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A Mechanical Text-Book; or, Introduction to the Study of Mechanics (Second Edition)

By: William John Macquorn Rankine,Edward Fisher Bamber

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A Mechanical Text-Book; or, Introduction to the Study of Mechanics (Second Edition)

By: William John Macquorn Rankine,Edward Fisher Bamber

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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3368719416

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9783368719418

Workers' Expressions

Beyond Accommodation and Resistance

By: John Calagione,Doris Francis,Daniel Nugent

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Workers' Expressions

Beyond Accommodation and Resistance

By: John Calagione,Doris Francis,Daniel Nugent

This book explores the interrelations between work and social life. It emphasizes how workers expressive forms and public performances connect with processes of social, cultural, and individual empowerment. Departing from perspectives that emphasize organizational integration, equilibrium, and continuity, the authors present evidence from anthropology, history, and folklore to explore intersection of popular culture and working situations. The authors offer new data in the on-going debate about the separation of work and leisure, and raise questions about the diverse representations of class and the labor process. They identify workers cultural values that emerge within the changing context of production, and that are not merely an outcome of industrial hegemony. Instead, workers representations and articulations of craft mastery, class identity, and gender, reveal transformations of the traditional categories of those who produce and those who appropriate value. The studies of workers lives range from contemporary United States and Mexico to China, India, and Japan.

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252

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SUNY Press

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0791408361

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9780791408360

Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends

Guardians of the Lost Cause in the Confederate Veteran

By: John A. Simpson

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Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends

Guardians of the Lost Cause in the Confederate Veteran

By: John A. Simpson

He refutes the notion that members were backward-looking dilettantes and instead draws a complex portrait of women who were actively involved in a broad spectrum of civic, patriotic, religious, educational, and even reform activities. As Simpson reveals, this alliance of women actively shaped southern culture in the early decades of the century, and his analysis sheds new light on the role of professional and club women in southern history."--BOOK JACKET.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572332115

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9781572332119

"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie"

The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game

By: John A. Simpson

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"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie"

The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game

By: John A. Simpson

In 1908 baseball was the only game that mattered in the South. With no major league team in the region, rivalries between Southern Association cities such as Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans were heated. This season, however, no city was as baseball-crazed as Nashville, whose Vols had been league doormat in 1907. After an unpromising start, the Nashville club clawed its way into contention during the month of July, rising into the upper division, then into a battle for first. Local interest intensified, as the competitive fire of Nashville fans was stoked by sharp-tongued columnist Grantland Rice and the city's three daily newspapers. By the time the Vols met the New Orleans Pelicans for a season-ending series, and the championship, the city was gripped by a pennant fever that shut down the commercial district. Nearly 13,000 people thronged the Nashville ballpark, Sulphur Dell, for the third and deciding contest. What they saw was described by Rice as "the greatest game ever played in Dixie.

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McFarland

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1476611084

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9781476611082

Hub Perdue

Clown Prince of the Mound

By: John A. Simpson

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Hub Perdue

Clown Prince of the Mound

By: John A. Simpson

A strong-armed devastating spitball pitcher from rural Tennessee who once won 16 games with the Boston Braves, Hub Perdue is better remembered today as one of the clown princes of the Deadball Era. Often compared with fellow player-comedians Germany Schaefer, Nick Altrock, and Rabbit Maranville, Perdue had a quick wit and a rebellious streak that amused teammates but sometimes led to conflicts with management and umpires. ("Mix 'em up!" manager George Stallings had told him, encouraging the weak-hitting pitcher to take his at-bats more seriously; Perdue, a right-hander, dutifully took his strikeouts from alternating sides of the plate.) His penchant for the subversive--he was also a players' union representative who freely dispensed advice on contracts and negotiation--might in fact have curtailed what had been a promising big league career. But his antics in the majors and minors became the stuff of legend, known as "Hublore.

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1476602743

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9781476602745

Property

Cases and Materials

By: James Charles Smith,Edward J. Larson,John Copeland Nagle

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Property

Cases and Materials

By: James Charles Smith,Edward J. Larson,John Copeland Nagle

Property: Cases and Materials features sweeping coverage in a single volume, from “old property” (such as the basics of estates in land and servitudes) to “new property,” including intellectual property, cultural property, and property in living things. The text provokes debate on fundamental questions such as the creation of property, information as property, collective vs. individual rights, and property as related to other bodies of law. Its coverage of intellectual property shows how the law grows and responds to social and technological change. Designed for flexibility, stand-alone chapters can be omitted if time constraints require. Property: Cases and Materials includes appellate decisions, statutes, regulations, administrative decisions, law review articles, and non-legal materials. Principal cases include Elvis Presley International Memorial Foundation v. Crowell, Popov v. Hayashi (Barry Bonds home run ball); People v. Chubbs (software for DNA matching), and Dred Scott v. Sandford. Key Features: Updated with more recent cases, including more cases from the twenty-first century than any other major property casebook. Improved coverage of natural resources law and intellectual property. Thorough update of all existing materials.

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Aspen Publishing

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1454897740

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9781454897743

John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855

By: John Rae

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John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855

By: John Rae

Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813–1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial discovery of the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845. Based on evidence given to him by local Inuit, Rae determined that Franklin’s crew had resorted to cannibalism in their final, desperate days. Seen as maligning a national hero, Rae was shunned by British society. This collection of personal correspondence—reissued here for the first time since its original publication in 1953—illuminates the details of Rae’s expeditions through his own words. The letters offer a glimpse into Rae’s daily life, his ideas, musings, and troubles. Prefaced by the original, thorough introduction detailing his early life, John Rae’s Arctic Correspondence is a crucial resource for any Arctic enthusiast. This new edition features a foreword by researcher and Arctic enthusiast Ken McGoogan, the award-winning author of eleven books, including Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae (HarperCollins, 2002).

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TouchWood Editions

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1771510854

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9781771510851

Confessio Amantis, Volume 2

By: John Gower

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Confessio Amantis, Volume 2

By: John Gower

The complete text of John Gower's Confessio Amantis is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components - with translations - of this bilingual poem and extensive glosses, bibliography, and explanatory notes. Volume 2 contains Books 2, 3, and 4, which follow in their structure the outline of Vice and its children found in the early French poem the Mirour de l'Omme.

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Medieval Institute Publications

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1580444555

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9781580444552

Saving the Reservation

Joe Garry and the Battle to Be Indian

By: John Fahey

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Saving the Reservation

Joe Garry and the Battle to Be Indian

By: John Fahey

Joseph R. Garry (1910–1975), a Coeur d’Alene Indian, served six terms as president of the National Congress of American Indians in the 1950s. He led the battles to compel the federal government to honor treaties and landownership and dominated an era in government-Indian relations little attended by historians. Firmly believing that forced assimilation of Indians and termination of federal trusteeship over Native Americans and their reservations would doom Indian cultures, Garry had his greatest success as a leader in uniting American Indian tribes to fend off Congress’s plan to abandon Indian citizens. Born into a chief’s family and raised on the Coeur d’Alene reservation in northern Idaho, Garry rose to chairmanship of his tribal council, president of the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians, and leadership of NCAI. He was the first Native American elected to the Idaho House and Senate. Handsome, personable, and articulate, Garry traveled constantly to urge Indian tribes to hold onto their land, develop economic resources, and educate their young. In a turbulent decade, Garry elevated Indians to political and social participation in American life, and set in motion forces that underlie Indian relations today.

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University of Washington Press

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0295801263

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9780295801261

The Second Wave (Routledge Revivals)

British Drama for the Seventies

By: John Russell Taylor

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The Second Wave (Routledge Revivals)

British Drama for the Seventies

By: John Russell Taylor

In the 1970s the revolution that had swept the British theatre in the 1950s had already become accepted as the new establishment. Areas that had been previously regarded as remote ideals - including permanent repertory companies, a lively provincial theatre and an extensive spread of avant-garde and fringe theatrical activities - were now considered commonplace. In this title, first published in 1971, John Russell Taylor assesses the prospects of the British theatre at the start of the 1970s and indicates its points of weakness and its strengths. In this context are placed the key figures among the Second Wave of dramatists, and detailed critical commentaries on the work of writers such as David Mercer, Tom Stoppard and Peter Terson. This is an indispensable introduction for any student with an interest in the history and development of the British theatre and the people who have played instrumental roles in this.

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1317917081

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"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

Gettysburg to Appomattox

By: John F. Schmutz

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"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

Gettysburg to Appomattox

By: John F. Schmutz

Second in the sweeping history of the Fifth Texas Infantry that fought with Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War. In the first volume, Secession to the Suffolk Campaign, John F. Schmutz followed the regiment from its inception through the successful foraging campaign in southeastern Virginia in April 1863. Gettysburg to Appomattox continues the regiment’s rich history from its march north into Pennsylvania and the battle of Gettysburg, its transfer west to Georgia and participation in the bloody battle of Chickamauga, operations in East Tennessee, and the regiments return to Virginia for the overland battles (Wilderness to Cold Harbor), Petersburg campaign, and the march to Appomattox Court House. The narrative ends by following many of the regiment’s soldiers on their long journey home. Schmutz’s definitive study is based upon years of archival and battlefield research that uncovered hundreds of primary sources, many never before used. The result is a lively account of not only the regiments marches and battles but a personal look into the lives of these Texans as they struggled to survive a vicious war more than 1,000 miles from home. “The Bloody Fifth”: The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, with photos, original maps, explanatory footnotes, and important and useful appendices, is a significant contribution to the history of Texas and the American Civil War. “A scholarly work enhanced with maps and exhaustive notes, yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds.” —Midwest Book Review

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Grub Street Publishers

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1611213355

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9781611213355

Book's by John A. Simpson

A Mechanical Text-Book; or, Introduction to the Study of Mechanics (Second Edition)

A Mechanical Text-Book; or, Introduction to the Study of Mechanics (Second Edition)

Workers' Expressions

Workers' Expressions

Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends

Edith D. Pope and Her Nashville Friends

"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie"

"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie"

Hub Perdue

Hub Perdue

Property

Property

John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855

John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855

Confessio Amantis, Volume 2

Confessio Amantis, Volume 2

Saving the Reservation

Saving the Reservation

The Second Wave (Routledge Revivals)

The Second Wave (Routledge Revivals)

"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 2

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