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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*List of Abbreviations, pg. xi*I. Beginnings, pg. 1*II. Political Economist, pg. 18*III. Weltpolitik, pg. 60*IV. Financial Warlord, pg. 111*V. Submarines and Total War, pg. 151*VI. Neuorientierung, pg. 197*VII. The Insider Becomes an Outsider, pg. 239*VIII. Helfferich Returns to Politics, pg. 288*IX. Opposition Critic, pg. 330*X. Erfinder der Rentenmark, pg. 365*Conclusion, pg. 407*Bibliographical Note, pg. 415*Index, pg. 425

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Book SynopsisOffers a nuanced assessment of the thirty-fifth president, whose legacy and impact people continue to debate to this day. Stephen Knott examines Kennedy through the lens of five critical issues. What emerges is a president as complex as the author’s shifting views about him.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Refounding the Presidency 2. The Hundred Years’ War 3. Finding His Voice: “We face . . . a Moral Crisis as a Country” 4. Cuba: The Sins of William McKinley 5. Khrushchev, Kennedy, and the “Nuclear Sword of Damocles” 6. “In the Final Analysis, It is Their War” 7. No Assassins to the Left 8. Legacy Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe spellbinding account of the most complex and captivating manhunt in American history.

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Book SynopsisAbandoned by her parents, Sameem Ali spent six and a half years growing up in a children''s home. When she was told that her family wanted to take her back she couldn''t wait to start her new life with them. Instead, she returned to a dirty house where she was subjected to endless chores. Her mother began to beat her and her unhappiness drove her to self-harm. So Sameem was excited when she boarded a plane with her mother to visit Pakistan for the first time. It was only after they arrived in her family''s village that she realised she wasn''t there on holiday. Aged just thirteen, Sameem was forced to marry a complete stranger. When pregnant, two months later, she was made to return to Glasgow where she suffered further abuse from her family.After finding true love, Sameem fled the violence at home and escaped to Manchester with her young son. She believed she had put her horrific experiences behind her, but was unprepared for the consequences of violating her familyTrade Review'The very real threat of an honour killing. Misery rating 4 stars' * Eve *'In Belonging, Sameem Ali describes her experience of forced marriage, a subject that is rarely written about by those who have been involved in it. It is a powerful and courageous account and offers a unique perspective on this important issue' * Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, Co-Chairman of the HM Government's working group on forced marriage 2001 *'Sam Ali's story is a moving, human one which puts a real person into the often sensationalised media story of forced marriage. Sam has told her own life story in a way which will evoke variously, sympathy and sadness from people from all backgrounds.' * Tony Lloyd MP, Manchester Central *

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Book SynopsisHistory has not been kind to the memory of William Mackenzie. While the names of Telford and Stephenson continue to be well known today, that of William Mackenzie, one of the most important figures in the engineering world during the first half of the nineteenth century, has slipped from prominence.The Institution of Civil Engineers has now published The Diary of William Mackenzie, a fascinating new book which presents a unique record of this important figure and also of the Victorian world in which he lived, affording new insights for economic, social and engineering historians. Mackenzie''s remarkable career was based on the business of building railways and canals. He was at the forefront of the export of Britain''s technical expertise, for the development of Europe''s infrastructure.Table of ContentsPart One: 1840-1843 Part Two: 1844-1847 Part Three: 1848-1850 Appendices

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Book SynopsisHaving grown up on the massive Killarney cattle station near Katherine, NT, Toni Tapp Coutts was well prepared when her husband, Shaun, took a job at McArthur River Station in the Gulf Country, 600 kilometres away near the Queensland border. Toni became cook, counsellor, housekeeper and nurse to the host of people who lived on McArthur River and the constant stream of visitors. She made firm friends, created the Heartbreak Bush Ball and started riding campdraft in rodeos all over the Territory, becoming one of the NT''s top riders. In the midst of this busy life she raised three children and saw them through challenges; she dealt with snakes in her washing basket; she kept in touch with her large, sprawling Tapp family, and she fell deeply in love with the Gulf Country.Filled with the warmth and humour readers will remember from A SUNBURNT CHILDHOOD, this next chapter in Toni''s life is both an adventure and a heartwarming memoir, and will introduce readers tTrade Reviewwarm, candid and surprisingly riveting - RM WILLIAMS OUTBACK on A SUNBURNT CHILDHOOD full of warmth and brio - COUNTRY STYLE on A SUNBURNT CHILDHOOD The story of a cattle empire forged out of nothing but the bare earth ... a tribute to family, strength and resilience. - RURAL WEEKLY on A SUNBURNT CHILDHOOD

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Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. “Every sentence of the story will stir your soul” (O Magazine).  The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to cure him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for

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Book SynopsisINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA vivid and meticulous true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women, while tracking the once-cold trail of a murderer still at large.Krystal Senyk was the kind of friend everybody wants: a reliable confidant, a handywoman of all trades, and an infectious creative with an adventurous spirit. Most importantly, she was tough as nails. So when her best friend needed support to leave her abusive husband, Ronald Bax, Krystal leapt into action.But soon Krystal became the new outlet for Bax’s rage. He terrorized and intimidated her for months on end, and finally issued a chilling warning to her and his ex-wife: the hunt is on. Krystal was scared but she was smart: she reached out to the RCMP for a police escort home. The officer brushed her off.Bax’s threat had been all too real. At 29 years old, the woman who seemed invincible—who was a belov

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Book SynopsisA revelatory portrait of eight Indigenous communities from across North America, shown through never-before-published archival photographs--a gorgeous extension of Paul Seesequasis's popular social media project.In 2015, writer and journalist Paul Seesequasis found himself grappling with the devastating findings of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on the residential school system. He sought understanding and inspiration in the stories of his mother, herself a residential school survivor. Gradually, Paul realized that another, mostly untold history existed alongside the official one: that of how Indigenous peoples and communities had held together during even the most difficult times. He embarked on a social media project to collect archival photos capturing everyday life in First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities from the 1920s through the 1970s. As he scoured archives and libraries, Paul uncovered a trove of candid images and began to post these on social media, where they sparked an extraordinary reaction. Friends and relatives of the individuals in the photographs commented online, and through this dialogue, rich histories came to light for the first time.Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun collects some of the most arresting images and stories from Paul's project. While many of the photographs live in public archives, most have never been shown to the people in the communities they represent. As such, Blanket Toss is not only an invaluable historical record, it is a meaningful act of reclamation, showing the ongoing resilience of Indigenous communities, past, present--and future.

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Book SynopsisA heartbreaking yet also funny and ultimately empowering memoir revealing the a multi-year journey into the latest science and treatments in order to rescue her kids and her family from autism.Trade ReviewPraise for No Map to This Country "Careful and eloquent, honest and moving...Noonan's work demonstrates why we should have the deepest respect and admiration for the parents." --Dr. Andrey Rzhetsky, Pritzker Scholar, Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, Computation Institute and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago "Jennifer Noonan picks up the gauntlet of Clara Claiborne Park and Bernard Rimland as devoted parents preparing for a marathon and finishing it... The book provides a guide path to those new to the world of autism, pioneers in their own right, as to what to expect and how best to proceed." --Manuel F. Casanova, MD, SmartState Endowed Chair in Childhood Neurotherapeutics, University of South Carolina, Greenville Health System "Funny, engaging, courageous, No Map to This Country is a roadmap for anyone embarking on the journey to understanding what helps kids with autism." --Patricia Stacey, author of The Boy Who Loved Windows

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Book SynopsisThis is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It provides a glimpse at the experiences of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field.Trade ReviewEach piece is well written, and the editing retains each woman's voice. An excellent addition to public as well academic collections. * Library Journal *Sexist and racist prejudice are as virulent in the academy as elsewhere. The statistics are familiar but the point is brought home by this collection of autobiographical essays by women philosophers. The contributors are among those who have made it, have found a relatively secure niche in their chosen profession. What they describe is the obstacles they encountered along the way. These range from discriminatory practices that are technically illegal to embarrassing little sexist jokes. What enabled these women to survive is their passion for philosophy and for teaching together with the support of at least one sympathetic soul—colleague, friend, or spouse. Their stories—detailed, circumstantial, and even-tempered—are both informative and moving. (Think of those women, perhaps equally talented, who are less indefatigable or less lucky and who have been left behind!) -- Mary Mothersill, Barnard CollegeThese twelve war stories need to be read by young women entering philosophy and veterans alike. We can laugh (at the absurdities of venerable scholars acting as proverbial sexist fools), cry (with the authors as they face painful affronts to their dignity and self-esteem), and celebrate the immense courage of the generation of women who have worked to transform a particularly intransigent segment of academia, and open more doors for women in philosophy. The book is full of both fire and song. It is a book we need today. -- Eva Kittay, professor of philosophy, SUNY Stony BrookI couldn't put down this moving, informative, and often witty collection of essays. They reveal important sources of feminist philosophy in the life experiences of women philosophers, not to mention glimpses of the normal, everyday misogyny that, alas, is still detectable in philosophy departments today, some three decades after the episodes reported here. These essays should be required reading for every graduate student in philosophy, male or female, and for the rest of the profession. -- Sandra Harding, UCLASinging in the Fire is able to bring women from all across the field of philosophy with completely different life stories together so that more can be learned of them as a whole, while their individual experiences allow the reader to have a greater understanding of who they are and where they come from. It is a great book with so many aspects of the field represented and many useful applications that it is a must for the shelves of all women philosophers, present as well as up and coming. * Dialogue *This superb volume reveals how misogyny and patriarchal normative structures and practices, within the alleged 'ethereal' and abstract field of philosophy, operate to denigrate and sexualize women as objects, rendering their bodies, identities, and concerns incompatible with the demands of the life of the mind. Singing in the Fire is an apt and effective metaphor for this collection of honest personal narratives by prominent women philosophers who forged their philosophical identities with courage, vision, and tenacity. -- George Yancy, professor of philosophy, Emory UniversityIn various less spectacular ways than documented by tales of the arrogance and oafishness woman philosophers face, these essays drive home the impact of the autobiographical on the philosophical. When philosophers share the details of their lives, the impact extends to the reader. -- Carlin Romano * The Chronicle of Higher Education *Reading Singing in the Fire: Stories of Women in Philosophy is like attending a great dinner party, where every guest is smart and fascinating, an you stay too late, knowing you'll regret it at work the next day but you don't care, because you want to talk, really talk, to everyone there. * Metapsychology Online *Table of ContentsChapter 1 A Life Sentence in Bohemia Chapter 2 How not to make the right career moves Chapter 3 Finding my voice: reminiscence of an outlaw Chapter 4 Taking oneself seriously, but not too Chapter 5 Freethinking? Chapter 6 Etc. Chapter 7 What's a brown girl like you doing in the ivory tower? or, How I became a feminist philosopher Chapter 8 'Don't smile so much': Philosophy and women in the 1970's Chapter 9 At the feet of Mrs. Ramsey Chapter 10 Autobiography of a whistle-blower Chapter 11 Philosophy and life: A singular case of their interconnection Chapter 12 Getting here from there

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Book SynopsisA biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle.Trade ReviewFilled with fascinating glimpses of twentieth-century Chinese women's intellectual history and insights into the Chinese-American and Anglo-Chinese experience. * Publishers Weekly *Welland is an anthropologist with a novelist’s eye for the art of both making lives and making books. She weaves biography, memoir, genealogy, social history, literary criticism, and theoretical reflection coherently, accessibly, and, indeed, beautifully. * Booklist, Starred Review *Welland wisely refrains from intruding on the narration, allowing her fascinating topic to speak for itself. Scholarly and 'serious' in its depth and breadth of research, Welland's book is also highly readable and full of rich detail. . . . This is a book that enlightens as much as it delights and remains with you long after the reading. * The Seattle Times *Welland skillfully navigates the murky waters of memory, exaggeration, cultural misunderstanding and transformed identity, with both a scholar's critical eye and a granddaughter's desire to believe. * Honolulu Advertiser *Fascinating . . . Sasha Welland has produced a wonderful book from the lives of these two strong sisters. * Times Literary Supplement *An intriguing and memorable study. . . . We have been told the lives of two powerful and interesting women . . . both determined to surmount as best they could the restrictions placed on women’s lives. -- Peter Stansky * Virginia Woolf Miscellany *Biographies are said to narrate the life of an individual. In this multi-layered work, Sasha Su-Ling Welland accomplishes much more, as she relates a complex story of re-creations, self-discovery, and selective memories. . . . [A] well-written and valuable work, especially for the many interesting points that it makes on the intricacies of cultural encounters, usages of the past, and exoticism. -- Valentina Boretti, University of London * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *Welland's forebears could fairly be called trailblazing, and . . . she deftly shows how their lives mingled with history. * The Instrumentalist *The author of A Thousand Miles of Dreams intersperses the accounts of the two sisters’ lives in alternate chapters, thus providing a fascinating comparison of experiences in these distant countries and contrasting cultures as the Second World War loomed. -- Michael Sheringham * Asian Affairs *Remarkable. . . . A coming-of-age account of the Ling sisters, Welland’s book . . . reveal[s] new insights about the role of Chinese women as it changed not only in China but also the West. . . . A well-crafted and lively book that is sure to capture the imagination of lay readers and scholars alike. * International Examiner *With elegant writing and a delicate anthropological touch, Sasha Su-Ling Welland offers . . . an intriguing biography of two Chinese sisters. . . . Overall, while a fine biography, this book is also an informative and engaging work in the literary genre of ethnography, enhancing our understanding of women, education, and intellectual history in modern China, as well as exploring the experiences of Chinese immigrants in the United States and Europe. * American Anthropologist *Sasha Welland's deft and gripping biography of her grandmother and great-aunt is elegiac but never sentimental. It is compelling, lucid, historically nuanced, and an absorbing read. -- Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa CruzSasha Su-Ling Welland is Heartland-born with deep China roots. In A Thousand Miles of Dreams, she reaches back through family documents and her own scholarly reading of the historical record to create a portrait of a family's personal journey that is moving, passionate, and fully accessible. -- Clark Blaise, author of I Had a Father, Time Lord, and others; former director of the International Writers Program, University of IowaThis is a wonderfully written account of two Chinese modern girls whose lives traversed the entire twentieth century from China to England and the United States. Their artistic and professional accomplishments through decades of war and exile may be legendary, but their personal lives were also filled with many human frailties. Intermixed with Welland's reminiscences of growing up in the United States as a Eurasian whose mother was partly raised by an African American housekeeper, the tales of these women weave an intricate tapestry of literary pursuit, transnational migration, an interracial affair, and middle-class domesticity. The author wields the pen of a historian, an ethnographer, and a poet, but ultimately it is the writer as a granddaughter and a grandniece that gives the story its most intimate human touch. -- Shu-mei Shih, University of California, Los Angeles; author of The Lure of the ModernWith magnificently fluid erudition and a compassionately wry eye, Sasha Su-Ling Welland forges the story of two remarkable women whose lives expand our knowledge of twentieth-century feminism in China, the U.S., and Britain. Weaving her own autobiographical accounts into the mix, Welland deftly depicts how the absurdities of racial and sexual constructs persist over time and place, while arguing for the resolute power of following one's heart. -- Anna Maria Hong, editor of Growing Up Asian American: An AnthologyTable of ContentsPrologue: Departure Part I: Moving House Chapter 1: Origins Chapter 2: Ambition Chapter 3: Disappointment Chapter 4: Courtyards Chapter 5: Mountains and Walls Part II: Casting Off Chapter 6: Lessons Chapter 7: Mist Chapter 8: Amid Ghosts Chapter 9: In the Streets Chapter 10: Romance Chapter 11: Gatherings Chapter 12: Modern Medicine Chapter 13: Crescent Moon Part III: Seeking a Mooring Chapter 14: Arrival Chapter 15: Adrift Chapter 16: Souvenirs Chapter 17: The Entangling Net Chapter 18: Rice Porridge Chapter 19: War Letters Chapter 20: An American Home Chapter 21: Wandering Chapter 22: The Chinese House Epilogue: Return

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMy favorite brave American, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, has again done a courageous thing: she has written a personal and powerful story about her life, from her childhood in El Paso, Texas to her extraordinary present day position as U.S. Congresswoman from the 9th district of Northern California. Renegade For Peace and Justice demonstrates how her faith in her God, her values, and her common sense caused her to say no to the Bush Administration's demand, following the attacks of 9/11, that Congress turn over its constitutional powers to declare war to the President, George W. Bush; giving him a blank check to fund endless aggression against a country that was not responsible for the attacks. Hers was the only dissenting vote. For the layperson this book is a wonderful way to begin to understand how our political system works, or of late, doesn't work, because of Lee's ability to explain, in practical terms, her own positions and those of other members of Congress. Lee is not only a hero and a champion of the marginalized and under-represented, she is also a marvelous teacher. -- Alice Walker, poet; activist; author of The Color PurpleBarbara Lee's honest, personal, and very American story will inspire every reader plus generations of young leaders. Yes, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and others have led us by their public examples; but in showing us the links between public and private life, Barbara Lee ushers us into a new era that allows leaders to be whole people. * Gloria Steinem *Barbara Lee, a renegade for justice, fearless but compassionate, sensitive but smart, expresses in this illustrious book, the courage of Esther, the militancy of Deborah, and the faith of Mary. Her undying commitment to her African motherland and to marginalized people everywhere reminds us of her kinship with both Mother Teresa and her role model, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Readers of this book will want to join Congresswoman Lee as renegades for the cause of justice anywhere and everywhere. -- Dr. J. Alfred Smith Sr., Senior Pastor, Allen Temple Baptist ChurchSome of the poorest people in the world will never know the name Barbara Lee, yet owe their lives to her determination in the fight against AIDS. Her sense of justice—and injustice—runs about as deep as it's possible to go. -- Bono, lead singer of U2 and co-founder of the anti-poverty organization ONEWhen our government shifts from the course charted by our constitution, we can always count on Rep. Barbara Lee to sound the warning bell. Barbara is intimately guided by her sense of direction; when the tide of public opinion runs in the opposite way, Barbara's internal compass guides her through fog that can cloud the sharpest minds. -- Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), Chair, Asian Pacific American CaucusBarbara Lee's exciting autobiography gives us hints why she is such an extraordinary, unique leader. She has lived "Yes. We Can! Si Se Puede!" We can all learn and be grateful for Barbara Lee's life. -- Dolores Huerta, president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and cofounder of United Farm WorkersMost memoirs by Members of Congress are safe, tepid retellings of hardscrabble upbringings or glossing-over of troubled pasts. Not so in the candid new book by Rep. Barbara Lee, which delves into raw emotional territory from the California Democrat's past, including a secret marriage, a clandestine abortion, an abusive marriage and even an LSD trip forced upon her by her violent ex-husband....Still, the story ends in triumph, and Lee remembers her career in the House and the support, both public and private, that she's gotten for her controversial stance as the sole Member of Congress who voted against the use of force after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. We do love a happy ending. * Roll Call, July 2008 *Her passion for public service brought her into the orbit of the Black Panther Party and later more mainstream politics as she developed her iconoclastic views on how to serve. She details the challenges of getting ahead in politics, relying on a strong faith, and maintaining the courage to stand up for what she thinks is right. -- September 2008 * Booklist *A refreshingly frank self-examination by a public figure. -- Tammerlin Drummond * Contra Costa Times, "Public Lawmaker Shows her Private Side" from November 12, 2008 *It's striking to read....Lee's story, told in an earnest, almost reticent way, is startling: who would have thought that this person who has at times been vilified as a left-wing radical is trying to live what she was taught by nuns and in her Methodist Sunday school? * Shelf Awareness, November 2008 *If you enjoy a good biography or if you're a political junkie, you'll love this book. Renegade for Peace & Justice is a book to pay attention to. * The Charlotte Post, December 2008 *Renegade For Peace And Justice: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Speaks For Me is the title of the most profound autobiography there is. Congresswoman Lee's life is an example to all—you can accomplish, you can stand. It is wonderful. * The Birmingham Times, January 2009 *

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the most 'dangerous' and subversive figure of the French revolution.Trade Review'A fresh, welcome look at one of the most complex and fascinating figures of the French Revolution' -- Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost (1999) and Bury the Chains (2006)'A gripping introduction to the life of Marat and his role in the French Revolution' -- Richard Sheldon, Lecturer in Social and Economic History, University of Bristol'Clears away the cobwebs and prejudices and then reveals why we should love and admire this egalitarian revolutionary' -- Lynne Stewart, lawyer'This biography, written in an accessible and lively style, presents an activist and journalist from the French Revolution, and rescues him from myths and slanders' -- Ian Birchall, author of The Spectre of Babeuf (1997).'Cliff Conner's gracefully written and wisely observed biography of Jean Paul Marat tells the truth about this much maligned doctor and hero of the French revolution' -- Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith, human rights attorneys and authors of Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away With Murder. Michael Ratner is President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction - The Phantom and the Historians 1. The Early Years 2. 1765–1789 – The Physician and the Physicist 3. January 1789–June 1791 – From the Estates General to the King’s Flight 4. July 1791–September 1792 – From the Champs de Mars Massacre to the September Massacres 5. September 1792–July 1793 – From the Convention Elections to the Assassination Conclusion - From the Cult of Marat to the Légende Noire and Beyond Notes Index

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Book SynopsisStuart Hall is the leading figure in cultural studies today -- no one else has had the same influence in the shaping of the field. This book is the first full--length study of Halla s work. It examines every aspect of his work and constitutes a major critical introduction and appraisal of Halla s contribution.Trade Review"This is a timely reminder of the impact of Stuart Hall's work ... Rojek is impressively complete in his assessment of Hall's contribution." Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Chapter 1 The ‘Absolute Cultural Hybrid’. Chapter 2 Representation and Ideology. Chapter 3 State and Society. Chapter 4 Culture and Civilization. Conclusion: ‘The Future Belongs to the Impure’. Notes. References. Index

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Book SynopsisJames Hogg knew Sir Walter Scott well, and after Scott's death in 1832 he wrote an affectionate but frank account of their long friendship.Trade ReviewOn the evidence [of this volume] Hogg is a writer of enormous versatility, ambition and literary accomplishments whose work ought to feature on every Romantic syllabus. The editors of SSC are making this possible for the first time - Romanticists should seize the opportunity. This is not an account of Scott but of Scott's relationship with Hogg or, perhaps more accurately, of Hogg's relationship with Scott. What makes it in the end fascinating and compelling reading is that Hogg does not present us with a balanced and distanced account of someone else's life but rather opens up to us a particularly interesting relationship between two people, a relationship which attracts our attention because, like real-life relationships, it is not without its ups and downs, its tensions and disturbances ... This edition presents two rather different versions of Hogg's anecdotes of Scott ... These two texts are expertly edited and fully and helpfully annotated by Jill Rubenstein while Douglas Mack has provided an authoritative history of the genesis of the text with very full quotation from the relevant correspondence. Jill Rubenstein's excellent introduction to these texts provides us, amongst other things, with a balanced and perceptive account of the two writers' complex relationship, avoiding the temptation to redress the errors of his own time by presenting Hogg merely as the victim of Scott's snobbery and recognising instead that Scott's attitude to Hogg was ambivalent ... There is a lot more that could be said of these fascinating and complex texts ... we have not before had the two manuscript versions brought together in one volume. We can now compare within the one volume the subtle but significant variations between the two original manuscripts of what Jill Rubenstein has rightly called, for all the complexities of Hogg's attitude to his subject, 'the tribute of one remarkable man to another, both flawed and both admirable, living in a remarkable time.' The impression given by the edition as a whole [is] that the editorial task has been undertaken with a peculiar degree of commitment and with a determination that a long-postponed duty towards James Hogg will now be undertaken with a thoroughness which should stand the test of time. On the evidence [of this volume] Hogg is a writer of enormous versatility, ambition and literary accomplishments whose work ought to feature on every Romantic syllabus. The editors of SSC are making this possible for the first time - Romanticists should seize the opportunity. This is not an account of Scott but of Scott's relationship with Hogg or, perhaps more accurately, of Hogg's relationship with Scott. What makes it in the end fascinating and compelling reading is that Hogg does not present us with a balanced and distanced account of someone else's life but rather opens up to us a particularly interesting relationship between two people, a relationship which attracts our attention because, like real-life relationships, it is not without its ups and downs, its tensions and disturbances ... This edition presents two rather different versions of Hogg's anecdotes of Scott ... These two texts are expertly edited and fully and helpfully annotated by Jill Rubenstein while Douglas Mack has provided an authoritative history of the genesis of the text with very full quotation from the relevant correspondence. Jill Rubenstein's excellent introduction to these texts provides us, amongst other things, with a balanced and perceptive account of the two writers' complex relationship, avoiding the temptation to redress the errors of his own time by presenting Hogg merely as the victim of Scott's snobbery and recognising instead that Scott's attitude to Hogg was ambivalent ... There is a lot more that could be said of these fascinating and complex texts ... we have not before had the two manuscript versions brought together in one volume. We can now compare within the one volume the subtle but significant variations between the two original manuscripts of what Jill Rubenstein has rightly called, for all the complexities of Hogg's attitude to his subject, 'the tribute of one remarkable man to another, both flawed and both admirable, living in a remarkable time.' The impression given by the edition as a whole [is] that the editorial task has been undertaken with a peculiar degree of commitment and with a determination that a long-postponed duty towards James Hogg will now be undertaken with a thoroughness which should stand the test of time.

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Book SynopsisThose with an interest in Romantic biography and autobiography will be particularly fascinated by these lively, readable, idiosyncratic and disconcerting texts.Trade ReviewOn the evidence [of this volume] Hogg is a writer of enormous versatility, ambition and literary accomplishments whose work ought to feature on every Romantic syllabus. The editors of SSC are making this possible for the first time - Romanticists should seize the opportunity. Rubenstein's introduction ! is useful and perceptive., as when she suggests that Anecdotes was, for Hogg, 'a sort of declaration of independence'. In it, Hogg's rich voice ricochets from affection and awe to irritation and resentment. -- Rosemary Goring What makes this in the end fascinating and compelling reading is that Hogg does not present us with a balanced and distanced account of someone else's life but rather opens up to us a particularly interesting relationship between two people, a relationship which attracts our attention because, like real-life relationships, it is not without its ups and downs, its tensions and disturbances... Jill Rubenstein's excellent introduction to these texts provides us, amongst other things, with a balanced and perceptive account of the two writers' complex relationship! "the tribute of one remarkable man to another, both flawed and both admirable, living in a remarkable time." The editorial task has been undertaken with a peculiar degree of commitment and with a determination that a long-postponed duty towards James Hogg will now be undertaken with a thoroughness which should stand the test of time. On the evidence [of this volume] Hogg is a writer of enormous versatility, ambition and literary accomplishments whose work ought to feature on every Romantic syllabus. The editors of SSC are making this possible for the first time - Romanticists should seize the opportunity. Rubenstein's introduction ! is useful and perceptive., as when she suggests that Anecdotes was, for Hogg, 'a sort of declaration of independence'. In it, Hogg's rich voice ricochets from affection and awe to irritation and resentment. What makes this in the end fascinating and compelling reading is that Hogg does not present us with a balanced and distanced account of someone else's life but rather opens up to us a particularly interesting relationship between two people, a relationship which attracts our attention because, like real-life relationships, it is not without its ups and downs, its tensions and disturbances... Jill Rubenstein's excellent introduction to these texts provides us, amongst other things, with a balanced and perceptive account of the two writers' complex relationship! "the tribute of one remarkable man to another, both flawed and both admirable, living in a remarkable time." The editorial task has been undertaken with a peculiar degree of commitment and with a determination that a long-postponed duty towards James Hogg will now be undertaken with a thoroughness which should stand the test of time.

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Book SynopsisTrailblazing transgender actress, activist, and style icon Candis Cayne has spent a lifetime learning how to see herself for who she really is, and along the way has taught herself and others how to celebrate inner beauty as the perfect starting point for outer radiance. Drawing from her personal journey to self-acceptance and comprised of a unique combination of cross-barrier, body-positive wellness and style advice, Hi Gorgeous! is a one-of-a-kind beauty guide that will speak to all women. Engagingly written, highly visual, and filled with Glam on the Go tips and exclusive interviews with Candis''s team of radiance experts, the book will cover everything from new definitions of womanhood and beauty (with elements of Candis''s own journey woven in) to hands-on makeup and style tips aimed at enhancing all of a woman''s possibilities.Hi Gorgeous! opens with a foreword by Candis''s best friend, former Olympian and transgender star Caitlyn Jenner. This beauti

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Book SynopsisThe province's premier journalist tells the story he was born to write.No journalist has travelled the back roads, hidden vales and fog-soaked coves of Nova Scotia as widely as John DeMont. No writer has spent as much time considering its peculiar warp and weft of humanity, geography and history.     The Long Way Home is the summation of DeMont's years of travel, research and thought. It tells the story of what is, from the European view of things, the oldest part of Canada. Before Confederation it was also the richest, but now Nova Scotia is among the poorest. Its defining myths and stories are mostly about loss and sheer determination.      Equal parts narrative, memoir and meditation, The Long Way Home chronicles with enthralling clarity a complex and multi-dimensional story: the overwhelming of the first peoples and the arrival of a mélange of pioneers who carved out pockets of the wilderness;

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Book SynopsisA ground-breaking work of nation building, this unique biographical book by many of English and French Canada's best-known writers and thinkers -- Margaret Atwood, Lucien Bouchard, Dr. Samantha Nutt, Ken Dryden, etc. -- tells the story of the extraordinary legacy of the French contribution to our very way of life.In 1913, schoolgirls found a heavy metal plaque peeking out of the soil in St-Pierre, South Dakota. On it they saw engraved characters and signs they could not decipher. They took the plaque back home, and somehow, it found its way into the hands of a local historian who immediately realized the importance of the artifact.     One hundred and seventy years earlier, French-Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de la Vérendrye had written about his travels to the west in search of the elusive Western Sea. In his journal, he remembered: I placed upon a hillock near the fort a lead plaque with the arms and inscription of the King. That

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Book SynopsisConsidered the best modern Belarusan writer and the last Eastern European literary dissident, Vasil Bykau' (1924-2003) is referred to as the 'conscience of a nation' for leading an intellectual crusade against Lukasenka's totalitarian regime. This title describes the conditions under which Bykau lived in the former USSR.Trade Review"I hold Vasil Bykau in high regard as an opponent to totalitarian regimes in Belarus. During our encounter he never lost hope for positive changes in his country's future. I feel a certain correlation between our destinies and I regret that he was not lucky enough to experience changes, unlike those of us in Czechoslovakia, Poland, or Hungary." Vaclav Havel "This timely biography is essential reading." Arnold McMillin, professor of Russian Literature, University College London

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Book SynopsisRecounting an insider's perspective of the turbulent historical currents of late eighteenth-century Brazil.Trade Review"This is a wonderfully crafted and impeccably researched study of one individual's struggle in defence of the ancient regime in late colonial Brazil." Stuart Schwartz, Yale University

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Book SynopsisSealing wars and maritime history are brought into focus in this vivid account of the life of the Alex MacLean, the inspiration for Jack London's Sea-Wolf.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Cape Breton and Going Down to the Sea, 1858-822 Pelagic Sealing: Victoria, 1883-873 Conflict in the North Pacific, 1888-894 Home Port San Francisco, 18905 The James Hamilton Lewis and the Russians, 18916 The Japanese Coast and the North Pacific, 1892-957 The Bering Sea Claims Commission Hearings and Percy Sherwood, 18968 The South Pacific Expedition, 1897-989 The Klondike, 1898-190310 Poaching with the Carmencita, 1904-0511 The Carmencita Returns to Victoria, 190512 Setting the Record Straight: Vancouver, 1906-0813 The Final Years: Vancouver, 1909-1414 The Legend of Alex MacLeanNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisCrafted from memories, legends, and art, this powerful memoir tells the uplifting story of an Indigenous man’s struggle to reconnect with his culture and walk in the footsteps of his father and the generations of Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw artists that came before him.Trade ReviewThe Way Home is filled with portrait photography that conveys stories that cannot be told by words alone. In this image-filled memoir we are also invited into Neel’s creative journey through his descriptions and photos of his own carved masks and his precious metal jewelry. -- Latash-Maurice Nahanee * BCBookLook *"A spellbinding memoir with universal reach … beautifully told and illustrated … Neel's memoir is written with the same calm mastery he brings to all his art. This　is a wise, eloquent, and deeply moving book." — 2020 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction jury (Helen Knott, Sandra Martin, and Ronald Wright) -- Helen Knott, Sandra Martin, and Ronald Wright * Hillary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction jury *Table of ContentsForeword by Carolyn Butler-PalmerPreface1 Beginnings: Far from Home2 Photography: Transformation3 Masks: HomecomingInterlude: Paintings4 Lessons: Chiefs and EldersInterlude: Prints5 Resurgence: The Great CanoesInterlude: Jewellery6 Home Again: Coming Full Circle

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Book SynopsisThis classic story of one Jewish father's journey from anger and doubt to bold faith in Jesus as Messiah will inspire readers. Includes updates from the author.

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Book SynopsisOn the 100th anniversary of Oswald Chambers's death, a bestselling novelist presents an intimate portrait of his wife, "Biddy," a God-loving adventurer and the woman behind her husband's bestselling devotional My Utmost for His Highest.

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Book SynopsisThe Love Letters of William and Mary Wordsworth collects 31 letters that William Wordsworth exchanged with his wife, Mary, during the early years of their marriage.Trade ReviewConscientiously edited by Beth Darlington and handsomely printed by Cornell... these letters display and intense affection between William and Mary which was not only spiritual but physically passionate as well.... They show us a serious, but far more appealing man than his reputation suggests—hungry for news of his children, courting his wife's affection, and seeking to entertain her with tidbits about the life and landscape around him. * Washington Post Book World *Discovered in 1977 at an auction of Wordsworth family papers at Sotheby's, this collection of 31 letters is an important contribution to the interpretation of the poet's life. Ranging from the prosaic to the passionate, they reveal a close and tender relationship. Darlington's excellent introduction to the individual letters provide biographical continuity and identify persons and places alluded to in the correspondence. A major addition to Wordsworth scholarship, this collection is highly recommended for all readers interested in Romantic literature. * Library Journal *These letters give us an attractive and sometimes affecting glimpse of the Wordsworths.... Darlington's editing is enthusiastic and unpedantically helpful, the letters themselves have the unstudied freshness of lived life, and their publication constitutes a major event for students of English Romanticism. * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisVolume Two.Trade ReviewThe publication of The Letters of Margaret Fuller, scrupulously edited and annotated... is something of a triumph, both as a scholarly service and as an act of restoration. It brings back to the forefront a figure who had belonged there all along. * The New York Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisBefore France became France its territories included Occitania, roughly the present-day province of Languedoc. The city of Narbonne was a center of Occitanian commerce and culture during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. For most of the second half...Trade ReviewA book that is both about southwestern France in the twelfth century and also about the challenges of biography. It is a fascinating study, beautifully written.... This rich and highly rewarding work should find a wide audience: scholars of the Middle Ages, historians who are not medievalists, even advanced undergraduates. * American Historical Review *Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours is a spectacular recreation of the times in which Ermengard lived.... With melancholy nostalgia, Cheyette depicts a powerful woman in her vibrant and doomed society. To be clear at once: this is a fabulous book.... This book, with its recreation of a lost world, its challenge to historians and historiography, and its narrative drive, is extraordinary, brilliant, unique—and a little sad. * The Medieval Review *This book defies description: lyrical and scholarly, leisurely and densely packed, it meanders through a vast range of topics while keeping to its fundamental premise, that the Occitan region had a brilliant, lively, hybrid culture in which the 'traditional' Northern relationships of lords and vassals, city and countryside, sacred and secular held little sway. And in the midst of this complex region was Ermengard: daughter, wife, widow, warrior, patron, subject, diplomat-in short, a figure whose gender was not always connected to traditional notions about her sex.... This is a beautiful, if occasionally difficult, book that anyone interested in the period or in 'post-Annaliste' historiography should read. Highly recommended. * Choice *This is a book about much more than its title suggests. It is not just about the extraordinary viscountess of Narbonne, though it probably tells us as much as we can know about her, nor about the literary culture of her region. Rather, it is a book about myriad aspects of her world: about the city she ruled for half a century and its inhabitants; about relations within and among classes; about commerce, culture, religion, and politics, how they affected her, and how she reacted to and influenced them. It sets her fully within her context, a context that includes the poets but goes well beyond them. * Speculum *This study of Ermengard and her world is an original and valuable contribution to our knowledge of an admirable woman—in the end an immensely sad figure—and of the endangered culture in which she lived.... Professor Cheyette says he meant this book 'to be read, not consulted,' and as a common reader with an amateur interest in that culture and its long shelf life, which continues into our own time and literature, I am indebted to him. * The New York Review of Books *Though this book has all the trappings of a deeply scholarly excursus, it is ultimately directed to the general reader and reaches that mark successfully I believe.... This is not the sort of book that can be gobbled up in one sitting, while it is definitely one to read rather than consulted or dipped into. * H-France *

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Book SynopsisA major figure in American legal history during the first half of the twentieth century, Felix Solomon Cohen (1907–1953) is best known for his realist view of the law and his efforts to grant Native Americans more control over their own cultural...Trade ReviewDalia Tsuk Mitchell has produced a work of impressive legal scholarship. * New York Law Journal *

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Book SynopsisAfter more than fifteen years of teaching, Rebekah Nathan, a professor of anthropology at a large state university, realized that she no longer understood the behavior and attitudes of her students. Fewer and fewer participated in class discussion...Trade ReviewProfessors often complain about their students, and Rebekah Nathan used to grumble with the best of them. During lunches with colleagues, the anthropology professor would lament the intellectual malaise she saw among her pupils: how they refused to participate in class discussions, rarely read assigned texts, and seldom came to her during office hours.... So the cultural anthropologist decided to step outside the classroom and do some fieldwork. In the fall of 2002 Ms. Nathan enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student at the large public university where she teaches.... Ms. Nathan learned that being a student in the 21st century is tougher than she had imagined. After two semesters of scrambling from class to class, juggling assignments, and cramming for examinations, she had more compassion for time-crunched students, many of whom worked part-time jobs to help pay for their education. -- 'Getting Schooled in Student Life' * The Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of Contents1. Welcome to "AnyU"2. Life in the Dorms3. Community and Diversity4. As Others See Us5. Academically Speaking...6. The Art of College Management7. Lessons from My Year as a FreshmanAfterword: Ethics and Ethnography Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAll of us take our moral bearings from a conception of the good, or a range of goods, that we consider most important. We are in this sense selves in moral space. Building on the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor, among others, David Parker...Trade ReviewDavid Parker demonstrates the fruitfulness of an ongoing conversation between literature and philosophy. Moral philosophers are paying increasing attention to literary texts for insights that some argue are not to be gained elsewhere. The Self in Moral Space shows that literary theorists may learn equally from philosophers. -- Samantha Vice * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisCatherine Hogarth, who came from a cultured Scots family, married Charles Dickens in 1836, the same year he began serializing his first novel. Together they traveled widely, entertained frequently, and raised ten children. In 1858, the celebrated writer pressured Catherine to leave their home, unjustly alleging that she was mentally disorderedunfit and unloved as wife and mother. Constructing a plotline nearly as powerful as his stories of Scrooge and Little Nell, Dickens created the image of his wife as a depressed and uninteresting figure, using two of her three sisters against her, by measuring her presumed weaknesses against their strengths. This self-serving fiction is still widely accepted.In the first comprehensive biography of Catherine Dickens, Lillian Nayder debunks this tale in retelling it, wresting away from the famous novelist the power to shape his wife''s story. Nayder demonstrates that the Dickenses'' marriage was long a happy one; more important, she shows tTrade ReviewThe Other Dickens breaks new ground in Victorian Studies by making Catherine, Charles Dickens's wife, the center of a work that reconfigures the Dickens story so that it is as much hers as his—indeed more hers than his.... Nayder aims to both correct injustices done to Catherine by Charles and many of his biographers and, more crucially, to revivify Catherine’s voice, to write her life from her own perspective.... This carefully documented, engagingly written biography manages to do justice to both. * Women’s Review of Books *Catherine's story, meticulously excavated here, its details saved for posterity only because of her connection to a famous man, adds valuable information to cultural and social histories of nineteenth-century women. Through Nayder's diligence in finding and analyzing the surviving materials, Catherine emerges as a quiet but engaged Victorian woman of considerable dignity and the confidence of the genteel social standing that was her birthright as a member of the Hogarth family, a social place far above her husband's when they first were married. Lillian Nayder has surely brought her to light as fully as possible in this fine and engaging study. * Dickens Quarterly *History has not been kind to Catherine Dickens, which is why Lillian Nayder's new biography is such an essential piece of scholarship. Tracing Catherine’s life through a wealth of letters, journals, and legal documents, Nayder takes issue with generations of biographers who have unthinkingly followed Dickens’s lead in dismissing Catherine as a slow, clumsy, indolent figure.... The Catherine who emerges from Nayder’s biography is, by contrast, capable, vibrant, and funny. She is a companion and an equal, a valued critic of her husband’s work and an author (of a cookery book) in her own right. * Australian Book Review *Lillian Nayder's sympathetic and resourceful biography pieces together Catherine's story from the records that remain, and seeks to 'wrest away from her husband the power to shape Catherine's biography.'... It is well researched, drawing on the few extant letters to her sisters and friends, the letters of others (especially Dickens), bank records and legal papers, and it tells Catherine's story neatly. Nayder is alert to the nuances of the verbal record, compelling in her reading between the lines of the fragmented voices that remain.... In May 1858, she wrote to Angela Burdett Coutts, 'One day though not now I may be able to let you know you how hardly I have been used.' Some 150 years later, Catherine's unvoiced complaint now has its fullest expression. * Times Literary Supplement *Nayder redresses the notion that Catherine was a weak-willed wife and a neglectful mother, offering readers a complete, individualized portrait of her that spans the course of her life, although much of the book focuses on her married years. Making frequent use of the letters and other papers of both spouses (though not those from Catherine to Charles as he did not preserve them), Nayder illustrates how past biographers and critics have frequently misinterpreted the marriage and sustained a pro-Charles bias. The Catherine that emerges is a stronger, more organized, and more active mother than the figure portrayed before. It is exciting to speculate how this work will shape future considerations of Charles Dickens and his marriage. * Library Journal *Nayder's vigorous biography aims to rubbish long-standing views of Catherine, dislodging her husband from center stage, resisting 'his mesmerising powers, his tendency to seize control of narratives, and his uncanny ability to make biographers speak for him from beyond the grave.'... Her book makes a powerful case that 'we may be closer to the Victorians than we think.' Modern life, Nayder suggests, retains a persistent imperative for women to see themselves as subordinate, encouraging them to submit to narratives as pernicious as those in her book. Catherine may have remained silent about her husband's conduct, but this book restores her voice as a salutary lesson to be heeded by current generations.... The 'other Dickens' of the title turns out to be not just the misunderstood and discarded heroine, but the grubby private face of this most talented of fabricators and storytellers. * Times Higher Education Supplement *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Constructing Catherine Dickens1. "The Mind of Woman Occasionally Asserts Its Powers": Catherine Hogarth among Enlightened Patriarchs, 1815–18352. Becoming Galatea: Courtship and Marriage, 1835–1837Interlude I. “The Girls Hogarth”: Catherine and Mary3. “Their Voices, Mr. Dickens's Imperative”: Mesmerized, 1837–18424. “Their Voices, Mrs. Dickens’s Expostulatory”: Disentranced, 1843–18475. “Richer in That Respect”: Overbearings, 1848–1852Interlude II. “Catherine Georgina”; or, What’s in a Name?6. The Meaning of “Our”: Sleights of Hand, 1853–18587. “As If She Were Sole and Unmarried”: Separation, 1858–1870Interlude III. “Forget Me Not”: Catherine and Helen8. Last Wills and Last Words: Widowhood, 1870–1879Afterword: “Suttee Business”Primary SourcesIndex

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