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Leon Uris

A Critical Companion

By: Kathleen S. Cain

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Leon Uris

A Critical Companion

By: Kathleen S. Cain

In eleven novels written over four decades, Leon Uris has chronicled the unceasing fight of dedicated individuals against the forces of oppression, in particular fascism, communism, and imperialism. In the tradition of the historical novel, Uris sets his work during times of crisis (World War II, the founding of Israel, the Irish fight for independence), providing his plots with both political and social tensions as well as personal conflicts. Uris's themes include the indomitability of the human spirit, the power of patriotism, and the restorative capacity of romantic love. Through an exploration of these plots, themes, and characters, this study recognizes Leon Uris as a writer whose examination of good and evil in the context of contemporary history raises important issues that have confronted us all. This study is the first full-length examination of the work of Leon Uris. Following a biographical chapter that discusses his work in light of his personal history, the study devotes a chapter to his place in the tradition of the historical and political novel. Each of Uris's novels is discussed in an individual chapter: Battle Cry (1953), The Angry Hills (1955), Exodus (1958), Mila 18 (1961), Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin (1963), Topaz (1967), QB VII (1970), Trinity (1976) and Redemption (1995), The Haj (1984), and Mitla Pass(1988). Each novel is analyzed for plot structure, characterization, and thematic elements. In addition, Cain defines and applies an alternative critical perspective from which to read each novel. A complete bibliography of Uris's writing, along with a listing of secondary sources and critical reviews of his work completes the study.

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233

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1573566853

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9781573566858

Encyclopedia of Obesity

J - Z

By: Kathleen Keller

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Encyclopedia of Obesity

J - Z

By: Kathleen Keller

Obesity is a serious health issue and is a key discussion and research point in several disciplines from the social sciences to the health sciences and even in physical education. This text is a much-needed authoritative reference source covering major issues of, and relating to, obesity.

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1041

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SAGE

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1412952387

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9781412952385

The Modernization of the Western World

By: John McGrath,Kathleen Callanan Martin

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The Modernization of the Western World

By: John McGrath,Kathleen Callanan Martin

Covering Western history from the ancient world to the current era of globalization, The Modernization of the Western World describes the forces of social change and what they have meant to the lives of the people caught up in them. The volume presents the history of Western civilization from a historical sociology perspective, introducing readers to the analyses of thinkers like Émile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Ferdinand Tönnies, and Max Weber, in order to provide tools for understanding how societies function and change. This application of modernization theory argues, not that what has happened in the West should or even must happen in non-Western societies, but that understanding modernization as a process of social change affords a better understanding of why and how life has changed over the past millennium. The interactions of Western and non-Western societies have had a profound effect on each other; this is the story of the development of a truly global economy. This new edition has been updated to include a final chapter which addresses recent developments—economic disturbances in the global marketplace, cyberwarfare, and the rise of populist movements—testing the relevance of classic modernization theory for today. Featuring a glossary, maps and illustrations, boxed features, and an extensive index, this book will be of particular interest to students looking to understand world history as well as those interested in historical sociology and modernization theory.

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272

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Taylor & Francis

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104009080X

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9781040090800

The Alpine Enlightenment

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Nature’s Sensorium

By: Kathleen Kete

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The Alpine Enlightenment

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Nature’s Sensorium

By: Kathleen Kete

A study of the experience of nature in the eighteenth century based on the life of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740!--StartFragment --–!--EndFragment --99). In The Alpine Enlightenment, historian Kathleen Kete takes us into the world of the Genevan geologist, physicist, inventor, and mountaineer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. During his prodigious climbs into the upper ranges of the Alps, Saussure focused intensely on the natural phenomena he encountered—glaciers, crevasses, changes in the weather, and shifts in the color of the sky—and he described with great precision what he saw, heard, and touched. Kete uses Saussure’s evocative writings, which emphasized above all physical engagement with the earth, to uncover not just how people during the Enlightenment thought about nature, but how they experienced it. As Kete shows, Saussure thought with and through his body: he harnessed his senses to understand the forces that shaped the world around him. In so doing, he offered a vision of nature as worthy of respect independent of human needs, anticipating present-day concerns about the environment and our shared place within it.

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298

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University of Chicago Press

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0226835472

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9780226835471

Medieval Pets

By: Kathleen Walker-Meikle

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Medieval Pets

By: Kathleen Walker-Meikle

An engaging and informative survey of medieval pet keeping which also examines their representation in art and literature.

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Boydell Press

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1843837587

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Expressionism and Poster Design in Germany 1905–1922

Between Spirit and Commerce

By: Kathleen G. Chapman

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Expressionism and Poster Design in Germany 1905–1922

Between Spirit and Commerce

By: Kathleen G. Chapman

In Expressionism and Poster Design in Germany 1905–1925, Kathleen Chapman re-defines Expressionism by situating it in relation to the most common type of picture in public space during the Wilhelmine twentieth century, the commercial poster. Focusing equally on visual material and contemporaneous debates surrounding art, posters, and the image in general, this study reveals that conceptions of a “modern” image were characterized not so much by style or mode of production and distribution, but by a visual rhetoric designed to communicate more directly than words. As instances of such rhetoric, Expressionist art and posters emerge as equally significant examples of this modern image, demonstrating the interconnectedness of the aesthetic, the utilitarian, and the commercial in European modernism.

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383

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BRILL

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900438099X

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9789004380998

Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews and Rationales

By: Mary Ann Hogan (MSN.),Vera Brancato,Kathleen Falkenstein,Judy E. White

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Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews and Rationales

By: Mary Ann Hogan (MSN.),Vera Brancato,Kathleen Falkenstein,Judy E. White

This guide includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering therapeutic communication, developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse, crisis intervention and suicide, death and dying, and more.

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414

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Prentice Hall

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0132437112

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9780132437110

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Leon Uris

Leon Uris

Encyclopedia of Obesity

Encyclopedia of Obesity

The Modernization of the Western World

The Modernization of the Western World

The Alpine Enlightenment

The Alpine Enlightenment

Medieval Pets

Medieval Pets

Expressionism and Poster Design in Germany 1905–1922

Expressionism and Poster Design in Germany 1905–1922

Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews and Rationales

Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews and Rationales

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