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The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928

The King v. Gabriel Sylliboy

By: William C. Wicken

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The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928

The King v. Gabriel Sylliboy

By: William C. Wicken

In 1927, Gabriel Sylliboy, the Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaw of Atlantic Canada, was charged with trapping muskrats out of season. At appeal in July 1928, Sylliboy and five other men recalled conversations with parents, grandparents, and community members to explain how they understood a treaty their people had signed with the British in 1752. Using this testimony as a starting point, William Wicken traces Mi'kmaw memories of the treaty, arguing that as colonization altered Mi'kmaw society, community interpretations of the treaty changed as well. The Sylliboy case was part of a broader debate within Canada about Aboriginal peoples' legal status within Confederation. In using the 1752 treaty to try and establish a legal identity separate from that of other Nova Scotians, Mi'kmaw leaders contested federal and provincial attempts to force their assimilation into Anglo-Canadian society. Integrating matters of governance and legality with an exploration of historical memory, The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History offers a nuanced understanding of how and why individuals and communities recall the past.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442694890

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The Scot in British North America

Vol. I

By: William Jordan Rattray

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The Scot in British North America

Vol. I

By: William Jordan Rattray

Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.

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342

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3368633287

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9783368633288

George Washington

America's First Progressive

By: William Barclay Allen

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George Washington

America's First Progressive

By: William Barclay Allen

Washington's political philosophy - radical for his time - was a commitment to the belief that law can never make just what is in its nature unjust. Before the close of the Revolutionary War, he had conceived of a union based on the progressive principle that the American people would qualify for self-government in the sense of free institutions in proportion to their moral capacity to govern themselves by the light of reason. Washington managed the conflicts over the spoils of victory that threatened to fracture the union. Containing this discord within the walls of the Constitution may be considered his single greatest achievement.

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260

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Peter Lang

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1433103710

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Coffee

By: William H. Ukers

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Coffee

By: William H. Ukers

Seventeen years ago the author of this work made his first trip abroad to gather material for a book on coffee. Subsequently he spent a year in travel among the coffee-producing countries. After the initial surveys, correspondents were appointed to make researches in the principal European libraries and museums; and this phase of the work continued until April, 1922. Simultaneous researches were conducted in American libraries and historical museums up to the time of the return of the final proofs to the printer in June, 1922. Ten years ago the sorting and classification of the material was begun. The actual writing of the manuscript has extended over four years. Among the unique features of the book are the Coffee Thesaurus; the Coffee Chronology, containing 492 dates of historical importance; the Complete Reference Table of the Principal Kinds of Coffee Grown in the World; and the Coffee Bibliography, containing 1,380 references.

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1486

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anboco

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3736405901

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Organs, Systems, and Surgery

By: William Fullick,James Fullick

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Organs, Systems, and Surgery

By: William Fullick,James Fullick

Written primarily for 16-19-year-old students, this primer covers the anatomy and physiology of the key organ systems in the human body. It provides students with an overview of the anatomical details and physiological principles of the organ systems of the body and discusses the pathophysiology of common diseases that can affect them. It also considers how surgical approaches can be used to manage commonly presenting diseases of these systems. In addition, theprimer explores surgery and anaesthesia both in a historical and contemporary context, examining how surgical and anaesthetic approaches have advanced over the centuries and how they continue to evolve tomake surgery safer and more effective. The primer aims to extend students' knowledge and inspire them to take their school-level learning further. It explores topics that are familiar from the curriculum and also introduces new ideas, giving students a first taste of the study of biology beyond school-level, and demonstrating how concepts frequently encountered at school are relevant to and applied in current research. This is the ideal text to support students who areconsidering making the transition from studying biology at school to university.Digital formats and resourcesThe book is available for students and institutions topurchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources:· The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks· Online resources include multiple choice questions for students to check their understanding, and, for registered adopters, figures and tables from the book

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Oxford University Press

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0198861877

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David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability

By: William L. Vanderburgh

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David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability

By: William L. Vanderburgh

David Hume’s argument against believing in miracles has attracted nearly continuous attention from philosophers and theologians since it was first published in 1748. Hume’s many commentators, however, both pro and con, have often misunderstood key aspects of Hume’s account of evidential probability and as a result have misrepresented Hume’s argument and conclusions regarding miracles in fundamental ways. This book argues that Hume’s account of probability descends from a long and laudable tradition that goes back to ancient Roman and medieval law. That account is entirely and deliberately non-mathematical. As a result, any analysis of Hume’s argument in terms of the mathematical theory of probability is doomed to failure. Recovering the knowledge of this ancient tradition of probable reasoning leads us to a correct interpretation of Hume’s argument against miracles, enables a more accurate understanding of many other episodes in the history of science and of philosophy, and may be also useful in contemporary attempts to weigh evidence in epistemically complex situations where confirmation theory and mathematical probability theory have proven to be less helpful than we would have hoped.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498596940

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9781498596947

Sing a Worried Song

An Arthur Beauchamp Novel

By: William Deverell

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Sing a Worried Song

An Arthur Beauchamp Novel

By: William Deverell

The sixth novel in the acclaimed Arthur Beauchamp series Everything is going well for Arthur Beauchamp in his early middle age. Life is so good for the top-notch defence lawyer that, in a moment of career restlessness, he decides to switch sides, just the once, and prosecute a young man charged with murdering a clown. Beauchamp is confident he can prove Randolph Skyler is guilty. Confident, but still worried and surprisingly blind to how precarious the evidence is - and, worse, to the fissures opening in his personal life. It's a case Beauchamp will never forget, not even years later, when he's happily remarried and retired to a bucolic life on Garibaldi Island in the glorious Salish Sea. As Beauchamp is about to learn, the older you get, the greater the chance is that the past will come back to bite you. In Deverell's latest marvel in his Beauchamp series, Arthur has causes aplenty to sing a worried song.

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339

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ECW Press

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1770907289

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9781770907287

Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

By: William C. Reeve

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Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

By: William C. Reeve

An avid outdoorsman, Pringle began carving decoys in 1898 and in 1928 set himself the goal of producing the best rig of decoys in the world. Between 1929 and 1946, employing his skills as a commercial artist and going to great lengths to ensure the utmost accuracy, he fashioned approximately 120 of what many now consider to be among the finest examples of decoy art. But because he carved exclusively for his own use and made only a few for close friends, Pringle's birds remained largely unknown until recently.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077357011X

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9780773570115

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

Volume VI

By: William Wordsworth

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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

Volume VI

By: William Wordsworth

Reproduction of the original: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth

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BoD – Books on Demand

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373266497X

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9783732664979

God, Probability, and Life after Death

An Argument for Human Resurrection

By: William Hunt

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God, Probability, and Life after Death

An Argument for Human Resurrection

By: William Hunt

God, Probability and Life after Death reveals its objective in its title, namely, to present an exploratory argument concerning the probability of human resurrection. The exploratory argument follows a probabilistic passage along an evidential trail to the discovery of the probability of life after death. It is a trail that the reader can personally engage with in order to reach their own conclusion and even introduce additional evidence they think relevant. The argument begins with the probability of the existence of God, and once a position is established on this issue, the argument becomes empowered for the next stage, which is to address the evidence for human resurrection, namely, the Resurrection of Jesus, near-death experiences and apparitions. The probabilistic relationship between the evidence and the resurrection hypothesis is critically examined throughout the book by engaging the potential views of an atheist and agnostic in addition to that of a theist. On this probabilistic journey, other issues relevant to the resurrection argument are introduced, such as personal identity and the possibility of resurrection given the nature of our world. Evidence and argument for a non-supernatural possibility for human resurrection are also considered. Significantly, the author does not assume the normal spiritual approach to human resurrection, when a disembodied soul leaves the body to continue a spiritual existence in a ghostly realm. Instead, a materialistic approach is taken, whereby the resurrected person survives in bodily form in a physical realm. The use of probability theory is intended to keep the evidential argument within the bounds of coherent reasoning. It also enables the argument to link one piece of evidence to the next in a probabilistic sequence that eventually leads to the conclusion that human resurrection is not only possible, it is also very likely.

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287

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Lexington Books

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1498526071

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9781498526074

The Spirit among the dissenters

Other Voices in Understanding the Spirit of God

By: William H. Brackney

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The Spirit among the dissenters

Other Voices in Understanding the Spirit of God

By: William H. Brackney

This work examines the development of a "dissenting" perspective on the emerging doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Post-Reformation Protestant thought. By "dissenting," the author means "beyond the mainstream of thought, sometimes affirming but expanding orthodox positions, but at other times pursuing new directions and images of the Spirit." A new look is offered at the Puritan-Separatist era in English dissenting traditions, as well as organized dissenters in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Of particular interest are the applications of current philosophic and scientific writers. There are sections on major German thinkers of the nineteenth century and major influential theologians of the last century who laid new foundations in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Readers will be interested in the inclusion of new religious movements in two eras, and creative contemporary ideas of the Spirit. How an ongoing "dissenting" perspective contrasts with mainstream thinking is woven through four centuries of literature on the Spirit. The author contends that we have learned much from the "dissenting" perspective, and he offers seven constructive affirmations of the Spirit of God drawn from his survey and analyses of the previous four centuries. The bibliography is comprehensive of major works on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, plus unusual sources of dissenting thought.

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143

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498237487

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9781498237482

Fur Trader's Photographs

A.A. Chesterfield in the District of Ungava, 1901-4

By: William C. James,A. A. Chesterfield

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Fur Trader's Photographs

A.A. Chesterfield in the District of Ungava, 1901-4

By: William C. James,A. A. Chesterfield

Contains photographs of Cree and Inuit in District of Ungava, Quebec, taken between 1901 and 1904 by A.A. Chesterfield, a professional photographer and fur trader with Hudson's Bay Company. Describes Chesterfield's life, the region, the people he photographed, the role of the Hudson's Bay Company, and documentary significance of activities depicted in photographs.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773505938

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9780773505933

The Fenwick Notes of William Wordsworth

By: William Wordsworth

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The Fenwick Notes of William Wordsworth

By: William Wordsworth

This edition of the long unobtainable Fenwick Notes presents one page of manuscript per page of the edition, with textual notes at the foot of each page and hyperlinked & bookmarked editorial commentary. It has revised general and textual introductions, a glossary, and an index / list of search terms. In the Ebook vesion, the searchability opens up new ways of exploring the Wordsworths' relationship to their environment and culture.

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Humanities-Ebooks

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1847600042

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9781847600042

Transactions of the Wordsworth Society

No. 2

By: William Angus Knight

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Transactions of the Wordsworth Society

No. 2

By: William Angus Knight

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385445612

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Book's by William Gillies

The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928

The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928

The Scot in British North America

The Scot in British North America

George Washington

George Washington

Coffee

Coffee

Organs, Systems, and Surgery

Organs, Systems, and Surgery

David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability

David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability

Sing a Worried Song

Sing a Worried Song

Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

God, Probability, and Life after Death

God, Probability, and Life after Death

The Spirit among the dissenters

The Spirit among the dissenters

Fur Trader's Photographs

Fur Trader's Photographs

The Fenwick Notes of William Wordsworth

The Fenwick Notes of William Wordsworth

Transactions of the Wordsworth Society

Transactions of the Wordsworth Society

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