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Science and Beliefs

From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science, 1700–1900

By: Matthew D. Eddy

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Science and Beliefs

From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science, 1700–1900

By: Matthew D. Eddy

The years between 1700 and 1900 witnessed a fundamental transition in attitudes towards science, as earlier concepts of natural philosophy were replaced with a more modern conception of science. This process was by no means a simple progression, and the changing attitudes to science was marked by bitter arguments and fundamental differences of opinion, many of which are still not entirely resolved today. Approaching the subject from a number of cultural angles, the essays in this volume explore the fluid relationship between science and belief during this crucial period, and help to trace the development of science as an independent field of study that did not look to religion to provide answers to the workings of the universe. Taking a broadly chronological approach, each essay in this book addresses a theme that helps illuminate these concerns and highlights how beliefs - both religious and secular - have impinged and influenced the scientific world. By addressing such key issues such as the ongoing debate between Christian fundamentalists and followers of Darwin, and the rise of 'respectable atheism', fascinating insights are provided that help to chart the ever-shifting discourse of science and beliefs.

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Routledge

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1351901931

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Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration

By: Matthew A. Patterson,Rachel A. Mair,Nathan L. Eckert,Catherine M. Gatenby,Tony Brady,Jess W. Jones,Bryan R. Simmons,Julie L. Devers

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Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration

By: Matthew A. Patterson,Rachel A. Mair,Nathan L. Eckert,Catherine M. Gatenby,Tony Brady,Jess W. Jones,Bryan R. Simmons,Julie L. Devers

Freshwater mussels are declining rapidly worldwide. Propagation has the potential to restore numbers of these remarkable organisms, preventing extinction of rare species and maintaining the many benefits that they bring to aquatic ecosystems. Written by practitioners with firsthand experience of propagation programs, this practical book is a thorough guide to the subject, taking readers through the process from start to finish. The latest propagation and culture techniques are explored as readers follow freshwater mussels through their amazing and complex life cycle. Topics covered include the basics of building a culture facility, collecting and maintaining brood stock, collecting host species, infesting host species with larval mussels, collecting and culturing juvenile mussels, releasing juveniles to the wild, and post-release monitoring. This will be valuable reading for any biologist interested in the conservation of freshwater mussel populations.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108644635

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9781108644631

Marketing Research for Managers

By: Sunny Crouch,Matthew Housden

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Marketing Research for Managers

By: Sunny Crouch,Matthew Housden

The purpose of Marketing Research for Managers is to enable managers to become more informed research users and buyers. The more managers know about how marketing research works, the more effective they can be in using it as a management tool. This new edition of the text includes: * The development of the "knowledge economy" * Analysis of customer relationship management * Comprehensive discussion of electronic techniques * New and updated case studies and examples

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1136379673

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Underdog Politics

The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives

By: Matthew N. Green

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Underdog Politics

The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives

By: Matthew N. Green

In the first comprehensive study of the subject in decades, political scholar Matthew Green disputes the conventional belief that the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives is an unimportant political player. Examining the record of the House minority party from 1970 to the present, and drawing from a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data, Green shows how and why the minority seeks to influence legislative and political outcomes and demonstrates that the party’s efforts can succeed. The result is a fascinating appreciation of what the House minority can do and why it does it, providing readers with new insights into the workings of this famously contentious legislative chamber.

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Yale University Press

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0300182260

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The Book of Hastur

By: C. T. Phipps,Tim Mendees,David Hambling,Matthew Davenport,Andrea Pearson,Eric Malikyte,David Niall Wilson

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The Book of Hastur

By: C. T. Phipps,Tim Mendees,David Hambling,Matthew Davenport,Andrea Pearson,Eric Malikyte,David Niall Wilson

“Have you seen the Yellow Sign?” Hastur was not a creation of H.P. Lovecraft but an adaptation of concepts created by Ambrose Bierce and Robert W. Chambers. Nevertheless, Hastur, AKA The King in Yellow, has since gone on to become one of the most iconic Great Old Ones. Whether the mysterious Lord of Leng in the Dreamlands or Cthulhu’s alleged half-brother, he is a figure who haunts the dreams of those mortals who touch upon even the barest knowledge of his existence. THE BOOK OF HASTUR is a collection of short stories and novellas depicting Hastur’s influence over a variety of individuals as well as those individuals affected by his presence. Some of them are horror, some of them are Pulp adventure, and some are a mixture of the two.

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Crossroad Press

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1637890834

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The Blinded City

Ten Years In Inner-City Johannesburg

By: Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon

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The Blinded City

Ten Years In Inner-City Johannesburg

By: Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon

‘One of the best works of narrative non-fiction to emerge from the country in years. Quite simply brilliant.’ – NIREN TOLSI Amid evictions, raids, killings, the drug trade, and fire, inner-city Johannesburg residents seek safety and a home. A grandmother struggles to keep her granddaughter as she is torn away from her. A mother seeks healing in the wake of her son’s murder. And displaced by the city’s drive for urban regeneration, a group of blind migrants try to carve out an existence. The Blinded City recounts the history of inner-city Johannesburg from 2010 to 2019, primarily from the perspectives of the unlawful occupiers of spaces known as hijacked buildings, bad buildings or dark buildings. Tens of thousands of residents, both South African and foreign national, live in these buildings in dire conditions. This book tells the story of these sites and the court cases around them, which strike at the centre of who has the right to occupy the city. In February 2010, while Johannesburg prepared for the FIFA World Cup, the South Gauteng High Court ordered the eviction of the unlawful occupiers of an abandoned carpet factory on Saratoga Avenue and that the city’s Metropolitan Municipality provide temporary emergency accommodation for the evicted. The case, which became known as Blue Moonlight and went to the Constitutional Court, catalysed a decade of struggles over housing and eviction in Johannesburg. The Blinded City chronicles this case, among others, and the aftermath – a tumultuous period in the city characterised by recurrent dispossessions, police and immigration operations, outbursts of xenophobic violence, and political and legal change. All through the decade, there is the backdrop of successive mayors and their attempts to ‘clean up’ the city, and the struggles of residents and urban housing activists for homes and a better life. The interwoven narratives present a compelling mosaic of life in post-apartheid Johannesburg, one of the globe’s most infamous and vital cities.

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Pan Macmillan South africa

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1770107959

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Roman Portraits and Memphis IV, Tarkhan I and Memphis V, Tarkhan II

By: William Matthew Flinders Petrie

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Roman Portraits and Memphis IV, Tarkhan I and Memphis V, Tarkhan II

By: William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Reissued here together are three well-illustrated excavation reports, first published 1911-14, relating to important archaeological sites in Egypt.

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Cambridge University Press

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110806616X

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'Candidates for Fame'

The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791

By: Matthew Hargraves

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'Candidates for Fame'

The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791

By: Matthew Hargraves

In 1760 an innovation transformed the character of artistic life in Britain: the first public exhibition of art. A dispute split exhibitors into rival groups, among them the Society of Artists of Great Britain. This work examines the Society and looks at the politics and personalities behind the exibitions.

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Yale University Press

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0300110049

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9780300110043

The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh

By: William Matthew Flinders Petrie

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The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh

By: William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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338536132X

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The Invention of 'Folk Music' and 'Art Music'

Emerging Categories from Ossian to Wagner

By: Matthew Gelbart

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The Invention of 'Folk Music' and 'Art Music'

Emerging Categories from Ossian to Wagner

By: Matthew Gelbart

We tend to take for granted the labels we put to different forms of music. This study considers the origins and implications of the way in which we categorize music. Whereas earlier ways of classifying music were based on its different functions, for the past two hundred years we have been obsessed with creativity and musical origins, and classify music along these lines. Matthew Gelbart argues that folk music and art music became meaningful concepts only in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and only in relation to each other. He examines how cultural nationalism served as the earliest impetus in classifying music by origins, and how the notions of folk music and art music followed - in conjunction with changing conceptions of nature, and changing ideas about human creativity. Through tracing the history of these musical categories, the book confronts our assumptions about different kinds of music.

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1139466089

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Ancient Gaza: Volume 2

By: William Matthew Flinders Petrie

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Ancient Gaza: Volume 2

By: William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Published 1931-4, these four excavation reports, reissued here in two volumes, cover the fruitful archaeological work at Tell el-Ajjul.

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1108066097

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Smoking in British Popular Culture 1800-2000

Perfect Pleasures

By: Matthew Hilton

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Smoking in British Popular Culture 1800-2000

Perfect Pleasures

By: Matthew Hilton

This book is a concise history of smoking in British popular culture from the early 19th century to the present day. It explores the culture of the pipe and the cigar in the 19th century, the role of the cigarette in the mass market economy of the early 20th century, and the politics of smoking and health since the 1950s. Combining a wide range of historical sources with examples drawn from film and popular literature, it provides a comprehensive social, cultural, and economic history of smoking.

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Manchester University Press

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0719052572

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Titanium

A Technical Guide, 2nd Edition

By: Matthew J. Donachie

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Titanium

A Technical Guide, 2nd Edition

By: Matthew J. Donachie

Designed to support the need of engineering, management, and other professionals for information on titanium by providing an overview of the major topics, this book provides a concise summary of the most useful information required to understand titanium and its alloys. The author provides a review of the significant features of the metallurgy and application of titanium and its alloys. All technical aspects of the use of titanium are covered, with sufficient metals property data for most users. Because of its unique density, corrosion resistance, and relative strength advantages over competing materials such as aluminum, steels, and superalloys, titanium has found a niche in many industries. Much of this use has occurred through military research, and subsequent applications in aircraft, of gas turbine engines, although more recent use features replacement joints, golf clubs, and bicycles.Contents include: A primer on titanium and its alloys, Introduction to selection of titanium alloys, Understanding titanium's metallurgy and mill products, Forging and forming, Castings, Powder metallurgy, Heat treating, Joining technology and practice, Machining, Cleaning and finishing, Structure/processing/property relationships, Corrosion resistance, Advanced alloys and future directions, Appendices: Summary table of titanium alloys, Titanium alloy datasheets, Cross-reference to titanium alloys, Listing of selected specification and standardization organizations, Selected manufacturers, suppliers, services, Corrosion data, Machining data.

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ASM International

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161503062X

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9781615030620

Dictionary Of Modern Art

By: Matthew Baigell

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Dictionary Of Modern Art

By: Matthew Baigell

Alphabetically arranged and crossreferenced entries provide background information on major American painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers, plus important topics and movements central to American art from the sixteenth century to the present.

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Taylor & Francis

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0429688709

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One Thousand Years with Jesus

The Coming Messianic Kingdom

By: Matthew Bryce Ervin

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One Thousand Years with Jesus

The Coming Messianic Kingdom

By: Matthew Bryce Ervin

The time is coming when the world will be radically changed for the better. It will last for a thousand years, bookended by resurrections, first of the just and then of the unjust. Satan will be chained in the abyss, no longer free to influence the nations. The saints will reign alongside the King of kings, Jesus Christ. This is a time that will begin after the return of the Messiah and end with Satan's total defeat and the judgment of sinners. It is the very culmination of history, a transition away from the fallen world into the perfection of the eternal state. This is a time known as the Millennium and the Messianic Kingdom. An understanding of this critical age makes the Bible come together as one metanarrative. It helps tell the story of the Scriptures.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532610718

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9781532610714

Temple

By: Matthew Reilly

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Temple

By: Matthew Reilly

Deep in the jungles of Peru the race of the century is underway to locate a legendary Incan idol. An artifact carved out of a strange kind of stone.

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Macmillan

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0312981260

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A Different Democracy

American Government in a Thirty-one-country Perspective

By: Steven L. Taylor,Matthew Soberg Shugart,Arend Lijphart,Bernard Grofman

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A Different Democracy

American Government in a Thirty-one-country Perspective

By: Steven L. Taylor,Matthew Soberg Shugart,Arend Lijphart,Bernard Grofman

Four distinguished scholars in political science analyze American democracy from a comparative point of view, exploring how the U.S. political system differs from that of thirty other democracies and what those differences ultimately mean for democratic performance. This essential text approaches the following institutions from a political engineering point of view: constitutions, electoral systems, and political parties, as well as legislative, executive, and judicial power. The text looks at democracies from around the world over a two-decade time frame. The result is not only a fresh view of the much-discussed theme of American exceptionalism but also an innovative approach to comparative politics that treats the United States as but one case among many. An ideal textbook for both American and comparative politics courses"--

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Yale University Press

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0300198086

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9780300198089

Engaging the Doctrine of Marriage

Human Marriage as the Image and Sacrament of the Marriage of God and Creation

By: Matthew Levering

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Engaging the Doctrine of Marriage

Human Marriage as the Image and Sacrament of the Marriage of God and Creation

By: Matthew Levering

This book is the next volume in Levering’s Engaging Doctrine series. The prior volume of the series examined the doctrine of creation. The present volume examines the purpose of creation: the marriage of God and humans. God created the cosmos for the purpose of the marriage of God and his people—and through his people, the marriage of God and the entire creation. Given that the central meaning or “prime analogate” of marriage is the marriage of God and humankind, the study of human marriage needs to be shaped by this eschatological goal and foregrounded as a dogmatic theme. After a first chapter defending and explaining the biblical witness to the marriage of God and his people, the book explores various themes: marriage as an image of God, original sin as the fall of the primordial marriage, the cross of Jesus Christ and marital self-sacrificial love, the procreative and unitive ends of marriage, marriage as a sacrament, and marriage’s importance for social justice and for the upbuilding of the kingdom of God. Along the way, the book provides an introduction to the key biblical, patristic, medieval, modern, and contemporary thinkers and controversies regarding the doctrine of marriage.

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1725251930

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A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible

By: Matthew Suriano

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A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible

By: Matthew Suriano

Postmortem existence in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament was rooted in mortuary practices and conceptualized through the embodiment of the dead. But this idea of the afterlife was not hopeless or fatalistic, consigned to the dreariness of the tomb. The dead were cherished and remembered, their bones were cared for, and their names lived on as ancestors. This book examines the concept of the afterlife in the Hebrew Bible by studying the treatment of the dead, as revealed both in biblical literature and in the material remains of the southern Levant. The mortuary culture of Judah during the Iron Age is the starting point for this study. The practice of collective burial inside a Judahite rock-cut bench tomb is compared to biblical traditions of family tombs and joining one's ancestors in death. This archaeological analysis, which also incorporates funerary inscriptions, will shed important insight into concepts found in biblical literature such as the construction of the soul in death, the nature of corpse impurity, and the idea of Sheol. In Judah and the Hebrew Bible, death was a transition that was managed through the ritual actions of the living. The connections that were forged through such actions, such as ancestor veneration, were socially meaningful for the living and insured a measure of immortality for the dead.

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Oxford University Press

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0190844752

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The White House Plumbers

The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency

By: Egil "Bud" Krogh,Matthew Krogh

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The White House Plumbers

The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency

By: Egil "Bud" Krogh,Matthew Krogh

SOON TO BE A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX The true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, and their ill-conceived plans stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President's demise. On July 17, 1971, Egil “Bud” Krogh was summoned to a closed-door meeting by his mentor—and a key confidant of the president—John Ehrlichman. Expecting to discuss the most recent drug control program launched in Vietnam, Krogh was shocked when Ehrlichman handed him a file and the responsibility for the Special Investigations Unit, or SIU, later to be notoriously known as “The Plumbers.” The Plumbers’ work, according to Nixon, was critical to national security: they were to investigate the leaks of top secret government documents, including the Pentagon Papers, to the press. Driven by blind loyalty, diligence, and dedication, Krogh, along with his co-director, David Young, set out to handle the job, eventually hiring G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, who would lead the break-in to the office of Dr. Fielding, a psychiatrist treating Daniel Ellsberg, the man they suspected was doing the leaking. Krogh had no idea that his decisions would soon lead to one of the most famous conspiracies in presidential history and the demise of the Nixon administration. The White House Plumbers is Krogh’s account of what really happened behind the closed doors of the Nixon White House, and how a good man can make bad decisions, and the redemptive power of integrity. Including the story of how Krogh served time and later rebuilt his life, The White House Plumbers is gripping, thoughtful, and a cautionary tale of placing loyalty over principle.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250851637

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9781250851635

The Eagle Returns

The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

By: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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The Eagle Returns

The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

By: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

An absorbing and comprehensive survey, The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians shows a group bound by kinship,geography, and language, struggling to reestablish their right to self-governance. Hailing from northwest Lower Michigan, the Grand Traverse Band has become a well-known national leader in advancing Indian treaty rights, gaming, and land rights, while simultaneously creating and developing a nationally honored indigenous tribal justice system. This book will serve as a valuable reference for policymakers, lawyers, and Indian people who want to explore how federal Indian law and policy drove an Anishinaabe community to the brink of legal extinction, how non-Indian economic and political interests conspired to eradicate the community’s self-sufficiency, and how Indian people fought to preserve their culture, laws, traditions, governance, and language.

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MSU Press

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1609170040

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Rum Maniacs

Alcoholic Insanity in the Early American Republic

By: Matthew Warner Osborn

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Rum Maniacs

Alcoholic Insanity in the Early American Republic

By: Matthew Warner Osborn

This important study explores the medicalization of alcohol abuse in the 19th century US” and its influence on American literature and popular culture (Choice). In Rum Maniacs, Matthew Warner Osborn examines the rise of pathological drinking as a subject of medical interest, social controversy, and lurid fascination in 19th century America. At the heart of that story is the disease that afflicted Edgar Allen Poe: delirium tremens. Poe’s alcohol addiction was so severe that it gave him hallucinations, such as his vivid recollection of standing in a prison cell, fearing for his life, as he watched men mutilate his mother’s body—an event that never happened. First described in 1813, delirium tremens and its characteristic hallucinations inspired sweeping changes in how the medical profession saw and treated the problems of alcohol abuse. Based on new theories of pathological anatomy, human physiology, and mental illness, the new diagnosis established the popular belief that habitual drinking could become a psychological and physiological disease. By midcentury, delirium tremens had inspired a wide range of popular theater, poetry, fiction, and illustration. This romantic fascination endured into the twentieth century, most notably in the classic Disney cartoon Dumbo, in which a pink pachyderm marching band haunts a drunken young elephant. Rum Maniacs reveals just how delirium tremens shaped the modern experience of alcohol addiction as a psychic struggle with inner demons.

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University of Chicago Press

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022609992X

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American Politics For Dummies - UK

By: Matthew Alan Hill

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American Politics For Dummies - UK

By: Matthew Alan Hill

The simplest way to get to grips with the American political system American Politics For Dummies is an engaging and accessible guide to the inner workings of the U.S. government, cutting through the political jargon, to give you the facts. The book begins with the basics, including government structure and processes, and later covers current events that make the news. The world of American politics can be bewildering to anyone not born and bred in the U.S.A. This plain-English guide is perfect whether you are a student or simply fascinated by the world's most powerful democracy. From the electoral process to 'special relationships', you discover all you need to know with American Politics For Dummies. • The birth of America – find out about the emergence of the US,from the ideas upon which America was founded to the creation of the US Constitution • Go government – understand the powers of the President, how Congress operates, the function of the Supreme Court and how US laws are created and passed • Party on – discover the ins and outs of elections and political parties, from the electoral process and the two-party system to the voting behaviour amongst Americans • One nation, many identities – get to understand the workings of a truly multicultural society • All the world’s a stage – grasp the grand strategy of the US to understand why the nation acts as it does in international politics 2014 kicks off the latest round of U.S. Congressional election and marks the beginning the 2016 Presidential election cycle. There will be headlines, there will be debate and there will be news. If you're looking to keep up and understand it all, American Politics For Dummies is a great place to start.

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