscal inequity and inefficiency and shows how much of the North's new wealth escaped taxation altogether while much of its old wealth similarly went into hiding. Because of its forbidding complexities, tax reform was sustained by a small group of experts from the middle class, whose sincerity and competence were unquestionable, but whose reformism evidenced the peculiar views and prejudices of their class. Here, therefore, the graft-grabbing politician is presented in a fresh light. In his efforts to maintain his sources of revenue and power, he emerges as a vital instrument of mass democracy, of the new politics of the ever-growing urban lower classes as well as their principal source of government welfare or support. The author reevaluates the Gilded Age politician in several important ways, principally regarding his power relationship to the business communities and his ability to perform his job well despite middle class disdain and continual allegations of fraud and incompetence. Further, Dr. Yearley shows that often politicians were ahead of reformers in their fiscal thinking in recognizing and utilizing taxation of income rather than of property. The volume considers in some depth several individual reformers, revealing them to be, among other things, prototypes of present academic experts used by government to manage problems too complex for laymen. The book then proceeds to explain essential changes made in local fiscal systems and which of these were to be the most effective, explanations that are of particular interest in view of the continuing crises in state and local financing today.

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410

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SUNY Press

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0873950720

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9780873950725

Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa

By: Clifton Crais

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Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa

By: Clifton Crais

Poverty and violence are issues of global importance. In Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa, Clifton Crais explores the relationship between colonial conquest and the making of South Africa's rural poor. Based on a wealth of archival sources, this detailed history changes our understanding of the origins of the gut-wrenching poverty that characterizes rural areas today. Crais shifts attention away from general models of economic change and focuses on the enduring implications of violence in shaping South Africa's past and present. Crais details the devastation wrought by European forces and their African auxiliaries. Their violence led to wanton bloodshed, large-scale destruction of property, and famine. Crais explores how the survivors struggled to remake their lives, including the adoption of new crops, and the world of inequality and vulnerability colonial violence bequeathed. He concludes with a discussion of contemporary challenges and the threats to democracy in South Africa.

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199

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Cambridge University Press

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1139503561

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9781139503563

Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus

A Ghost Story and a Biography

By: Clifton Crais,Pamela Scully

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Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus

A Ghost Story and a Biography

By: Clifton Crais,Pamela Scully

Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day, and also one of the least known. As the Hottentot Venus, she was seen by Westerners as alluring and primitive, a reflection of their fears and suppressed desires. But who was Sara Baartman? Who was the woman who became the Hottentot Venus? Based on research and interviews that span three continents, Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus tells the entwined histories of an elusive life and a famous icon. In doing so, the book raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live between and among different cultures. In reconstructing Baartman's life, the book traverses the South African frontier and its genocidal violence, cosmopolitan Cape Town, the ending of the slave trade, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, London and Parisian high society, and the rise of racial science. The authors discuss the ramifications of discovering that when Baartman went to London, she was older than originally assumed, and they explore the enduring impact of the Hottentot Venus on ideas about women, race, and sexuality. The book concludes with the politics involved in returning Baartman's remains to her home country, and connects Baartman's story to her descendants in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa. Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus offers the authoritative account of one woman's life and reinstates her to the full complexity of her history.

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248

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Princeton University Press

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0691238359

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9780691238357

Cannabis for Health

The Essential Guide to Using Cannabis for Total Wellness

By: Mary Clifton,Barbara Brownell Grogan

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Cannabis for Health

The Essential Guide to Using Cannabis for Total Wellness

By: Mary Clifton,Barbara Brownell Grogan

An engaging, authoritative, and accessible guide to using cannabis for wellness. Including a quick-reference chart to key cannabis strains and their health benefits, this book is one you’ll want to keep close at hand. Considered “magic” in ancient medicinal circles, cannabis has a true, documented history of healing. Not only does it contain the restorative plant nutrient cannabidiol, or CBD, which is gaining stature as an antidote for various conditions from pain and nausea to arthritis and post-traumatic stress, cannabis also carries some 100 other cannabinoid nutrients that heal, including the once-banished psychoactive but powerfully medicinal THC. Barbara Brownell Grogan and Dr. Mary Clifton, two experts on cannabis, give newcomers the crucial knowledge they need to begin their healing regimen safely. Because different strains work for different people in different ways, the cannabis plant is far from “one size fits all.” Cannabis for Health discusses the various types and potencies, and what healing benefits each offers. It focuses on some high-profile strains—including power-healers—how they address 30 key conditions, and how they have served others. As this is neither a cookbook nor a dosing book, it relies on testimonials by users and physicians to guide people in their choices.

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396

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Union Square & Co.

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1454942762

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9781454942764

Road to War: the Quest for a New World Order

By: Dr. Clifton Wilcox

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Road to War: the Quest for a New World Order

By: Dr. Clifton Wilcox

Every event has a beginning, middle, and end. The Road to War begins with the Treaty of Versailles. It is here where the seeds of instability in Europe are sown. While the 1930s bore witness to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the beginning of World War II, the 1920s were a unique and influential decade during which peace; order and stability were contested and constructed. World War I irrevocably altered the map of Europe and adversely affected each nation involved. The defeat of Germany left Europe in a state of chaos and the Allies, Britain and France, in the position of designing a lasting peace settlement. While the peacemakers were united in their desire to create a lasting peace, distrust and mutual suspicion began to take shape as they gathered in Versailles to decide the fate of Europe.

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436

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499065698

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9781499065695

Barbs, Prongs, Points, Prickers, & Stickers

A Complete and Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Barbed Wire

By: Robert T. Clifton

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Barbs, Prongs, Points, Prickers, & Stickers

A Complete and Illustrated Catalogue of Antique Barbed Wire

By: Robert T. Clifton

Contains a complete and illustrated catalogue of antique barbed wire.

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444

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806108762

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9780806108766

The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

By: Clifton Fadiman

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The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

By: Clifton Fadiman

A book compiled of anecdotes from other collections, arranged under the name of the person they're about.

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Hachette+ORM

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0316084727

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9780316084727

Eight Keys to Eden

By: Mark Clifton

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Eight Keys to Eden

By: Mark Clifton

Not long after the colonists landed on the uninhabited planet every human made artifact - ship communicators, tools--disappeared! Even their clothes! Here is an enthralling science alien planet puzzle from the man writer, critic and Nebula award winner Barry Maltzberg calls "One of the twelve most influential science fiction writers." When, Eden--the Earth colony eleven light years goes silent and fails to answer any communications from the mother planet, Earth's government goes into a panic. Has something tragic happened on a world already proven to have no intelligent, dangerous lifeforms? Or, are the colonists purposely disregarding the messages for some reason of their own? What could be the real explanation for the mysterious silence of a disciplined, scientific colony?

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Ozymandias Press

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1531267394

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9781531267391

A Lady's Heart and Soul

My Life As a Colored - Negro - Black - African - American

By: Clifton A. Casteel

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A Lady's Heart and Soul

My Life As a Colored - Negro - Black - African - American

By: Clifton A. Casteel

This is not a romantic book but rather it is a book about an unconditional love and a will to succeed in life. Annie did not give up in spite of numerous heartbreaks, insurmountable tragedy, and racism. She didn't give her mind permission to use her race or gender as an excuse to fail. Annie's interracial marriage brings her a love that she could only have dreamed of which helps her to discover what truly lies deep in her soul: faith and hope, and a determination to find out who she is what she wants out of life and how to accomplish her goals.

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AuthorHouse

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1434342115

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9781434342119

Big and Little Poison

Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers

By: Clifton Blue Parker

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Big and Little Poison

Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers

By: Clifton Blue Parker

The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd--also known as "Big Poison" and "Little Poison"--played together for fourteen seasons in the same Pittsburgh outfield in the 1920s and 1930s. More than half a century after retiring, they still rank as the best-hitting brothers in major league history with a combined 5,611 hits--517 more than the three Alou brothers, 758 more than the three DiMaggio brothers, and 1,400 more than the five Delahanty brothers. And both Waners are in the Hall of Fame, the only playing brothers so honored. This work tells the story of the Waner brothers from their early lives in Oklahoma through their playing days, which included a World Series against the legendary 1927 New York Yankees. It is also the story of two American eras: the Roaring Twenties and the Depression years. Both put up impressive numbers individually: Paul amassed 3,152 hits, and his .333 lifetime average ranks among the highest ever in the game. Lloyd, a lifetime .316 hitter, collected 2,459 hits, and had it not been for health problems, he might have cleared the 3,000 hit milestone as well. Together, they were baseball heroes.

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McFarland

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0786481404

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9780786481408

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Pierce Genealogy. Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, and Afterwards Charlestown Village (Woburn), in New England, with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, etc.

Pierce Genealogy. Being the Record of the Posterity of Thomas Pierce, an Early Inhabitant of Charlestown, and Afterwards Charlestown Village (Woburn), in New England, with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, etc.

The Undergraduate Curriculum

The Undergraduate Curriculum

The Money Machines

The Money Machines

Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa

Poverty, War, and Violence in South Africa

Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus

Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus

Cannabis for Health

Cannabis for Health

Road to War: the Quest for a New World Order

Road to War: the Quest for a New World Order

Barbs, Prongs, Points, Prickers, & Stickers

Barbs, Prongs, Points, Prickers, & Stickers

The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden

A Lady's Heart and Soul

A Lady's Heart and Soul

Big and Little Poison

Big and Little Poison

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