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The Ledgers of Merit and Demerit

Social Change and Moral Order in Late Imperial China

By: Cynthia Joanne Brokaw

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The Ledgers of Merit and Demerit

Social Change and Moral Order in Late Imperial China

By: Cynthia Joanne Brokaw

The ledgers of merit and demerit were a type of morality book that achieved sudden and widespread popularity in China during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Consisting of lists of good and bad deeds, each assigned a certain number of merit or demerit points, the ledgers offered the hope of divine reward to users "good" enough to accumulate a substantial sum of merits. By examining the uses of the ledgers during the late Ming and early Qing periods, Cynthia Brokaw throws new light on the intellectual and social history of the late imperial era. The ledgers originally functioned as guides to salvation for twelfth-century Taoists and Buddhists, but Brokaw shows how the literati of turbulent sixteenth-century China began to use them as aids in the struggle for official status through civil service examinations. The author describes how the responses of some Confucian thinkers to the popularity of the ledgers not only refined the orthodox Neo-Confucian method of self-cultivation but also revealed the serious ambiguity of the classic Confucian understanding of the relationship between fate and human action. Finally, she demonstrates that by the end of the seventeenth century the ledgers were used not so much to facilitate upward mobility as to promote social stability by prescribing standards that encouraged people to keep to their social places. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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300

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Princeton University Press

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1400861942

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9781400861941

Persuasion in Society

By: Herbert W. Simons,Joanne Morreale,Bruce E. Gronbeck

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Persuasion in Society

By: Herbert W. Simons,Joanne Morreale,Bruce E. Gronbeck

Persuasion in Society provides a comprehensive guide to the understanding, practice and analysis of persuasion in society and its psychological dynamics.

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444

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SAGE

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0761919082

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9780761919087

A New Beginning

A Textual Frame Analysis of the Political Campaign Film

By: Joanne Morreale

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A New Beginning

A Textual Frame Analysis of the Political Campaign Film

By: Joanne Morreale

This book is a postmodern analysis of Ronald Reagans 1984 film, A New Beginning, which marked the coming-of-age of the televisual political campaign film. The film was a landmark in the art of political filmmaking. Its thesis proclaimed a resurgence of American pride, patriotism, and prosperity under the leadership of Ronald Reagan. A New Beginning was unprecedented for a number of reasons: it replaced the traditional nominating speech for the candidate at the Republican National Convention; its form was a hybrid documentary and advertisement; it illustrated the use of televisual rebirth rhetoric to gain public support for a political ideology; and, most importantly, the masterful project documented a shift from verbal to visual rhetoric in American presidential campaigning. The author examines the film as a cultural text and as an effective political tool. Framing, ideology, myth, and visual cliché are analytic tools used to deconstruct the film; the method combines rhetorical theory with communication theory and semiotically-based theories of film and television. Morreale gives insight into the increasingly prevalent use of television to create a political reality.

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168

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SUNY Press

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0791406091

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9780791406090

The Unofficial Diplomat

A Memoir

By: Joanne Grady Huskey

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The Unofficial Diplomat

A Memoir

By: Joanne Grady Huskey

A compelling political thriller, colorful adventure story, and well-written travelogue, "The Unofficial Diplomat" provides a revealing behind-the-scenes glimpse of what life is really like for diplomats and their families as they face the challenges of representing the United States while seeking to carve out a semblance of normal existence in a tumultuous world.

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199

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New Academia Publishing, LLC

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0982386729

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9780982386729

Its Not About the Sex My Ass

By: Steve Cuno,Joanne Hanks

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Its Not About the Sex My Ass

By: Steve Cuno,Joanne Hanks

A former polygamist member of The True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days tells her story of life as a polygamist.

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174

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Lulu.com

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1105999173

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9781105999178

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's

A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease

By: Joanne Koenig Coste

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Learning to Speak Alzheimer's

A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease

By: Joanne Koenig Coste

A groundbreaking approach for everyone dealing with the disease.

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262

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618485171

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9780618485178

Joanne Sigler Remembers When

By: Joanne Sigler

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Joanne Sigler Remembers When

By: Joanne Sigler

A collection of pieces detailing the life and experiences of a young woman in the post World War II South.

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164

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Lulu.com

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1300340428

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9781300340423

Grandma's Wartime Baking Book

World War II and the Way We Baked

By: Joanne Lamb Hayes

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Grandma's Wartime Baking Book

World War II and the Way We Baked

By: Joanne Lamb Hayes

Anyone who loves great American desserts will delight in Grandma's Wartime Baking Book. The result of extensive research, interviews, and recipe testing, Joanne Lamb Hayes's follow-up to Grandma's Wartime Kitchen delivers beloved and still irresistible recipes for cakes, pies, cookies, cobblers, muffins, breads, and other baked treats created by women on the Home Front during the challenging days of World War II. Faced with rationing of sugar and butter (as well as canned and frozen goods, coffee, and more), calls for better nutrition, and waning morale, home bakers found clever ways to make quick and delicious desserts, for their families at home as well as their loved ones on the frontlines. Many of these recipes are collected in this volume, along with quotes, anecdotes, and baking tips from magazines and home bakers from the period, and illustrations and advertisements that capture the spirit and concerns of the era. Recipes include: * Sweet Potato Victory Cake - originally made with sweet potatoes from the backyard Victory Garden * Apple Coffee Cake - a World War II favorite, with a twist * Strawberry "Long" Cake - making the most of a quart of precious berries * Apricot Peach Pie - with flavor and sweetness from dried apricots and heavy syrup * Tea Party Tarts - easy to make, and morale-lifting after a sparse wartime meal * Peanut Butter Cookies - Nutritious, butter- and sugar-free, and great for shipping to the troops overseas * Mrs. Nesbitt's Whole Wheat Bread - a favorite recipe from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's White House cook These delicious, quick, and easy recipes are perfect for today's busy bakers, and they offer a long-overdue salute to the resourceful, inventive, and patriotic women who created them.

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214

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St. Martin's Press

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ISBN 10

142997530X

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9781429975308

Pregnancy Sucks For Men

What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You BOTH Miserable

By: Joanne Kimes,Jeffrey Kimes

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Pregnancy Sucks For Men

What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You BOTH Miserable

By: Joanne Kimes,Jeffrey Kimes

Sleep on the couch to make room for her gigantic pregnancy pillow Pass up tickets to the game since you'd "rather" register for the baby shower Haven't had sex since there was snow on the ground (and it's July) It may not make you sound like future father of the year, but there's one thing men everywhere can agree on: Pregnancy Sucks—for you. In this complete update of the bestselling first edition, Joanne and Jeff Kimes pair no-holds-barred humor with helpful advice to make sure you actually live to see the birth of your child. So whether you're sick of putting your foot in your mouth when you're trying to compliment her, you want the real scoop on what's going to go down in the delivery room (without the hospital-issued video), or you really just want a laugh (since you "volunteered" to give up drinking for the interminable nine months of her pregnancy), this book will tell you exactly what to do when that miracle of yours is making you totally, completely, just-cut-the-freakin'-cord-already! miserable.

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196

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Simon and Schuster

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1440500843

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9781440500848

Suddenly Stardust

A Memoir (of Sorts) About Fear, Freedom & Improv

By: Joanne Brokaw

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Suddenly Stardust

A Memoir (of Sorts) About Fear, Freedom & Improv

By: Joanne Brokaw

This is not a book about improv. This is not a book about the history of improv or improv theory or a biography of great improvisors or even a manual on how to play improv games. This is not a how-to manual for overcoming anxiety/ depression/addiction to Pinterest/ Netflix/refined sugar. This is not a book about how to write a book about improv or comedy or walking your dog. This book is a simple little collection of things author Joanne Brokaw learned while doing improv, things that opened her eyes to the wonder and adventure she'd been missing for most of her life, and some of the lessons she learned that helped make her a better human.

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152

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Wordcrafts Press

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1948679493

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9781948679497

Book's by Joanne Brokaw

The Ledgers of Merit and Demerit

The Ledgers of Merit and Demerit

Persuasion in Society

Persuasion in Society

A New Beginning

A New Beginning

The Unofficial Diplomat

The Unofficial Diplomat

Its Not About the Sex My Ass

Its Not About the Sex My Ass

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's

Learning to Speak Alzheimer's

Joanne Sigler Remembers When

Joanne Sigler Remembers When

Grandma's Wartime Baking Book

Grandma's Wartime Baking Book

Pregnancy Sucks For Men

Pregnancy Sucks For Men

Suddenly Stardust

Suddenly Stardust

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