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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE)

A Sourcebook

By: Kristi Upson-Saia,Heidi Marx,Jared Secord

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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE)

A Sourcebook

By: Kristi Upson-Saia,Heidi Marx,Jared Secord

This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. It includes a wide-ranging collection of textual sources - many hard to access, and some translated into English for the first time - as well as artistic, material, and scientific evidence. Introductory chapters and accompanying commentary provide substantial context, making the sourcebook accessible to readers at all levels. Readers will come away with a broad sense of the illnesses people in ancient Greece and Rome experienced, the range of healers from whom they sought help, and the various practices they employed to be healthy"--

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Univ of California Press

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0520299701

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9780520299702

Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire

From Justin Martyr to Origen

By: Jared Secord

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Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire

From Justin Martyr to Origen

By: Jared Secord

Early in the third century, a small group of Greek Christians began to gain prominence and legitimacy as intellectuals in the Roman Empire. Examining the relationship that these thinkers had with the broader Roman intelligentsia, Jared Secord contends that the success of Christian intellectualism during this period had very little to do with Christianity itself. With the recognition that Christian authors were deeply engaged with the norms and realities of Roman intellectual culture, Secord examines the thought of a succession of Christian literati that includes Justin Martyr, Tatian, Julius Africanus, and Origen, comparing each to a diverse selection of his non-Christian contemporaries. Reassessing Justin’s apologetic works, Secord reveals Christian views on martyrdom to be less distinctive than previously believed. He shows that Tatian’s views on Greek culture informed his reception by Christians as a heretic. Finally, he suggests that the successes experienced by Africanus and Origen in the third century emerged as consequences not of any change in attitude toward Christianity by imperial authorities but of a larger shift in intellectual culture and imperial policies under the Severan dynasty. Original and erudite, this volume demonstrates how distorting the myopic focus on Christianity as a religion has been in previous attempts to explain the growth and success of the Christian movement. It will stimulate new research in the study of early Christianity, classical studies, and Roman history.

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Penn State Press

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0271087641

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9780271087641

Citizen Explorer

The Life of Zebulon Pike

By: Jared Orsi

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The Life of Zebulon Pike

By: Jared Orsi

It was November 1806. The explorers had gone without food for one day, then two. Their leader, not yet thirty, drove on, determined to ascend the great mountain. Waist deep in snow, he reluctantly turned back. But Zebulon Pike had not been defeated. His name remained on the unclimbed peak-and new adventures lay ahead of him and his republic. In Citizen Explorer, historian Jared Orsi provides the first modern biography of this soldier and explorer, who rivaled contemporaries Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Born in 1779, Pike joined the army and served in frontier posts in the Ohio River valley before embarking on a series of astonishing expeditions. He sought the headwaters of the Mississippi and later the sources of the Arkansas and Red Rivers, which led him to Pike's Peak and capture by Spanish forces. Along the way, he met Aaron Burr and General James Wilkinson; Auguste and Pierre Couteau, patriarchs of St. Louis's most powerful fur-trading family, who sought to make themselves indispensible to Jefferson's administration; as well as British fur-traders, Native Americans, and officers of the Spanish empire, all of whom resisted the expansion of the United States. Through Pike's life, Orsi examines how American nationalism thinned as it stretched west, from the Jeffersonian idealism on the Atlantic to a practical, materialist sensibility on the frontier. Surveying and gathering data, Pike sought to incorporate these distant territories into the republic, to overlay the west with the American map grid; yet he became increasingly dependent for survival on people who had no attachment to the nation he served. He eventually died in that service, in a victorious battle in the War of 1812. Written from an environmental perspective, rich in cultural and political context, Citizen Explorer is a state-of-the-art biography of a remarkable man.

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392

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Oxford University Press

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0199314551

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9780199314553

Willy Ley

Prophet of the Space Age

By: Jared S. Buss

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Willy Ley

Prophet of the Space Age

By: Jared S. Buss

Beautifully written. Reveals the vicissitudes of an extraordinarily interesting life."--Michael J. Neufeld, author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War "Willy Ley has been a mystery among spaceflight historians for many years. His role as science writer, advocate, and popularizer is known to many but understood by few. This book unpacks that story."--Roger D. Launius, associate director of collections and curatorial affairs, National Air and Space Museum "Ley lit the fire of interplanetary enthusiasm in the hearts of generations of young space cadets. Long overdue, this biography establishes the details and the ups and downs of his career."--Tom D. Crouch, author of Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships "Beyond recovering the fascinating and many contradictory aspects of Ley's extraordinary life, Buss has provided a valuable case study of the complex relationship between science popularization, mass media, and scientific advocacy in the twentieth century."--Asif A. Siddiqi, author of The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Soviet Imagination, 1857-1957 Willy Ley inspired young rocket scientists and would-be astronauts around the world to imagine a future of interplanetary travel long before space shuttles existed. This is the first biography of the science writer and rocketeer who predicted and boosted the rise of the Space Age. Born in Germany, Ley became involved in amateur rocketry until the field was taken over by the Nazis. He fled to America, where he forged a new life as a weapons expert and journalist during World War II and as a rocket researcher after the war. As America's foremost authority on rockets, missiles, and space travel, he authored books and scientific articles, while also regularly writing for science fiction pulp magazines and publishing what he termed romantic zoology--a blend of zoology, cryptozoology, history, and mythology. He even consulted for television's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and the Disney program Man in Space, thrilling audiences with a romanticized view of what spaceflight would be like. Yet as astronauts took center stage and scientific intellectuals such as Wernher von Braun became influential during the space race, Ley lost his celebrity status. With an old-fashioned style of popular writing and eccentric perspectives influenced by romanticism and science fiction, he was ignored by younger historians. This book returns Willy Ley to his rightful place as the energizer of an era--a time when scientists and science popularizers mixed ranks and shared the spotlight so that our far-fetched, fantastic dreams could turn into the reality of tomorrow.

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University Press of Florida

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0813059860

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9780813059860

Frommer's Canada

By: Wayne Curtis,Herbert Bailey Livesey,Bill McRae,Anistatia R. Miller,Jared M. Brown,Marilyn Wood

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Frommer's Canada

By: Wayne Curtis,Herbert Bailey Livesey,Bill McRae,Anistatia R. Miller,Jared M. Brown,Marilyn Wood

It's a Whole New World with Frommer's. Frommer's is packed with completely up-to-date practical information, exact prices, and candid insider advice. It's the most authoritative, easy-to-use guide you can buy. Everything You Need for the Perfect Trip: Inviting places to stay: landmark hotels, mountain lodges, coastal inns, intimate B&Bs, campgrounds, and more Fabulous dining, from fresh Atlantic lobster to Alberta steaks and B.C. salmon The best of the outdoors: wildlife watching, canoeing, hiking, fishing, skiing, and white-water rafting—plus details on the top national and provincial parks All the sights, from the cities to great small towns Tips on shopping, from haute couture to outdoor gear What to do after dark, from the best ballet and regional theater to dance clubs and cowboy bars Detailed, accurate two-color city, park, and regional maps Frommer's. The Name You Can Trust. Find us online at www.frommers.com

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Frommers

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0028620518

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9780028620510

Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire

From Justin Martyr to Origen

By: Jared Secord

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From Justin Martyr to Origen

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Penn State Press

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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE)

A Sourcebook

By: Kristi Upson-Saia,Heidi Marx,Jared Secord

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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE)

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE)

Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire

Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire

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Christian Intellectuals and the Roman Empire

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE)

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE-600 CE)

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