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University of Nebraska Press A Description of New Netherland
Book SynopsisProvides the first complete and accurate English-language translation of an essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century.Trade Review“If you’ve been waiting for centuries for a full translation of Adriaen van der Donck’s 1655 work A Description of New Netherland, your wait is over. In this work, edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna, one of the colony’s most astute observers ruminates on flora and fauna (his six-foot-long lobster sounds like the subject of a proverbial fish story), including meditations on “the amazing ways” of beavers and sightings of beached whales near Albany. . . . [Van der Donck] paints a generally positive picture of American Indians. His informative book is surprisingly accessible.”—Sam Roberts, New York Times."With this new edition, translator Diederik Goedhuys and editors Charles Gehring and William Starna look to elevate Van der Donck's Description to its rightful place in the canon of early American historical texts. . . . This lively translation is a much-needed teachable primary source for studying both New Netherland and its Indian neighbors."—Andrew Lipman, New York History"This new edition and original translation of a tract by Dutch settler and lawyer van der Donck makes more widely accessible a document crucial for understanding the history of Dutch colonization in North America. . . . This document is an important primary source for students and researchers in colonial Dutch history, the settlement of New York and North America more generally, and the understanding of Indian cultures in the Northeast."—J. Mercantini, CHOICE"Long underutilized, this edition will place A Description of New Netherland alongside Thomas Harriot's A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, John Smith's A Description of New England, and William Wood's New England's Prospect as essential primary-source narratives of the early days of the New World."—Wendy Lewis Castro, Southwest Journal of Cultures"The sources on this geographical area in the Dutch period are sparse, so that the addition of this superb translation of van der Donck is of high importance to scholars."—Barbara Alice Mann, AnthroposTable of ContentsForewordPrefacePublication History of Adriaen van der Donck's A Description of New NetherlandMap of New NetherlandA Description of New Netherland:The Country Where New Netherland Is Situated When and by Whom New Netherland Was First Discovered Why This Territory Was Named New Netherland The Dutch, the First Possessors of New Netherland The Limits of New Netherland and How Far They Extend Of the Coast, Foreshore, and Seaports The South River Of the North River Of the Fresh River Of the East River Of the Various Waters and Their Shapes Of the Formation and Soil of the Land Of Wood and Vegetation Of the Fruit Trees Brought Over from the Netherlands Of the Vineyards Of Vegetables Generally Of the Flowers Of the Medicinal Herbs and Indigo Of Agriculture and Field Crops Of the Minerals and the Kinds of Earth and Stone Of the Paints and Dyes Of the Animals in New Netherland Of the Wild Animals Of the Avifauna, Aquatic and Terrestrial, and First the Raptors Of the Terrestrial Birds Of the Aquatic Birds Of the Fish Of the Poisons Of the Wind Of the Air Of the SeasonsOf the Manners and Extraordinary Qualities of the Original Natives of New Netherland Their Bodily Shape, and Why They Are Called Wilden Fare and Food of the Indians Of the Dress and Ornaments of Men and Women Their Houses, Castles, and Settlements Ways of Marriage and Childbirth Of Suckling, and the Relations between Men and Women Ways of Burial, Lamentation, and Mourning Their Festivities and Special Gatherings How Human Beings and Animals First Came to That Country Of the Different Nations and Languages Of Money and Their Manufacture of It The Innate Character and the Pastimes of the Indians Their Bodily Care and Medicine The Farming, Planting, and Gardening of the Indians Special Account of Their Hunting and Fishing Distinctions of Birth, Rank, and Quality Of Their Warfare and Weapons Of Their Administration of Justice and Penalties Of the Universal Law of Nations Of Gifts and Offerings Of the Indians' Government and Public Policy Their Religion and Whether They Can Be Christianized Of Their Sentiments regarding Hope of Afterlife Of the Knowledge of God and the Fear of Devils Their Thoughts on the Creation and Propagation of Mankind and Animals in the WorldOf the Nature, Amazing Ways, and Properties of the BeaversA Conversation between a Dutch Patriot and a New Netherlander concerning the Condition of New NetherlandAppendix: A List and Suggested Identification of the Latinized Plant Names Recorded by Adriaen van der DonckNotesIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Outwitting the Gestapo
Book SynopsisLucie Aubrac, of Catholic and peasant background, was teaching history in a Lyon girls' school and newly married to Raymond, a Jewish engineer, when World War II broke out and divided France. The couple, living in the Vichy zone, soon joined the Resistance movement in opposition to the Nazis and their collaborators.Trade Review"A breathtaking account that feeds the soul as much as it satisfies the appetite for vicarious danger."--Kirkus Reviews "This book is riveting. Adventure, terror, horror, and excitement are all here; it is a feminist class as well ... full of interesting information about wartime food, clothes, schooling and manners. It is also a sturdy tale of married love, sustained and requited. The translation is so good that it reads as if it had been written in English."--Times Literary Supplement "Lively and absorbing... [Aubrac's] book interweaves the everyday experience of incredibly hard times...with Resistance activities."--London Review of Books "There is a relish for the idiosyncratic ramifications of human character that reveal themselves in crisis... As the record of a female resistante's exploits, Aubrac's account is doubly valuable. [There is] a compelling sense of immediacy as events unfold."--Washington Post Book World "An excellent historical introduction on the Resistance movement ... and an appropriately taut translation ... enhance the impact of this stirring tale of heroism, which concerns not only Resistance members but ordinary citizens, notably women."--Publishers Weekly
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University of Nebraska Press Wooden Leg A Warrior Who Fought Custer Second
Book SynopsisWooden Leg remembers the world of the Cheyennes before they were forced onto reservations. This title tells the story of Wooden Leg (1858-1940), one of sixteen hundred warriors of the Northern Cheyennes who fought with the Lakotas against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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Random House Publishing Group If You Survive
Book Synopsis'If you survive your first day, I''ll promote you.'So promised George Wilson''s World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy -- and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried Line to the Nazis'' last desperate charge in the Battle of the Bulge, Wilson fought in the thickest of the action, helping take the small towns of northern France and Belgium building by building.Of all the men and officers who started out in Company F of the 4th Infantry Division with him, Wilson was the only one who finished. In the end, he felt not like a conqueror or a victor, but an exhausted survivor, left with nothing but his life -- and his emotions.If You SurviveOne of the great first-person accounts of the making of a combat veteran, in the last, most violent months of World War II.
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Stanford University Press A History of Japan 16151867
Book SynopsisThis is the concluding volume of a three-volume work that culminates the life study of the West''s most distinguished scholar of Japanese history. A straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1867, the three volumes constitute the first large-scale comprehensive history of Japan. Unlike the renowned Short Cultural History, it is concerned mainly with political and social phenomena and only incidentally touches on religion, literature, and the arts. The treatment is primarily descriptive and factual, but the author offers some pragmatic interpretations and suggests comparisons with the history of other peoples.A History of Japan: 1615-1867 describes the political and social development of Japan during the two and half centuries of rule by the Tokugawa Shoguns, a period of remarkable development in almost ever aspects of the national life. Under Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa Shogun, a system of checks and balances to keep the grea
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Stanford University Press The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History
Book SynopsisBased on unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76), and shows how the Cultural Revolution was experienced by ordinary people at the base of rural and urban society.Trade Review"By probing the extent of the revolution across different regions in China and drawing attention to its later development after the Red Guards movement petered out, this work greatly broadens knowledge of the revolution and modern Chinese history in general."—CHOICE"The questions raised by the painful realities illuminated by these important essays are worth taking seriously."—The Chinese Historical Review"This volume is a valuable collection of essays on the Chinese Cultural Revolution It enjoys many new sources of information, which [were] not available for the previous scholarship on the history of the Cultural Revolution. The new information and new interpretations of the events as a result of it, alone were enough to make this volume a very useful reference for students of the Cultural Revolution in particular and the Chinese politics in general." —The Journal of Chinese Political ScienceTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgements iii @toc2:1. The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History: an Introduction 000 @au:Joseph W. Esherick, Paul G. Pickowicz, Andrew G. Walder @toc2:2. Passion, Reflection and Survival: Political Choices of Red Guards at Qinghua University, June 1966July 1968 000 @au:Xiaowei Zheng @toc2:3. To Protect and Preserve: Resisting the "Destroy the Four Olds" Campaign, 19661967 000 @au:Dahpon David Ho @toc2:4. Mass Killings in the Cultural Revolution: A Study of Three Provinces 000 @au:Yang Su @toc2:5. The Death of a Landlord: Moral Predicament in Rural China, 19681969 000 @au:Jiangsui He @toc2:6. Staging Xiaojinzhuang: The City in the Countryside, 19741976 000 @au:Jeremy Brown @toc2:7. Labor Created Humanity: Cultural Revolution Science on Its Own Terms 000 @au:Sigrid Schmalzer @toc2:8. To Be Somebody: Li Qinglin, Run-of-the-Mill Cultural Revolution Showstopper 000 @au:Jun Zhang @toc2:9. The Sublime and the Profane: A Comparative Analysis of Two Fictional Narratives about Sent-down Youth 000 @au:Liyan Qin @toc4:Contributors 000 Glossary 000 Notes 000 Selected Bibliography 000 Index 000
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Stanford University Press Multidirectional Memory
Book SynopsisMultidirectional Memory brings together Holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time to put forward a new theory of cultural memory and uncover an unacknowledged tradition of exchange between the legacies of genocide and colonialism.Trade Review"Rothberg's study is published in the prestigious 'Cultural Memory in the Present' series, and will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on memory studies and related fields . . . [I]t is to be hoped that Multidirectional Memory will inspire further recuperation of 'forgotten' works, and accompanying reassessments of the political entanglements of writers positions (and positionings)." -- Anne Whitehead * Interventions: Journal of Postcolonial Studies *"The book fleshes out a powerful genealogy for multidirectional memory as well as a more sustained account of how, more specifically, Holocaust memory and colonial memory come together in France around the legacy of the Algerian War." -- Laura Levitt * H-Net Reviews *"Ground-breaking book . . . Thanks to Rothberg, we are able to engage more thoughtfully with our knotted past— and with our tangled future, too." -- Jonathan Druker * Illinois State University *"Multidirectional Memory is a pathbreaking work of interdisciplinary scholarship that will reconfigure the fields of Holocaust Studies and post-colonial theory. Rothberg's powerful study of the relations between Holocaust memory and decolonization illuminates the 'multidirectional' orientation of collective memory through half a century of transnational cultural production in Europe, North America, the Caribbean and North Africa (with an emphasis on postwar France)." -- Debarati Sanyal, University of California * Berkeley *"This is the first book to take up the transnational and cross-disciplinary politics of memory in ways adequate to the difficulties and pitfalls of the topic. In its readings of theoretical and literary texts primarily from the 1950s and 1960s, it confronts the Holocaust with decolonization, successfully questioning the 'color line' separating these two discourses today. Deft in argument and subtle in its analyses, Rothberg's book provides an exciting new direction for memory studies in the humanities and in social thought. A compelling read!" -- Andreas Huyssen * Columbia University *
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Stanford University Press Genealogical Fictions
Book SynopsisGenealogical Fictions examines how the state, church, Inquisition, and other institutions in colonial Mexico used the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) over time and how the concept's enduring religious, genealogical, and gendered meanings came to shape the region's patriotic and racial ideologies.Trade Review"This important and meticulously researched work takes on the historiography that argues that the modern Western conception of race had its origins in nineteenth-century scientific constructions of race as a biological category . . . This is an engaging and important work that is sure to attract the attention of historians and scholars from other fields working on issues of race, religion, gender, and colonial empires in Latin America, Europe, and the Atlantic World." -- Martha Few * Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe *"Through a persuasive analysis of a vast array of archival and published sources, [Martinez] adds depth and complexity to our understanding of religious, cultural, and social framework and of the tensions and contradictions the fiction of limpieza de sangre created in its Mexican settings . . . Martinez's tour de force gives a new meaning to an important subject not seriously addressed previously and should be of great interest to scholars and students." -- The Americas"This book provides detailed information about how ideas and information circulated across the Atlantic. Throughout the text, Martinez uses primary documents judiciously and well; particularly fascinating are the descriptions of the processing of probanzas in both local and transatlantic contexts." * Magali Carrera American Historical Review *"Genealogical Fictions is the first serious treatment in English of the origins of the sistema de castas and racial ideology in colonial Mexico. It problematizes unquestioned assumptions about limpieza de sangre—purity of blood—the foundation of the sistema de castas, through a reconstruction of the concept's transformations from its origins in early modern Spain to its adaptations in colonial Mexico. Martinez also has much to say about the development of Mexican society in the seventeenth century, a largely neglected period that is only now beginning to attract the attention of contemporary historians. This is an important and original work and a first-rate addition to the existing literature." -- Susan Deans-Smith * University of Texas at Austin *Table of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTION 000 Problem and Objectives Limpieza de Sangre, Race, and Colonialism in the Early Modern Period Archives, Sources, and Chapter Description PART ONE: IBERIAN PRECEDENTS CHAPTER 1 THE EMERGENCE OF THE SPANISH STATUTES OF LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE 000 Mass Conversions, Anti-Semitism, and the Rise of the Statutes in Late Medieval Spain, 000 Political Centralization, Christian Militancy, and the Founding of the Inquisition, 000 The Problem of Conversion During and After the Reign of the Catholic Kings, 000 CHAPTER 2 RACE, PURITY, AND GENDER IN SIXTEENTH--CENTURY SPAIN 000 The Spread of the Limpieza de Sangre Statutes, 000 Heresy, Blood, and the Essentialization of "Race", 000 The Inquisition's Production of Heresy and the Feminization of Impurity, 000 CHAPTER 3 JURIDICAL FICTIONS: THE CERTIFICATION OF PURITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNAL MEMORY 000 The Holy Office's Procedures and the Probanza de Limpieza de Sangre, 000 The Probatory and Unstable Nature of Purity of Blood, 000 Teleological Fictions, 000 PART TWO: RELIGION, GENEALOGY, AND CASTE IN EARLY COLONIAL MEXICO CHAPTER 4 NOBILITY AND PURITY IN THE REPUBLICA DE INDIOS 000 The Rise of the Mexica in the Late Postclassic and the Colonial "Republic of Indians", 000 Spanish Colonialism and the Reconstitution of Pre-Hispanic Dynasties, 000 History, Genealogy, and the New Symbolics of Blood, 000 CHAPTER 5 NOBILITY AND PURITY IN THE REPUBLICA DE ESPA; OLES 000 Descent and Territoriality: The Probanza de Meritos y Servicios, 000 Bloodlines and Religion: The Probanza de Limpieza de Sangre, 000 Creoles and the Struggle for Religious and Public Offices, 000 CHAPTER 6 THE INITIAL STAGES AND SOCIORELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE SISTEMA DE CASTAS 000 Categories and Archives: Books of Spaniards, Indians and Castas, 000 Caste, Slavery, and Colonial Mexico's Gendered Symbolics of Blood, 000 Raza, Casta, and Limpieza de Sangre: The Spanish Colonial Language of Race, 000 PART THREE: PURITY, RACE, AND CREOLISM IN SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NEW SPAIN CHAPTER 7 THE PROBANZA DE LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE IN COLONIAL AND TRANSATLANTIC SPACE 000 The Mexican Inquisition and the Transatlantic Certification of Purity, 000 Nativeness, Communal Memory, and the Instability of Limpieza de Sangre, 000 Creole Nativeness, Purity, and History in the "Kingdom of New Spain", 000 CHAPTER 8 RELIGION, LAW, AND RACE: THE QUESTION OF PURITY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MEXICO 000 The Official Line: The Inquisition and the Crown on the Issue of Limpieza de Sangre, 000 Idolatry, Heresy, and the Ambiguities of the Colonial Discourse of Native Purity, 000 Blacks, Castas, and the Expansion of the Category of Impurity, 000 CHAPTER 9 CHANGING CONTOURS: LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE IN THE AGE OF REASON AND REFORM 000 An Iconography of Mestizaje: Casta Paintings and the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender, 000 The Sistema de Castas in Flux and the Proliferation of Statutes and Stains, 000 Creole Fictions: Purity, the Virgin, and the Rise of a Catholic Mestizo Patria, 000 CONCLUSION 000 Appendix. Questionnaire used by the Spanish Inquisition to interrogate witnesses in purity of blood investigations (in Spanish) 000 Abbreviations 000 Glossary 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
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Tuttle Publishing Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1
Book SynopsisThis text represents Kuan-Chung Lo's retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 AD. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, loyalty and treachery, victory and death that is as important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West.Trade Review"One of the greatest and best-loved works of popular literature." --Dictionary of Oriental Literatures
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Tuttle Publishing Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 2
Book SynopsisThis text represents Kuan-Chung Lo's retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 AD. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, loyalty and treachery, victory and death that is as important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West.Trade Review"One of the greatest and best-loved works of popular literature." --Dictionary of Oriental Literatures
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Tuttle Publishing A Brief History Of Bali
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hannigan has the novelist's instinct for surprise and entertaining anecdotes pop up at every turn." --Bali Advertiser
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Tuttle Publishing Early Japanese Railways 18531914
Book SynopsisEarly Japanese Railways, tells the fascinating story of the rise of Japanese rail amidst a period of rapid modernization during Japan's Meiji era. Leaving behind centuries of stagnation and isolation, Japan would emerge into the 20th century as a leading modern industrialized stateTrade Review"Free details Japan's first six decades of railway development accompanied by rare, historic photographs, postcards, maps, and woodblock prints. Free brings to life the events and people, while providing greater context in both Japanese and world history. " --Trains Magazine"A rare example of a work that combines technical excellence and a plethora of information with a lively writing style that always gives the human element its due." --SamuraiArchives.com blog"There is enough information here to satisfy the historian, but the old maps, postcards, drawings and dining car menus are a definite bonus for the more visually-oriented." --Shelf Awareness blog
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Tuttle Publishing A History of Tea
Book SynopsisAs the world's most popular beverage, tea has fascinated us, awakened us, motivated us, and calmed us for well over two thousand years.Trade Review"It's this unveiling of both the sordid and sublime elements of tea's evolution that make the book such a fantastically riveting read--one served best with a bottomless cup of your most beloved blend." --Conscious Choice magazine"(…) an engaging and offbeat exploration of the rise of tea around the world." --Tea: A Magazine"Martin uses both anecdotes and practical information to tell the story of tea's route through history." --Fresh Cup magazine
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Tuttle Publishing A Brief History of Thailand
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Tuttle Publishing North Korea Confidential
Book SynopsisTrade Review"North Korea Confidential gives us a deeply informed close-up…" -- New York Times"…[North Korea Confidential] uses extensive interviews with recent defectors and people still in the country to build a rich picture of daily life there." -- Financial Times"…[Tudor and Pearson] make judicious use of parallels between the divided Koreas. The book endows North Koreans with individuality and complexity, without shying from the brutal or bizarre elements of North Korea." -- Global Asia
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Tuttle Publishing Photography in Cambodia
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn Interview with Author Nicholas Coffill: Cambodia's Complex & Nuanced History"Nick Coffill's wide-ranging overview, with its many rare and even previously unseen images, will become an essential part of the library of anyone with an interest in the kingdom." --Philip Coggan. author of An Illustrated History of Cambodia"Nick's visual and cultural acuity are of the highest level. Allied to a deep love of Cambodia, with such extensive knowledge, his accomplished photographic history holds unique insights into the kingdom's past and present. I strongly recommend it." --Dr Lindsay Sharp, retired Director, Science Museum Group, London
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Tuttle Publishing New Japan Architecture
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Japan remains an architectural hothouse, bursting with some of the most original and daring designs anywhere. This book--well-organized, beautifully illustrated, with insightful commentary, provides an excellent overview of the best work from the past ten years. A must-have for architects, connoisseurs of great design, and anyone who wants to come take a look for themselves." --John Mader, president, AIA Japan"This is a very well researched book that presents innovative projects in their architectural as well as urban context." --Richard Plunz, Director Urban Design Program, GSAPP, Columbia University, New York"This excitement and elegance of recent modern Japanese architecture is very well documented in this book, and the core concepts and future trends thoughtfully explained. It is a delight to read." --Raquel Ramati, Urban Designer, New York
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Tuttle Publishing Blue White Embroidery
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Tuttle Publishing A Geek in China
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Tuttle Publishing Bushido Explained
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Taylor & Francis EntertainmentEducation
Book SynopsisArvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers have developed this unique volume focused on the history and development of entertainment-education. This approach to communication is the process of designing and implementing a media message to both entertain and educate to increase audience members'' knowledge about an educational issue, create favorable attitudes, and change overt behavior. It uses the universal appeal of entertainment to show individuals how they can live safer, healthier, and happier lives. Entertainment formats such as soap operas, rock music, feature films, talk shows, cartoons, comics, and theater are utilized in various countries to promote messages about educational issues. This book presents a balanced picture of the entertainment-education strategy, identifying ethical and other problems that accompany efforts to bring about social change.Trade Review"In this book, Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers provide a comprehensive framework for understanding the entertainment-education approach....The book offers a clear and sound theoretical background and provides a rich overview of what can be done in the area of social development via the entertainment media. It offers powerful arguments regarding how the entertainment-education strategy can contribute to positive change in a world filled with countless media messages by providing numerous examples of how effects can be measured in a more accurate fashion."—International Journal of Intercultural Relations"Singhal and Rogers' publication is a unique contribution to the field and fills a long-standing need....Their book gives a good overview and insight in the history, theory, and 'good practice' of entertainment-education. The nine chapters are written in a lively style and give detailed examples, figures, and statistics....For those interested in communication, education, extension science, and related disciplines Singhal and Rogers' book proves to be a very inspiring and resourceful textbook."—Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension"The growing body of literature on the subject is enhanced by Entertainment-Education and Social Change, which integrates the theoretical, research and practical approaches to this important field of information for social change. The book demonstrates the diversity of entertainment-education programs and practices, both in terms of geography and issues addressed. The book's multidisciplinary approach draws on the experiences and observations of entertainment educators from the perspectives of academia, health communications and entertainment, and provides background and tools for practitioners and students....the book provides a detailed examination of E-E that will serve as a useful guide for students and provide inspiration and strategies for practitioners, and demonstrates that there are many opportunities for further study."—Zeitschrift fur Medienpsychologie"This book on entertainment-education fills a long-standing need in the area of development communication."—Srinivas MelkoteBowling Green State University"This book will be especially useful in courses on mass media and social change, mass media and persuasion, communication campaigns, and development communication."—William J. BrownCollege of Communication and the Arts, Regent University"This book will help public health professionals and scholars realize the potential of the entertainment-education approach."—Tom ValenteSchool of Public Health, Johns Hopkins UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Entertainment-Education. Simplemente María. Miguel Sabido and the Entertainment-Education Strategy. The Hum Log Story in India. The Entertainment-Education Strategy in Music. The Entertainment-Education Strategy in Radio. The Effects of Entertainment-Education. Studying Entertainment-Education Effects. Lessons Learned About Entertainment-Education.
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MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Ned Christie
Book SynopsisWho was Nede Wade Christie? Was he a violent criminal guilty of murdering a federal officer? Or a Cherokee statesman who suffered a martyr's death for a crime he did not commit? In a tour de force of investigative scholarship, Devon Mihesuah offers an accurate depiction of Christie and the times in which he lived.Trade ReviewIn contrast to the century-old popular, usually exaggerated story of outlawry in the Cherokee Nation, Devon Mihesuah presents an accurate historical account of Ned Christie. This book will be a refreshing read for those already familiar with Christie's life, and all will find it an intriguing story well told."" - Daniel F. Littlefield Jr., editor of The Fus Fixico Letters: Alexander Posey, a Creek Humorist in Early Oklahoma""In Ned Christie, author Devon Mihesuah reveals the truth in the life of Cherokee hero Ned Christie and explains how he came to be that hero to generations of Cherokee people and others. Mihesuah's dedication to research and thoughtful writing leave no doubt that her telling of Ned Christie's story will last long into the future."" - Roy Hamilton, Historian for the Cherokee Nation""Mihesuah has written an intriguing and important book, in which she tracks Ned Christie's life and legend. Like a master detective, she skillfully reexamines it all and exposes numerous fabrications, half-truths, and hearsays. Never losing sight of Christie and those associated with him - friends, kin, and enemies alike - her book exposes injustices, prejudices, and conflicts that have impacted Cherokee and Indigenous lives more broadly and that continue to resonate today."" - Native American and Indigenous Studies
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Star Crossed
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. A Haunted History of Invisible Women
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. The Confidante
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Operation Underworld
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Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. Mistress of Life and Death
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Kensington Publishing Corporation Meet the Kellys
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Penguin Random House Group Voices from Gettysburg
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Penguin Random House Group Little Vic and the Great Mafia War
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Kensington Publishing Americas Most Gothic
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Beacon Press A Black Queer History of the United States
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Beacon Press Race Matters 25th Anniversary With a New
Book SynopsisThe twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking classic, with a new introductionFirst published in 1993, on the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, Race Matters became a national best seller that has gone on to sell more than half a million copies. This classic treatise on race contains Dr. West’s most incisive essays on the issues relevant to black Americans, including the crisis in leadership in the Black community, Black conservatism, Black-Jewish relations, myths about Black sexuality, and the legacy of Malcolm X. The insights Dr. West brings to these complex problems remain relevant, provocative, creative, and compassionate.In a new introduction for the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition, Dr. West argues that we are in the midst of a spiritual blackout characterized by imperial decline, racial animosity, and unchecked brutality and terror as seen in Baltimore, Ferguson, and Charlottesville. Calling for a moral and spiritual a
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Beacon Press Blunt Instruments
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Beacon Press What We Stand to Lose
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Beacon Press The Dragon from Chicago
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Beacon Press 24 Hours at the Capitol
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Beacon Press Slavery After Slavery
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Beacon Press What Can We Learn from the Great Depression
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Beacon Press When Its Darkness on the Delta
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Beacon Press The Dragon from Chicago
Book SynopsisFor fans of unheralded women’s stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz—one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime “No other American correspondent in Berlin knew so much of what was going on behind the scene as did Sigrid Schultz.” — William L. Shirer, author of The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichWe are facing an alarming upsurge in the spread of misinformation and attempts by powerful figures to discredit facts so they can seize control of narratives. These are threats American journalist Sigrid Schultz knew all too well. The Chicago Tribune's Berlin bureau chief and primary foreign correspondent for Central Europe from 1925 to January 1941, Schultz witnessed Hitler’s rise to power and was one of the first reporters—male or female—to warn American readers of the growing dangers of Nazism.In The Dragon From Chicago, Pamela D. Toler draw
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LSU Press The March to the Sea and Beyond Shermans Troops
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Louisiana State University Press The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism
Book SynopsisExamines the development of nationalism and its frequent manifestation, secession, by comparing the American experience with that of several other nations, including Germany, Hungary, and Brazil. They compare the US Civil War to the Crimean and Franco-German wars to determine whether the American conflict was the first modern war.
£39.91
Southern Illinois University Press Vicksburg Besieged
Book SynopsisOffers a detailed analysis of the end of the Vicksburg Campaign and the forty-day siege. Ranging in scope from military to social history, contributors examine the role of Grant's staff, contributions of African American troops to the Union Army of the Tennessee, both sides' use of sharpshooters, the use of West Point siege theory, and more.Trade ReviewAn impressively informative body of original Civil War scholarship."—James A. Cox Midwest Book Review"Topically diverse in addressing matters on and off the battlefield (mostly the former), Vicksburg Besieged is another solid entry in the ongoing Civil War Campaigns in the West series and a notable contribution to our understanding of the still relatively understudied siege phase of the Vicksburg Campaign."—Andrew Wagenhoffer Civil War Books and Authors"Drawing on many decades of study, the contributors to Vicksburg Besiegedsupply welcome new perspectives on a pivotal moment in Civil War history. While these well-written essays will appeal chiefly to students of the war’s military history, historians of the environment, health, food, and the senses will discover much fodder for their future work."—Brian Matthew Jordan Civil War Monitor"Despite the battlefield being preserved in the Vicksburg National Military Park, the Siege of Vicksburg garners much less attention than other phases of the campaign. Yet its importance as the capstone of the campaign, where victory and defeat finally came, cannot be diminished. Scholars are slowly beginning to turn more attention to these events, and this collection of topical essays provides a wonderful introduction to several areas of importance in the siege."—Timothy B. Smith, author of The Decision Was Always My Own: Ulysses S. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign"This collection of essays includes some of the best recent history written about the events during the siege of Vicksburg. It illuminates the importance of Vicksburg and how its surrender was a blow from which the Confederacy could not recover. The loss of Vicksburg was a turning point in the Civil War, because it effectively isolated the Trans-Mississippi from the rest of the Confederate states, and this excellent book provides a new look at various activities during the siege."—Anne J. Bailey, author of The Chessboard of War: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Charles D. Grear 1. “By Hazard and by Spasms”: Grant and HisStaff at the Siege of Vicksburg Andrew S. Bledsoe 2. “Standing on the Banks”: African American Troops in the Vicksburg Campaign Scott L. Stabler and Martin J. Hershock 3. Plying the Deadly Trade: The Sharpshooters’ War at the Siege of Vicksburg Jonathan M. Steplyk 4. Nights at Vicksbur Steven E. Woodworth 5. Andrew Hickenlooper and the Vicksburg Mines Justin S. Solonick 6. A Community Besieged: Civilians of the Vicksburg Campaign John J. Gaines 7. Mournful Melodies: LouisianansPlayed the Swan Song of the Army of Relief Richard H. Holloway 8. “West of the Mississippi to UsIsNearly a Sealed Book”: Trans-Mississippians and the Fall of Vicksburg Charles D. Grear Contributors Index
£23.70
Northwestern University Press Straddling Worlds The JewishAmerican Journey of
Book SynopsisSteven Harper pays tribute to a respected teacher with this biography of a distinguished William Smith Mason Professor of History at Northwestern University, Richard W. Leopold. When Leopold invited him to review his biographical materials to prepare a New York Times obituary, Harper began to catch glimpses of a deeper history in Leopold's life.Trade ReviewThere are few great teachers in any generation. One such during the second half of the twentieth century was Richard W. Leopold, a professor of the history of American foreign policy Harvard and Northwestern. Steven J. Harper has caught the spirit and tone of Dick Leopold's life and career in this graceful, admiring biography which aptly describes the stunning qualities of instruction, academic citizenship, and professional scholarship that Leopold exemplified in his distinguished career."" - John Morton Blum, Sterling Professor of History (emeritus) at Yale University and author of The Republican Roosevelt, V was for Victory and other books""We Americans today live too much in historical bubbles, protected from the cleansing knowledge of time and man's history. And so, how greatly we need this well-written and evocative book about one of our greatest twentieth century teachers! Here, in the amazing and inspiring life of Richard Leopold, a man impassioned by excellence, we can see and feel one of the great and searching historic minds of our time-and grapple with our past anew. Personally, I am immensely comforted and inspired by this rare narrative of a man who never bent the truth."" - Georgie Anne Geyer, syndicated columnist, Universal Press Syndicate, and author of Guerrilla Prince, and other books""What a privilege to have had Leopold for a teacher and a friend! I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learning of his entire life. I only wish I'd known more of it when I visited him over the years."" - Phyllis E. Oakley, former Assistant Secretary of State and adjunct professor, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
£28.46
Globe Pequot Hold the Westwall
Book SynopsisFirst book in English on Germany's failed experiment with independent armored brigades in World War II.
£15.99
