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The Flour War

Gender, Class, and Community in Late Ancien Régime French Society

By: Cynthia A. Bouton

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The Flour War

Gender, Class, and Community in Late Ancien Régime French Society

By: Cynthia A. Bouton

In the spring of 1775, a series of food riots shook the villages and countryside around Paris. For decades France had been free of famine, but the fall grain harvest had been meager, and the government of the newly crowned King Louis XVI had issued an untimely edict allowing the free commerce of grain within the kingdom. Prices skyrocketed, causing riots to break out in April, first in the market town of Beaumont-sur-Oise, then sweeping through the Paris Basin for the next three weeks. Known as the Flour War, or the guerre des farines, these riots are the subject of Cynthia Bouton's fascinating study. Building upon French historian George Rud&é's pioneering work, Bouton identifies communities of participants and victims in the Flour War, analyzing them according to class, occupation, gender, and location. As typically happened, crowds of common people (menu peuple) confronted those who controlled the grain-bakers, merchants, millers, cultivators, and local authorities. Bouton asks why women of the menu peuple were heavily represented in the riots, often assuming crucial roles as instigators and leaders. In most instances, the people did not steal the provisions but forced those they cornered to sell at a price the rioters deemed &"just.&" Bouton examines this phenomenon, known as taxation populaire, and considers the growing &"sophistication of purpose&" of rioters by placing the Flour War within the larger context of food riots in early modern Europe.

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Penn State Press

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027101055X

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9780271010557

Soul Power

Culture, Radicalism, and the Making of a U.S. Third World Left

By: Cynthia A. Young

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Soul Power

Culture, Radicalism, and the Making of a U.S. Third World Left

By: Cynthia A. Young

Soul Power is a cultural history of those whom Cynthia A. Young calls “U.S. Third World Leftists,” activists of color who appropriated theories and strategies from Third World anticolonial struggles in their fight for social and economic justice in the United States during the “long 1960s.” Nearly thirty countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America declared formal independence in the 1960s alone. Arguing that the significance of this wave of decolonization to U.S. activists has been vastly underestimated, Young describes how literature, films, ideologies, and political movements that originated in the Third World were absorbed by U.S. activists of color. She shows how these transnational influences were then used to forge alliances, create new vocabularies and aesthetic forms, and describe race, class, and gender oppression in the United States in compelling terms. Young analyzes a range of U.S. figures and organizations, examining how each deployed Third World discourse toward various cultural and political ends. She considers a trip that LeRoi Jones, Harold Cruse, and Robert F. Williams made to Cuba in 1960; traces key intellectual influences on Angela Y. Davis’s writing; and reveals the early history of the hospital workers’ 1199 union as a model of U.S. Third World activism. She investigates Newsreel, a late 1960s activist documentary film movement, and its successor, Third World Newsreel, which produced a seminal 1972 film on the Attica prison rebellion. She also considers the L.A. Rebellion, a group of African and African American artists who made films about conditions in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. By demonstrating the breadth, vitality, and legacy of the work of U.S. Third World Leftists, Soul Power firmly establishes their crucial place in the history of twentieth-century American struggles for social change.

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Duke University Press

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0822388618

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9780822388616

A Woman of Essence

A Christian Guide to Godly Relationships for Women

By: Cynthia Smalls-Purdie

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A Woman of Essence

A Christian Guide to Godly Relationships for Women

By: Cynthia Smalls-Purdie

Godly Relationships in an Ungodly World" ...Is this possible?!! If you can't remember the last time you felt truly treasured in your love life, or wonder why you continue to go through unrelenting cycles of heartache & pain, shattered dreams, and DRAMA, then let A Woman of Essence teach you how to overcome the craziness that is found in unhealthy relationships. Women today are hurting, bewildered, and are desperately searching for a book that will show them how on earth to make godly relationships work in an ungodly world! ...And now such a book exists! By detailing her own personal struggles with dysfunctional behaviors in ungodly relationships, author Cynthia Smalls-Purdie reveals how she uncovered the obstacles, barriers, and spiritual darkness that women often carry into new relationships, ultimately hindering them from achieving a successful relationship. She offers insightful counsel on how to free yourself from poor self-esteem, negative thinking, bitterness, and counterproductive behaviors so that honorable men will be drawn to your confidence and who will respect you and hold you in high regard. The victory is that you can become free of the pain and frustration from destructive relationships by having a personal and intimate relationship, through Jesus Christ, with our Heavenly Father. Never again do you have to suffer at the hands of relationships gone wrong. By having God guide your path, you can start to cultivate relationships that are healthy, free of sin, vibrant, and most of all, GODLY! Discover a life full of love, joy, and peace with A Woman of Essence!

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225

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iUniverse

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0595386865

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9780595386864

Document-Based Assessment: Ancient Egypt

By: Cynthia Boyle,Blane Conklin

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Document-Based Assessment: Ancient Egypt

By: Cynthia Boyle,Blane Conklin

Develop students' critical-thinking skills through analysis of issues from different perspectives. Students make comparisons, draw analogies, and apply knowledge. Document-based assessment includes background information and key questions.

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1425874517

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9781425874513

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays

By: Cynthia Greenwood

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays

By: Cynthia Greenwood

Here art thou real Shakespeare. The resurgence of interest in Shakespeare's plays - largely due to recent film adaptations - has reminded the world that Shakespearean theatre is a social art form. This guide focuses on the essence of the spoken word of his plays rather than simply dissecting them. It also explores the cultural and historical contexts for the major plays, offering the director's and actor's perspective in addition to that of the scholar and close reader. Each major play is explored in depth, explaining Shakespearean terms Offers commentary on the experience of each play on and off stage with attention to language and verse Appendixes include Shakespeare's likely collaborations, a glossary, suggested further reading, and resources for viewing live performances and video/audio recordings Perfect for students, general readers, theatregoers, and actors Published to commemorate Shakespeare's 443rd birthday

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Penguin

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1592577083

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9781592577088

Perfect Likeness

European and American Portrait Miniatures from the Cincinnati Art Museum

By: Cincinnati Art Museum,Julie Aronson,Marjorie E. Wieseman,Cynthia Amnéus,Columbia Museum of Art

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European and American Portrait Miniatures from the Cincinnati Art Museum

By: Cincinnati Art Museum,Julie Aronson,Marjorie E. Wieseman,Cynthia Amnéus,Columbia Museum of Art

Diminutive marvels of artistry and fine craftsmanship, portrait miniatures reveal a wealth of information within their small frames. They can tell tales of cultural history and biography, of people and their passions, of evolving tastes in jewelry, fashion, hairstyles, and the decorative arts. Unlike many other genres, miniatures have a tradition in which amateurs and professionals have operated in parallel and women artists have flourished as professionals. This richly illustrated book presents approximately 180 portrait miniatures selected from the holdings of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in North America. The book stresses the continuity of stylistic tradition across Europe and America as well as the vitality of the portrait miniature format through more than four centuries. A detailed catalogue entry, as well as a concise artist biography, appears for each object. Essays examine various aspects of miniature painting, of the depiction of costume in miniatures, and of the allied art of hair work.

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Yale University Press

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0300115806

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9780300115802

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Notes

By: Cynthia C. McGowan,James L. Roberts

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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By: Cynthia C. McGowan,James L. Roberts

This modern American play watches an evening with two couples and the lies they fabricate about themselves to keep on living. It is a vicious and haunting drama.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0822013835

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9780822013839

A Woman's Journey to the Heart of God

By: Cynthia Heald

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A Woman's Journey to the Heart of God

By: Cynthia Heald

Many of us are lingering in the lowlands with heavy emotional loads that keep us from spiritual heights. But all of us are on the same journey to the heart of God. With striking emotional and biblical clarity, the author puts our spiritual journey into perspective with the knowledge that the journey is a process and all we have to do is take hold of the Father's hand. An intimate relationship with God awaits.

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Nelsonword Publishing Group

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0785272399

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9780785272397

The Longest Dance

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

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The Longest Dance

By: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

When young maverick Hamil Strathearne and cool English beauty Olivia meet within the conventional frame of 1950s middle-class Edinburgh, their passion for one another promises to last for a lifetime. But not everything in life goes to plan.

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0727856103

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9780727856104

Megiddo

By: Paul Franklin Crouch (Sr.),Paul Crouch,Cynthia Cirile

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Megiddo

By: Paul Franklin Crouch (Sr.),Paul Crouch,Cynthia Cirile

For a brief moment, two brothers stand silently side by side at Megiddo, overlooking the final battlefield where the world's megapowers are strategically positioned to take control of mankind's future. both men seek supernatural power, one to control the other to save."--Page 4 of cover.

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Creation House

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0884197999

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9780884197997

The Light Years

The Unknown

By: Cynthia Soroka

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The Light Years

The Unknown

By: Cynthia Soroka

Could it be true? Will the universe exist any longer or will the fabric of life itself unravel? This shocking twist will amaze one and all and is a fitting conclusion to The Light Years part of The Dark Chronicles series. Step into the unknown!

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Ariel Starr Productions

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1889122750

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9781889122755

You, and No Other

By: Cynthia Wright

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You, and No Other

By: Cynthia Wright

1526, "'I find that I am in love with Mademoiselle de Fleurance, ' said St. Briac to the King. "I came here to ask her to be my wife." What a thrill to hear those words from him! Yet Aimee was certain that he spoke them out of pity, not love. St. Briac knew that only his own marriage proposal could keep the king from seducing her -- a fate she was desperate to avoid. Aimee tried to tell herself that she felt nothing for St. Briac. Gratitude, yes, for saving her from the King. But nothing more. Then she thought of the brilliance of his turquoise eyes. The strong, slim outline of his body. The taste of his lips. And she knew her fate was locked in his heart."--Page 4 of cover

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Ballantine Books

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0345308077

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Book's by Cynthia King

The Flour War

The Flour War

Soul Power

Soul Power

A Woman of Essence

A Woman of Essence

Document-Based Assessment: Ancient Egypt

Document-Based Assessment: Ancient Egypt

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare's Plays

Perfect Likeness

Perfect Likeness

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A Woman's Journey to the Heart of God

A Woman's Journey to the Heart of God

The Longest Dance

The Longest Dance

Megiddo

Megiddo

The Light Years

The Light Years

You, and No Other

You, and No Other

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