Georgetown, Hardcover - Canden Schwantes

Reducere. Georgetown, a thriving neighborhood in the nation's capital, was established in 1751 as an independent city. As the land to its east was being deve...

Reducere. Before John and Jackie lent a touch of Camelot to the famous red-bricked rows and even before the founding of the nation s capital, Georgetown was ...

As a Georgetown resident for nearly a century, Britannia Kennon (1815-1911) of Tudor Place was close to the key political events and figures of her...

Fueled by the dream to strike it rich, prospectors flocked to California during the gold rush. Yet the harsh lifestyle and backbreaking work led ma...

Reducere. Your first year of college can be as scary as it can be exciting. Before you go, everyone prepares you for all the fun times that lie ahead, but mo...

The idea of voting is simple, but the administration of elections in ways that ensure access and integrity is complex. In How We Vote, Kathleen Hal...

Reducere. DescriptionThe area now known as Georgetown was once a central meeting place for nearly 40 Native American tribes situated between the Atlantic Oce...

These essays, articles, and documents introduce readers to the history of Georgetown University's involvement in slavery and recent efforts to conf...

Reducere. Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This e...

Reducere. In 1939, Jan Karski, a brilliant young Polish student, enjoyed a life of parties and pleasure. But when war broke out his familiar world was destro...

Reducere. A collection of personal narratives of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, Voices of the Border brings us closer to this community of people an...

About the AuthorReem Bassiouney is professor of linguistics at the American University in Cairo. Her books include Language and Identity in Modern ...

Torture doctors administer and invent techniques to inflict pain and suffering without leaving scars.Their knowledge of the body and its breaking p...

Reducere. Incisive insights into the distinctive nature of Japanese foreign intelligence and grand strategy, its underlying norms, and how they have changed ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River, area native Rick Simmons relates the often overlooke...

Black Georgetown Remembered is a journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how th...

Reducere. George Washington is remembered for leading the Continental Army to victory, presiding over the Constitution, and forging a new nation, but few kno...

Reducere. During the 1980s Black athletes and other athletes of color broadened the popularity and profitability of major-college televised sports by infusin...

A comprehensive overview of the contribution of Catholic social thought to business ethicsEditor(s): Daniel K. Finn

Approaches to Discourse Analysis demonstrates the importance of the diverse perspectives that various approaches to discourse bring to bear on huma...

The essays, historical and scriptural texts, and reflections in Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives consider how these two faith communities...

DescriptionAre we entitled to be confident that our moral judgements can be objective? Can they express insights into aspects of reality, rather th...

Reducere. This study examines the developmental interactions between Japanese senseis (mentors) and early American leaders at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kent...

Assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. This book includes chapters that highlight adv...

Reducere. The medical tradition that developed in the lands of Islam during the medieval period (c. 650-1500) has, like few others, influenced the fates and ...

In this volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, leading Christian and Muslim scholars respond to the global crisis of inequality by demanding and m...

Reducere. Elizabeth Huntsinger, the author of two popular Low Country ghost-story collections, returns with a third volume of 18 stories. In this collection,...

Three scenarios for future approaches to peace and conflict diplomacy, explored through the lens of regional perspectives and security threatsIllus...

Of the Land presents a series of prints and poems that follow the life and work of master silkscreen printer Lou Stovall as he was developing his u...

DescriptionHailed by Mark Kuczewski as an "outstanding achievement, " and "must-reading for any serious student of bioethics, " Methods in Medical ...

DescriptionRussia's leadership in establishing the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is emblematic of its desire to end ...

DescriptionThis is a book about the art of strategic communication, how it's used, where, and why.It examines how people have thought about the not...

Reducere. This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and poli...

DeFerrari and Sefton have created a highly illustrated architectural "biography" of one of DC's most important boulevards. This north-south artery-...

Daly uses the lens of virtue and vice to reimagine a Catholic ethics that can better scrutinize the social forces that both affect our moral charac...

Informed by the latest research in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics, El espa ol y la ling stica aplicada responds ...

In the years after World War II, Georgetown's leafy streets were home to an unlikely group of Cold Warriors who helped shape American strategy. Thi...

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