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Early Tonga As the Explorers Saw It, 1616–1810

By: Edwin N. Ferdon

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Early Tonga As the Explorers Saw It, 1616–1810

By: Edwin N. Ferdon

Ethnographic observations and experiences on the Tongan Islands up to 1810—just prior to intensive Christian missionary activities—provide an early historic baseline of culture for those interested in alter culture change in Tonga, the only Polynesian island group that has never been ruled by outsiders. Ferdon has drawn on a variety of records to provide a well-documented and highly readable account of major aspects of Tongan life—material culture, government, food and drink, recreation, customs, trade, and warfare—at the time when European influences were only beginning to modify traditional island patterns. The ethnohistorical approach to early Tongan culture offers not only a fascinating glimpse into a world long past but also a basis for the comparative study of European acculturation throughout Polynesia. Edwin N. Ferdon first became interested in early Polynesia while serving as an archaeologist with Thor Heyerdahl’s 1955 expedition to Easter Island. He is also the author of Early Tahiti As the Explorers Saw It, 1767–1797.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816531692

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9780816531691

The Lives and Times of the Patriots

An Account of the Rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837-1838 and of the Patriot Agitation in the United States, 1837-1842

By: Edwin C. Guillet

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The Lives and Times of the Patriots

An Account of the Rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837-1838 and of the Patriot Agitation in the United States, 1837-1842

By: Edwin C. Guillet

The Lives and Times of the Patriots was first published in 1938, the centennial of the Upper Canadian Rebellion and the subsequent Patriot raids over the border from the United States. The Canadian part of the agitation for constitutional and social reform, long a subject of controversy and bitterness, is now generally considered to be, as Sir Wilfrid Laurier put it, a fight "for constitutional rights, not against the British Crown"; but very little in the American movement, allegedly in sympathy, can be justified, its aims and conduct being no better than—and often interior to—the Fenian Raids of some thirty years later. The story of the events and their consequences is unfolded from a wide coverage of source materials, and described from both Tory and Reform, Loyalist and Patriot point of view. Exciting trails and escapes from jails and forts follow one another in quick succession, and the lives and experiences of participants are traced around the world to the prison colony of Van Diemen's Land and home again, as diaries, letters, and narratives tell their story, supplemented and verified by official documents, contemporary newspapers, obituary notices, and tombstone inscriptions. Rare illustrations complement this careful account of what must be taken to be, with all its deficiencies, a notable episode in the history of human freedom.

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408

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University of Toronto Press

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148759805X

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9781487598051

Pursuing Instructional Effectiveness in Higher Education

It's about Time!

By: Edwin George Ralph

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Pursuing Instructional Effectiveness in Higher Education

It's about Time!

By: Edwin George Ralph

The title of this book has two meanings. One meaning expresses a sense of relief that during the last several years post-secondary institutions have begun to pay serious attention to the enhancement of instruction on their campuses. There has been an emergence of new organisations, associations, conferences, seminars, and workshops; a proliferation of books, journals, and articles; an expansion of research and investigative inquiry; and a growth of interest among post-secondary faculty-members and administrators -- all of which are devoted to various aspects of the improvement of both teaching and learning at the undergraduate level. These initiatives have combined to furnish undeniable evidence attesting to the pursuit of better teaching and learning in higher education. Increasing numbers of post-secondary educators, students, and tax payers at large not only welcome wholeheartedly this new emphasis, and -- as suggested by the last clause in the title -- they feel it has been long overdue! A second interpretation of the title -- and the one which is a key theme of this book -- emphasises the substantive concept of the use and management of time (and timing) as an integral component of effective instruction. (From the Introduction).

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Nova Publishers

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1590338820

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9781590338827

Diggin' Up Bones

By: Charles Edwin Price

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Diggin' Up Bones

By: Charles Edwin Price

Sure to rattle nerves on dark and spooky nights, this collection of Tennessee ghost tales features stories based on actual reported events as well as those that sprung purely from the author's vivid imagination. For those who want to experience a touch of the unknown, these tales will deliver with chilling results.

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164

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The Overmountain Press

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1570720487

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9781570720482

Internal Combustion

How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

By: Edwin Black

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Internal Combustion

How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

By: Edwin Black

An explosive, eye-opening expose of the corporate forces that have for more than a century sabotaged the creation of alternative energies and vehicles in order to keep us dependent on oil. There is enough truth in this book to revolutionize our way of life. Winner of four awards for editorial excellence: American Society of Journalists and Authors Best Book, Thomas Edison Award, Green Globes, and an AJPA Rockower Award.

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Dialog Press

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0914153234

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9780914153238

More Haunted Tennessee

By: Charles Edwin Price

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More Haunted Tennessee

By: Charles Edwin Price

Here we go again! More creepy-crawly tales of beasties, ghosties, haints, boogers, and things that go bump-in-the-night from the Volunteer State.

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The Overmountain Press

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1570720894

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9781570720895

The Gettysburg Campaign

A Study in Command

By: Edwin B. Coddington

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The Gettysburg Campaign

A Study in Command

By: Edwin B. Coddington

The Battle of Gettysburg remains one of the most controversial military actions in America's history, and one of the most studied. Professor Coddington's is an analysis not only of the battle proper, but of the actions of both Union and Confederate armies for the six months prior to the battle and the factors affecting General Meade’s decision not to pursue the retreating Confederate forces. This book contends that Gettysburg was a crucial Union victory, primarily because of the effective leadership of Union forces—not, as has often been said, only because the North was the beneficiary of Lee's mistakes. Scrupulously documented and rich in fascinating detail, The Gettysburg Campaign stands as one of the landmark works in the history of the Civil War.

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934

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Simon and Schuster

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0684845695

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9780684845692

Fields of Honor

Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Bearss

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Fields of Honor

Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Bearss

Few historians have ever captured the drama, excitement, and tragedy of the Civil War with the headlong elan of Edwin Bearss, who has won a huge, devoted following with his extraordinary battlefield tours and eloquent soliloquies about the heroes, scoundrels, and little-known moments of a conflict that still fascinates America. Antietam, Shiloh, Gettysburg: these hallowed battles and more than a dozen more come alive as never before, rich with human interest and colorful detail culled from a lifetime of study. Illustrated with detailed maps and archival images, this 448-page volume presents a unique narrative of the Civil War's most critical battles, translating Bearss' inimitable delivery into print. As he guides readers from the first shots at Fort Sumter to Gettysburg's bloody fields to the dignified surrender at Appomattox, his engagingly plainspoken but expert account demonstrates why he stands beside Shelby Foote, James McPherson, and Ken Burns in the front rank of modern chroniclers of the Civil War, as the Pulitzer Prize-winning McPherson himself points out in his admiring Introduction. A must for every one of America's countless Civil War buffs, this major work will stand as an important reference and enduring legacy of a great historian for generations to come.

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National Geographic Books

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1426206208

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9781426206207

The Anglo-Marxists

A Study in Ideology and Culture

By: Edwin A. Roberts

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The Anglo-Marxists

A Study in Ideology and Culture

By: Edwin A. Roberts

In this book, Edwin Roberts provides a comparative intellectual history of the development of Marxist theory in Great Britian, concentrating on the years between the Great Depression and the Cold War. Roberts argues that during this period there developed among university-educated intellectuals a distinctively Anglicized form of Marxist theory that prefigured the analytical Marxism so prominent in the English-speaking world today. Roberts' important book explores this school_a precursor to contemporary analytical Marxism_examining key figures such as Haldane and Bernal and providing readers with a compelling argument for the significance of Anglo-Marxism in the tradition of Marxist thought.

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326

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847683966

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9780847683963

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Early Tonga As the Explorers Saw It, 1616–1810

Early Tonga As the Explorers Saw It, 1616–1810

The Lives and Times of the Patriots

The Lives and Times of the Patriots

Pursuing Instructional Effectiveness in Higher Education

Pursuing Instructional Effectiveness in Higher Education

Diggin' Up Bones

Diggin' Up Bones

Internal Combustion

Internal Combustion

More Haunted Tennessee

More Haunted Tennessee

The Gettysburg Campaign

The Gettysburg Campaign

Fields of Honor

Fields of Honor

The Anglo-Marxists

The Anglo-Marxists

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