Father Peter John de Smet: Jesuit in the West, Paperback - Robert C. Carriker

Clad in the black robe of his priestly order and armed only with a crucifix, for more than a quarter of a century Father De Smet relentlessly tramp...

Reducere. What a story Fr. Pierre De Smet is mentioned in U.S. history books almost as a footnote, but there was in mid-19th century America no single person...

Reducere. A True Book: Westward Expansion takes readers on an amazing journey to a fascinating time in U.S. history when the country was experiencing dynamic...

Over the last millennium, musical notation has become a powerful system of symbolic, non-verbal communication among musicians that permits the tran...

Is it possible to speak of western racism before the eighteenth century? In this book, leading historians argue that racism can be traced back to t...

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Reducere. Deliberate Calm: How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World Drawing from a unique blend of psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness practices, as...

Reducere. In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The Plains Indians dubbed them buffalo sol...

DescriptionAcross the West, hard-right leaders are surging to power on platforms of ethno-economic nationalism, Christianity, and traditional famil...

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Reducere. The Braided Pony saloon is no stranger to gun fire and blood stains on the floor. But when a mysterious gunslinger turns up dead in Ruby's room, it...

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DescriptionIn this edited collection, Gioia Woods and her contributors bring together histories, biographies, close readings, and theories about th...

Reducere. In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy--some might say foolhardy--decision to homestead in Wyoming. There,...

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Examines the relationship between sound and statuary in Western aesthetic thought in light of discourses on aurality emerging within the field of s...

Reducere. With a new Introduction by the author, this "erudite and brilliantly readable book" (The Observer, London) expertly dissects the political, economi...

Reducere. In 1927, Beatrice Cannady succeeded in removing racist language from the Oregon Constitution. During World War II, Rowena Moore fought for the righ...

Paperback of the standard biography of Gold Meir, the first elected female leader in the West.

A timely reconsideration of the life and times of one of the West's most prominent Muslim converts.Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdNumber of ...

The history of how the Luftwaffe planned to knock out Holland in a surgical, lightning campaign, but instead suffered wounds against the outnumbere...

Reducere. An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the ...

The Closed Circle offers an unprecedented inside view into how one of the world's most influential Islamist groups operates. Lorenzo Vidino marshal...

This beautiful picture book follows the journey of a young gray wolf who garnered nationwide attention when he became the first wild wolf in Califo...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Heather HansmanIllustration(s): 1 halftoneNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad, between expectations of fulfill...

Reducere. Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie's The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African Americ...

How 12 Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Succeed in Merging East and West - including Pema Ch dr n, Joan Halifax, and Thubten Chodron, among others Persona...

DescriptionOf the many iconic towns of the old West, none has quite captured our imagination like Deadwood. From the legacy of Wild Bill Hickok and...

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DescriptionManaging Hospitality Organizations: Achieving Excellence in the Guest Experience takes students on a journey through the evolving servic...

Reducere. Most water control projects in the American West depend on huge gravity dams, whose stability lies in massive quantities of concrete and earth or r...

Reducere. Raising good Muslim children in the West can be a challenge. Implement the Eastern Islamic teachings with more understanding of the psychological d...

The SECOND book in a New Series for those who love traditional mysteries! FANS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES -- AND ALL MYSTERY LOVERS -- REJOICE FATHER OF LI...

Reducere. Across black America during the Golden Age of Aviation, John C. Robinson was widely acclaimed as the long-awaited "black Lindbergh." Robinson's fam...

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DescriptionJefferson Davis is a historical figure who provokes strong passions among scholars. Through the years historians have placed him at both...

Reducere. In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, John Riddle showed, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, that women ...

An important addition to extant scholarship on the border U.S Southwest, Forging Arizona recovers a forgotten case that reminds readers that the bo...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. A biography of Sacagawea, the Native American woman who served as an interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Reducere. Bobbie Kalman, author of the acclaimed Historic Communities and Early Settler Life series, explores the action and adventure that made the West fam...

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