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The Darkest Period

The Kanza Indians and Their Last Homeland, 1846–1873

By: Ronald D. Parks

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The Darkest Period

The Kanza Indians and Their Last Homeland, 1846–1873

By: Ronald D. Parks

Before their relocation to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma, the Kanza Indians spent twenty-seven years on a reservation near Council Grove, Kansas, on the Santa Fe Trail. In The Darkest Period, Ronald D. Parks tells the story of those years of decline in Kanza history following the loss of the tribe’s original homeland in northeastern and central Kansas. Parks makes use of accounts by agents, missionaries, journalists, and ethnographers in crafting this tale. He addresses both the big picture—the effects of Manifest Destiny—and local particulars such as the devastating impact on the tribe of the Santa Fe Trail. The result is a story of human beings rather than historical abstractions. The Kanzas confronted powerful Euro-American forces during their last years in Kansas. Government officials and their policies, Protestant educators, predatory economic interests, and a host of continent-wide events affected the tribe profoundly. As Anglo-Americans invaded the Kanza homeland, the prairie was plowed and game disappeared. The Kanzas’ holy sites were desecrated and the tribe was increasingly confined to the reservation. During this “darkest period,” as chief Allegawaho called it in 1871, the Kanzas’ Neosho reservation population diminished by more than 60 percent. As one survivor put it, “They died of a broken heart, they died of a broken spirit.” But despite this adversity, as Parks’s narrative portrays, the Kanza people continued their relationship with the land—its weather, plants, animals, water, and landforms. Parks does not reduce the Kanzas’ story to one of hapless Indian victims traduced by the American government. For, while encroachment, disease, and environmental deterioration exerted enormous pressure on tribal cohesion, the Kanzas persisted in their struggle to exercise political autonomy while maintaining traditional social customs up to the time of removal in 1873 and beyond.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806145765

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The War of 1812, Conflict and Deception

The British Attempt to Seize New Orleans and Nullify the Louisiana Purchase

By: Ronald J. Drez

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The War of 1812, Conflict and Deception

The British Attempt to Seize New Orleans and Nullify the Louisiana Purchase

By: Ronald J. Drez

Perhaps no conflict in American history is more important yet more overlooked and misunderstood than the War of 1812. Begun by President James Madison after decades of humiliating British trade interference and impressment of American sailors, the war in many ways was the second battle for United States independence. At the climax of the war -- inspired by the defeat of Napoleon in early 1814 and the perceived illegality of the Louisiana Purchase -- the British devised a plan to launch a three-pronged attack against the northern, eastern, and southern U.S. borders. Concealing preparations for this strike by engaging in negotiations in Ghent, Britain meanwhile secretly issued orders to seize New Orleans and wrest control of the Mississippi and the lands west of the river. They further instructed British commander General Edward Pakenham not to cease his attack if he heard rumors of a peace treaty. Great Britain even covertly installed government officials within military units with the intention of immediately taking over administrative control once the territory was conquered. According to author Ronald J. Drez, the British strategy and the successful defense of New Orleans through the leadership of General Andrew Jackson affirm the serious implications of this climatic -battle. Far from being simply an unnecessary epilogue to the War of 1812, the Battle of New Orleans firmly secured for the United States the territory acquired through the Louisiana Purchase. Through the use of primary sources, Drez provides a deeper understanding of Britain's objectives, and The War of 1812, Conflict and Deception offers a compelling account of this pivotal moment in American history.

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LSU Press

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0807159336

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The Story Of Creation

The Revelations Of Connie Ann Valenti

By: Monsignor Ronald P. Lengwin

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The Story Of Creation

The Revelations Of Connie Ann Valenti

By: Monsignor Ronald P. Lengwin

Most people are fascinated by the mysteries woven into every aspect of life - and into every part of The Story of Creation. This attraction originates with The One, the Creator of all life. The One is the master of divine and eternal mystery. Some of these mysteries can only be understood through divine revelation, often through inspiration and faith, and when the time is right to divulge parts of the Divine Plan. Life in the heavens existed long before the creation of Earth. Lucifer, the archangel, had a very important role in that spiritual realm; but he was cut and fell to an Earth designated as his princely dominion. This realm has become a battleground between angels who assist Lucifer and those who support the Heavenly Father. These angels interact with Lucifer, the Heavenly Father, and we humans in very different ways. These are only a few of the many mysteries revealed in The Story of Creation. The clarification and understanding of the Divine Plan divulged in The Story of Creation lights the way towards redemption and salvation. It clarifies the purpose of life, nurturing us wholly, even as the world moves ever closer to the end times when Lucifer loses all his power and is defeated by Michael the Archangel, whose own origin is revealed here for the first time in history. You will be surprised, amazed, enlightened, and uplifted by the revelations contained herein. The Story of Creation provides answers to many questions posed by those seeking to understand life's most intriguing mysteries.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1645157911

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9781645157915

Irish Famine Immigrants in the State of Vermont

Gravestone Inscriptions

By: Ronald Chase Murphy,Janice Church Murphy

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Irish Famine Immigrants in the State of Vermont

Gravestone Inscriptions

By: Ronald Chase Murphy,Janice Church Murphy

Mrs. Lane is a descendant of the author of the "Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key. Her book traces Key's ancestry back to the American immigrant, Philip Key of London, who settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1720, and forward to a number of Key lines in the U.S. of her own era.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806349670

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One Beat of a ButterflyÕs Heart

A Tanganyika Police Notebook

By: Ronald Callander

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One Beat of a ButterflyÕs Heart

A Tanganyika Police Notebook

By: Ronald Callander

In this book we are given a unique view of East Africa of the 1950s; not the stereotyped picture of wildlife safaris and leaping Masai, but the emerging independence struggle of a new African nation from the viewpoint of a white police office, in an exceptionally detailed, thoroughly readable, firsthand account of a rare period of recent history. It tells how an Australian veteran, fresh from the Korean War, became a colonial police officer in Tanganyika Territory (later Tanzania after federation with the offshore islands of Zanzibar in 1964). Ê The reader is taken on a journey which tourists in Africa never see: from back alleys and police cells in the polyglot city of Dar es Salaam, to snake-infested camps on UgandaÐRuanda border patrols, and on police field force emergency operations from barracks at the foot of Kilimanjaro. There is much here to discover about a mostly benign semi-colonial period in Africa which lasted less than fifty years, passing, in one AfricanÕs description, as briefly as a butterflyÕs heartbeat; where a few conscientious white administrators and their loyal African assistants managed vast regions of a desolate territory with remarkably selfless care and scarce resources; where things worked most of the time, but sometimes where chaos reigned. It is about the country itself, its ubiquitous animals and its people at close range, including villagers, criminals, hunters, witch doctors, and colonial officials, but most of all, the African askari policemen who were the authorÕs closeÑand often onlyÑcompanions.

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30 Degrees South Publishers

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1920143955

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Walker's Marsupials of the World

By: Ronald M. Nowak

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Walker's Marsupials of the World

By: Ronald M. Nowak

Authoritative and engaging, this volume from the Walker's Mammals series focuses on marsupials, pouched animals whose unusual method of reproduction—between egg laying and placental birth—places them in a unique category among mammals. A comprehensive guide to the biology and distribution of marsupials, this book includes common and scientific names, size and physical traits, habitat and ecology, behavior and social interactions, reproduction, life span, and conservation. The text is coupled with illustrations from the collections of leading photographers and the world's greatest museums. An introduction by marsupial expert Christopher R. Dickman describes the evolution and current status of marsupials and reveals why they add so much intrigue to the natural world.

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JHU Press

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0801882117

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Retreat

By: Ronald M. Schunk

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Retreat

By: Ronald M. Schunk

Police Officer Sam Basro pits his skills and training against a home grown drug producing ring in rural Northern Kentucky. His perseverance and insight into people allows him to chase the kidnappers of his wife as the story unfolds.

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0595248950

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Flora of the Erie Islands

Its Origin, History and Change

By: Thomas Duncan,Ronald L. Stuckey

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Flora of the Erie Islands

Its Origin, History and Change

By: Thomas Duncan,Ronald L. Stuckey

In response to a request,in 2009, by the Lake Erie Island Chapter of the Black Swamp Conservancy, the Flora of the Erie Islands: Its Origin, History and Change is published to assist their conservation activities and programs. Completed in 1976 and, in 1979, scheduled to be although not published, xerographic copies of the manuscript were provided to researchers studying the islands' flora. As a result, the unpublished manuscript was widely cited in publications during the past 35 years and,in published form, remains a primary research resource concerning the flora of the Erie Archipelago.

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Lulu.com

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055722067X

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9780557220670

A Trooper's Story

By: Ronald Bair

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A Trooper's Story

By: Ronald Bair

Through passionate research, Ronald B. Bair attempts to reconstruct Lt. Murray's death and explain the confusion and intrigue surrounding the trooper's journey to his final resting place. In so doing, Ron honored the memory of more than just the one man, and those who risked themselves on his behalf after his death. This work stands as a fitting tribute to a generation of brave men who, though gone, are certainly not forgotten.

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1304020827

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Welsh Americans

A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields

By: Ronald L. Lewis

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Welsh Americans

A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields

By: Ronald L. Lewis

In 1890, more than 100,000 Welsh-born immigrants resided in the United States. A majority of them were skilled laborers from the coal mines of Wales who had been recruited by American mining companies. Readily accepted by American society, Welsh immigrants experienced a unique process of acculturation. In the first history of this exceptional community, Ronald Lewis explores how Welsh immigrants made a significant contribution to the development of the American coal industry and how their rapid and successful assimilation affected Welsh American culture. Lewis describes how Welsh immigrants brought their national churches, fraternal orders and societies, love of literature and music, and, most important, their own language. Yet unlike eastern and southern Europeans and the Irish, the Welsh--even with their "foreign" ways--encountered no apparent hostility from the Americans. Often within a single generation, Welsh cultural institutions would begin to fade and a new "Welsh American" identity developed. True to the perspective of the Welsh themselves, Lewis's analysis adopts a transnational view of immigration, examining the maintenance of Welsh coal-mining culture in the United States and in Wales. By focusing on Welsh coal miners, Welsh Americans illuminates how Americanization occurred among a distinct group of skilled immigrants and demonstrates the diversity of the labor migrations to a rapidly industrializing America.

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0807887900

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Who's Who in the New Testament

By: Canon Ronald Brownrigg,Ronald Brownrigg

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Who's Who in the New Testament

By: Canon Ronald Brownrigg,Ronald Brownrigg

Who's Who in The New Testament is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. Paying close attention to the places linked with the major events of Jesus's life, it provides: * over 300 extensive entries covering every major character * detailed biographical information on each character, including exactly where to find them in the Bible * the complete historical, geographical and archaeological context of each entry * an extremely accessible and easy to use A-Z layout * extensive geographical entries focusing on the growth of the Christian Church and the key locations in the New Testament * comprehensive interpretative analysis of the varying versions of the Gospels and the characters of the authors.

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Routledge

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1134509499

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From Corpus to Classroom

Language Use and Language Teaching

By: Anne O'Keeffe,Michael McCarthy,Ronald Carter

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From Corpus to Classroom

Language Use and Language Teaching

By: Anne O'Keeffe,Michael McCarthy,Ronald Carter

This book summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing on spoken data and on the place of lexis in grammar and discourse.

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0521851467

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The Social Art

Language and Its Uses

By: Ronald K. S. Macaulay

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The Social Art

Language and Its Uses

By: Ronald K. S. Macaulay

This is the improved and expanded second edition of The Social Art, an engagingly written, highly accessible tour through the world of language. Macaulay uses jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and examples to introduce readers to the full range of current linguistic knowledge, covering in 35 brief chapters (2 new to the second edition) topics like language acquisition, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, dialects, conversation, narrative, swearing, and more.

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OUP USA

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0195187962

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The Human Security Agenda

How Middle Power Leadership Defied U.S. Hegemony

By: Ronald M. Behringer

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The Human Security Agenda

How Middle Power Leadership Defied U.S. Hegemony

By: Ronald M. Behringer

Middle power states, such as Canada or Denmark, are often thought of as "followers" of great powers rather than significant actors in global security. Challenging this view, this book highlights how middle powers have in fact showed great leadership by developing a "human security" agenda that focuses on countering threats to human beings rather than to nation-states. The work examines how coalitions of middle powers have performed through five case studies: the formation of the Multinational Standby High Readiness Brigade for United Nations Operations (SHIRBRIG), the realization of the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, the establishment of the International Criminal Court, the regulation of the legal trade in small arms and light weapons, and the adoption of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle. Furthermore, the book explores how the human security initiatives were shaped by the middle powers' choices of diplomatic strategy, and how they were affected by the reactions of the hegemonic United States. The Human Security Agenda will appeal to those studying international relations and global security, as well as foreign policy and international organizations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441171118

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A Brief History of Wyandot County, Ohio

By: Ronald I. Marvin Jr.,Wyandot County Archaeological and Historical Society

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A Brief History of Wyandot County, Ohio

By: Ronald I. Marvin Jr.,Wyandot County Archaeological and Historical Society

Once home to the powerful Wyandotte Nation, Wyandot County emerged from lands surrounding the Grand Reserve. The landscape has evolved dramatically, from the backbreaking work of draining marshland to the creation of solar farms centuries later. The Mission Church, Indian Mill and Colonel Crawford Monument link the county to its rich heritage, and the Lincoln Highway connects it with the rest of the nation. The county has played host to General William Harrison, President Rutherford Hayes, Charles Dickens, Medal of Honor recipient Cyrus Sears and Neil Armstrong. Author Ronald I. Marvin Jr. explores several thousand years of Wyandot history from its earliest inhabitants to the set of the Shawshank Redemption.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625855354

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The Midwestern Ascendancy in American Writing

By: Ronald Weber

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The Midwestern Ascendancy in American Writing

By: Ronald Weber

For a half-century - from Edward Eggleston's pioneering novel The Hoosier Schoolmaster in 1871 through the dazzling early work of Hart Crane, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway in the 1920s - Midwestern literature was at the center of American writing. In The Midwestern Ascendancy in American Writing, Ronald Weber illuminates the sense of lost promise that gives rise to the elegiac note struck in many Midwestern works; he also addresses the deeply divided feelings about the region revealed in the contrary desires to abandon and to celebrate. The period of Midwestern cultural ascendancy was a time of tremendous social and technological change. Midwestern writing was a reflection of these societal changes; it was American literature.

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0253363667

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Dialogic Education

Conversation about Ideas and Between Persons

By: Ronald C. Arnett

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Dialogic Education

Conversation about Ideas and Between Persons

By: Ronald C. Arnett

Examining undergraduate education from the point of view of a philosopher of communication, Ronald C. Arnett takes a positive view of higher education during a time when education is being assailed as seldom before. Arnett responds to this criticism with convincing support of the academy reinforced by his personal experiences as well as those of others scholars and teachers. Arnett's book is an invitation to converse about higher education as well as a reminder of the potential for dialogue between teacher and student, dialogue that the author defines as a "willingness to enter conversation about ideas," to maintain relationships through differences, and to ask value questions. Arnett see education as more than the dispensing of information. He emphasizes the importance of character development as well as the the development of relationships between students and teachers. Arnett stresses the importance of honesty and integrity in students, teachers, and administrators, and he insists that education should focus more on the good of the entire school than on the individual. Arnett does not offer this book as the truth about education nor as a "how to teach" manual. Rather, he regards it as an attempt to understand education from a communication perspective and as a reminder of the positive and constructive aspects of teaching. The book is based on Arnett's belief that educators who care about ideas and people not only improve education but also benefit the community.

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SIU Press

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0809321319

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Who's Who in the New Testament

By: Ronald Brownrigg

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Who's Who in the New Testament

By: Ronald Brownrigg

The most detailed and complete reference book of its kind, it is extremely accessible and easy to use in an A-Z format. It includes over 300 extensive entries covering every major character and detailed bibliographical information.Who's Who in The New Testament is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. Paying close attention to the places linked with the major events of Jesus's life, it provides:* over 300 extensive entries covering every major character* detailed biographical information on each character, including exactly where to find them in the Bible* the complete historical, geographical and archaeological context of each entry* an extremely accessible and easy to use A-Z layout* extensive geographical entries focusing on the growth of the Christian Church and the key locations in the New Testament* comprehensive interpretative analysis of the varying versions of the Gospels and the characters of the authors.

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Psychology Press

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0415260361

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Operation Passage to Freedom

The United States Navy in Vietnam, 1954-1955

By: Ronald Bruce Frankum

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Operation Passage to Freedom

The United States Navy in Vietnam, 1954-1955

By: Ronald Bruce Frankum

Very little has been written about the U.S. Navy in Vietnam in the immediate post-Korean War era, nor has the magnitude of American participation in the resettlement of Vietnam refugees following the 1954 Geneva Conference been explored. Beginning in the fall of 1954, U.S. Navy ships, as a part of Task Force 90, helped to relocate thousands of displaced North Vietnamese to South Vietnam following the separation of the nation at the 17th parallel. What those sailors accomplished during the three hundred days of Operation Passage to Freedom forever changed the lives of more than 310,000 Vietnamese who traveled on their ships. In Operation Passage to Freedom Ronald B. Frankum, Jr. recounts the events surrounding this enormous humanitarian evacuation that was the American military's first major involvement with the Vietnamese people. Based on archival research and interviews with more than forty sailors who participated in Task Force 90, Operation Passage to Freedom illuminates a mission that has been all but forgotten and also explores how the initial humanitarian involvement of the United States in Vietnam eventually led to massive military involvement in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Texas Tech University Press

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0896726088

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Christians and Muslims in Ottoman Cyprus and the Mediterranean World, 1571-1640

By: Ronald Jennings

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Christians and Muslims in Ottoman Cyprus and the Mediterranean World, 1571-1640

By: Ronald Jennings

Wrested from the rule of the Venetians, the island of Cyprus took on cultural shadings of enormous complexity as a new province of the Ottoman empire, involving the compulsory migration of hundreds of Muslim Turks to the island from the nearby Karamna province, the conversion of large numbers of native Greek Orthodox Christians to Islam, an abortive plan to settle Jews there, and the circumstances of islanders who had formerly been held by the venetians. Delving into contemporary archival records of the lte sixteenth and early seventeenth conturies, particularly judicial refisters, Professor Jennings uncovers the island society as seen through local law courts, public works, and charitable institutions.

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NYU Press

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0814743188

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Labrador Memoir of Dr Harry Paddon, 1912-1938

By: Harry Paddon,Ronald Rompkey

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Labrador Memoir of Dr Harry Paddon, 1912-1938

By: Harry Paddon,Ronald Rompkey

Paddon's memoir gives the reader a sense of the resident Innu, Inuit, and settler communities, as well as the prevailing institutions of non-governmental authority: the Hudson's Bay Company, the Moravian Mission, and the International Grenfell Association. At a time when Labrador is undergoing further industrial development and social change, his writings, carefully edited and annotated by Ronald Rompkey, the biographer of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, capture the heart of the region and its people.

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0773570810

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Eliot's Dark Angel

Intersections of Life and Art

By: Ronald Schuchard

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Eliot's Dark Angel

Intersections of Life and Art

By: Ronald Schuchard

Schuchard's critical study shows how Eliot's personal voice works through the sordid, the bawdy, the blasphemous and the horrific to create a moral world and the only theory of moral criticism in English literature. The book also erodes conventional attitudes toward Eliot's intellectual and spiritual development.

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0195147022

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Eliot's Dark Angel : Intersections of Life and Art

Intersections of Life and Art

By: Ronald Schuchard Goodrich C. White Professor of English Emory University

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Eliot's Dark Angel : Intersections of Life and Art

Intersections of Life and Art

By: Ronald Schuchard Goodrich C. White Professor of English Emory University

Schuchard's critical study draws upon previously unpublished and uncollected materials in showing how Eliot's personal voice works through the sordid, the bawdy, the blasphemous, and the horrific to create a unique moral world and the only theory of moral criticism in English literature. The book also erodes conventional attitudes toward Eliot's intellectual and spiritual development, showing how early and consistently his classical and religious sensibility manifests itself in his poetry and criticism. The book examines his reading, his teaching, his bawdy poems, and his life-long attraction to music halls and other modes of popular culture to show the complex relation between intellectual biography and art.

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0195349083

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Hoosier Folk Legends

By: Ronald L. Baker

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Hoosier Folk Legends

By: Ronald L. Baker

Spine-tingling and funny, Hoosier Folk Legends is a collection of over 300 legends gathered throughout tthe state of Indiana. Ronald L. Baker includes ghost stories, stories of the evil eye, and stories of bloodstopping. He relates legends of Jesse James, Al Capone, and John Dillinger and tells the sad story of the ghost of Diana of the Dunes. Hoosier Folk Legends explains the derivation of the names of Hobart, Jasper, Loogootee, and the Shake Rag School. Also included are a number of legends that did not originate in Indiana but are widely circulated in the Hoosier state, such as "The Baby-Sitter and the Phone Call," "Hook Man," and "The Vanishing Hitchhiker.'' Hoosier Folk Legends demonstrates the persistence and vitality of oral folk traditions. It is a book for students of folklore and anyone interested in old-time yarns

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0253203341

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Heaven's Ashes

By: Ronald Paxton

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Heaven's Ashes

By: Ronald Paxton

What would you do if you found a letter in the attic from your Confederate ancestor describing the location of a Union army payroll shipment captured by Rebel cavalry in the fall of 1864? How many people would you be willing to kill to get your hands on a mountain of gold and greenbacks? For John Howard, patriarch of Wild Pony Ranch, the answer to the latter question is zero. For someone else, the answer is as many as it takes. It's August in rural Shenandoah County, Virginia, and the air tastes like boiled wool under the relentless southern sun. Things are quiet until a devastating medical diagnosis hits the Howard family. John barely has time to absorb the news and plan his future before the situation goes from bad to tragic. Someone else knows about the letter and will do anything to get their hands on it. Tensions are rising along with the body count, and law enforcement seems helpless to stop the killing. When John's and his daughter's lives are directly threatened, he realizes it's time to take matters into his own hands before it's too late. The final confrontation on the summit of Look Back Mountain leaves John feeling shaken and betrayed. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a friend and enemy, but it's never hard to choose family first.

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Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream

A Qualitative Inquiry

By: Ronald J. Berger,Jon A. Feucht,Jennifer Flad

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Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream

A Qualitative Inquiry

By: Ronald J. Berger,Jon A. Feucht,Jennifer Flad

Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is a collaborative effort to tell the life story of Jon A. Feucht, a man who was born with a form of cerebral palsy that left him reliant on a wheelchair for mobility, with limited use of his arms and an inability to speak without an assistive communication device. It is a story about finding one’s voice, about defying low expectations, about fulfilling one’s dreams, and about making a difference in the world. Sociologist C. Wright Mills famously called for a “sociological imagination” that grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society and the ways in which personal troubles are related to public issues. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream heeds this call through a qualitative “mixed–methods” study that situates Feucht’s life in broader social context, understanding disability not just as an individual experience but also as a social phenomenon. In the tradition of disability studies, it also illuminates an experience of disability that avoids reading it as tragic or pitiable. Disability, Augmentative Communication, and the American Dream is intended as an analytical and empirical contribution to both disability studies and qualitative sociology, to be read by social science scholars and students taking courses in disability studies and qualitative research, as well as by professionals working in the fields of special education and speech pathology. Written in an accessible style, the book will also be of interest to lay readers who want to learn more about disability issues and the disability experience.

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149

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Lexington Books

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ISBN 10

073918895X

ISBN 13

9780739188958

Book's by Ronald John Small

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