Essays on American Indian and Mormon History, Hardback - Brenden W. Rensink

American Indians have long played a central role in Mormon history and its narratives. Their roles, however, have often been cast in support of tra...

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Reducere. In April 1945, Jean Améry was liberated from the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. A Jewish and political prisoner, he had been brutally tortured b...

Reducere. Robert V. Remini, the nation's foremost authority on Andrew Jackson, has over the past three decades published numerous books on Jackson and his pr...

Reducere. Din cuprins: Dramatic Elements and Literary MeditationEmerson and KantInward versus Outward ExpansionDissenting Voices of ConsentThe Narrator as Au...

Reducere. This book brings together a diverse group of American Indian thinkers to discuss traditional and contemporary philosophies and philosophical issues...

Reducere. First published in 1974, Fogel and Engerman's groundbreaking book reexamined the economic foundations of American slavery, marking "the start of a ...

Reducere. American Indians have been at the center of Mormon doctrine from its very beginnings, recast as among the Children of Israel and thereby destined t...

Essays on 20th Century Latin American Art provides a broad synthesis of the subject through short chapters illustrated with reproductions of iconic...

Reducere. The Indian Chiefs Of Pennsylvania, Or, A Story Of The Part Played By The American Indian In The History Of Pennsylvania: Based Primarily On The Pen...

Reducere. DescriptionToday's Fundamentalist Mormons in the American West resist assimilation like their forefathers. Centered on faith, they survive despite ...

Reducere. Today's Fundamentalist Mormons in the American West resist assimilation like their forefathers. Centered on faith, they survive despite efforts to ...

Publisher: BiblioLifeAuthor(s): Edgar E FolkIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsPublication date: 2009Dimensions: 188 x 264 x 31Cover type:...

Reducere. Award NameBancroft PrizeAward categoryHistoryJames Merrell's brilliant book is an account of the "go-betweens, " the Europeans and Indians who move...

Reducere. We can be led to act in our own interest as a group if we tune into, and add to, our mental diets, the liberating thoughts that are provifef for us...

This book has been published to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Erasmus Prize and underline the importance of the four laureates who recei...

Reducere. African Americans have made substantial contributions to the sporting world, and vice versa. This wide-ranging collection of new essays explore the...

Reducere. Honoring the Circle: Ongoing Learning from American Indians on Politics and Society, Volume II: The Continuing Impact of American Indian Ways in No...

Reducere. DescriptionMormonism is one of the few homegrown religions in the United States, one that emerged out of the religious fervor of the early nineteen...

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The essays in this landmark volume highlight the achievements of "Shakespeare's sisters, " including Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barre...

Reducere. William Appleman Williams was one of America's greatest critics of US imperialism. The Contours of American History, first published in 1961, reach...

Discusses extinction as a force shaping socio-cultural and biological lifePublisher: Indiana University PressIllustration(s): 8 b&w illus.Number of...

Perspectives on Environmental Law Scholarship: Essays on Purpose, Shape and Direction - Ole W. Pedersen

Reducere. As a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard "hvmakimata"--"that's what they used to say"--a phrase Mvskoke Creeks and Semino...

Reducere. In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentativ...

The Frontline collects essays in a companion volume to Plokhy's The Gates of Europe and Chernobyl. The essays present further analysis of key event...

Reducere. Technologies of Gender builds a bridge between the fashionable orthodoxies of academic theory (Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, et al.) and the frequently...

Reducere. The idea of the Native American living in perfect harmony with nature is one of the most cherished contemporary myths. But how truthful is this lar...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Indian Wars, then keep reading...Tree captivating manuscripts in one book: American Indian W...

Philip Gooding analyses Lake Tanganyika as a crucial frontier zone of the wider Indian Ocean World during the nineteenth century. Using interdiscip...

Reducere. For nearly four decades, poet, essayist, and small-town funeral director Thomas Lynch has probed relations between the literary and mortuary arts. ...

A stirring and passionate defense of the central importance of public education to American democracy, vividly illustrating how the forces of react...

Reducere. ... enthusiastic, well-written... read it if you want to be inspired by a truly heroic woman." --New Directions for Women... the fullest account to...

A luminous collection of essays from one of our most original and influential poetsFive decades after her debut poetry collection, Firstborn, Louis...

Confronted by a complex new society, nineteenth-century Spaniards wrestled with how to envisage their lives. From trying to be universal through to...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces published in English. Organized into ...

Reducere. In this fascinating memoir, first published as a book in 1907, the author recalls the remarkable story of his journey westward as a young man to th...

Reducere. With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long-...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James OakesThis pathbreaking social history of the slaveholding South marks a turn in our understanding of antebellum Ameri...

Reducere. This book describes the struggle of Indian tribes and their governments to achieve freedom and self-determination despite repeated attempts by fore...

Reducere. An important work in the field of diaspora studies for the past decade, this collection has inspired scholars and others to explore a trail blazed ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Indian Wars, then keep reading...Tree captivating manuscripts in one book: American Indian W...