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Memories of Resistance

Women's Voices from the Spanish Civil War

By: Shirley Mangini,Shirley Mangini González

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Memories of Resistance

Women's Voices from the Spanish Civil War

By: Shirley Mangini,Shirley Mangini González

She discusses the factors that provoked the war and how they affected Spanish women - both the "visible" women who during the turbulent 1920s and 1930s tried to become part of mainstream politics and the "invisible" women who came to the fore during the revolutionary years of the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 to 1936 and became activists in the protest against the military insurrection of 1936.

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268

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Yale University Press

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0300058160

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9780300058161

Out of the House and Into the Frying Pan

By: Shirley de La Torre

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Out of the House and Into the Frying Pan

By: Shirley de La Torre

A cookbook for people fresh from their parent's house.

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Dundurn

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0919614655

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9780919614659

A Most Splendid Company

The Coronado Expedition in Global Perspective

By: Richard Flint,Shirley Cushing Flint

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A Most Splendid Company

The Coronado Expedition in Global Perspective

By: Richard Flint,Shirley Cushing Flint

Winner of the 2020 Fray Francisco Atanasio Domínguez Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico This magisterial volume unveils Richard and Shirley Flint's deep research into the Latin American and Spanish archives in an effort to track down the history of the participants who came north with the Coronado Expedition in 1540. Through their investigation into thousands of baptismal records, proofs of service, letters, journals, and other primary materials, they provide social and cultural documentation on the backgrounds of hundreds of the individuals who embarked on the Coronado expedition. The resulting data reveal patterns that shed decisive new light on the core reasons behind the Coronado expedition to Tierra Nueva, revealing, most importantly, that the expedition to Tierra Nueva was part of a complex plan to finally complete the Columbian project--that is, to locate a direct, westward route from Spain to the Asian sources of silks, porcelains, spices, and dyes. Along the way the Flints show us, in far greater detail than ever before, the individuals who made up the expedition--members of the upper echelons of Spanish society to thousands of Nahuatl-speaking Natives of Nueva España and largely anonymous slaves, servants, and women who made the enterprise possible and kept it running, with a course set for Asia by land.

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464

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University of New Mexico Press

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082636022X

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9780826360229

Development of the Human Spinal Cord

An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals

By: Joseph Altman,Shirley Ann Bayer

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Development of the Human Spinal Cord

An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals

By: Joseph Altman,Shirley Ann Bayer

There exists a wealth of information about the development of the spinal cord in journal articles and monographs, yet this beautifully illustrated work is the first book devoted to this important topic. Because the developing human spinal cord cannot be subjected to experimental manipulations, the knowledge gained from experimental work in animals is applied here to an interpretation of the time course and mechanisms of spinal cord development in man. The book begins with a review of our current understanding of the structure and functions of the spinal cord. Special reference is made to the phylogeny of the vertebrate spinal cord because the authors' interpretation of the development and organization of the human spinal cord is specifically an evolutionary one. Following a detailed experiment-based account of spinal cord development in the rat, the development of the human spinal cord is described, illustrated and interpreted in separate chapters during three epochs: the first trimester (the embryonic period), the second and third trimesters (the fetal period), and the first year of postnatal life. Special attention is paid to such topics as neurons, and the growth and myelination of the ascending and descending fiber tracts of the spinal cord. The book ends with a correlation of the development of motor behavior with different stages in the morphological development of the human spinal cord during the embryonic, fetal, and postnatal periods. The successive acquisition of voluntary control over different parts of the body during infancy is correlated with the progressive myelination of the corticospinal tract. * The book contains an extensive review of work on spinal cord organization and development throughout the 20th century. * The interpretations are based on experimental studies of spinal cord development in the rat carried out by the authors and their associates. * The histological material on human spinal cord development is the largest ever assembled and reproduced (combining the Carnegie, Minot, and Yakovlev Collections). * The collected material (which varies in quality and some of it has begun to fade) has been digitized and electronically reprocessed for improved reproduction. * Discrete components of the spinal cord and new developments are highlighted by color coding; typically on one side only, leaving the contralateral side untouched to allow the reader to use his own interpretation. * Summary graphs are presented, many in color, to convey important structural relationships, developmental events, or theories. * The authors revive a few forgotten theories and offer several new ones regarding the development and organization of the human spinal cord. Development of the Human Spinal Cord will be of interest to developmental biologists, neuroscientists, embryologists, molecular biologists (those working on stem cell research), pediatric neurologists, pathologists, child and developmental psychologists, and their students and trainees.

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566

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0195144279

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9780195144277

No Mere Shadows

Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico

By: Shirley Cushing Flint

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No Mere Shadows

Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico

By: Shirley Cushing Flint

Three generations of women in one family are the characters in this intimate historical study of what it meant to be a widow in sixteenth-century Mexico City. Shirley Cushing Flint has used archival research to tell the stories of five women in the Estrada family—a mother, three daughters, and a granddaughter—from the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1520 until the 1580s. Each was once married and when widowed chose not to remarry. Their stories illustrate the constraints placed upon them both as women and as widows by the religious, secular, and legal cultures of the time and how each refused to be bound by those constraints. Money, influence, knowledge, and connections all come into play as the widows maneuver to hold onto property. Each of their stories illustrates an aspect of Spanish life in the New World that has heretofore been largely overlooked.

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171

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UNM Press

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0826353126

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9780826353122

Hms Centurion 1733–1769 an Historic Biographical-Travelogue of One of Britain's Most Famous Warships and the Capture of the Nuestra Senora De Covadonga Treasure Galleon.

By: Shirley Fish

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Hms Centurion 1733–1769 an Historic Biographical-Travelogue of One of Britain's Most Famous Warships and the Capture of the Nuestra Senora De Covadonga Treasure Galleon.

By: Shirley Fish

When the Centurion and a squadron of six vessels and 1,959 men and boys set out from England in 1740, on a round-the-world expedition, they were unaware of the terrifying events that awaited them in the days ahead. The squadron, under the command of Commodore George Anson, had departed from England with every hope of a successful mission to harass and take prizes in the Spanish possessions of the Americas and in Asia. The journey proved more challenging than anticipated, and at times, it seemed nightmarish and beyond anything experienced by the crew. The ship survived two huge waves and a lightning strike. Then, there was the great loss of life amongst the crew who perished due to the devastating symptoms of scurvy. Despite these setbacks, there were moments of pure joy, especially when the Centurion captured the fabulously wealthy Manila-Acapulco Galleon in the Philippines, the Nuestra Senora de Covadonga. Throughout the Centurion's career as a royal naval warship in the eighteenth century, she played a role in the capture of Quebec during the French and Indian War and the invasion of Havana in the Seven Years War. She was also instrumental when dealing with the Barbary Corsairs of Algeria and Morocco. Amongst the famous men who sailed on this vessel were John Harrison, the inventor of the first maritime sea clock, and Joshua Reynolds, the celebrated portrait painter. The details of the journeys to the Americas, Asia, and Europe are described in this biographical-travelogue of the Centurion.

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490

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AuthorHouse

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1504944917

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9781504944915

A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics

By: Shirley V. Hodgson,William D. Foulkes,Charis Eng,Eamonn R. Maher

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A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics

By: Shirley V. Hodgson,William D. Foulkes,Charis Eng,Eamonn R. Maher

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility. It is fully updated with much molecular, screening and management information. It covers risk analysis and genetic counselling for individuals with a family history of cancer. It also discusses predictive testing and the organisation of the cancer genetics service. There is information about the genes causing Mendelian cancer predisposing conditions and their mechanism of action. It aims to provide such details in a practical format for geneticists and clinicians in all disciplines.

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434

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447123751

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9781447123750

The New Pug

By: Shirley Thomas

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The New Pug

By: Shirley Thomas

This all-new work fully covers a host of important care essentials: housing, training, competition in conformation and Obedience trials, grooming, breeding, and all particulars for keeping Pugs healthy. The author also traces the charming Pug from its origin in China to introduction in the west and its modern development.

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290

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Howell Books

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0876052642

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9780876052648

The Manila-Acapulco Galleons : the Treasure Ships of the Pacific

With an Annotated List of the Transpacific Galleons 1565-1815

By: Shirley Fish

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The Manila-Acapulco Galleons : the Treasure Ships of the Pacific

With an Annotated List of the Transpacific Galleons 1565-1815

By: Shirley Fish

During the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the transpacific treasure galleons sailed annually from Manila to Acapulco. In Manila, the vessel was loaded with the scented spices of the East, luxurious silks from China, exquisite hand crafted lacquerware from Japan and a multitude of Oriental goods that the Spaniards of New Spain longed to own. The returning galleon from Acapulco to Manila, carried as much as 2.5 million silver pesos in payment of the goods sent to the New Spain in the previous year, as well as a yearly silver subsidy of 250,000 reales for the maintenance of the colonial government in the Philippines. But while the galleons mainly sailed alone and unaccompanied from Manila to Acapulco and vice versa, they were vulnerable to a host of calamities and misfortunes. A fire on board the vessel or a terrifying storm could end the voyage and the lives of every one on the ship even before the galleon was able to reach land. Additionally, the commanders of the galleons were always threatened by lurking pirates and privateers who preyed on the vessels and coveted the treasures they carried. The book describes in detail how the galleons were attacked at sea and how they fought against enemy vessels, as well as how many of the ships sank or were shipwrecked over the years. It also covers their management, construction, manning, weaponry, navigation, daily life on the ship, provisions, cargoes and voyages. The book contains an annotated list of the galleons sailing between the Philippines and Mexico from 1565 to 1815. This informative book is the first of its kind to cover such an expansive history of the Pacific galleons which up to this point had remained largely untold.

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553

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145677543X

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9781456775438

Painting

By: Shirley Glubok

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Painting

By: Shirley Glubok

A collection of biographical sketches of European and American painters from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries.

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276

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Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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0684190524

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9780684190525

Conversational Spanish in 7 Days

By: Shirley Baldwin,Sarah Boas

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Conversational Spanish in 7 Days

By: Shirley Baldwin,Sarah Boas

All you need to know to learn and speak spanish.

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100

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McGraw-Hill Companies

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0844244538

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9780844244532

Fielding's Caribbean Cruises 1996

By: Shirley Slater,Harry Basch

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Fielding's Caribbean Cruises 1996

By: Shirley Slater,Harry Basch

Potential cruisers can discover the unique charms of each Caribbean port of call with this in-depth guide to America's most popular cruises. Features include profiles of the ships, shopping tips, hints on reserving cabins and booking tables, theme cruises, and more. 15 photos. 55 maps.

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Fielding Travel Guides

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1569520704

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9781569520703

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Memories of Resistance

Memories of Resistance

Out of the House and Into the Frying Pan

Out of the House and Into the Frying Pan

A Most Splendid Company

A Most Splendid Company

Development of the Human Spinal Cord

Development of the Human Spinal Cord

No Mere Shadows

No Mere Shadows

Hms Centurion 1733–1769 an Historic Biographical-Travelogue of One of Britain's Most Famous Warships and the Capture of the Nuestra Senora De Covadonga Treasure Galleon.

Hms Centurion 1733–1769 an Historic Biographical-Travelogue of One of Britain's Most Famous Warships and the Capture of the Nuestra Senora De Covadonga Treasure Galleon.

A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics

A Practical Guide to Human Cancer Genetics

The New Pug

The New Pug

The Manila-Acapulco Galleons : the Treasure Ships of the Pacific

The Manila-Acapulco Galleons : the Treasure Ships of the Pacific

Painting

Painting

Conversational Spanish in 7 Days

Conversational Spanish in 7 Days

Fielding's Caribbean Cruises 1996

Fielding's Caribbean Cruises 1996

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