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Eradicating this Evil

Women in the American Anti-Lynching Movement, 1892-1940

By: Mary Jane Brown

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Eradicating this Evil

Women in the American Anti-Lynching Movement, 1892-1940

By: Mary Jane Brown

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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1136712534

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Museums in Motion

An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums

By: Edward Porter Alexander,Mary Alexander

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Museums in Motion

An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums

By: Edward Porter Alexander,Mary Alexander

In 1979, Edward P. Alexander's Museums in Motion was hailed as a much-needed addition to the museum literature. In combining the history of museums since the eighteenth century with a detailed examination of the function of museums and museum workers in modern society, it served as an essential resource for those seeking to enter to the museum profession and for established professionals looking for an expanded understanding of their own discipline. Now, Mary Alexander has produced a newly revised edition of the classic text, bringing it the twenty-first century with coverage of emerging trends, resources, and challenges. New material also includes a discussion of the children's museum as a distinct type of institution and an exploration of the role computers play in both outreach and traditional in-person visits.

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Rowman Altamira

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075910509X

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9780759105096

Farm House

College Farm to University Museum

By: Mary E. Atherly

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Farm House

College Farm to University Museum

By: Mary E. Atherly

Now available for the first time in paperback, Farm House tells the story of the first structure built on the Iowa State University campus. Mary Atherly provides a comprehensive history of the Farm House from its founding days to its role as the center of activity for the new college to its second life as a welcoming museum visited by thousands each year. Construction on the little red brick house on the prairie began in 1860, two years after the state legislature passed a measure providing for the establishment of the State Agricultural College and Model Farm. In the 1860s, as the only finished house on campus, the building was the first home for all new faculty members, farm managers, farm superintendents, the college’s first president, and their families. In the 1870s, after the college officially opened its doors, the Farm House also served meals to as many as thirty people each day, most of whom boarded there. As the college grew, the house became home to the deans of agriculture; it was expanded in 1886 and renovated in the 1890s. After the last dean of agriculture moved out in 1970, the Farm House was lovingly restored to its nineteenth- and early twentieth-century appearance. Now a National Historic Landmark, it opened to the public as a museum on July 4, 1976. This second edition includes a discussion of the archaeological dig of 1991, which carefully excavated the area under the Farm House, and thoroughly documents the extensive renovation and reconstruction of the exterior of the house during the 1990s. New photographs add to the first edition’s rich array of images and a foreword by Gregory Geoffroy, ISU’s president since 2001, adds to its historical content. The history of Iowa’s only land-grant university and its impressive cultural and educational impact on the state and the nation as it evolved from model farm to college to modern multipurpose university is inseparable from the history of the Farm House.

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University of Iowa Press

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1587298872

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Women Changing Science

By: Mary Morse

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Women Changing Science

By: Mary Morse

An eye-opening and honest look at the enduring sexism within the scientific community and what women are doing to change it.

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Basic Books

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0465012248

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Sailor Talk

Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melville, Conrad, and London

By: Mary K. Bercaw Edwards

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Sailor Talk

Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melville, Conrad, and London

By: Mary K. Bercaw Edwards

This book investigates the highly engaging topic of the literary and cultural significance of ‘sailor talk.’ The central argument is that sailor talk offers a way of rethinking the figure of the nineteenth-century sailor and sailor-writer, whose language articulated the rich, layered, and complex culture of sailors in port and at sea. From this argument many other compelling threads emerge, including questions relating to the seafarer’s multifaceted identity, maritime labor, questions of performativity, the ship as ‘theater,’ the varied and multiple registers of ‘sailor talk,’ and the foundational role of maritime language in the lives and works of Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, and Jack London. The book also includes nods to James Fenimore Cooper, Rudyard Kipling, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Meticulous scholarly research underpins the close readings of literary texts and the scrupulously detailed biographical accounts of three major sailor-writers. The author’s own lived experience as a seafarer adds a refreshingly materialist dimension to the subtle literary readings. The book represents a valuable addition to a growing scholarly and political interest in the sea and sea literature. By taking the sailor’s viewpoint and listening to sailors’ voices, the book also marks a clear intervention in this developing field.

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Liverpool University Press

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180085868X

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Sensation and Perception

By: Hugh J. Foley,Mary Bates

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Sensation and Perception

By: Hugh J. Foley,Mary Bates

Maintaining the strong pedagogy, abundant student-friendly examples, and engaging conversational style of the previous editions, the sixth edition of this introductory textbook makes technical scientific information accessible to those who are beginning to specialize in cognitive psychology. Sensation and Perception, Sixth Edition is newly available in a more affordable paperback version, making it ideal for undergraduate students. In this new edition Bates has built on Foley and Matlin’s core text to add updates focusing on multisensory integration, neural plasticity, and cognitive neuroscience, as well as real-world examples and practical applications of psychological phenomena. The sixth edition retains the clear organization of previous versions, covering a wide range of core topics, from skin senses such as touch to chemical senses such as taste and smell, to our complex visual and auditory sensory systems. This book is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying courses on sensation and perception.

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Routledge

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1000300803

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Why ERA Failed

Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution

By: Mary Frances Berry

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Why ERA Failed

Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution

By: Mary Frances Berry

Why ERA Failed looks at the systemic problems of politics and the amending process. The author, Mary Frances Berry, considers the behavior of the two sides from the perspective of a historian and lawyer. She describes the history of the amending process, from the Constitutional Convention to the present day, and its application to the struggles for amendments concerned with the status of blacks after the Civil War, income tax, prohibition, child labor, and woman suffrage. Berry concludes that ERA approval was problematic at best and defeat predictable. Supporters did too little of what is required for ratification of a substantive proposal too late. Furthermore, the large number of state ratifications gained was deceptive. Support was eroding instead of increasing in the final stages of the campaign.

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Indiana University Press

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0253204593

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American Women Speak [2 volumes]

An Encyclopedia and Document Collection of Women's Oratory [2 volumes]

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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American Women Speak [2 volumes]

An Encyclopedia and Document Collection of Women's Oratory [2 volumes]

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

This A-to-Z compendium explores more than 150 American women activists from colonial times to the present, examining their backgrounds and the focus of their activism, and provides examples of their speeches. Throughout history, American women's oratory has crusaded for religious rights, abolitionism, and peace, as well as for Zionism, immigration, and immunization. This text examines more than 150 influential American women activists and their speeches on vital issues. Each entry outlines the speaker's motivation and provides examples of their speeches in context, supplying information about the setting, audience, reception, and lasting historical significance. This collection of women's speeches emphasizes primary sources that underscore the goals of the Common Core Standards. Entries support classroom discussion on a range of topics, from women's suffrage and birth control to civil rights and 20th- and 21st-century labor law. No other reference work compiles examples of female activism and oration across a 400-year span of history along with analysis of the speaker's intent, forum, listeners, and public and media response.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Prayer in Nursing

The Spirituality of Compassionate Caregiving

By: Mary Elizabeth O'Brien

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Prayer in Nursing

The Spirituality of Compassionate Caregiving

By: Mary Elizabeth O'Brien

Prayer in Nursing: The Spirituality of Compassionate Caregiving examines the role of prayer in the life of a nurse from a variety of perspectives, including: the history of prayer in nursing, the importance of prayer in contemporary caregiving, caring nurse-patient relationships, and the connection between prayer and a healing ministry. To encourage the practice of prayer, each chapter begins with a meditation and ends with a prayer reflective of a nurse's spirituality.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763722391

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Visitors to the Crescent

By: Mary Hocking

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Visitors to the Crescent

By: Mary Hocking

When an antique shop in Holland Park is burgled, the seemingly quiet life of its proprietors, Edward Saneck and George Vickers, is suddenly in the spotlight. Why are the police so interested in a run-of-the-mill burglary, and what does it have to do with a hit and run which happened down the road? Upstairs in the flat above the shop, the residents are also hiding secrets. Jessica Holt, a shy children's book writer is having an affair with Saneck, a man with a devastating and shadowy past. Lodger Paddy is a troublemaker, mixed up with some unpleasant characters, including the violent and controlling Vickers. Superintendent Harper and Inspector MacLeish have their work cut out unravelling the complex web woven by these residents. Each has their own reason for mistrusting the police but as Vickers becomes ever more dangerous, the truth of life at Cedar Crescent must come crashing down around them. A tense psychological thriller packed with intrigue and espionage, with characters that will keep you guessing.

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Pan Macmillan

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1509819215

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Flowers, Dragons & Pine Trees

Asian Textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art

By: Mary M. Dusenbury

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Flowers, Dragons & Pine Trees

Asian Textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art

By: Mary M. Dusenbury

This beautifully illustrated volume introduces a little-known but outstanding collection of Asian textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art at teh University of Kansas.

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Hudson Hills

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1555952380

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Against the Seas

Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters

By: Mary Soderstrom

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Against the Seas

Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters

By: Mary Soderstrom

An incredible read.... While unflinching in her analysis, Soderstrom nevertheless gifts us with a message of hope and resilience. — MAUDE BARLOW, activist and author of Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism. What can we learn about coping with rising sea levels from ancient times? The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a metre or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due to climate change. Large parts of our coastal cities will be flooded, the basic outline of our world will be changed, and torrential rains will present their own challenges. But this is not the first time that people have had to cope with threatening waters, because sea levels have been rising for thousands of years, ever since the end of the last Ice Age. Stories told by the Indigenous people in Australia and on the Pacific coast of North America, and those found in the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh, as well as Roman and Chinese histories all bear witness to just how traumatic these experiences were. The responses to these challenges varied: people adapted by building dikes, canals, and seawalls; by resorting to prayer or magic; and, very often, by moving out of the way of the rushing waters. Against the Seas explores these stories as well as the various measures being taken today to combat rising waters, focusing on five regions: Indonesia, Shanghai, the Sundarbans of Bangladesh, the Salish Sea, and the estuary of the St. Lawrence River. What happened in the past and what is being tried today may help us in the future and, if nothing else, give us hope that we will survive.

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Dundurn

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1459750500

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The Underground Railroad

An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

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The Underground Railroad

An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Provides a look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. This work also explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible.

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Routledge

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1317454162

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Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist

By: Nneka D. Dennie

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Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist

By: Nneka D. Dennie

The introduction, "We Should Do More, and Talk Less," offers a biographical overview of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. It describes the historical context that informed her writings and activism, and charts her ideological shifts throughout the nineteenth century. In so doing, it devotes particular attention to the ways that slavery, abolition, the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, and Reconstruction influenced Shadd Cary's intellectual thought. "We Should Do More, and Talk Less" discusses the gendered controversies and personal financial challenges that Shadd Cary experienced during the 1850s while she edited her newspaper, the Provincial Freeman, and managed a school. The introduction explains how Shadd Cary understood three central themes: racial uplift, women's rights, and emigration. It also defines a key concept, the Black radical ethic of care, in its examination of nineteenth-century Black radicalism"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197609465

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Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination

By: Mary-Jo Kranacher,Richard Riley

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Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination

By: Mary-Jo Kranacher,Richard Riley

Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination introduces students and professionals to the world of fraud detection and deterrence, providing a solid foundation in core concepts and methods for both public and private sector environments. Aligned with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) model curriculum, this text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of asset misappropriation, corruption, fraud, and other topics a practicing forensic accountant encounters on a daily basis. A focus on real-world practicality employs current examples and engaging case studies to reinforce comprehension, while in-depth discussions clarify technical concepts in an easily relatable style. End of chapter material and integrated IDEA and Tableau software cases introduces students to the powerful, user-friendly tools accounting professionals use to maximize auditing and analytic capabilities, detect fraud, and comply with documentation requirements, and coverage of current methods and best practices provides immediate relevancy to real-world scenarios. Amidst increased demand for forensic accounting skills, even for entry-level accountants, this text equips students with the knowledge and skills they need to successfully engage in the field.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119494338

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9781119494331

Milestones & Guideposts of Massachusetts and Southeastern New Hampshire

By: Mary E. Gage,James E. Gage

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Milestones & Guideposts of Massachusetts and Southeastern New Hampshire

By: Mary E. Gage,James E. Gage

Across Massachusetts, roadsides are dotted with small stone markers giving the mileage to major cities. These ancient road signs called milestones aided travelers during the 1700’s and 1800’s as our road signs today do with their mileage and destination information. Although, these old milestones no longer serve a useful purpose in our modern age of highways, they continue to fascinate us. This fascination has led to the preservation by local communities of at least 129 milestones in Massachusetts and a number of milestones in New Hampshire. Milestones were for the most part commissioned by private citizens and made by local or itinerant stone carvers. With the exception of the turnpike milestones, no two milestones are alike. There are differences in the type of stone chosen, the wording, and the lettering styles of individual carvers. These differences give the milestones personality and character. This sense of character is one of the endearing aspects of these humble road signs that continues to draw us to them. Although some of the milestones like those around Boston and those along the famous Upper Post Road are well known, many are not. The authors have spent a number of years combing through old books and newspapers and traveling through the state in search of these local historical treasures. This book draws together all of their research in an effort to provide a comprehensive inventory of Massachusetts milestones. In addition, it includes milestones the authors have found in their travels through southeastern New Hampshire.

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Powwow River Books

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0981614175

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9780981614175

Romance on the River (Free Short Story)

By: Mary Ellis

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Romance on the River (Free Short Story)

By: Mary Ellis

This free short story prequel by bestselling author Mary Ellis provides an early glimpse into the life of Quaker Emily Harrison. Laced with humor and a sweet love story, this bonus material also contains the first chapter of Emily's continuing journey in The Quaker and the Rebel, Book 1 of the Civil War Heroines series. Summer 1861—Emily Harrison is finding life a bit overwhelming. Alone on her family's farm, she must take on the roles of both housekeeper and farmer. She cares for the garden, makes plans for planting the fields, and milks the cows, all the while creating havoc in the home her mother used to keep immaculate. That is in addition to providing a safe house as part of the Underground Railroad. In the midst of this whirlpool of swirling tasks, she is getting ready to greet very important dinner guests—the love of her life and her pastor and his wife. Will Matthew finally propose? What news does Reverend Ames bring that turns Emily's world upside down? How does the new war between the North and South impact her life? And...will the goose be cooked in time?

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736962360

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Cradle of the Middle Class

The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865

By: Mary P. Ryan

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Cradle of the Middle Class

The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865

By: Mary P. Ryan

Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521274036

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9780521274036

Carson McCullers

A Life

By: Mary V. Dearborn

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Carson McCullers

A Life

By: Mary V. Dearborn

The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journals V. S. Pritchett called her “a genius.” Gore Vidal described her as a “beloved novelist of singular brilliance . . . Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure . . .” And Tennessee Williams said, “The only real writer the South ever turned out, was Carson.” She was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia. Her dream was to become a concert pianist, though she’d been writing since she was sixteen and the influence of music was evident throughout her work. As a child, she said she’d been “born a man.” At twenty, she married Reeves McCullers, a fellow southerner, ex-soldier, and aspiring writer (“He was the best-looking man I had ever seen”). They had a fraught, tumultuous marriage lasting twelve years and ending with his suicide in 1953. Reeves was devoted to her and to her writing, and he envied her talent; she yearned for attention, mostly from women who admired her but rebuffed her sexually. Her first novel—The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter—was published in 1940, when she was twenty-three, and overnight, Carson McCullers became the most widely talked about writer of the time. While McCullers’s literary stature continues to endure, her private life has remained enigmatic and largely unexamined. Now, with unprecedented access to the cache of materials that has surfaced in the past decade, Mary Dearborn gives us the first full picture of this brilliant, complex artist who was decades ahead of her time, a writer who understood—and captured—the heart and longing of the outcast.

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052552102X

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