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Below the Edge of Darkness

A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

By: Edith Widder, Ph.D.

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Below the Edge of Darkness

A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

By: Edith Widder, Ph.D.

A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness—and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth in this “thrilling blend of hard science and high adventure” (The New York Times Book Review). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKLIST • “Edith Widder’s story is one of hardscrabble optimism, two-fisted exploration, and groundbreaking research. She’s done things I dream of doing.”—James Cameron Edith Widder’s childhood dream of becoming a marine biologist was almost derailed in college, when complications from a surgery gone wrong caused temporary blindness. A new reality of shifting shadows drew her fascination to the power of light—as well as the importance of optimism. As her vision cleared, Widder found the intersection of her two passions in oceanic bioluminescence, a little-explored scientific field within Earth’s last great unknown frontier: the deep ocean. With little promise of funding or employment, she leaped at the first opportunity to train as a submersible pilot and dove into the darkness. Widder’s first journey into the deep ocean, in a diving suit that resembled a suit of armor, took her to a depth of eight hundred feet. She turned off the lights and witnessed breathtaking underwater fireworks: explosions of bioluminescent activity. Concerns about her future career vanished. She only wanted to know one thing: Why was there so much light down there? Below the Edge of Darkness takes readers deep into our planet’s oceans as Widder pursues her questions about one of the most important and widely used forms of communication in nature. In the process, she reveals hidden worlds and a dazzling menagerie of behaviors and animals, from microbes to leviathans, many never before seen or, like the legendary giant squid, never before filmed in their deep-sea lairs. Alongside Widder, we experience life-and-death equipment malfunctions and witness breakthroughs in technology and understanding, all set against a growing awareness of the deteriorating health of our largest and least understood ecosystem. A thrilling adventure story as well as a scientific revelation, Below the Edge of Darkness reckons with the complicated and sometimes dangerous realities of exploration. Widder shows us how when we push our boundaries and expand our worlds, discovery and wonder follow. These are the ultimate keys to the ocean’s salvation—and thus to our future on this planet.

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Random House

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0525509240

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9780525509240

The Heat Equation

By: D. V. Widder

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The Heat Equation

By: D. V. Widder

The Heat Equation

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Academic Press

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0080873839

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9780080873831

The Convolution Transform

By: Isidore Isaac Hirschman,David V. Widder

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The Convolution Transform

By: Isidore Isaac Hirschman,David V. Widder

The relation between differential operators and integral transforms is the theme of this work. Discusses finite and non-finite kernels, variation diminishing transforms, asymptotic behavior of kernels, real inversion theory, representation theory, the Weierstrass transform, more.

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Courier Corporation

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0486154564

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9780486154565

The Forest and the Trees

Helping Teachers Integrate a Biblical Worldview Across the Curriculum

By: Richard A. Widder,Wendy Widder

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The Forest and the Trees

Helping Teachers Integrate a Biblical Worldview Across the Curriculum

By: Richard A. Widder,Wendy Widder

Why do we have to learn this?" For as long as there have been students, teachers have been answering this question, but we haven't always answered it very well--for our students or for ourselves. We sometimes forget that everything we teach, whether "sacred" or "secular," has value because it is part of God's truth, and integrating that truth across the curriculum is what makes an education Christian. This book from a father-and-daughter team of seasoned Christian educators offers a comprehensive, biblically based presentation of integration. Its goal is to help readers view all aspects of the curriculum within the framework of God's story as told from Genesis to Revelation. By organizing subject areas under five broad categories--nature, people, communication, beauty, and ultimate issues--the authors demonstrate that each subject area flows from the biblical story. Each chapter concludes with a summary of the truths presented, a set of teacher tips, and a list of additional resources.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1630879924

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9781630879921

Convolution Transform

By: David Vernon Widder,Isidore Isaac Hirschman

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Convolution Transform

By: David Vernon Widder,Isidore Isaac Hirschman

The convolution transform includes as special cases such familiar transforms as the Laplace, Fourier-sine, Fourier-cosine, Hankel, Meier, and Weierstrass (or Gauss). As a consequence any general theory about it may serve as a unifying influence for the evergrowing literature concerning integral transforms. Originally published in 1955. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400877075

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9781400877072

Advanced Calculus

Second Edition

By: David V. Widder

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Advanced Calculus

Second Edition

By: David V. Widder

Classic text offers exceptionally precise coverage of partial differentiation, vectors, differential geometry, Stieltjes integral, infinite series, gamma function, Fourier series, Laplace transform, much more. Includes exercises and selected answers.

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0486134660

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9780486134666

Daniel

By: Wendy L. Widder

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Daniel

By: Wendy L. Widder

A new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in their own contexts. Its story-centric approach is ideal for pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and laypeople alike. Each volume employs three main, easy-to-use sections designed to help readers live out God's story: LISTEN to the Story: Includes complete NIV text with references to other texts at work in each passage, encouraging the reader to hear it within the Bible's grand story. EXPLAIN the Story: Explores and illuminates each text as embedded in its canonical and historical setting. LIVE the Story: Reflects on how each text can be lived today and includes contemporary stories and illustrations to aid preachers, teachers, and students. —Daniel— The book of Daniel is often read for its contribution to our understanding of end-times events, but sometimes Christians have been so obsessed with this that we have missed its main message: God is in control, no matter how things look, and his kingdom will one day fill the earth. Edited by Scot McKnight and Tremper Longman III, and written by a number of top-notch theologians, The Story of God Bible Commentary series will bring relevant, balanced, and clear-minded theological insight to any biblical education or ministry.

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Zondervan Academic

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0310491304

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9780310491309

The Kirtland Massacre

The Shocking True Story of the Bizarre Ohio Cult Murders

By: Cynthia S. Sasse,Widder,Peggy M. Widder,Cynthi Sas

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The Kirtland Massacre

The Shocking True Story of the Bizarre Ohio Cult Murders

By: Cynthia S. Sasse,Widder,Peggy M. Widder,Cynthi Sas

Co-authored by an assistant prosecutor of the case, this is an incisive look at Jeffrey Lundgren, a self-proclaimed prophet of a deviant death cult, loosely based on the Book of the Mormon, who drove his followers to commit atrocious crimes--including the "blood sacrifice" murder of an innocent family. Features 14 pages of dramatic photographs. Fine.

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Zebra Books

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0821739867

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9780821739860

"To Teach" in Ancient Israel

A Cognitive Linguistic Study of a Biblical Hebrew Lexical Set

By: Wendy L. Widder

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"To Teach" in Ancient Israel

A Cognitive Linguistic Study of a Biblical Hebrew Lexical Set

By: Wendy L. Widder

This book employs cognitive linguistics to determine the foundational elements of the ancient Israelites’ concept of teaching as reflected in the text of the Hebrew Bible and Ben Sira. It analyzes four prominent lexemes that comprise a lexical set referring to the act of teaching: ירה-H, למד-D, ידע-H, and יסר-D. The study concludes that, in its most basic form, the concept of teaching in ancient Israel was that a teacher creates the conditions in which learning can occur. The methodology employed in this project is built on a premise of cognitive studies, namely, that because teaching is a universal human activity, there is a universal concept of teaching: one person A recognizes that another person B lacks knowledge, belief, skills, and the like (or has incomplete or distorted knowledge, etc.), and person A attempts to bring about a changed state of knowledge, belief, or skill in person B. This universal concept provides the starting place for understanding the concept of teaching that Biblical Hebrew reflects, and it also forms the conceptual base against which the individual lexemes are profiled. The study incorporates a micro-level analysis and a macro-level analysis. At the micro-level, each lexeme is examined with respect to its linguistic forms (the linguistic analysis) and the contexts in which the lexeme occurs (the conceptual analysis). The linguistic analysis considers the clausal constructions of each instantiation and determines what transitivity, ditransitivity, or intransitivity contributes to the meaning. Collocations of the lexeme, including prepositional phrases, adverbial adjuncts, and parallel verbs, are evaluated for their contribution to meaning. The conceptual analysis of each lexeme identifies the meaning potential of each word, as well as what aspect of the meaning potential each instantiation activates. The study then determines the lexeme’s prototypical meaning, which is profiled on the base of the universal concept of teaching. This step of profiling represents an important adaptation of the cognitive linguistics tool of profiling to meet the special requirements of working with ancient texts in that it profiles prototype meanings, not instantiations. In the macro-analysis, the data of all four lexemes in the lexical set are synthesized. The relationships among the lexemes are assessed in order to identify the basic level lexeme and consider whether the lexemes form a folk taxonomy. Finally, the profiles of the four prototype meanings are collated and compared in order to describe the ancient Israelite concept of teaching. The study finds that the basic level item of the lexical set is למד-D based on frequency of use and distribution. In its prototypical definition, למד-D means to intentionally put another person in a state in which s/he can acquire a skill or expertise through experience and practice. In contrast to this sustained kind of teaching, the prototypical meaning of ירה-H is situational in nature: a person of authority or expertise gives specific, situational instruction to someone who lacks knowledge about what to do. The lexemes יסר-D and ידע-H represent the most restricted and the most expansive lexemes, respectively: the prototypical meaning of יסר-D is to attempt to bring about changed behavior in another person through verbal or physical means, often to the point of causing pain; the prototypical meaning of ידע-H is that a person of authority causes another person to be in a state of knowing something from the divine realm or related to experiences with the divine realm. The study determines that while the four lexemes of the Biblical Hebrew lexical set “to teach” have significant semantic overlap, they cannot be construed in a folk taxonomy because the words are not related in a hierarchical way.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110372924

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9783110372922

Political Theory After Deleuze

By: Nathan Widder

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Political Theory After Deleuze

By: Nathan Widder

A clear and concise overview of and introduction to Deleuze in the field of politics.

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A&C Black

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1441150889

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9781441150882

Michigan Agricultural College

The Evolution of a Land-grant Philosophy, 1855-1925

By: Keith R. Widder

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Michigan Agricultural College

The Evolution of a Land-grant Philosophy, 1855-1925

By: Keith R. Widder

Vintage photographs profusely illustrate this step back in time, reliving the stirring saga of America s premier land-grant institution, long before it became Michigan State University. Discover how forward-looking legislators, scholars, and administrators found an oak clearing in the midst of central Michigan swampland and there laid the groundwork for what would become one of the world s great universities. From the school s founding in 1855, and for the next seventy years that are discussed in this volume, the institution struggled to find itself and, in the process, helped to invent the notion of what it means to be a university "for the people," a land-grant university. Widder demonstrates how, from the beginning, presidents, teachers, researchers, and students worked to carve out a place for the school called "M.A.C." They always insisted that M.A.C. would be an institution of grand vision; it would be an "ag school," to be sure, but it should be more than that. In the early 1860s, for instance, students threatened to leave the campus when they learned that the teaching of literature and other liberal arts classes might be suspended. Throughout these early years, M.A.C. grew, weathered financial crises, and endured three wars, all the time transforming itself as a kind of grand experiment to meet the educational needs of a nation on the move. M.A.C. matured; its alumni and its faculty soon began to make notable contributions to the world s scientific and intellectual development and to pose solutions to pressing social, economic, and political problems. What a time it must have been.

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Msu Sesquicentennial

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0870137344

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9780870137341

Daniel

A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible

By: Wendy L. Widder

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Daniel

A Discourse Analysis of the Hebrew Bible

By: Wendy L. Widder

Daniel is a book of exile and expectation. In a foreign land, God's people face confusion, uncertainty, and even death. Where is God? What is his plan? What is the future for us? The book's familiar stories and unsettling visions answer these questions with a simple but stunning truth: the God of Israel is sovereign king of a world-encompassing eternal kingdom. He is king of all kings, and although his rule may not always be obvious, he alone rules a kingdom that will endure. One day, his king will reign with his people over an indestructible kingdom forever Until that day, God's people live and often suffer in exile among the kingdoms of the world but they can endure with courage and confidence as they await the coming fullness of God's eternal kingdom, The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament series shows readers that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say. Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher the series carefully analyzes the discourse of each Old Testament book and shows how the main thrust of each passage contributes to the development of the whole composition in the original Hebrew. For each passage, it consistently provides the main idea of the passage, its literary context, the author's original translation and exegetical outline with Hebrew layout, its structure and literary form, an explanation of the text, and its canonical and practical significance. While primarily designed for those with a basic knowledge of biblical Hebrew, Hebrew words are always explained so that anyone who desires to understand the Old Testament and communicate its message will find the volumes in this series beneficial.

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Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament

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0310942365

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9780310942368

A Fair Trial at the International Criminal Court?

Human Rights Standards and Legitimacy : Procedural Fairness in the Context of Disclosure of Evidence and the Right to Have Witnesses Examined

By: Elmar Widder

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A Fair Trial at the International Criminal Court?

Human Rights Standards and Legitimacy : Procedural Fairness in the Context of Disclosure of Evidence and the Right to Have Witnesses Examined

By: Elmar Widder

This book approaches the question of whether or not the court procedure at the International Criminal Court (ICC) can be regarded as fair from two angles: First, does the ICC provide a fair trial according to the accepted standards of international human rights law? Secondly, is it substantively fair so as to establish the legitimacy of the court on a sound footing? Practitioners and academics are increasingly conscious of the need for an approach to evidence which spans civil law and common law traditions, national and international law. This is what this monograph does, in meticulous detail, for the law of confrontation and disclosure.

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PL Academic Research is

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3631675666

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9783631675663

IT-Outsourcing & IT-Offshoring

By: Kai Cardinal von Widder

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IT-Outsourcing & IT-Offshoring

By: Kai Cardinal von Widder

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Informatik - Wirtschaftsinformatik, Note: 2,0, Hochschule Wismar (Wirtschaftsinformatik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Seminararbeit hat das Ziel, das genannte Thema in Zusammenhang mit der Wirtschaftsinformatik zu bringen und den Kontext zum IT-Management herzustellen. Im Rahmen einer Begriffsdefinition soll eine inhaltliche Abgrenzung zwischen IT-Outsourcing und IT-Offshoring erfolgen. Die Vorgehensweise sowie das finale Ergebnis sind dabei zu unterschieden. Ferner sollen die betrieblichen Beweggründe und Ziele näher beleuchtet und miteinander verglichen werden. Die Kostensenkung steht dabei im Mittelpunkt. Weitere nicht zu vernachlässigende Gründe sind die Erhöhung der Flexibilität, der Effizienz und der Qualität. Aufbauend auf den Gründen und Zielen werden die einzelnen Umsetzungsphasen beschrieben. Hier liegt der Fokus auf einer strategischen Betrachtung. Wesentliche Punkte sind dabei die Konzeption, die Umsetzung sowie der laufende Betrieb. Da es sich bei diesen Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten um geschäftspolitische Entscheidungen handelt, ist eine detaillierte Risikobetrachtung notwendig. Dabei werden die einzelnen Risikoebenen untersucht. Ferner erfolgt eine Bewertung der wesentlichen Risiken. Trends in der Auslagerung sollen vor dem Hintergrund der damit verbundenen Effekte, insbesondere dem Arbeitsplatzverlust in den Industrieländern, beleuchtet werden. Hybride Lösungen, wie Cloud Computing, Software on Demand und Software as a Service sind dabei typische Schlagworte. Das abschließende Fazit gibt auf Basis der oben genannten Punkte eine Handlungsempfehlung für typische Entscheidungssituationen, in denen aktiv über eine IT-Outsourcing- oder IT-Offshoring-Maßnahme nachgedacht wird.

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GRIN Verlag

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3656431809

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9783656431800

The Kirtland Massacre

By: Cynthia Stalter Sassé,Peggy Murphy Widder

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The Kirtland Massacre

By: Cynthia Stalter Sassé,Peggy Murphy Widder

Describes how Jeffrey Lundgren ritually sacrificed his two best friends and their three children

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Dutton Adult

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1556113099

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9781556113093

Herbert Bayer

Architektur, Skulptur, Landschaftsgestaltung

By: Bernhard Widder

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Herbert Bayer

Architektur, Skulptur, Landschaftsgestaltung

By: Bernhard Widder

Der aus A-sterreich stammende Bauhaus-KA1/4nstler Herbert Bayer, geboren 1900 in Haag am Hausruck in OberAsterreich, gestorben 1985 in Santa Barbara, Kalifornien, schuf zwischen 1915 und 1985 ein umfangreiches Werk, das nahezu alle Ausdrucksformen der bildenden Kunst, einschlieAlich eines eigenstAndigen fotografischen A'uvres, umfasst. Nach dem Anschluss A-sterreichs im FrA1/4hling 1938 emigrierte Bayer in die USA. Mit der Aoebersiedlung von New York nach Aspen, Colorado, im Jahr 1946, begann seine TAtigkeit als Architekt, als Gestalter von groAen Plastiken und Landschaften. Als Hauptwerk lassen sich Bayers Gestaltung fA1/4r das "Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies" (1953a "ca.1975) bezeichnen. Neben den Planungen fA1/4r Aspen realisierte Bayer bis 1985 weitere Projekte in Colorado, New Mexico, Kalifornien, Washington, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts und Connecticut, in Mexiko-Stadt und in Linz. Derzeit sind fast alle BA1/4cher von und A1/4ber Herbert Bayer vergriffen. In diesem Buch werden 29 zum grAAten Teil erhaltene Arbeiten des Bauhaus-KA1/4nstlers interpretiert und fotografisch dokumentiert.

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3211834508

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9783211834503

Battle for the Soul

Mètis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837

By: Keith R. Widder

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Battle for the Soul

Mètis Children Encounter Evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837

By: Keith R. Widder

In 1823 William and Amanda Ferry opened a boarding school for Métis children on Mackinac Island, Michigan Territory, setting in motion an intense spiritual battle to win the souls and change the lives of the children, their parents, and all others living at Mackinac. Battle for the Soul demonstrates how a group of enthusiastic missionaries, empowered by an uncompromising religious motivation, served as agents of Americanization. The Ferrys' high hopes crumbled, however, as they watched their work bring about a revival of Catholicism and their students refuse to abandon the fur trade as a way of life. The story of the Mackinaw Mission is that of people who held differing world views negotiating to create a "middle-ground," a society with room for all. Widder's study is a welcome addition to the literature on American frontier missions. Using Richard White's "middle ground" paradigm, it focuses on the cultural interaction between French, British, American, and various native groups at the Mackinac mission in Michigan during the early 19th century. The author draws on materials from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions archives, as well as other manuscript sources, to trace not only the missionaries' efforts to Christianize and Americanize the native peoples, but the religious, social, and cultural conflicts between Protestant missionaries and Catholic priests in the region. Much attention has been given to the missionaries to the Indians in other areas of the US, but little to this region.

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Michigan State University Press

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0870134914

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9780870134913

At the Crossroads

Michilimackinac During the American Revolution

By: David A. Armour,Keith R. Widder

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At the Crossroads

Michilimackinac During the American Revolution

By: David A. Armour,Keith R. Widder

At the Crossroads argues that British, French, and Native Americans living at Michilimackinac and in the western Great Lakes region worked together to keep the fur trade functioning during the American Revolution. This alliance enabled Britain to control the Upper Great Lakes throughout the war. To the dismay of all inhabitants of Michilimackinac, most of the region was ceded to the United States in the Peace of Paris in 1783.

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0911872248

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