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The Gila, River of the Southwest

By: Edwin Corle

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The Gila, River of the Southwest

By: Edwin Corle

." . . Traces the history of this fabulous land of New Mexico and Arizona from the days of the dinosaurs to the present-day dam building and land reclamation through irrigation. Every phase of development is taken up in detail."--Library Journal. "Mr. Corle, who knows a great deal about the Southwest, has been handed a writer's dream of an assignment and has carried it out in fine style."--The New Yorker. "The Gila is a remarkable bit of Americana, written by a man who knows every inch of the country."--Chicago Sunday Tribune. "Mr. Corle has shown before that he knows how to swing a book of this kind--a combination of history, geography, anecdote, and atmosphere. He accomplishes the task here, moreover, in particularly fine style. The Gila belongs up among the top few in the Rivers of American series. Mr. Corle's done a real job on it."--Joseph Henry Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803250401

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9780803250406

Claiming Tribal Identity

The Five Tribes and the Politics of Federal Acknowledgment

By: Mark Edwin Miller

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Claiming Tribal Identity

The Five Tribes and the Politics of Federal Acknowledgment

By: Mark Edwin Miller

Who counts as an American Indian? Which groups qualify as Indian tribes? These questions have become increasingly complex in the past several decades, and federal legislation and the rise of tribal-owned casinos have raised the stakes in the ongoing debate. In this revealing study, historian Mark Edwin Miller describes how and why dozens of previously unrecognized tribal groups in the southeastern states have sought, and sometimes won, recognition, often to the dismay of the Five Tribes—the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. Miller explains how politics, economics, and such slippery issues as tribal and racial identity drive the conflicts between federally recognized tribal entities like the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and other groups such as the Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy that also seek sovereignty. Battles over which groups can claim authentic Indian identity are fought both within the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Federal Acknowledgment Process and in Atlanta, Montgomery, and other capitals where legislators grant state recognition to Indian-identifying enclaves without consulting federally recognized tribes with similar names. Miller’s analysis recognizes the arguments on all sides—both the scholars and activists who see tribal affiliation as an individual choice, and the tribal governments that view unrecognized tribes as fraudulent. Groups such as the Lumbees, the Lower Muscogee Creeks, and the Mowa Choctaws, inspired by the civil rights movement and the War on Poverty, have evolved in surprising ways, as have traditional tribal governments. Describing the significance of casino gambling, the leader of one unrecognized group said, “It’s no longer a matter of red; it’s a matter of green.” Either a positive or a negative development, depending on who is telling the story, the casinos’ economic impact has clouded what were previously issues purely of law, ethics, and justice. Drawing on both documents and personal interviews, Miller unravels the tangled politics of Indian identity and sovereignty. His lively, clearly argued book will be vital reading for tribal leaders, policy makers, and scholars.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806150513

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9780806150512

The Petersburg Campaign

The Western Front Battles, September 1864 April 1865, Volume 2

By: Edwin Bearss,Bryce Suderow

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The Petersburg Campaign

The Western Front Battles, September 1864 April 1865, Volume 2

By: Edwin Bearss,Bryce Suderow

The wide-ranging and largely misunderstood series of operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting that began in early June 1864 when advance elements from the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River and botched a series of attacks against a thinly defended city would not end for nine long months. This important—many would say decisive—fighting is presented by legendary Civil War author Edwin C. Bearss in The Petersburg Campaign: The Western Front Battles, September 1864 – April 1865, Volume 2, the second in a ground-breaking, two-volume compendium. Although commonly referred to as the "Siege of Petersburg," that city (as well as the Confederate capital at Richmond) was never fully isolated and the combat involved much more than static trench warfare. In fact, much of the wide-ranging fighting involved large-scale Union offensives designed to cut important roads and the five rail lines feeding Petersburg and Richmond. This volume of Bearss' study includes these major battles: - Peeble's Farm (September 29 – October 1, 1864) - Burgess Mills (October 27, 1864) - Hatcher Run (February 5 – 7, 1865) - Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) - Five Forks Campaign (March 29 – April 1, 1865) - The Sixth Corps Breaks Lee's Petersburg Lines (April 2, 1865) Accompanying these salient chapters are original maps by Civil War cartographer Steven Stanley, together with photos and illustrations. The result is a richer and deeper understanding of the major military episodes comprising the Petersburg Campaign.

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600

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Savas Beatie

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1611211042

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9781611211047

From Ronald to Donald

How the Myth of Reagan Became the Cult of Trump

By: Edwin G. Oswald,Alan Axelrod

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From Ronald to Donald

How the Myth of Reagan Became the Cult of Trump

By: Edwin G. Oswald,Alan Axelrod

On November 4, 1980, American voters gave Ronald Reagan a 41-state Electoral College landslide. The man this mandate carried into the White House was largely compounded of mythology. Like most compelling mythologies, Reagan's was a synthesis of celebrity as well as emotional, intellectual, and cultural streams. Throughout his eight years in the oval office, the "Great Communicator" was largely successful in shaping the soul of America to reflect his durable mantra that "government is the problem." That same American soul later embraced Donald Trump--a president who, the authors argue, would have appalled Reagan. Reagan's myth persists, and by understanding his time in office in the context of American history and of the American presidency, we can understand how a transformative president created more than policy by also shaping culture with the instrumental force of mythology. This book attempts to neither praise nor bury Reagan but to explain him in non-partisan terms of contemporary popular mythology. The authors examine his legacy in his war on "big government," which still drives politics, economic policy, and culture, even in Trump's era. They make the case that understanding the mythology at work is a necessary step toward healing American politics and saving American democracy.

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McFarland

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1476650624

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9781476650623

The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931

By: Edwin M. Bradley

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The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931

By: Edwin M. Bradley

This study of early sound shorts begins with an explanation of the development of sound motion pictures in Hollywood by such influential companies as Warner Bros. and Fox, with an emphasis on short subjects, leading up to the first few months when all of the major studios were capable of producing them. The next chapters discuss the impact on other mass entertainments, the development of audible news reels and other non-fiction shorts, as well as the origins of animated sound subjects. A comprehensive list of pre-1932 American-made shorts completes the volume.

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McFarland

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1476606846

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9781476606842

World Religions

The History, Issues, and Truth

By: Edwin Fear,G. A. Mohr

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World Religions

The History, Issues, and Truth

By: Edwin Fear,G. A. Mohr

World Religions This revolutionary book discusses the multitude of often contradictory religions developed by man. Key features of the book include: Mans physical evolution briefly discussed Religious evolution: from animism to theism Historical and current religions of the world: 1) Africa and Oceania 2) The Americas and West Indies 3) Europe and Northern Asia. 4) The Middle East 5) India 6) China and Japan Many new religions and sects: (a) In the period 15001900 (b) Since 1900 Alternative credos are discussed: (a) Quasi-religions movements (b) Philosophical beliefs (c) Scientific beliefs (d) Political beliefs How religions are created and spread Key issues: 1) Proliferation of new religions and sects 2) Religious persecution and conflict 3) Religious corruption and terrorism Mohronism: a new religion based on Mohrs ten laws and including Murphys law Recommendations, including: (a) Mohrs contact theory (b) Mere exposure research Industry and reader comment has included the following: Some provocative and timely issues A prophetic warning A huge topic It could outsell the Bible G. A. Mohr did his PhD in Cambridge, where his father helped split the atom. Geoff Mohr published papers and books on subjects ranging from engineering to corrosion and cancer. His books A Microcomputer Introduction to the Finite Element Method, A Treatise on the Finite Element Method and Finite Elements for Solids, Fluids, and Optimization established him as a world-leading scientist. His recent books include the following: The Pretentious Persuaders The Variant Virus The Doomsday Calculation The War of the Sexes Heart Disease, Cancer & Aging, 2nd edn. The History & Psychology of Human Conflict 2045: A Small Town Survives Global Holocaust Elementary Thinking for the 21st Century The legendary John Argyris called Geoff Mohr The greatest scientist in Australia. Edwin Fear is a descendant of Anne Boleyn, whose husband founded the Church of England. He gained a diploma of business science (DBS) majoring in marketing from IASC. He contributed to many research papers and books and cowrote The Evolving Universe, Relativity, Redshift, and Life From Space with G. A. Mohr and Richard Sinclair.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503503682

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9781503503687

Special Report on Surnames in Ireland

Together with Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland

By: Sir Robert Edwin Matheson

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Special Report on Surnames in Ireland

Together with Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland

By: Sir Robert Edwin Matheson

This work shows the areas with which family names have tended to be associated over the years, and where they appear with the most frequency, making it a valuable tool in tracing Irish origins.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806301872

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9780806301877

Spirit and Method

Pentecostal Theology and the Pneumatological Imagination

By: Edwin Rodriguez-Gungor

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Spirit and Method

Pentecostal Theology and the Pneumatological Imagination

By: Edwin Rodriguez-Gungor

Offers a generative and hospitable theological methodology rooted in the distinctives of pentecostal spirituality, enlivened by a Spirited imagination and opened toward critical, constructive, and conciliatory dialogue with the wider Christian tradition. This inter- and cross-disciplinary work is careful yet generous, drawing together of knowledge and wisdom from different domains-historical, philosophical, and theological-in ways recognizably pentecostal and effectively missional. The book begins with a description of the essence of pentecostal spirituality that holds true across the various pentecostalisms. Drawing largely on an innovative engagement with the insights of Rudolph Otto and an exploration of the dialectic between religious experience and theological development, this book contends for an identifiable but mysterious something that makes pentecostalism truly pentecostal-that is, something more than one might sum up in any set of peculiar practices, beliefs, or behaviors. The book also provides an overview of the intellectual history of English-speaking pentecostalism, specifying and assessing the movement's major philosophical underpinnings and socio-cultural motivations. Finally, funded by an explicitly pentecostal metaphysics, the book sets forth a significant and boldly original pneumatological theological methodology, shaped by discerning conversation with the works of Amos Yong, L. William Oliverio, Jr., Wolfgang Vondey, and Simo Frestadius, among others.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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056771201X

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9780567712011

Perilous Passage

A Narrative of the Montana Gold Rush, 1862-1863

By: Edwin Ruthven Purple

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Perilous Passage

A Narrative of the Montana Gold Rush, 1862-1863

By: Edwin Ruthven Purple

In 1862 Edwin Ruthven Purple seized the chance to strike it rich in the newly discovered goldfields of the northern Rocky Mountains. With an introduction and thorough annotations by Kenneth N. Owens, Perilous Passage offers Purple's never-before-published, first-person narrative. On hand for the crimes that led to vigilante justice, Purple chronicled the story of a raucous, sometimes murderous life among bonanza miners.

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Montana Historical Society

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0917298373

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9780917298370

Mighty Wolves

By: Edwin Walker

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Mighty Wolves

By: Edwin Walker

As you travel with the Mighty Wolves and the Lady Wolves, those of you who recall, if one was not in Cope Hall by the tip off, would find themselves standing for the entire game. The Wolves' fans yelling "Troop, Troop!" as Tom Washington pulls down a rebound. You might recall the squad that averaged 100 points per game. My best memory is when the Wolves hosted the Eastern Regionals of the NCAA tournament in 1978. Cope Hall packed to the rafters, the Wolves hit the hardwood of Cope Hall, with the song "Flashlight". Who at that point knew they were watching the Division II Champions of 1978. Since I have seen the Wolves since the early 60's, seeing such players as Booker, Mims, Kirkland, Wilson, Bell, Colston, and Green, just to name a few, I am asked, "Who was the best?" My reply is all, for all were winners! During those years, the race card was the issue. If you notice the box scores, the state championship game was not played at Cheyney until the 1970's. As a volunteer coach for the basketball program, I believe if the teachings of good fundamentals are taught, one will surely win, or be very competitive. I would like to thank all those members of the Mighty Wolves and those coaches who gave their all to the Mighty Wolves.

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Page Publishing Inc

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163568031X

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9781635680317

The Secret War for the Union

The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Fishel

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The Secret War for the Union

The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

By: Edwin C. Fishel

“A treasure trove for historians . . . A real addition to Civil War history” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). At the end of the American Civil War, most of the intelligence records disappeared—remaining hidden for over a century. As a result, little has been understood about the role of espionage and other intelligence sources, from balloonists to signalmen with their telescopes. When, at the National Archives, Edwin C. Fishel discovered long-forgotten documents—the operational files of the Army of the Potomac’s Bureau of Military Information—he had the makings of this, the first book to thoroughly and authentically examine the impact of intelligence on the Civil War, providing a new perspective on this period in history. Drawing on these papers as well as over a thousand pages of reports by General McClellan’s intelligence chief, the detective Allan Pinkerton, and other information, he created an account of the Civil War that “breaks much new ground” (The New York Times). “The former chief intelligence reporter for the National Security Agency brings his professional expertise to bear in this detailed analysis, which makes a notable contribution to Civil War literature as the first major study to present the war’s campaigns from an intelligence perspective. Focusing on intelligence work in the eastern theater, 1861–1863, Fishel plays down the role of individual agents like James Longstreet’s famous ‘scout,’ Henry Harrison, concentrating instead on the increasingly sophisticated development of intelligence systems by both sides. . . . Expertly written, organized and researched.” —Publishers Weekly “Fundamentally changes our picture of the secret service in the Civil War.” —The Washington Post

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HMH

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0544388135

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9780544388130

The Law and Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in Justices' Courts and on Appeals to the County Courts in the State of New York

Vol. II

By: William Wait,Edwin Baylies

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The Law and Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in Justices' Courts and on Appeals to the County Courts in the State of New York

Vol. II

By: William Wait,Edwin Baylies

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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3385485428

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From Ronald to Donald

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Special Report on Surnames in Ireland

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