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Revolutionary War Amid Southern Chaos

By: George W. Hicks

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Revolutionary War Amid Southern Chaos

By: George W. Hicks

The mighty British army conquered the Southern colonies step by step. Important Southern towns fell to superior British military precision, destroying two Southern Continental armies in the process. But Southerners were not subdued. Amid government and military chaos, partisans, guerrillas, militia and volunteers rose like the Phoenix and helped win the Revolution. This fast-paced story describes the determination of both adversaries as they attempted to win the war in the South. From Savannah to Guilford Courthouse to Yorktown armies maneuvered under masterly leaders such as General Nathanael Greene, General George Washington, and General Lord Charles Cornwallis. Due to a change in American thought, a simmering civil war, and British mismanagement, most of the civilian population quickly sided with the rebels. Thus, the destiny of American independence rode on the shoulders of these individualist back-country citizen soldiers.

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387

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PublishAmerica

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ISBN 10

1462691420

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9781462691425

Triumphs of Experience

By: George E. Vaillant

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Triumphs of Experience

By: George E. Vaillant

At a time when people are living into their tenth decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers welcome news for old age: our lives evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling. Among the surprising findings: people who do well in old age did not necessarily do so well in midlife, and vice versa.

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473

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Harvard University Press

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0674067428

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9780674067424

Racist Symbols and Reparations

Philosophical Reflections on Vestiges of the American Civil War

By: George Schedler

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Racist Symbols and Reparations

Philosophical Reflections on Vestiges of the American Civil War

By: George Schedler

In this fascinating book, George Schedler offers fresh moral and legal perspectives on two legacies of the Civil War: the adoption of the Confederate battle flag by Southern states and the question of African American reparations. Schedler demonstrates that constitutional objections to Southern states' display of the battle flag are without merit, arguing that either the flag is not a racist symbol or there is a similar case for attaching racist significance to the stars and stripes. Drawing on scholarship of the Civil War and its aftermath, the author concludes that the Confederate battle flag can actually be seen as a multicultural symbol. Schedler's analysis of reparations focuses on the principle that whatever the enslaved would have earned and enjoyed had they not been enslaved should determine compensation. Highly original and thought-provoking, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of the Civil War, moral philosophy, and constitutional law.

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182

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847686760

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9780847686766

The Forgotten Front

The British Campaign in Italy 1917-18

By: George H. Cassar

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The Forgotten Front

The British Campaign in Italy 1917-18

By: George H. Cassar

With The Forgotten Front, George H. Cassar intends to demonstrate Italy's vital contribution to the Allied effort in the First World War. His account of the war in Italy covers the strategic considerations as well as the actual fighting.

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306

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A&C Black

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185285166X

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9781852851668

The Evolution Controversy in America

By: George Webb

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The Evolution Controversy in America

By: George Webb

For well over a century, the United States has witnessed a prolonged debate over organic evolution and teaching of the theory in the nation's public schools. The controversy that began with the publication of Darwin's Origin of the Species had by the 1920s expanded to include theologians, politicians, and educators. The Scopes trial of 1925 provided the growing antievolution movement with significant publicity and led to a decline in the teaching of evolution in public schools. George E. Webb details how efforts to improve science education in the wake of Sputnik resurrected antievolution sentiment and led to the emergence of "creation science" as the most recent expression of that sentiment. Creationists continue to demand "balanced treatment" of theories of creation and evolution in public schools, even though their efforts have been declared unconstitutional in a series of federal court cases. Their battles have been much more successful at the grassroots level, garnering support from local politicians and educators. Webb attributes the success of creationists primarily to the lack of scientific literacy among the American public. Although a number of published studies have dealt with specific aspects of the debate, The Evolution Controversy in America represents the first complete historical survey of the topic. In it Webb provides an analysis of one of the most intriguing debates in the history of American thought.

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313

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813148480

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9780813148489

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis

Vol. I

By: George Boase

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Bibliotheca Cornubiensis

Vol. I

By: George Boase

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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434

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368823361

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9783368823368

Book's by George W. Hicks

Revolutionary War Amid Southern Chaos

Revolutionary War Amid Southern Chaos

Triumphs of Experience

Triumphs of Experience

Racist Symbols and Reparations

Racist Symbols and Reparations

The Forgotten Front

The Forgotten Front

The Evolution Controversy in America

The Evolution Controversy in America

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis

Bibliotheca Cornubiensis

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