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- catalog abstract "Covers the period of 1966 to 1982.".
- catalog abstract "By the late nineteenth century, American Bell Telephone had expanded its services across much of the United States. Yet transmission was difficult through overhead wires over distances of more than a few hundred miles, and impossible in cables beyond thirty miles. Wasserman studies the inventions and innovations that made extension possible.".
- catalog abstract "For review see: Christopher Abel, in Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 18, part 2 (November 1986); p. 498-499; Montalban, no. 19 (1987); p. 348.".
- catalog abstract "Account of Sir Francis Drake's voyage around the world, 1577-1580.".
- catalog abstract "Study of Rāmāyaṇam, extended narrative poem on the life of Rama, Hindu deity, by Kampar, 9th cent.".
- catalog abstract "Classical verse work on Haṭha yoga; presenting the viewpoint of the Nātha sect in Hinduism.".
- catalog abstract "Aphoristic work, with commentary, on poetics, propounding the theory that devotion (bhakti) is the culmination of poetry.".
- catalog abstract "Classical treatise, with commentary, on Sanskrit poetics.".
- catalog abstract "Poem in praise of Amr̥tavāgbhava, Hindu mystic.".
- catalog abstract "Study of a region in Uttar Pradesh bounded by the rivers Ganga and Ghaghra.".
- catalog abstract "Observations by an Afghan journalist.".
- catalog abstract "Classical work on Hindu astrology.".
- catalog abstract "Festschrift honoring Warren G. French, b. 1922, American literary critic.".
- catalog abstract "On the life and works of Ē. Tī. Āriyaratna, b. 1931, social reformer of Sri Lanka; contributed articles.".
- catalog abstract "The trust of events in McDougall's highly charged narrative brings alive the key figures on this stage. The Unions four most successful generals served together in only this one campaign, which was the last for the controversial Braxton Bragg.".
- catalog abstract "The purpose of this book is to provide a rational basis for determining what government should do and what it should not do. Through a thorough analysis of what is behind government's rapid growth in the twentieth century, a conceptual framework for establishing the proper limits of government emerges.".
- catalog abstract "An ex-Marine Corps pilot describes his experiences while flying over 600 missions during two tours of duty in Vietnam.".
- catalog abstract "Brief biographies of the United States Presidents with related historical data.".
- catalog abstract "Ninety photographs with captions present the activities of the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last major railroad in America to use steam power. Most of the photographs were taken at night, and Thomas H. Garver's afterword includes description of Link's methods of flash photography.".
- catalog abstract "The leader of contemporary feminist theory discusses such issues as racism, self-acceptance, and mother- and woman-hood.".
- catalog abstract "The basic idea in this book is that the developing countries should try to utilise their own resources and come up with new institutions and plans for development and financing. The most dangeous mistake they could make now would be wait for the industrial counties to solve their own problems and hopefully those of the developing world. If the North is in no mood at present to take the initiative, there is no reasons why the South should not do so.".
- catalog abstract "Kemp explores how the ecomomic advancement and political development of European nations contributed to (and were influenced by) the cycle of change from agrarian societies to industrial enclaves.".
- catalog abstract "Archaeoastronomy is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary inquiry into the minds of our prehistoric and ancient ancestors, one that attempts to reconstruct the ways in which early peoples made use of the sky and its significance to them. Astronomy appears to be a fundamental component of culture, making the scope of archaeoastronomy worldwide. This book, reviewing recent research, includes new material on the megalith builders in Western Europe, North American Indians, the literate civilizations of Mesoamerica, the Andean culture of the Incas, and the Egyptians, among others. Recent discoveries and controversies are highlighted, and the relationship of ancient skywatching to the development of true science is explored. This is not a tracing of the historical thread leading from pre-science to science; rather it is a cross-cultural search for those elements of prescientific activity that might give us a hint of the process of evolution of our own relationship with the sky.".
- catalog abstract "A comprehensive account of Australian writing from the first settlement in 1788 to the early 1980s.".
- catalog abstract "A textbook presenting the history of Botswana from the origins of mankind to the present day.".
- catalog abstract "East Anglia consists of parts of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Essex.".
- catalog abstract "Originally published in 1955, James Baldwin's first nonfiction book has become a classic. These searing essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and Americans abroad remain as powerful today as when they were written. "He named for me the things you feel but couldn't utter. ... Jimmy's essays articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time."".
- catalog abstract "Account of the author's experience in northern Canada as an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company between 1928 and 1931.".
- catalog abstract "Illustrated history of Canada's native people in both World Wars. Four sections: the First World War, between the wars, the Second World War, and a comparison with native peoples in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.".
- catalog abstract "William H. Herndon was Abraham Lincoln's law partner, close friend, and first great biographer. His Life of Lincoln, written to counteract the worshipful view of Lincoln held by the public, caused enormous controversy when first published in 1889. Unlike the hagiographies that celebrate the selflessness of the "Great Emancipator," Herndon's account emphasizes Lincoln's private life: his broodings, self-doubts, warring contradictions. Many have disputed Herndon's politcal and personal insights, in particular his famous conjecture of Lincoln's passion for Ann Rtuledge, but no one denies the amazing amount of information he collected on his subject, the compelling narrative he wove from it, and the living portrait that emerges of Lincoln in all his human grandeur.".
- catalog abstract "The history of the county of Frontenac 1673 - 1973.".
- catalog abstract "Contains papers presented at the National Seminar of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada held September 28-30, 1983 in Menake, Ontario. Objective of the seminar was to examine the public administration of northern Canada from a number of viewpoints.".
- catalog abstract "After his ill-fated pursuit of the American dream, Bob Dubois finds employment on a fishing boat off the Florida Keys where he becomes involved in a plot to smuggle two Haitians into Florida.".
- catalog abstract "Sequel to: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, which described the author's experiences in Tibet from 1944 to 1951. Here the author returns to Tibet and describes the life of present day Tibetans under Chinese rule.".
- catalog abstract "Introduces the reader to Canadian people, resources, and economic conditions and discusses its influence on the United States.".
- catalog abstract "Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fellow American and Filipino prisoners set out on the infamous Bataan Death March--a forced six-day, sixty-mile trek under a broiling tropical sun during which approximately eleven thousand men died or were bayoneted, clubbed, or shot to death by the Japanese. Yet terrible as the Death March was, for Manny Lawton and his comrades it was only the beginning. When the war ended in August 1945, it is estimated that some 57 percent of the American troops who had surrendered on Bataan had perished. But this is not a chronicle of despair. It is, instead, the story of how men can suffer even the most desperate conditions and, in their will to retain their humanity, triumph over appalling adversity. An epic of quiet heroism, "Some Survived" is a harrowing, poignant, and inspiring tale that lifts the heart. About the Author: Manny Lawton graduated from Clemson College and joined the United States Army as an officer in 1940. He spent three and a half years as a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines, Japan, and Korea before liberation in 1945. He lived in his hometown of Estill, South Carolina, until his death in 1986. Reviews: "Some Survived is a story of unrelieved horror, far worse than any fictional tale every imagined ... yet it does not convey despair. On the contrary, it is inspirational ... It makes one glad to be alive."--St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg Times) "Shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth."--Charleston News & Courier (Charleston News & Courier).".
- catalog abstract "... An honourable, instructive and impressively able book.' The Times Higher Education Supplement.".
- catalog abstract "Vignettes drawn from descriptions of residence and visitors to Jerusalem who tell the story of Jerusalems reawakening between 1838 and 1898.".
- catalog abstract "Thirty-two articles introduce an Olympic event describing its rules, judging, and identifying likely contenders for medals in 1984.".
- catalog abstract "A systematic history of the American movie industry, consisting of previously published and especially commissioned essays on important events, trends, people, developments, products, and influences.".
- catalog abstract "A memoir by their daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson recounting their separate paths.".
- catalog abstract "The first book ever written on the decline of big-city afternoon newspapers in America.".
- catalog abstract "Recounts the voyage of 500 Jews aboard the Pentcho, a decrepit paddle steamer, from Bratislava in May 1940.".
- catalog abstract "A brief survey of the history of the politics of the American South from the Civil War to the Reagan administration.".
- catalog abstract "In 1949 the author's mother, unable to care for him, left him at a Brooklyn orphanage, and for the next three years he lived in institutions and foster homes. Finally he found caring people.".
- catalog abstract "Treatise, with commentary, on Sanskrit poetics.".
- catalog abstract "Supercommentary, on the benediction (maṅgala) part of Tattvacintāmaṇyāloka, 15th century commentary, by Pakṣadharamiśra on Tattvacintāmaṇi, 13th century basic work of the neo-Nyaya school in Indic philosophy, by Gaṅgeśa; with a treatise on reductio ad absurdum (tarka)".
- catalog abstract "Dictionary of Sanskrit suffixes.".
- catalog abstract "Talks by a follower of the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.".
- catalog abstract "Prakrit grammar, in the form of redistribution and interpretation of the 8th chapter in Siddhahaimaśabdānuśāsana, by Hemacandra, 1088-1172.".
- catalog abstract "Study of Tiruvaruṭpayaṉ, verse work of the Śaiva Siddhānta school in Hindu philosophy, by Umāpati Civācāriyar, 14th century Tamil religious poet.".
- catalog abstract "Aphoristic work, with commentary and digests, on Hindu sacrificial rites, according to the Drāhyāyaṇa school in Sāmaveda.".
- catalog abstract "Classical Nyaya treatise on the concept of self (ātman) refuting the Buddhist exposition of the subject.".
- catalog abstract "Poem in praise of Veṅkaṭanātha, 1268-1369, leader of the Śrī Vaishṇava sect and exponent of the Viśiṣṭādvaita school in Hindu philosophy.".
- catalog abstract "In the Indian context.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at a seminar organized by South Asia Studies Centre, University of Rajasthan, 1982.".
- catalog abstract "History of social conflicts and nationalism in Bombay, 1928-1932.".
- catalog abstract "English writings of a Tamil litterateur and Indian freedom fighter.".
- catalog abstract "Classical hymn to Durgā, Hindu deity.".
- catalog abstract "An introspective narrative of the activities, attitudes, and concerns of a writer in his fiftieth year is accompanied by stories that address the same artistic and personal preoccupations.".
- catalog abstract "An insightful presentation of a Latin American spirituality based on the experience of the poor and their struggle for life.".
- catalog abstract "Includes primary sources on defense workers, women during the war, conscientious objectors, scrap metal collection and recycling, racial issues on the homefront, and civil defense.".
- catalog abstract "Tells of the life and focal role of Shawnee Prophet Tenskwatawa, the brother of Tecumseh.".
- catalog abstract "Acerca de la obra de la artista gráfico político mexicano y grabador.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the spiritual aspects of learning, sex, family life, work, money, play, health, technology, social action, and ecology.".
- catalog abstract "With the aid of over sixty important sources, most of them translated and abridged by the author, this brief history brings an age of upheaval into sharp focus. It shows succinctly how a compelling ideology, the Christian faith, shaped the history of the Reformation. The religious revolution of the sixteenth century shattered an ecclesiastical structure and quickened a universal faith. The Christian heritage which the Reformation revitalized and transmitted to our time is still the source of Western man's ability to talk in terms of a universal justice, humanity, and the rights of man.".
- catalog abstract "Recounts a history of the English language from its Indo-European origins to the present.".
- catalog abstract "Why is social science divided into ever smaller subfields? Why do policy-makers rarely pay attention to social science knowledge? Why do social scientists speak with so little certainty about the causes and solutions to pressing human problems? Hubert M Blalock Jr looks at some of the compelling questions surrounding social science today. He argues that there are systematic ways of overcoming the traps that have constrained social science, and that given rigorous data analysis and theory construction, collective efforts to eliminate individual biases, and more intellectual integrity and creativity, social science has the potential to be far more productive than it is at present.".
- catalog abstract "Prostitution in Medieval Society, a monograph about Languedoc between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, is also much more than that: it is a compelling narrative about the social construction of sexuality.".
- catalog abstract "Penny Schine Gold provides a bold analysis of key literary and artistic images of women in the Middle Ages and the relationship between these images and the actual experience of women. She argues that the complex interactions between men and women as expressed in both image and experience reflect a common pattern of ambivalence and contradiction. Thus, women are seen as both helpful and harmful, powerful and submissive, and the actuality of women's experience encompasses women in control and controlled, autonomous and dependent.".
- catalog abstract "English translations of the author's most important articles.".
- catalog abstract ""Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful critique of Western history and anthropology"--Publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of the verse of one of America's great poets over three decades.".
- catalog abstract ""Originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 and 1954, the Oxford Translation of Aristotle is universally recognized as the standard English version of Aristotle. It is a valuable contribution to studies of Aristotle and is regularly referred to by scholars of all nationalities. Now Princeton University Press makes available the complete works in two volumes. The volumes contain the substance of the original Translation, revised by Jonathan Barnes in the light of recent research. Three of the original versions - Categories, On Interpretation, and Posterior Analytics - have been replaced by more modern translations. A new and enlarged selection of Fragments has been added. A generous index provides indispensable aid to the scholar."--Publisher's description.".
- catalog abstract "History of the Cavendish family, who became the Dukes of Devonshire.".
- catalog abstract "Karen Cornell, bright, attractive staff reporter for the Washington Spectator is approached by a Czech official who declares his intention to defect. She will have a bombshell of a story--if she remains alive to write it.".
- catalog abstract "The story of the Nez Perce tribe and the Nez Perce War of 1877.".
- catalog abstract "Wong Aloiau (1847-1919) immigrated from China to Honolulu in 1865, and about 1870 left Oahu for Kauai. He married three times (once in China, where that wife died, and twice in Hawaii). Descendants and relatives lived in Hawaii, California and elsewhere. Includes some family history in China.".
- catalog abstract "In Sacred Groves and Ravaged Gardens, Louise Westling explores how the complex, difficult roles of women in southern culture shaped the literary worlds of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor. Tracing the cultural heritage of the South, Westling shows how southern women reacted to the violent, false world created by their men-a world in which women came to be shrouded as icons of purity in atonement for the sins of men. Exposing the actual conditions of women's lives, creating assertive protagonists who resist or revise conventional roles, and exploring rich matriarchal traditions and connections to symbolic landscapes Welty, McCullers, and O'Connor created a body of fiction that enriches and complements the patriarchal version of southern life presented in the works of William Faulkner, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and William Styron.-publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "They were called "frail sisters," "fallen angels," "soiled doves," and "whores." They worked the brothels, saloons, streets, and "hog ranches" of the American frontier. They were the prostitutes of the post-Civil War West. This book details the destitute lives of these nearly anonymous women. Anne Butler reveals who they were, how they lived and worked, and why they became an essential element in the development of the West's emerging institutions. Her story hears little resemblance to the popular depictions of prostitutes in film and fiction. Far removed from the glittering lives of dancehall girls, these women lived at the borders of society and the brink of despair. Poor and uneducated, they faced a world where scarce jobs, paltry wages, and inflated prices made prostitution a likely if bitter choice of employment. At best, their daily lives were characterized by fierce competition and at worst, by fatal violence at the hands of customers, coworkers, or themselves. They were scorned and attacked by the legal, military, church, and press establishments; nevertheless, as Butler shows, these same institutions also used prostitutes as a means for maintaining their authority and as a lure for economic development. Based on research in more than twenty repositories in Wyoming, Arizona. Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Kansas, using census lists, police dockets, jail registers, military correspondence, trial testimony, inquests, courts martial, newspapers, post returns, and cemetery records, this book illuminates the dark corners of a dark profession and adds much to our knowledge of both Western and women's history.--From publisher description.".
- catalog abstract "Studies of the Book of Mormon presents this respected church leader's investigation into Mormonism's founding scripture. Reflecting his talent for combining history and theology, B.H. Roberts considered the evident parallels between the Book of Mormon and Ethan Smith's A View to the Hebrews, a book that predated the Mormon scripture by seven years. If the Book of Mormon is not historical, but rather a reflection of the misconceptions current in Joseph Smith's day regarding Indian origins, then its theological claims are suspect as well, Roberts asserted. In this and other research, it was Roberts's proclivity to go wherever the evidence took him, in this case anticipating and defending against potential future problems. Yet the manuscript was so poorly received by fellow church leaders that it was left to Roberts alone to decide whether he had overlooked some important piece of the puzzle or whether the Mormon scripture's claims were, in fact, illegitimate. Clearly for most of his colleagues, institutional priorities overshadowed epistemological integrity. But Roberts's path-breaking work has been judged by the editor to be methodologically sound--still relevant today. It shows the work of a keen mind, and illustrates why Roberts was one of the most influential Mormon thinkers of his day. The manuscript is accompanied by a preface and introduction, a history of the documents' provenances, a biographical essay, correspondence to and from Roberts relating to the manuscript, a bibliography, and an afterword--all of which put the information into perspective.".
- catalog abstract "When a Holocaust survivor's son discovers that his brooding father has been haunted for years by his role in the murder of a brutal SS officer just after the war, the son also discovers that the Nazi is still alive. What begins as a quest for his father's love becomes a reenactment of the past, as the son sets out to complete his father's act of revenge.".
- catalog abstract "Lenz provides a historical overview of the American confidence man, and its role as a literary convention.".
- catalog abstract ""For too long Africa has been the dark continent in the history of American foreign relations. Recent debate over the importance of human rights, however, has focused attention on that continent. Thomas Noer's study of U.S. policy toward the regimes of South Africa, Rhodesia, and Angola is among the first to explore the African angle in American diplomacy. It is also the first work to analyze the influence of the American civil rights and black power movements on foreign relations. Based on extensive research in recently declassified materials, Cold War and Black Liberation documents the intense debates and diplomatic dilemmas arising in 1948 with the triumph of South Africa's Nationalist party and its ensuing policy of apartheid. In the context of the emerging civil rights movement in the United States, Noer then details America's response to the international problem of white rule on a black continent, concluding his study with an epilogue that carries the narrative into the 1980s. Noer's study also illustrates the basic conflict in American diplomacy between traditional commitments to majority rule and human rights and more immediate (and often prevailing) strategic, economic, and political interests. The emotional issues of race, human rights, and anticommunism make policy decisions complex and controversial, as American blacks, black Africans, European allies, and the white minority governments all lobbied to influence U.S. policy."-- Book jacket.".
- catalog abstract ""Fortune smiles on Mark Robarts, a young man of charm and principle. Not only has Lady Lufton appointed him Vicar of Framley, but he has also been blessed with a happy marriage. Yet, his naivety and social ambition draw him toward a sophisticated, worldly set who question his moral values and sense of honour. Falling under the spell of the roguish Nathaniel Sowerby, Robarts is brought to the edge of ruin. Only his friends can save him but will they discover his predicament in time? For Lady Lufton there are further trials and tribulations when she suspects her son of forming an unsuitable attachment. Anthony Trollope brings all his accustomed wit, perceptive eye and lively comic touches to this matchless portrayal of nineteenth century life. Published to great acclaim in 1860, Framley Parsonage is one of his most popular novels and the fourth in the Barsetshire Chronicles."--Publisher's description.".
- catalog abstract "The author relates his adventures as he, two children, a pony, and a Border collie set off on a walking tour following the pack horse routes and smuggler's trails in England's Lake District.".
- catalog abstract "A dictionary to the identification of visual art based on Greek and Roman myth and legend including cross-references, listings of attributes, and references from over 150 works of classical literature.".
- catalog abstract "Emma Hale (1804-1879) was born in Harmony. Pennsylvania to Isaac Hale (1763-1839) and Elizabeth Lewis (1767-1842). In 1827 she eloped and married Joseph Smith (1805-1844) who was the founder and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Emma became the mother of eleven children, five of whom lived to adulthood. She and Joseph moved often and suffered great persecution for their beliefs. After Joseph's martyrdom in 1844, Emma remained in Nauvoo and married Lewis Bidamon. She died in her home in 1879.".
- catalog abstract "Traces the history of Zionism from Biblical times to the eventual establishment of a Zionist state in Palestine.".
- catalog abstract "Selection of papers presented at the 3rd Women and Labour Conference, Adelaide, 1982.".
- catalog abstract "Donated.".
- catalog abstract ""In this almost documentary account of his own experience of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor, the degradation, in relentless detail..."--(from cover).".
- catalog abstract "Discusses how, between 1938 and 1945, the Nazis planned and carried out a program of extermination against the Jews of Europe now known as the Holocaust, and how the Holocaust continues to affect our everyday lives.".
- catalog abstract ""The history of Egypt from the Arab conquest in 639 to the present day introduces the reader to the central paradox of Egyptian identity - the alienation of the Egyptian from his rulers, who until 1952 were foreigners, and the continuity of an area with fixed boundaries which has existed for millenia. The first three chapters deal with the Arab conquest, the age of the mamluks and Egypt's incorporation into the Ottoman Empire, while the later part of the book examines the early development of the modern state under Muhammad Ali, the liberal experiment after 1922, the Nasser years and the legacy Nasser bequeathed to his successors, Sadat and Mubarak. The author has now updated the volume to consider Egypt's role in the Gulf War and the ways in which the government has dealt with an increase in terrorism. Now that President Mubarak has been elected for a third term, the author asks if a new, more liberal direction is possible in the face of continuing uncertainty."--Publisher's description.".
- catalog abstract "This book provides an overview of current international understanding of the psychology of gifted children. The psychological and social development of very able children is considered within the wider context of more general processes of child development.".
- catalog abstract "Drama set in a village of New Bethesda, South Africa. Eccentric elderly reclusive artist defines intolerance of the small community. 2 acts, 1 man, 2 women, i interior.".
- catalog abstract "Concentrates on defining those words that would be unfamiliar to a modern reader; dialect forms, idioms, and colloquial phrases receive special attention.".
- catalog abstract "A biography by her son of the woman who, despite her shyness, followed her conscience to become one of the most admired, most criticized, and most influential First Ladies in United States history.".
- catalog abstract ""Counties covered include all of those formed before 1790, i.e. Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Franklin, Glynn, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washington, and Wilkes. Also covered are Columbia and Elbert counties, which were formed just after the census was taken. Information in the text is purposely sparse, the compilers' object being simply to identify individuals in at least one record of a county at a particular time. When the original edition of this work was published in 1976, it had no index. Our reprint contains a complete name index with thousands of multiple references" -- publisher website (June 2008).".
- catalog abstract "Arches, Big Bend, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Carlsbad Caverns, Grand Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Mese Verde, Petrified Forest, Zion.".