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An Honorable Accord

The Covenant between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States

By: Howard P. Willens,Deanne C. Siemer

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An Honorable Accord

The Covenant between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States

By: Howard P. Willens,Deanne C. Siemer

In 1975, after three centuries of colonial rule, the people of the Northern Marianas exercised their right of self-determination to become U.S. citizens in a self-governing commonwealth under U.S. sovereignty. An Honorable Accord is the remarkable account of their tenacious efforts to shape a political future separate from other Micronesian peoples, of the negotiations that produced the Covenant defining the commonwealth relationship, and its eventual approval by the Northern Marianas people and the U.S. Congress.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824851153

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9780824851156

Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Performance and Pedagogy

By: Deanne Williams

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Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Performance and Pedagogy

By: Deanne Williams

Deanne Williams offers the very first study of the medieval and early modern girl actor. Whereas previous histories of the actress begin with the Restoration, this book demonstrates that the girl is actually a well-documented category of performer and a key participant in the drama of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It explores evidence of the girl actor in archival records of payment, eyewitness accounts, stage directions, paintings, and in the plays and masques that were explicitly composed for girls, and, in some cases, by them. Contradicting previous scholarly assumptions about the early modern stage as male-dominated, this evidence reveals girls' participation in medieval religious drama, Tudor civic pageants and royal entries, Elizabethan country house entertainments, and Stuart court and household masques. This book situates its historical study of the girl actor within the wider contexts of 'girl culture', including girls as singers, translators and authors. By examining the impact of the girl actor on constructions of girlhood in the work of Shakespeare – whose girl characters register and evoke the power of the performing girl – Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance argues that girls' dramatic, musical and literary performances actively shaped medieval and early modern culture. It shows how the active presence and participation of girls shaped medieval and Renaissance culture, and it reveals how some of its best-known literary and dramatic texts address, represent, and reflect upon girl children, not as an imagined ideal, but as a lived reality.

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337

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350343226

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9781350343221

The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

By: Deanne Williams

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The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

By: Deanne Williams

Deanne Williams traces the cultural legacy of the Norman Conquest in England from 1350 to 1600.

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308

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Cambridge University Press

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0521832160

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9780521832168

Great Women in Bahamian History V. 2

By: Deanne Hanna-Ewers

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Great Women in Bahamian History V. 2

By: Deanne Hanna-Ewers

History $??.?? Have you ever wondered about the first Bahamian woman to become involved in politics or to run a newspaper? This book answers those questions and more about significant Women would have achieved ‘first’ in categories such as: Business Religion Medicine Education Communication Politics Law Government Sports Music This book is filled with historical information yet, it is an easy read. The author, Deanne Hanna-Ewers has compiled vital information that offers valuable insight into the growth and leadership of Bahamian Women. This is a book of a lifetime that can be passed on from generation to generation. It is also a great teaching tool for the classroom; Women’s Studies, Civics Studies, Social Studies, as well as History. This book gives the recognition deserving of notable Bahamian women that have aspired to greatness in their own right! This is a book that will inspire girls to become women of significance and touch the hearts of ordinary women to become extraordinary.

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128

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1728325250

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9781728325255

They Fought Like Demons

Women Soldiers in the American Civil War

By: DeAnne Blanton,Lauren Cook Wike

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They Fought Like Demons

Women Soldiers in the American Civil War

By: DeAnne Blanton,Lauren Cook Wike

Popular images of women during the American Civil War include self-sacrificing nurses, romantic spies, and brave ladies maintaining hearth and home in the absence of their men. However, as DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook show in their remarkable new study, that conventional picture does not tell the entire story. Hundreds of women assumed male aliases, disguised themselves in men’s uniforms, and charged into battle as Union and Confederate soldiers—facing down not only the guns of the adversary but also the gender prejudices of society. They Fought Like Demons is the first book to fully explore and explain these women, their experiences as combatants, and the controversial issues surrounding their military service. Relying on more than a decade of research in primary sources, Blanton and Cook document over 240 women in uniform and find that their reasons for fighting mirrored those of men—-patriotism, honor, heritage, and a desire for excitement. Some enlisted to remain with husbands or brothers, while others had dressed as men before the war. Some so enjoyed being freed from traditional women’s roles that they continued their masquerade well after 1865. The authors describe how Yankee and Rebel women soldiers eluded detection, some for many years, and even merited promotion. Their comrades often did not discover the deception until the “young boy” in their company was wounded, killed, or gave birth. In addition to examining the details of everyday military life and the harsh challenges of -warfare for these women—which included injury, capture, and imprisonment—Blanton and Cook discuss the female warrior as an icon in nineteenth-century popular culture and why -twentieth-century historians and society ignored women soldiers’ contributions. Shattering the negative assumptions long held about Civil War distaff soldiers, this sophisticated and dynamic work sheds much-needed light on an unusual and overlooked facet of the Civil War experience.

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LSU Press

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0807158569

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9780807158562

Improving Reading Skills

By: Deanne Milan Spears

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Improving Reading Skills

By: Deanne Milan Spears

Designed as a core reader/work text for first- and intermediate-level developmental reading courses, this book teaches reading skills within the context of relevant selections, with many issues drawn from books, magazines and newspapers. A variety of exercises and assignments have been included. Many of the reading selections are written by women and for ethnic writers. Word Origins sections are also included: these provide the history of the word, its root and its progression into the English language.

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McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

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0072297220

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9780072297225

The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

By: Deanne Williams

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The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

By: Deanne Williams

Deanne Williams traces the cultural legacy of the Norman Conquest in England from 1350 to 1600.

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Developing Critical Reading Skills

By: Deanne Spears

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Developing Critical Reading Skills

By: Deanne Spears

Designed for reading courses at the intermediate and advanced level, Developing Critical Reading Skills uses practice prose similar to the kind that students will encounter in the classroom, encouraging them to analyze, interpret, question, and even challenge the words of the writer. The seventh edition continues to feature a wide range of interesting and diverse selections, excellent coverage of critical reading skills, and a concluding section on reading short stories. It now also includes coverage of reading textbooks and interpreting visuals.

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McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

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007298290X

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9780072982909

Improving Reading Skills: Contemporary Readings for College Students

By: Deanne Spears

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Improving Reading Skills: Contemporary Readings for College Students

By: Deanne Spears

Popular source selections that challenge and engage make Improving Reading Skills an ideal text for introductory developmental reading students.

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0072830700

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9780072830705

Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood

By: D. Williams

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Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood

By: D. Williams

This is the first scholarly study devoted to Shakespeare's girl characters and conceptions of girlhood. It charts the development of Shakespeare's treatment of the girl as a dramatic and literary figure, and explores the impact of Shakespeare's girl characters on the history of early modern girls as performers, patrons, and authors.

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Springer

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1137024763

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9781137024763

Book's by Deanne Williams

An Honorable Accord

An Honorable Accord

Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

Great Women in Bahamian History V. 2

Great Women in Bahamian History V. 2

They Fought Like Demons

They Fought Like Demons

Improving Reading Skills

Improving Reading Skills

The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare

Developing Critical Reading Skills

Developing Critical Reading Skills

Improving Reading Skills: Contemporary Readings for College Students

Improving Reading Skills: Contemporary Readings for College Students

Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood

Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood

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