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Book SynopsisIntelligence: A Brief History is a lively and accessible look at the origins of the field of intelligence. The book explores the nature and measurement of intelligence, examines approaches to teaching intelligence, and discusses individual and group differences in intelligence. Readers will receive an historical overview of the field as well as a good understanding of its major ideas.Trade Review"This book surveys the history and measurement of intelligence through seven metaphors commonly used in the field: geographical (maps), computational, biological, epistemological, sociological, anthropological and systems. This treatment is extended through the chapters of the book dealing with measurement and discussions of the genetic and environmental bases of intelligence as well as group (sex and race) differences." The Scientific and Medical Network "This book is, therefore, strongly recommended to all serious undergraduate or postgraduate students of intelligence or to anyone interested in the historical development of psychological constructs." Social Psychological Review, October 2005Table of ContentsList of Figures. Preface. Chapter 1. The Nature of Intelligence. Chapter 2. The Measurement of Intelligence. Chapter 3. The Teaching of Intelligence. Chapter 4. The Genetic and Environmental Bases of Intelligence. Chapter 5. Group Differences in Intelligence. Concluding Remarks. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisCharting the rise and development of Christianity, Carter Lindberg has succeeded in writing a concise and compelling history of the world''s largest religion. He spans over 2,000 years of colorful incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for both the general reader and the beginning student. Ranges from the missionary journeys of the apostles to the tele-evangelism of the twenty-first century. Demonstrates how the Christian community received and forged its identity from its development of the Bible to the present day. Covers topics fundamental to understanding the course of Western Christianity, including the growth of the papacy, heresy and schism, reformation and counter-reformation. Includes an introduction to the historiography of Christianity, a note on the problems of periodization, an appendix on theological terms, and a useful bibliography. An authoritative yet succinct history, written to appeal to a Trade Review"There is much to praise here. Lindberg manages to explore many key events, issues, people and developments in a very concise manner. The text is very strong on theology and institutions with helpful historical context. I particularly appreciated the attention to Roman Catholicism as well as Protestantism in the modern period. The book is brief, but the history of Christianity is vividly portrayed here in all of its drama and complexity." Jeff Tyler, Hope College "This is a wonderful book: accessible, concise, clearly written, and thoroughly absorbing. Lindberg has chosen to present the Christian tradition through the history of its principal ideas, but these ideas are grounded in the flesh-and-blood reality of persons, their struggles for faith and for power, and the social and political worlds they inhabited. Reflecting the author’s erudition and wit, this cogent distillation of a complex past will serve beginners as an ideal introduction and old hands as a thought-provoking synthesis." Christopher Elwood, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Table of ContentsPreface x 1 The Responsibility to Remember: An Introduction to the Historiography of Christianity 1 Tradition and Confession 4 2 The Law of Praying is the Law of Believing 6 The Roman Empire and its Political Achievements 10 Hellenization and its Cultural Achievements 10 Development of the Biblical Canon 12 3 Sibling Rivalry: Heresy, Orthodoxy, and Ecumenical Councils 17 The Structure of Tradition: Confession and Doctrine 18 Doctrine as a Key to Christian Memory and Identity 19 Heresy 21 Jesus’ Relationship to God: The Doctrine of the Trinity 22 From the Council of Nicaea to the Council of Constantinople 26 Jesus and Humankind: Christology 28 4 The Heavenly City: The Augustinian Synthesis of Biblical Religion and Hellenism 35 Augustine’s Path to Conversion 40 Augustine’s Theological Contributions 41 Augustine and Donatism 44 The Pelagian Controversy 47 5 The Development of Medieval Christendom 51 Monasticism to Mission 52 The Emergence of the Papacy 54 Papacy and Empire 59 The Gregorian Reform 61 The Investiture Conflict 66 The Crusades 68 6 Faith in Search of Understanding: Anselm, Abelard, and the Beginnings of Scholasticism 71 Universities and Scholasticism 73 Contributions of Early Scholastic Theology 79 7 The Medieval Church 84 The Cultural and Theological Development of the Sacraments 84 The Rise of the Mendicant Orders 89 The Rise and Decline of Papal Authority 95 The Decline of the Papacy 97 Conciliarism 99 8 The Reformations of the Sixteenth Century 104 Context 105 The Reformation in Germany 108 The Reformation in Switzerland 112 The Reformation in France 116 The Reformation in England 117 Scandinavia and Eastern Europe 120 Early Modern Catholicism 121 The Reformations’ Aftermath 122 9 Pietism and the Enlightenment 125 The Enlightenment 135 The Catholic Church and the Enlightenment 141 10 Challenge and Response: The Church in the Nineteenth Century 143 The Churches and the French Revolution 144 From the French Revolution to the Congress of Vienna 145 Church Reform in Germany: The Prussian Union and its Consequences 146 Inner Mission and the Social Question 147 The Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century 152 Pope Pius IX and Vatican I 153 From Kulturkampf to the Anti-Modernist Oath 154 Nineteenth-Century Theology 155 The Awakening 157 Theological Currents 158 Liberal Theology 160 11 The Christian Churches since World War I 163 New Formulations in Protestant Theology 164 The Churches during National Socialism 167 Developments in the Catholic Church after World War I 171 The Ecumenical Movement 173 Back to the Future: Christianity in Global Context 179 Appendix: Periodization 181 Glossary 189 Further Reading 195 Index 204

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Book SynopsisEmotions: A Brief History investigates the history of emotions across cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and of emotional development across an individual's life span. In clear and accessible language, Keith Oatley examines key topics such as emotional intelligence, emotion and the brain, and emotional disorders. Throughout, he interweaves three themes: the changes that emotions have undergone from the past to the present, the extent to which we are able to control our emotions, and the ways in which emotions help us discern the deeper layers of ourselves and our relationships.Trade Review“In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Keith Oatley synthesizes ancient and modern ideas about emotions, placing them in the context of history, development, and evolution. The author's lucid writing, sprinkled with examples drawn from an array of disciplines, will appeal to the specialist and general reader alike. Simply masterful!” W. Gerrod Parrott, Georgetown University “Only Keith Oatley could have written a book of this type--a scholarly treatise on emotions that reads like a novel. With erudition and verve he contextualizes the scientific study of the emotions both in linguistic history and in the social context of life. The examples and literary case studies come fast and furious, but the book never overwhelms. It is a fast read but the ideas and themes linger to be savoured long after one is through.” Keith E. Stanovich, University of Toronto and author of The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin “In this short history, Keith Oatley captures the current excitement of the ongoing ‘Affect Revolution’ and its historical antecedents. As psychologists seek to decipher the foundations of the many emotional values of animate existence, they should not forget the many historical roots from which the current blossoming of research is emerging. This gem helps put the field in perspective.” Jaak Panksepp, Bowling Green State University and author of Affective Neuroscience “There are dozens of books on emotions these days, but none like Oatley's new work. This original, wide-ranging, erudite, yet accessible romp through the centuries of thought and feeling about emotion as encountered in literature, philosophy, religion, politics, history and anthropology, is a tour de force. A consummate work by one of the leaders in the field of emotions research, it is not only a scholarly work of tremendous breadth, but a literary achievement in its own right--Oatley is a master of the well-turned phrase and the work is rich in wry musings and penetrating insight.” Carol Magai, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus “Oatley's beautifully written book comes out of his deep knowledge both of the history of thought and of the most up-to-date research in the science of emotions… a masterly introduction to philosophical and scientific thinking about the emotions in personal and social life. It's all done with Oatley's characteristic lucidity, his light touch, and his novelist's gift for vivid illustration. …this book will afford fresh insights and original perspectives to delight even seasoned scholars.” Ronnie de Sousa, University of Toronto "An extraordinarily erudite and well written book about all aspects of the emotions written by a leading cognitive psychologist. It ranges through evolutionary origins, emotional development (including EQ) and social aspects of emotions as reflected in both history and literature. References include the Brownings, Keats, Marcus Aurelius and Shakespeare while among the themes treated are emotions and the brain, emotional disorders and psychopharmacology. " The Scientific and Meidical NetworkTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Meaning and ambiguity. Emotions: signals of what is vital. 2. Evolution, culture, and a necessary ambivalence. Inherited repertoires of emotion built upon by culture and experience. 3. Medicine for the soul. From Epicureans and Stoics via the seven deadly sins to cognitive therapy. 4. Emotions and the brain. Accidents, imaging technologies, the new psychopharmacology. 5. Social histories: emotions and relationships. Social goals of aggression, attachment, affiliation, and their mixtures. 6. Individual histories. Emotional development from childhood to maturity. 7. Emotional disorders. Excesses of sadness, anxiety, shame, and anger. 8. Emotional intelligence. What is it to be emotionally intelligent? Are there skills to learn?. Endnotes. References. Index

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Book Synopsis* An extensive survey of the history of women around the world, their interaction with men, and the role of gender in shaping human behavior over thousands of years. * Discusses family history, the history of the body and sexuality, and cultural history alongside women's history and gender history.Trade Review“This book is a reference masterpiece … [with] clear and comprehensible writing. The authors … present a truly global study.” Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Plates viii Contributors ix Introduction 1 Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks Part I Thematic essays on Gender Issues in World History 1 Sexuality 11 Robert A. Nye 2 Gender and Labor in World History 26 Laura Levine Frader 3 Structures and Meanings in a Gendered Family History 51 Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks 4 Religion and Gender: Embedded Patterns, Interwoven Frameworks 70 Ursula King 5 Gender Rules: Law and Politics 86 Susan Kingsley Kent 6 Race, Gender, and Other Differences in Feminist Theory 110 Deirdre Keenan 7 Gender and Education Before and After Mass Schooling 129 Pavla Miller 8 How Images Got Their Gender: Masculinity and Femininity in the Visual Arts 146 Mary D. Sheriff 9 Revolution, Nationalism, and Anti-Imperialism 170 Temma Kaplan 10 Feminist Movements: Gender and Sexual Equality 186 Barbara Winslow Part II Chronological and Geographical Essays Prehistory 11 Gender in the Formation of the Earliest Human Societies 211 Marcia-Anne Dobres Classical and Post-Classical Societies (2000 bce–1400 ce) 12 Women in the Middle East, 8000 bce to 1700 ce 229 Guity Nashat 13 Gendered Themes in Early African History 249 David Schoenbrun 14 Confucian Complexities: China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam 273 Vivian-Lee Nyitray 15 Early Western Civilization Under the Sign of Gender: Europe and the Mediterranean 285 Paul Halsall 16 Gender in the Ancient Americas: From Earliest Villages to European Colonization 305 Rosemary A. Joyce Gender and the Development of Modern Society (1400–1750) 17 Gender History, Southeast Asia, and the "World Regions" Framework 323 Barbara Watson Andaya 18 Did Gender Have a Renaissance? Exclusions and Traditions in Early Modern Western Europe 343 Julie Hardwick 19 Self, Society, and Gender in Early Modern Russia and Eastern Europe 358 Nancy Shields Kollmann 20 A New World Engendered: The Making of the Iberian Transatlantic Empires 371 Verena Stolcke Gender and the Modern World (1750–1920) 21 Rescued from Obscurity: Contributions and Challenges in Writing the History of Gender in the Middle East and North Africa 393 Judith Tucker 22 Gender, Women, and Power in Africa, 1750–1914 413 Marcia Wright 23 Clash of Cultures: Gender and Colonialism in South and Southeast Asia 430 Nupur Chaudhuri 24 From Private to Public Patriarchy: Women, Labor and the State in East Asia, 1600–1919 444 Anne Walthall 25 Gender in the Formation of European Power, 1750–1914 459 Deborah Valenze 26 Latin America and the Caribbean 477 Sonya Lipsett-Rivera 27 North America from North of the 49th Parallel 492 Linda Kealey Gender in the Contemporary World (1920–2003) 28 Frameworks of Gender: Feminism and Nationalism in Twentieth-Century Asia 513 Barbara Molony 29 Women and Gender Roles in Africa Since 1918: Gender as a Determinant of Status 540 Sean Redding 30 Continuities Amid Change: Gender Ideas and Arrangements in Twentieth-Century Russia and Eastern Europe 555 Barbara Evans Clements 31 Engendering Reform and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Latin America and the Caribbean 568 Susan K. Besse 32 Equality and Difference in the Twentieth-Century West: North America, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand 586 Charles Sowerwine with Patricia Grimshaw Bibliography 611 Index 654

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Book SynopsisExploring Electronic Media: Chronicles and Challenges is a concise and insightful textbook covering the dynamics of contemporary electronic media. Rapidly evolving technologies have expanded this field exponentially, creating a wealth of information that is often hard to put into perspective. Taking an approach that balances media history with contemporary analysis, Exploring Electronic Media is as practically useful as it is instructionally informative. Written by leading authors who collectively bring a wealth of not only teaching, but also multifaceted industry experience to the subject Covers the historical influences and contemporary issues in programming, technology, regulation and the business of media Features chapter reviews and discussion questions, as well as an introductory chapter that orients the reader to the broad electronic media landscape Explores the fundamentals for underTrade Review“These four experts don’t just write about the electronic media, they have spent decades shaping it! You won’t find a more articulate, insightful, and relevant text to introduce your students to the field.” David Byland, Department of Communication Arts, Oklahoma Baptist University “A fascinating approach to the past and future of electronic media.” Dom Caristi, Department of Telecommunications, Ball State University Table of ContentsIllustrations. About the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Bringing Electronic Media into Focus. Peter B. Orlik. Components of Communication. Communications Vehicles. The Broadcast and Nonbroadcast Electronic Media. Obtaining Feedback. Local/Network Dynamics. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. Part I: Chronicles. 2. Technological Chronicles. Steven D. Anderson. Early Communications Breakthroughs. Radio’s Wireless Ancestors. Attaining Radio. Channels and the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Television Broadcasting. Electronic Recording – Audio. Electronic Recording – Video. Cable Television. Satellite Technology. Analog vs. Digital. Digital Television. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 3. Content Chronicles. Peter B. Orlik. Broadcasting: Stumbling upon a Business. Radio’s Gilt-Edged Years. Post-War Adaptations. Radio’s Second Half-Century. Video Enters the Living Room. Television at Center Stage. Content for the Second and Third Screens. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 4. Regulatory Chronicles. Louis A. Day. Early Electronic Media Regulation. Radio Regulation’s Foundation in the United States. Administrative Structure for Broadcast Regulation. The Structure of the Industry. Content Regulation. Political Programming and the Public Sphere. Policing New Technologies. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 5. Business Chronicles. W. Lawrence Patrick. The Mass Audience. The Rise of the Network Model. Cable Flexes Its Muscles. New Technologies Change the Business. Vertical Integration as a Survival Strategy. A Smaller Slice of a Larger Pie. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. Part II: Challenges. 6. Technological Challenges. Steven D. Anderson. Changes to Traditional Media. Device Convergence. The Internet and Broadband. Internet Applications. Future Communication Technologies. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 7. Content Challenges. Peter B. Orlik. The Consumer-Centric Cosmos. A Video Programming Overview. Video News Issues. The Incredible Sports Hulk. Reality Vehicles and Product Placement. The Ethnic and Global Dimension. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 8. Regulatory Challenges. Louis A. Day. History’s Legal Lessons. Beyond Broadcasting: Laws for New Media. Convergence and the Legal Landscape. The State of Electronic “Free Speech”. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 9. Business Challenges. W. Lawrence Patrick. Feeding the Media Machine. Partners and Joint Ventures. Consumers and Advertisers. Restructuring the Media Landscape. Living in a Personal Media World. What’s Ahead. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisExploring Electronic Media: Chronicles and Challenges is a concise and insightful textbook covering the dynamics of contemporary electronic media. Rapidly evolving technologies have expanded this field exponentially, creating a wealth of information that is often hard to put into perspective. Taking an approach that balances media history with contemporary analysis, Exploring Electronic Media is as practically useful as it is instructionally informative. Written by leading authors who collectively bring a wealth of not only teaching, but also multifaceted industry experience to the subject Covers the historical influences and contemporary issues in programming, technology, regulation and the business of media Features chapter reviews and discussion questions, as well as an introductory chapter that orients the reader to the broad electronic media landscape Explores the fundamentals for underTrade Review“These four experts don’t just write about the electronic media, they have spent decades shaping it! You won’t find a more articulate, insightful, and relevant text to introduce your students to the field.” David Byland, Department of Communication Arts, Oklahoma Baptist University “A fascinating approach to the past and future of electronic media.” Dom Caristi, Department of Telecommunications, Ball State University Table of ContentsIllustrations. About the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Bringing Electronic Media into Focus. Peter B. Orlik. Components of Communication. Communications Vehicles. The Broadcast and Nonbroadcast Electronic Media. Obtaining Feedback. Local/Network Dynamics. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. Part I: Chronicles. 2. Technological Chronicles. Steven D. Anderson. Early Communications Breakthroughs. Radio’s Wireless Ancestors. Attaining Radio. Channels and the Electromagnetic Spectrum. Television Broadcasting. Electronic Recording – Audio. Electronic Recording – Video. Cable Television. Satellite Technology. Analog vs. Digital. Digital Television. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 3. Content Chronicles. Peter B. Orlik. Broadcasting: Stumbling upon a Business. Radio’s Gilt-Edged Years. Post-War Adaptations. Radio’s Second Half-Century. Video Enters the Living Room. Television at Center Stage. Content for the Second and Third Screens. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 4. Regulatory Chronicles. Louis A. Day. Early Electronic Media Regulation. Radio Regulation’s Foundation in the United States. Administrative Structure for Broadcast Regulation. The Structure of the Industry. Content Regulation. Political Programming and the Public Sphere. Policing New Technologies. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 5. Business Chronicles. W. Lawrence Patrick. The Mass Audience. The Rise of the Network Model. Cable Flexes Its Muscles. New Technologies Change the Business. Vertical Integration as a Survival Strategy. A Smaller Slice of a Larger Pie. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. Part II: Challenges. 6. Technological Challenges. Steven D. Anderson. Changes to Traditional Media. Device Convergence. The Internet and Broadband. Internet Applications. Future Communication Technologies. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 7. Content Challenges. Peter B. Orlik. The Consumer-Centric Cosmos. A Video Programming Overview. Video News Issues. The Incredible Sports Hulk. Reality Vehicles and Product Placement. The Ethnic and Global Dimension. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 8. Regulatory Challenges. Louis A. Day. History’s Legal Lessons. Beyond Broadcasting: Laws for New Media. Convergence and the Legal Landscape. The State of Electronic “Free Speech”. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. 9. Business Challenges. W. Lawrence Patrick. Feeding the Media Machine. Partners and Joint Ventures. Consumers and Advertisers. Restructuring the Media Landscape. Living in a Personal Media World. What’s Ahead. Chapter Rewind. Self-Interrogation. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisJournalism Today: A Themed History provides a cultural approach to journalism''s history through the exploration of overarching concepts, as opposed to a typical chronological overview. Rich with illuminating stories and biographies of key figures, it sheds new light on the relationship between the press and society and how each has shaped the other. Thematic study of the history of journalism, examining the role of journalism in democracy, the influence of new technology, the challenge of balancing ethical values, and the role of the audience Charts the influence of the historical press for today's news in print, broadcast, and new media Situates journalism in a rich cultural context with lively examples and case studies that bring the subject alive for contemporary readers Provides a comparative analysis of American, British, and international journalism Helpful feature boxes on important figures and case studies enhance student unTrade Review"This book is a useful resource for classrooms, bringing together material on issues such as journalism's place in the liberal-democratic ideal, the histories of taxes, content and circulation, news values, audience analysis studies and media economies . . . This is a useful addition to a reading list." (Media International Australia, 2012) "Journalism students and practicing journalists will want to read this book. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates, technical students, professionals, general readers." (Choice, 1 September 2011) Table of ContentsPreface: How To Use the Book and Summary of Sections viii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: The Uses and Abuses of History: Why Bother With It ? 1 Part I: Journalism and Democracy: A Sibling Rivalry? 13 1 A Right To Know 15 Résumé: Walter Lippmann 19 Résumés: The Founding Fathers 23 FactFile: The Development of Rights and Liberties 26 2 The Road Not Taken 30 Résumé: Tom Paine 35 FactFile: Anthony Haswell and Freedom of the Press 38 Résumé: Edward Smith Hall – An Australian Pioneer 41 FactFile: Habermas and the Changing Public Sphere 44 FactFile: The Lincoln–Douglas Debates 48 3 Digging the Dirt 55 Résumé: Lincoln Steffens 59 Résumé: S. S. McClure 60 Résumé: John Dewey 66 Résumé: Henry Luce 70 4 Spinning a Good Yarn and Developing Community 75 FactFile: The Pseudo-Event 82 Résumé: Ivy Lee 85 Résumé: Edward Bernays 86 FactFile: Neoliberalism’s Threat to Community 88 Part II: Technology, Work, and Business: Is Journalism More Than Just a Job? 97 5 Changing Roles in a Changing World 99 FactFile: The Cold Type Revolution 101 Résumé: Lord Beaverbrook 104 Résumé: Charles Dana 107 Résumé: William Cobbett 110 Résumé: John Stuart Mill 111 6 A New Journalism For A New Age 120 Résumé: Joseph Pulitzer 121 Résumé: Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe 123 Résumé: E. L. Godkin 126 FactFile: Appeal to Reason 132 FactFile: Ida M. Tarbell and Standard Oil 134 7 He Who Pays The Piper 140 FactFile: Advertising, Class, and the Daily Herald 142 FactFile: Forza Italia 143 FactFile: The Broadcast Reform Movement, 1928-35 149 FactFile: Edward R. Murrow and See It Now 151 8 A Power Worth Fighting For 160 FactFile: Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation 162 FactFile: Cable News Network and the "CNN Effect" 164 Part III: Ethics: A Matter of Judgment? 173 9 Private and Confidential? 175 FactFile: Privacy Codes in the United States 183 FactFile: Privacy Codes in Great Britain 185 10 Fakes, Rakes, and "On The Take" 200 FactFile: Faking It 210 Part IV: Audience: Citizen Consumer or Consumer Citizen? 219 11 Finding an Audience 221 FactFile: News Values 225 FactFile: Joe and Jolene Sixpack 231 Résumé: George Newnes 239 Résumé: C. P. Scott and the Manchester Guardian 242 12 How Audiences Rewrote the Script 247 FactFile: La Fronde 253 FactFile: Le Petit Journal 256 FactFile: Audience Reaction to W. T. Stead's "Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon" 265 13 Watching and Listening 272 FactFile: Leo Lowenthal and Celebrity "Idols" 276 FactFile: Measuring the Audience 281 Résumé: Marshall McLuhan 286 Part V: Conclusion: A Future History 297 14 Paper Tigers? 299 Résumé: Paul Julius Reuter 303 FactFile: The "Net Benefit to Canada" Test 306 Index 317

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Book SynopsisIn The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times. Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods and themes of Jewish history, from Biblical Israel, through medieval and early modern periods, to Judaism since the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Judaism today Brings together an international team of established and emerging scholars across a range of disciplines Discusses how to present Judaism - to both non-Jews and Jews - as a religious system on its own terms and with its own unique vocabulary Explores the latest scholarship on a range of issues, including folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel ConsiTrade Review“Consequently, this book can serve as a useful addition for undergraduates collections on Judaism and Jewish history and as an introductory guide for advanced students. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries.” (Choice, 1 December 2012) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Part I Ancient Israel 13 1 What Is the Hebrew Bible? 15 Frederick E. Greenspahn 2 How “Historical” Is Ancient Israel? 25 Ehud Ben Zvi 3 Priests and Levites in the Hebrew Bible 35 Stephen A. Geller 4 How Unique Was Israelite Prophecy? 53 Jonathan St€okl 5 Judaism after the Exile: The Later Books of the Bible 70 Daniel C. Snell 6 Translation: The Biblical Legacy to Judaism 83 Leonard Greenspoon Part II From Ancient Israel to Rabbinic Jewry 99 7 Jews in the Land During the Second Temple Period 101 Steven Werlin 8 Jews in Egypt: The Special Case of the Septuagint 121 Peg Kershenbaum 9 Early Christianity in a Jewish Context 142 Julie Galambush 10 The Babylonian Consolidation of Rabbinic Judaism 156 Shai Secunda Part III The Medieval World: Jews in Two Cultures 167 11 Jews in Christian Europe: Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages 169 Eva Haverkamp 12 The Jews in the Medieval Arabic-Speaking World 207 Norman (Noam) Stillman 13 Turning Point: The Spanish Expulsion 224 Jane S. Gerber 14 Medieval Jewish Mysticism 244 Hartley Lachter Part IV The Early Modern Period (Sixteenth–Eighteenth Centuries) 257 15 Judaism and Science in the Age of Discovery 259 Joseph M. Davis 16 A History of Hasidism: Origins and Developments 277 Gadi Sagiv 17 Jews and Judaism in the Early Modern New World: Central and North America 291 Dean Phillip Bell 18 The Jews of the Ottoman Empire 309 Yaron Ayalon Part V The Modern Period 325 19 How Jews Modernized: The Western Nations 327 Carsten Schapkow 20 The Zionist Movement and the Path to Statehood 343 Brian Amkraut 21 The Jews in the Land of the Russian Tsars 361 Jarrod Tanny 22 The Great Migration: 1881–1924 381 Jessica Cooperman 23 Polish Jewry between the World Wars 393 Sean Martin 24 Organized Movements of American Judaism: From 1880 to World War II 409 Michael R. Cohen 25 Paths of Modernity: Jewish Women in Central Europe 422 Kerry Wallach 26 Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hostility 441 Richard S. Levy Part VI Jews and Judaism since the Holocaust and the Birth of Israel 459 27 The Existential Crisis of the Holocaust 461 Peter Haas 28 American Jews and the Jewish State 476 David Bamberger 29 Judaism(s) in Contemporary America 489 Dana Evan Kaplan 30 Traditional Judaism in the Twenty-First Century 514 Mark I. Dunaevsky 31 Contemporary American Jewish Culture 529 Ted Merwin 32 Israeli Culture from 1948 to the Present 548 Keren Rubinstein 33 The Israeli Economy 571 Paul Rivlin 34 Ethnic Diversity in Israel 586 Ari Ariel Part VII Special Topics 601 35 The World of Jewish Music 603 Marsha Bryan Edelman 36 American Jewry’s Identification with Israel: Problems and Prospects 619 Laurence J. Silberstein 37 The Jewish Holy Days 643 Stanley Schachter Index 661

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Book SynopsisThe multifaceted story of the UNCF. Winner, Outstanding Publication Award, American Educational Research AssociationEtched into America's consciousness is the United Negro College Fund's phrase A mind is a terrible thing to waste. This book tells the story of the organization's efforts on behalf of black colleges against the backdrop of the cold war and the civil rights movement. Founded during the postWorld War II period as a successor to white philanthropic efforts, the UNCF nevertheless retained vestiges of outside control. In its early years, the organization was restrained in its critique of segregation and reluctant to lodge a challenge against institutional and cultural racism. Through cogent analysis of written and oral histories, archival documents, and the group's outreach and advertising campaigns, historian Marybeth Gasman examines the UNCF's struggle to create an identity apart from white benefactors and to evolve into a vehicle for black empowerment. The first histoTrade ReviewA vivid and comprehensive account of the history of the United Negro College Fund.—Teachers College RecordReveals the multifaceted story of the organization's effort on behalf of black colleges.—Philadelphia TribuneSo many issues are imbedded in the intersection of race and philanthropy, yet so few researchers have tried to probe them. Gasman is to be admired for being bold enough to examine the 'double consciousness' that existed for both Blacks and Whites in leading and supporting the UNCF.—Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector QuarterlyA thoughtful, incisive history of the UNCF.—Diverse Issues in Higher EducationA solid basis for continued consideration of the intersections of race, philanthropy, and higher education.—Journal of American HistoryGasman convinces the reader that agency is complex and compelling, and as a result she reminds the reader that the historical and contemporary ironies of opportunity in this democracy deserve exploration and discussion.—Review of Higher EducationEnvisioning Black Colleges is a worthy addition to the larger field of philanthropic history, and it brings new depth to the study of the history of African American higher education in the US.—NEA Higher Education JournalMarybeth Gasman has provided an excellent study of the United Negro College Fund.—Register of the Kentucky Historical SocietyProfessor Gasman fills an important and neglected gap in the history of black higher education and its ongoing relationship with philanthropy in the mid- to late-twentieth century.—History of EducationGasman's book is a very informative history of the founding and the evolution of the UNCF during the period examined. Her use of visual images from UNCF campaign advertisements is powerful, underscoring their strong symbolism reflective of the times and each story deftly told.—Oral History ReviewTable of ContentsForeword, by John R. ThelinAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Black Colleges and the Origins of the United Negro College Fund2. Bringing the Millionaires on Board3. Flirting with Social Equality4. A Stigma of Inferiority5. Responding to the Black Consciousness Movement6. Speaking Out on Behalf of Black Colleges7. "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"ConclusionAppendixesA. Pittsburgh Courier Letter to Black College PresidentsB. Member Colleges, 1944 to PresentC. Executive Directors and Presidents, 1944 to PresentD. National Campaign Chairmen, 1944 to 1979E. Archives and Oral History CollectionsF. Oral History InterviewsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisProviding a dynamic, forward-looking reorientation towards a new universe of reference, Remodelling Communication makes a significant, productive contribution to communication theory.Trade Review'A useful resource for people in critical cultural studies, media studies, semiotics, and communication... Recommended.' -- W. Alvarez Choice Magazine; vol 50:03:2012 'This book tackles a challenging issue of tracing the communication models from the beginning of the field of communication to the present... This is an intriguing and important book.' -- Emile McAnany Communication Research Trends vol 34:01:2015 'This text provides intriguing contextualization of the seminal communication models and points the reader down further argumentative paths.' -- Aaron Tucker University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Regaining Weaver and Shannon 2 Encoding and Decoding Stuart Hall 3 Roman Jakobson and the Primacy of the Poetic 4 All Models are Simulations: Jean Baudrillard's Critique of Communication 5 Phatic (Dys)functions 6 Umberto Eco and Guerrilla Decoding 7 From General Modelling to Metamodelling Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe 2008 financial crisis rippled across the globe and triggered a worldwide recession. Unlike the American banking system which experienced massive losses, takeovers, and taxpayer funded bailouts, Canada’s banking system withstood the crisis relatively well and maintained its liquidity and profitability. The divergence in the two banking systems can be traced to their distinct institutional and political histories. From Wall Street to Bay Street is the first book for a lay audience to tackle the similarities and differences between the financial systems of Canada and the United States. Christopher Kobrak and Joe Martin reveal the different paths each system has taken since the early nineteenth-century, despite the fact that they both originate from the British system. The authors trace the roots of each country’s financial systems back to Alexander Hamilton and insightfully argue that while Canada has preserved a Hamiltonian financial tradition, the UnitTrade Review"Financial historians Christopher Kobrak and Joe Martin of the Rotman School of Management chronicle 300 years of money in Canada with an account rich in anecdotes and telling in its findings. …From Wall Street To Bay Street moves at a smart clip with quirky research. Who knew colonial Québec used playing cards as currency, or that the Spanish silver dollar was the most commonly circulated coin in Nova Scotia in 1790?" -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter, April 7, 2018 *"The American and Canadian financial systems reflect their national cultures and national priorities. But perhaps a sober reflection on how each country got to where it is today could prompt some tweaks to the systems to make them both more vibrant and more stable. From Wall Street to Bay Street is a good place to gain material for such reflection." -- Brenda Jubin * Investing.com, May 16, 2018 *"As they range back and forth across the border, Kobrak and Martin adeptly explore how banks in [Canada and the United States of America] dealt with the free market economy, periods of war and financial instability, and the introduction of railroads, computers and other technological marvels." -- Michael Taube * LRC, vol 26 10, December 2018 *"From Wall Street to Bay Street remains an exemplary study of comparative financial history: it is an interesting, informative, systematic, ludic, and comprehensive historical account of the evolution of the two financial systems." -- Kam Hon Chu, Memorial University of Newfoundland * The Canadian Historical Review, Vol 100 1, March ‘19 *"From Bay Street to Wall Street tracks the double helix of North American finance with clarity and insight well into the twentieth century." -- Duncan McDowall * Business History Review, vol 93 no 1, Spring '19 *"This is a fine book. It delivers the explanation that [the authors] promised to the lay reader, but professional economic historians will also find that the book is worth their time." -- Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University * EH.Net *"The authors set themselves a challenging task, to write a book for the general public that traced financial history from colonial times to the present in both the US and Canada. I am happy to report that they have met that challenge." -- C. Ian Kyer, University of Waterloo * Banking and Finance Law Review, April '19 *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Foreign and Domestic Beginnings: From Colonies to the Civil War Chapter 2: Transitional Decade: The Rebirth and Birth of Nations Chapter 3: The Maturing: 1869-1914 Chapter 4: "The Great Disorder" and Growing Social Demands: 1914-1945 Chapter 5: The Short Pax Americana: 1945-2000 Chapter 6: Conclusions: Continuities and Discontinuities in North American Finance leading to 2008

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Book SynopsisProviding a dynamic, forward-looking reorientation towards a new universe of reference, Remodelling Communication makes a significant, productive contribution to communication theory.Trade Review'A useful resource for people in critical cultural studies, media studies, semiotics, and communication... Recommended.' -- W. Alvarez Choice Magazine; vol 50:03:2012 'This book tackles a challenging issue of tracing the communication models from the beginning of the field of communication to the present... This is an intriguing and important book.' -- Emile McAnany Communication Research Trends vol 34:01:2015 'This text provides intriguing contextualization of the seminal communication models and points the reader down further argumentative paths.' -- Aaron Tucker University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Regaining Weaver and Shannon 2 Encoding and Decoding Stuart Hall 3 Roman Jakobson and the Primacy of the Poetic 4 All Models are Simulations: Jean Baudrillard's Critique of Communication 5 Phatic (Dys)functions 6 Umberto Eco and Guerrilla Decoding 7 From General Modelling to Metamodelling Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA Short History of the Modern Media is a concise history of the major media of the last 150 years, including print, stage, film, radio, television, sound recording, and the Internet. Each chapter includes focus boxes to help students explore the ways specific genres and specific works have impacted the media and popular culture.Table of ContentsList of Figures ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Medium Message 1 Overview 2 Further Reading 11 1 Print’s Run: Publishing as Popular Culture 13 Overview 14 Genre Study / Terrifying pleasures: Horror 31 Document Study / The ravenous imagination of Edgar Allan Poe 38 Document Study / Carrie: Princess of blood, King of horror 44 Further Reading 49 2 Dramatic Developments: The World of the Stage 51 Overview 52 Genre Study / Notes from the stage: The Broadway musical 69 Document Study / Show Boat: High tide of the American musical 77 Further Reading 83 3 Reel Life: The Art of Motion Pictures 85 Overview 86 Genre Study / Horse sense: The logic of the western 102 Document Study / The Searchers: Monumental western 111 Further Reading 116 4 Making Waves: Radio in American Life 119 Overview 120 Genre Study / Worlds away: Science fiction 134 Document Study / The Mercury Theater on the Air: Worlds war 142 Document Study / Buck Rogers: Finding time (in space) 149 Further Reading 153 5 Channels of Opportunity: The Arc of Television Broadcasting 155 Overview 156 Genre Study / Screened realities: Situation comedy 173 Document Study / Seriously funny: I Love Lucy 181 Further Reading 187 6 Sound Investments: The Evolution of Sound Recording 190 Overview 191 Genre Study / Joyful blues: The rise and fall of rock and roll 213 Document Study / ‘‘Beat It’’: The integration of Michael Jackson 224 Document Study / Speak Now: The gently assertive voice of Taylor Swift 232 Further Reading 237 7 Weaving the Web: The Emergence of the Internet 240 Overview 241 Genre Study / Shared exchanges: Social media 260 Document Study / Wikipedia: The wisdom of crowds 268 Further Reading 274 Index 277

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Book SynopsisEl Salvador’s civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides. Examining El Salvador’s vibrant life-story literature written in the aftermath of this terrible conflict - including memoirs and testimonials - Erik Ching seeks to understand how the war has come to be remembered and rebattled by Salvadorans and what that means for their society today.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on oral histories, letters, photographs, military records, and more, Christine Taitano DeLisle reveals how the entangled histories of CHamoru and white American women make us rethink the cultural politics of US imperialism and the emergence of new indigenous identities.

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Book SynopsisDocuments the transformation of reproductive practices and politics on Indian reservations from the late nineteenth century to the present, integrating a localized history of childbearing, motherhood, and activism on the Crow Reservation in Montana with an analysis of trends affecting Indigenous women more broadly.

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Book SynopsisDemonstrating how crimes, convictions, and clemency functioned within a slave society that upheld the property interests of white Virginians, Tamika Nunley reveals the frequency with which owners preferred to keep the accused in bondage, which allowed them, behind the veil of paternalism, to continue to benefit from Black women's labour.Trade ReviewThe Demands of Justice, by delving into the lives of enslaved women who were accused of capital crimes, poses important questions about the nature of justice and clemency in antebellum Virginia. Anyone who is interested in the history of slavery, race, and gender in the Americas, legal history, or southern history should read this book."—Evan C. Rothera, The Civil War Monitor

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Book SynopsisWhat makes photographs different from other kinds of documents that historians use to explain what happened in the past? What can photographic images do that other documents cannot? Can photography accurately depict labor? Contributors to this issue examine these questions with both fine art photography and visual archives of many kinds: state, corporate, family, trade union, ethnographic, photojournalistic, and environmental. They investigate the ways that photography has been central to both the expropriation and exploitation of labor and the potential of photography to enable new and radical approaches to historicizing the study of working peoples and labor. Articles showcase methodologically generative research that builds upon the recent boom in theoretical work in the fields of visual cultural studies and photography to reinvigorate historical studies of work. Contributors: Siobhan Angus, Ian Bourland, Oliver Coates, Kevin Coleman, Clare Corbould, Adrian De Leon, Rick Halpern, Da

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Book SynopsisUnearths baseball's buried history and brings it back to life, illustrating how English baseball was embraced by all sectors of English society and exploring some of the personalities, such as Jane Austen and King George III, who played the game in their childhoods.Trade Review"Pastime Lost is required reading for anyone interested in learning more about the early origins of baseball."—Jason Cannon, NINE"[Pastime Lost] will entertain and enlighten baseball aficionados and any who are fascinated by bat and ball games."—D. R. Bisson, Choice"[Block] takes the reader on his journey to find out about English baseball with some self-deprecating humor and other wit along the way. This makes for an excellent combination of information and entertainment that is sure to please any reader."—Lance Smith, Guy Who Reviews Sports Books"In the new book Pastime Lost, David Block unearths baseball's buried history and brings it back to life. He illustrates how English baseball was embraced by all sectors of English society, while exploring some of the personalities, such as Jane Austen and King George III, who played the game in their childhoods. . . . One of the best baseball books, as well as world history works, you will ever read."—Jason Schott, brooklynfans.com"How did it come about that the modest English origins of baseball were lost track of over time? Origin stories are always subject to manipulation as well as to the shifting vicissitudes of time; consider received opinion about the origin of the United States, the founders, and so on (both the canonical story in its idealized form and its double, the anti-canonical version). Praise God for mildly fanatical historians like David Block, whether of the professional or the amateur variety. And thanks as well to the University of Nebraska Press, publisher over the years of so many books of baseball history."—John Wilson, First Things"Pastime Lost is written by an in every way outstanding baseball scholar, and I find it hard to see that someone should be able to exceed the contribution that David Block had added to its history."—Isak Lidström, idrottsforum.org“Pastime lost, and regained! There is now joy in Nerdville, for David Block has unearthed the true ancestor of America’s national pastime—happily named Baseball and not Rounders. If you believe, as I do, that all great institutions are most interesting in their murky beginnings, you must read this awesome, indispensable book.”—John Thorn, official historian of Major League Baseball“David Block jolts our apple-pie and hot-dog psyches by revealing baseball’s English origins. With a whimsical touch, he takes us through musty newspaper clips, the Royal archives, eighteenth-century letters, and the occasional pub and castle. Bringing the characters of the game’s past alive, his joyous work is a gift to anyone who loves baseball.”—Selena Roberts, the best-selling author of A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex RodriguezTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Little Pretty Debut 2. The Sporting Prince 3. Two Weeks, Two Discoveries 4. Word Perfect 5. Wild Geese and Red Herrings 6. Ball, Bat, and Beyond 7. Austen’s Aura 8. Science and Letters 9. Ladies First 10. The Numbers Game 11. A Class Act 12. Literary Allusions 13. Glorified Rounders of Antiquity 14. Summertime Treat 15. People’s Pastime 16. Rules Don’t Apply 17. The Old Ba’ Game 18. Strange Diversions 19. The Third Baseball 20. Mottos Are Made to Be Broken 21. When Games Collide 22. Pastime Lost Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisReveals how the women of the Natchez Garden Club saved their city, created one of the first cultural tourism economies in the United States, changed the Mississippi landscape through historic preservation, and fashioned elements of the Lost Cause into an industry.

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Book SynopsisPresents essays on African American women within the larger context of American intellectual history. Divided into four parts, the volume considers women in politics, art, government, journalism, media, education, and the military.Trade ReviewWilliams and Ziobro have assembled a body of work that expands the parameters of Black women’s intellectual discourse. The fresh, innovative perspectives in A Seat at the Table challenge canonical thinking and urge us to reconsider who we conceive of as 'public intellectuals." - Patricia G. Davis, author of Laying Claim: African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity

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Book SynopsisPresents essays on African American women within the larger context of American intellectual history. Divided into four parts, the volume considers women in politics, art, government, journalism, media, education, and the military.Trade ReviewWilliams and Ziobro have assembled a body of work that expands the parameters of Black women’s intellectual discourse. The fresh, innovative perspectives in A Seat at the Table challenge canonical thinking and urge us to reconsider who we conceive of as 'public intellectuals." - Patricia G. Davis, author of Laying Claim: African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity

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Book SynopsisChild abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the social responses towards it. Focusing primarily on England, it is a history of violence against children in their own homes, covering a large timeframe which extends from medieval times to the present. Undeniably, the experience of children in the past was often brutal, and children were treated with, what seems to contemporary mores, callousness, and cruelty. However, historians have paid far less attention to how the mistreatment of children was understood within its contemporary context. Most parents, both now and in the past, loved their children and there have always been widely shared understandings of the boundaries that separat

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Book SynopsisScholars tend to call them 'rites of passage'. Most people prefer to speak of them as life cycle events or milestones. Jews like to speak of simchas, when there's something (a birth, bar or bat mitzvah, or wedding, for example) to celebrate. Whatever we call them and however we commemorate them, these are key moments for individuals and for the families and communities of which they are a part. This volume offers new insights into rituals as old as the Hebrew Bible and as new as the twenty-first century in contexts as familiar as the American Midwest and as exotic as Karaism. In the process, they examine and frequently affirm some of the rituals that have traditionally been associated with these events. At the same time, readers are invited to cast a critical eye on the ways in which these customs have developed in recent years. The authors, who include congregational leaders as well as scholars, also affirm the need to expand or enhance existing ceremonies to include groups whose needs have not traditionally been addressed. These groups include women and children with disabilities. In this way, the articles in this volume are of practical value for those seeking to transform their own religious experiences or those of their community.

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Book SynopsisA History of Economic Thought is a text for undergraduate history of economic thought courses. It covers the major writers and schools of thought; in doing so, it reveals not only ideas, but relevant stories of the lives of the great economic thinkers.Trade Review"Staley's goal is above all to show the student that economic thought has a fascinating history, and he has succeeded well." The Economic Journal "One of the best undergraduate textbooks on the history of economics to have appeared in the last few years." Mark Blaug, University of LondonTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. The Scholastics and the Mercantilists. 3. One Foot in the Mercantilist World and One in the Classical. 4. The Physiocrats. 5. Adam Smith. 6. Thomas R. Malthus. 7. David Ricardo, Classical Monetary Theory, and Say's Law. 8. David Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy. 9. Classical Economics From Ricardo to Mill's Principles. 10. John Stuart Mill. 11. Marx and Engels. 12. Precursors of the Marginal Revolution. 13. Carl Menger and the Austrian School. 14. William Stanley Jevons and the Marginal Revolution. 15. Leon Walras. 16. Alfred Marshall. 17. American Economics: Benjamin Franklin to Irving Fisher. 18. The Monopolistic Competition Revolution. 19. John Maynard Keynes. 20. Modern Times: Macroeconomics. 21. Modern Times: Econometrics and Microeconomics

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Book SynopsisThis is a lively cultural history of world sports from antiquity to the present. From ancient Egyptian archery and medieval Japanese football to contemporary American baseball, every sport has been shaped by - and in turn has helped shape - the culture of which it is part. Yet as Allen Guttmann shows in this far-ranging study, for all their differences sports have followed a similar historical trajectory from traditional to modern forms. In ""Sports: The First Five Millennia"", Guttmann traces this evolution across continents, cultures, and historical epochs to construct a single comprehensive narrative of the world's sports.Trade ReviewAllen Guttmann is one of the stars in the history of sports as a serious academic subject. His expert command of the theoretical controversies of his field inspires this fascinating and provocative book.... For sports fans, regardless of their political leanings, the great appeal of the book will surely lie in its treasure trove of sports information of all kinds.... True lovers of sports will learn from and enjoy the historical panorama presented in this unique book. - Thomas R. Martin, History Book Club News ""With insight, thoroughness, and the remarkable range of knowledge for which he is well known, Guttmann has provided another excellent work. Of all the leading historians of sport in the world, I know of only one or two who might have come close to accomplishing what he has produced herein - and none who would have done so in such a readable manner."" - Roberta J. Park, Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley Allen Guttmann is ""our most distinguished contemporary thinker on the nature and role of sport in society."" - A. Bartlett Giamatti, late president of Yale University and Commissioner of Baseball ""Devotes six chapters to ancient through Renaissance sports and 15 to modern, or at least present-day, sports.... Highly recommended."" - Choice

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Book SynopsisThroughout the nineteenth century, African heritage played an important role in black America, as personal memories and cultural practices continued to shape the everyday experience of people of African descent living under the shadow of slavery. Resisting efforts to de-Africanise their values, customs, and beliefs, black Americans invoked their African roots in public arguments about their identity and place in the “new” world. At the outset of the twentieth century many still saw Africa primarily as the source of a common cultural and spiritual past. But after the 1920s, the meaning of African heritage changed as people of African descent expressed new relationships between themselves, the United States, and the African Diaspora. In The Insistent Call, Aric Putnam studies the rhetoric of newspapers, literature, and political pamphlets that expressed this shift. He demonstrates that as people of African descent debated the United States’ occupation of Haiti, the Liberian labour crisis, and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, they formed a new collective identity, one that understood the African Diaspora in primarily political rather than cultural terms. In addition to uncovering a neglected period in the history of black rhetoric, Putnam shows how rhetoric that articulates the interests of a population not defined by the boundaries of a state can still motivate collective action and influence policies.

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Book SynopsisThe Cooper River Bridge opened in 1929, and for the first time connected Charleston directly to the north. This volume is a complete history of the bridge, exploring how early 20th-century Charleston helped shape the bridge, and how the bridge subsequently shaped the city.

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Book SynopsisSaints and Their Cults in the Atlantic World traces the changing significance of a dozen saints and holy sites from the fourth century to the twentieth and from Africa, Sicily, Wales, and Iceland to Canada, Boston, Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Scholars representing the fields of history, art history, religious studies, and communications contribute their perspectives in this interdisciplinary collection, also notable as the first English language study of many of the saints treated in the volume. Several chapters chart the changing images and meanings of holy people as their veneration traveled from the Old World to the New; others describe sites and devotions that developed in the Americas. The ways that a group feels connected to the holy figure by ethnicity or regionalism proves to be a critical factor in a saint's reception, and many contributors discuss the tensions that develop between ecclesiastical authorities and communities of devotees. Exploring the fluid boundaries between pilgrimage and tourism, ritual and knowledge, articles assess the importance of place in saint veneration and shed new light on the relationship between a saint's popularity and his or her association with holy relics, healing waters, and keepsakes purchased at a pilgrimage site. In addition to St. Benedict the Moor, medieval Irish pilgrimage art, and Ponce de Leon's ""Fountain of Youth"", the authors discuss figures such as the Holy Child of Atocha, St. Winefride of Wales, Father Patrick Power, St. Amico of Italy and Louisiana, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, and the Icelandic bishop Gumundr Arason.

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Book SynopsisThis Companion explores the history, doctrines, divisions, and contemporary condition of Judaism. Surveys those issues most relevant to Judaic life today: ethics, feminism, politics, and constructive theology Explores the definition of Judaism and its formative history Makes sense of the diverse data of an ancient and enduring faith Trade Review‘The Blackwell Companion to Judaism is a formidable attempt, in a series of learned and elegant essays, to tackle the many questions concerning Judaism. The organization is commendably lucid. The style throughout is accessible to a wide readership, without sacrifice to standards of accuracy and analysis.’ —Times Literary Supplement ‘Where the Companion scores highly over other similar works is that the editors have been able to elicit contributions that contain the latest scholarship or position on each subject, so that the contemporaneity and the quality of each is perfectly dovetailed. This will be the benchmark by which future examples of the genre will be measured.’ —The Expository Times ‘I am excited at the prospect of the publication of this book, in that it promises to display the lifelong fruits of research and mature insights of a master scholar on Judaism.’ —Kenneth Hart Green, University of Toronto "[T]he contributors place Judaism in historical context, elaborate on its principal doctrines, introduce forms of modern and contemporary Judaism, and shed light on special topics in understanding contemporary Judaism, such as ethics, women theopolitical aspects, secular forms of Jewishness, and Zionism." —Journal of Contemporary Religion "Comparative, comprehensive and highly readable, Matthewes' book provides an overview of religious ethics in three traditions without sacrificing the specificity of each ethical system. The author effortlessly enlightens the reader as to how Judaism, Christianity and Islam deals with highly relevant topics such as family, love, sexuality, lying, war, capital punishment and many more themes in a provocative and graceful manner." —Ebrahim Moosa, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsContributors viii Preface xii Part I: The History of Judaism 1 1 Defining Judaism 3 Jacob Neusner 2. The Religious World of Ancient Israel to 586 BCE 20 Marvin A. Sweeney 3. Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures 37 Philip R. Davies 4. Second Temple Judaism 58 Frederick J. Murphy 5. The Formation of Rabbinic Judaism, 70-640 C.E 78 Guenter Stemberger 6. The Canon of Rabbinic Judaism 93 Jacob Neusner 7. Judaism and Christianity in the Formative Age 112 Bruce D. Chilton 8. Judaism in the Muslim world 131 Sara Reguer 9. Judaism in Christendom 142 David R. Carr 10. Philosophy in Judaism: Two Stances 162 Daniel Breslauer 11. Jewish Piety 181 Tzvee Zahavy Part II: The Principal Doctrines of Judaism 191 12. The Doctrine of Torah 193 Jacob Neusner 13. The Doctrine of God 212 Alan J. Avery-Peck 14. The Doctrine of Israel 230 Jacob Neusner 15. The Doctrine of the Messiah 247 William Scott Green and Jed Silverstein 16. The Doctrine of Hebrew Language Usage 268 David Aaron Part III: Modern and Contemporary Judaisms 289 17. Reform Judaism 291 Dana Evan Kaplan 18. Orthodox Judaism 311 Benjamin Brown 19. Conservative Judaism: The Struggle Between Ideology and Popularity 334 Daniel Gordis 20. New Age Judaism 354 Jeffrey K. Salkin Part IV: Special Topics in Understanding Judaism 371 21. Ethics of Judaism 373 Elliot N. Dorff 22. Women in Contemporary Judaism 393 Judith R. Baskin 23. Judaism as a Theopolitical Phenomenon 415 Daniel J. Elazar 24. Contemporary Jewish Theology 441 Neil Gillman 25. Secular Forms of Jewishness 464 Paul Mendes-Flohr 26. Judaism and Zionism 477 Yosef Gorney 27. The "Return" to Traditional Judaism at the End of the Twentieth Century: Cross Cultural Comparisons 495 M. Herbert Danzger Abbreviations 512 Index 515

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Book SynopsisIn this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century sensibility. The musical comedy connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Hollywood fantasy capped three decades during which airplanes and movies engendered new expectations and redefined people's sense of well-being, their personal satisfactions, and their interpersonal relations. Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their airplane in 1903, at the same time that film-makers began to project edited, filmed stories onto large screens. Spectators found entertainment value in both airplane competitions and motion pictures, and movie producers brought the thrill of aviators' antics to a rapidly expanding audience. Meanwhile, air shows and competitions attracted large crowds of tourists. Mass tourism grew as a leisure-time activity, stimulated in part by travelogues and feature films. By 1930, the businessmen who envisioned transporting tourists to their destinations by airplane struggled to overcome the movie-exaggerated association of flight with danger. Schwartz weaves these threads into a story of human daring and persistence, political intrigue, and international competition. From Wilbur and Orville to Fred and Ginger, Schwartz's narrative follows the fortunes of aviation and movie pioneers and the foundations and growth of Pan American Airways and RKO-Radio Pictures, the two companies that came together in Flying Down to Rio. By the end of the twentieth century, aviation, movies, and mass tourism had become powerful global industries, contributing to an internationally connected, entertainment-oriented culture. What was once unthinkable had now become expected.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, author Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive twentieth-century sensibility. The musical comedy connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Hollywood fantasy capped three decades during which airplanes and movies engendered new expectations and redefined people's sense of well-being, their personal satisfactions, and their interpersonal relations. Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their airplane in 1903, at the same time that film-makers began to project edited, filmed stories onto large screens. Spectators found entertainment value in both airplane competitions and motion pictures, and movie producers brought the thrill of aviators' antics to a rapidly expanding audience. Meanwhile, air shows and competitions attracted large crowds of tourists. Mass tourism grew as a leisure-time activity, stimulated in part by travelogues and feature films. By 1930, the businessmen who envisioned transporting tourists to their destinations by airplane struggled to overcome the movie-exaggerated association of flight with danger. Schwartz weaves these threads into a story of human daring and persistence, political intrigue, and international competition. From Wilbur and Orville to Fred and Ginger, Schwartz's narrative follows the fortunes of aviation and movie pioneers and the foundations and growth of Pan American Airways and RKO-Radio Pictures, the two companies that came together in Flying Down to Rio. By the end of the twentieth century, aviation, movies, and mass tourism had become powerful global industries, contributing to an internationally connected, entertainment-oriented culture. What was once unthinkable had now become expected.

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Book SynopsisKeepers of the Game celebrates the last generation of baseball writers whose careers were rooted in Teletype machines, train travel and ten-team leagues and who wielded an influence and power within the game that are unthinkable today.

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Book SynopsisThrough the lens of children's literature, explores the largely untold story of secular Yiddish schools in America

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Book SynopsisThe Ohio State Buckeyes have been a national story for decades, with numerous national championships and National Football League draftees to their credit. With such a successful history, it's no wonder that the passion for Ohio State football has reached a level of devotion that has religious overtones.

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Book SynopsisSince the founding of professional baseball, few teams have risen above years of mediocrity only to see their fortunes interrupted by war and tragedy. In the early twentieth century, one team rallied to claim first place and then won a world's championship in a most spectacular style that has yet to be replicated.

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Book SynopsisFor many football fans, the National Football League (NFL) season of 1970 was a landmark year in the history of the game. The NFL and American Football League finally began playing as a merged leaguea league that featured such legendary figures as George Blanda, Tom Dempsey, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, Sid Gillman, Lamar Hunt, and Al Davis.

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Book SynopsisThe concept of ethnicity, once in vogue, has largely gone out of fashion among twenty-first-century social scientists, now replaced by models of assimilation defined in terms of the construction of whiteness and white supremacy. Beyond Whiteness: Revisiting Jews in Ethnic America explores the benefits of reconfiguring the ethnic concept as a tool to analyze the experiences of twentieth-century American Jews—not only in relation to other "white" groups of European descent, but also African Americans and Asian Americans, among others. The essays presented here, ranging from comparative studies of Jews and Asians as "model minorities" to the examination of postethnic "Jews of color," demonstrate that expanding ethnicity beyond the traditional Eurocentric frame can yield fresh insights into the character of Jewish life in the modern United States.

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Book SynopsisThe focus of this book extends the discourse on student engagement beyond prescriptive definitions and includes substantive ethical and political issues relating to this concept. As such, this collection includes voices of educational theorists, practitioners, and students. It provides a counter discourse to the current dialogue on student engagement in educational theory and practice which equate it primarily with behavioural and attitudinal characteristics including student compliance and qualities of teaching or teachers. In this collection, engagement is not viewed simply as a matter of techniques, strategies or behaviours. Rather, the understandings of student engagement presented, while distinct from each other, are imbued with a common vision of education for democratic transformation or reconstruction as operational for and in democratic communities. Contributors to this volume examine issues of the purpose of student engagement, and the question of the criteria, standards, and norms which are used to determine the quality and degree of engagement, and ultimately whether or not all forms of student engagement are equally worthwhile. This collection is intended for use in teacher and administrator preparation programs as well as school and district professional development initiatives.

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Book SynopsisTraditionally, American educators and communities have looked to Europe and Asia for ideas for rethinking and reforming education for America’s diverse children. This book, Contemporary Voices from the Margin: African Educators on African and American Education, brings together new voices of diverse African-born teacher educators and Africanist scholars who share personal experiences as well as research based perspectives about education in Africa and America that will be valuable to rethinking and reforming education for America’s struggling schools. The book is a comprehensive work of experienced educators and scholars in the field of teacher education and African Studies. The editors of the book invited a diverse group of African-born teacher educators and scholars from different countries of Africa who teach in the U.S. The contributors share a common African experience, but they are geographically diverse in countries of origin and research. Their knowledge about African communal living as well as colonial powers and imperialism as they operated in various African countries enables them to compare and contrast various educational models and practices, including traditional ones. They are also diverse in their fields of specialisation but have expertise in multicultural education, urban education, and culturally responsive pedagogy that have become the focus of U.S. discourses in public education and teacher preparation programs. Given that these scholars were born or socialised, and educated in, as well as, taught schools and colleges in their respective African countries before settling in the United States, they bring a wealth of experience and insights into what it means to successfully educate children and youth. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 examines African processes and practices of education, both formal and informal, as contributing authors share perspectives about African indigenous education including cultural socialisation and formal western-type education and organisation of schools. Part 2 focuses on patterns and structures of formal, western-type education in selected African countries. Part 3 explores cross-cultural perspectives on American education. The contributors provide chapters of stimulating and rich perspectives that will engage the discourse on rethinking and reforming education and schooling for America’s diverse students. CONTENTS Introduction: Voices and Insights on Contemporary Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Peter Ukpokodu. African Indigenous Education: Formal and Informal, Peter Ukpokodu. African Education Through the Arts, Akosua O. Addo. African Traditional Education and Citizenship Development, Lewis Asimeng-Boahene. Islamic Cultural Socialization and Education in Nigeria, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Beverly Mack. Children and Cultural Socialisation Across Two Nations (Kenya and the U.S.), Lydiah Nganga. Perspectives on K–12 Learning and Teacher Preparation in East Africa, Teresa A. Wasonga. Harambee Populism, Social Change, and Modern Education in Kenya, Alfred T. Kisubi. Perspectives on Public Education in Kenya and the U.S., Lydiah Nganga and John Kambutu. Disability Within the African Culture, Michael Eskay. Cultural Socialization and Primary Educational Perspectives in Three East African Countries, Mary Oling-Sisay. Transformative Leadership at the Starehe Boys’ Centre and School in Kenya, Peter O. Ojiambo. Educational Transformation in South Africa, Peter Ukpokodu and Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. A Comparative Study of U.S. Inner-City and Kenyan Rural and Slum Schools, Alfred Taligoola Kisubi. African-Born Teachers’ Perspectives about American Urban Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. Seeing, Teaching, and Leading in an American Urban Public School, Martin Ngom. Preparing Teachers for Diversity Education in a “Lily-White” Community, John Kambutu and Lydiah Nganga. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisTraditionally, American educators and communities have looked to Europe and Asia for ideas for rethinking and reforming education for America’s diverse children. This book, Contemporary Voices from the Margin: African Educators on African and American Education, brings together new voices of diverse African-born teacher educators and Africanist scholars who share personal experiences as well as research based perspectives about education in Africa and America that will be valuable to rethinking and reforming education for America’s struggling schools. The book is a comprehensive work of experienced educators and scholars in the field of teacher education and African Studies. The editors of the book invited a diverse group of African-born teacher educators and scholars from different countries of Africa who teach in the U.S. The contributors share a common African experience, but they are geographically diverse in countries of origin and research. Their knowledge about African communal living as well as colonial powers and imperialism as they operated in various African countries enables them to compare and contrast various educational models and practices, including traditional ones. They are also diverse in their fields of specialisation but have expertise in multicultural education, urban education, and culturally responsive pedagogy that have become the focus of U.S. discourses in public education and teacher preparation programs. Given that these scholars were born or socialised, and educated in, as well as, taught schools and colleges in their respective African countries before settling in the United States, they bring a wealth of experience and insights into what it means to successfully educate children and youth. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 examines African processes and practices of education, both formal and informal, as contributing authors share perspectives about African indigenous education including cultural socialisation and formal western-type education and organisation of schools. Part 2 focuses on patterns and structures of formal, western-type education in selected African countries. Part 3 explores cross-cultural perspectives on American education. The contributors provide chapters of stimulating and rich perspectives that will engage the discourse on rethinking and reforming education and schooling for America’s diverse students. CONTENTS Introduction: Voices and Insights on Contemporary Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Peter Ukpokodu. African Indigenous Education: Formal and Informal, Peter Ukpokodu. African Education Through the Arts, Akosua O. Addo. African Traditional Education and Citizenship Development, Lewis Asimeng-Boahene. Islamic Cultural Socialization and Education in Nigeria, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Beverly Mack. Children and Cultural Socialisation Across Two Nations (Kenya and the U.S.), Lydiah Nganga. Perspectives on K–12 Learning and Teacher Preparation in East Africa, Teresa A. Wasonga. Harambee Populism, Social Change, and Modern Education in Kenya, Alfred T. Kisubi. Perspectives on Public Education in Kenya and the U.S., Lydiah Nganga and John Kambutu. Disability Within the African Culture, Michael Eskay. Cultural Socialization and Primary Educational Perspectives in Three East African Countries, Mary Oling-Sisay. Transformative Leadership at the Starehe Boys’ Centre and School in Kenya, Peter O. Ojiambo. Educational Transformation in South Africa, Peter Ukpokodu and Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. A Comparative Study of U.S. Inner-City and Kenyan Rural and Slum Schools, Alfred Taligoola Kisubi. African-Born Teachers’ Perspectives about American Urban Education, Omiunota N. Ukpokodu. Seeing, Teaching, and Leading in an American Urban Public School, Martin Ngom. Preparing Teachers for Diversity Education in a “Lily-White” Community, John Kambutu and Lydiah Nganga. About the Contributors.

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Book SynopsisThe Declaration of Independence proclaimed freedom for Americans from the domination of Great Britain, yet for millions of African Americas caught up in a brutal system of racially based slavery, freedom would be denied for ninety additional years until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Freedom’s Delay: America’s Struggle for Emancipation, 1776–1865 probes the slow, painful, yet ultimately successful crusade to end slavery throughout the nation, North and South.This work fills an important gap in the literature of slavery’s demise. Unlike other authors who focus largely on specific time periods or regional areas, Allen Carden presents a thematically structured national synthesis of emancipation. Freedom’s Delay offers a comprehensive and unique overview of the process of manumission commencing in 1776 when slavery was a national institution, not just the southern experience known historically by most Americans. In this volume, the entire country is examined, and major emancipatory efforts—political, literary, legal, moral, and social—made by black and white, free and enslaved individuals are documented over the years from independence through the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.Freedom’s Delay dispels many of the myths about slavery and abolition, including that racial servitude was of little consequence in the North, and, where it did exist, it ended quickly and easily; that abolition was a white man’s cause and blacks were passive recipients of liberty; that the South seceded primarily to protect states’ rights, not slavery; and that the North fought the Civil War primarily to end the subjugation of African Americans. By putting these misunderstandings aside, this book reveals what actually transpired in the fight for human rights during this critical era. Carden’s inclusion of a cogent preface and epilogue assures that Freedom’s Delay will find a significant place in the literature of American slavery and freedom.With a compelling preface and epilogue, notes, illustrations and tables, and a detailed bibliography, this volume will be of great value not only in courses on American history and African American history but also to the general reading public.

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Book SynopsisStrategically located at the western edge of the Atlantic World, the French post of Natchitoches thrived during the eighteenth century as a trade hub between the well-supplied settlers and the isolated Spaniards and Indians of Texas. Its critical economic and diplomatic role made it the most important community on the Louisiana-Texas frontier during the colonial era.Despite the community’s critical role under French and then Spanish rule, Colonial Natchitoches is the first thorough study of its society and economy. Founded in 1714, four years before New Orleans, Natchitoches developed a creole (American-born of French descent) society that dominated the Louisiana-Texas frontier.H. Sophie Burton and F. Todd Smith carefully demonstrate not only the persistence of this creole dominance but also how it was maintained. They examine, as well, the other ethnic cultures present in the town and relations with Indians in the surrounding area.Through statistical analyses of birth and baptismal records, census figures, and appropriate French and Spanish archives, Burton and Smith reach surprising conclusions about the nature of society and commerce in colonial Natchitoches.

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Book SynopsisPresented here for the first time is the history of Boston’s evolution as a center of American money management from early settlement to the twenty-first century. Within a few decades after the Revolution, Bostonians built up an impressive mercantile and industrial economy, and used wealth accrued from the China trade, New England mills, and other ventures to establish the most important stock exchange in America. They also created the “Boston trustee,” a unique professional who managed private fortunes over generations. During the late nineteenth century, Boston financial institutions were renowned as bastions of stability and conservatism in an era of recurrent economic panics and frequent failures.It was not until the twentieth century that Boston became better known for its role in investment management. In 1924, local financiers created the first mutual fund, an innovation almost a century in the making. After World War II, Boston originated venture capital with the founding of American Research & Development. This was soon followed by the development of private equity, the growth of the mutual fund industry, the pension “revolution” that changed and strengthened money management, the evolution in management of institutional endowments, and the rise of new family offices and hedge funds. The contributions of fiduciaries and investment managers have played an important part in the rise of the “New Boston” and made the city one of the most vibrant financial capitals in the world.

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