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Andrew McNeill Canady
Willis Duke Weatherford: Race, Religion, and Reform in the American South (New Directions In Southern History)
At the turn of the twentieth century, few white, southern leaders would speak out in favor of racial equality for fear of being dismissed as too progressive. Willis Duke Weatherford (1875–1970), however, defied convention as one of the first prominent white southern liberals to dedicate his life t...
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Cynthia J. Novack
Sharing the Dance: Contact Improvisation and American Culture (New Directions in Anthropological Writing)
    In Sharing the Dance , Cynthia Novack considers the development of contact improvisation within its web of historical, social, and cultural contexts.  This  book examines the ways contact improvisers (and their surrounding communities) encode sexuality, spontaneity, and gender roles, as w...
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Vaschenko
The Way of Kinship: An Anthology of Native Siberian Literature (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies)
That these treasures are available to us as writing is a miracle. . . . The writings here, while altogether modern in one sense, are based upon a literature, albeit oral, that has existed for thousands of years. They are the reflections of people who have lived long on the earth, on their own terms,...
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Kristina DuRocher
Raising Racists: The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South (New Directions In Southern History)
White southerners recognized that the perpetuation of segregation required whites of all ages to uphold a strict social order―especially the young members of the next generation. White children rested at the core of the system of segregation between 1890 and 1939 because their participation was cr...
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Douglas Alan Ward
Life of Pilgrim: Book VIII: “It”, Human frailty, Good and Evil, Warfare, Heaven, Death, Dissolution and the Collective Consciousness
Book VIII is the most religious of all the books inside the Life of Pilgrim . Pilgrim meanders around in his old age thinking about his society, his son, his yard, and his species. Dreams torment him, and his ultimate dissolution raises its ugly head. His attention span is not “what it was”...
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R. G. Robertson
Idaho Echoes in Time: Traveling Idaho's History and Geology : Stories, Directions, Maps, and More
Book by Robertson, R. G. Used Book in Good Condition...
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Janette Schuster
Mixed-Media Collage Jewelry: New Directions in Memory Jewelry
Crafting a piece of collage jewelry is more than just a creative act; it can also be a very personal journey when the materials include precious keepsakes and mementos. In these 25 stunning projects, readers can experience the pleasure of creating works of beauty and memory. The techniques are basic...
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Howard J. Wiarda
New Directions In Comparative Politics
Book by Wiarda, Howard J. Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and head of the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, and Senior Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. He is la member of the C...
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John Edgar Wideman
The Island Martinique (National Geographic Directions)
In this compelling travel memoir, two-time PEN/Faulkner Award winner John Edgar Wideman explores Martinique's seductive natural beauty and culture, as well as its vexed history of colonial violence and racism. Attempting to decipher the strange, alluring mixture of African and European that is Creol...
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Miriam Ascarelli
Independent Vision: Dorothy Harrison Eustis and the story of The Seeing Eye (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond)
Mention the words "Seeing Eye," and most people will associate them with guide dogs for the blind and partially sighted. Mention the name "Dorothy Harrison Eustis," and most people will not recognize it, even though she is the woman responsible for founding The Seeing Eye, the first guide dog school...
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Zandria F. Robinson
This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South (New Directions in Southern Studies)
When Zandria Robinson returned home to interview African Americans in Memphis, she was often greeted with some version of the caution “I hope you know this ain’t Chicago.” In this important new work, Robinson critiques ideas of black identity constructed through a northern lens and situates Af...
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Alberto J. Rodriguez
The Multiple Faces of Agency: Innovative Strategies for Effecting Change in Urban School Contexts (New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education
This timely edited volume examines the education of children and youth in urban settings and offers compelling alternatives for successfully engaging them in school learning. Urban schools serve a large proportion of students who are poor, of color, and speakers of languages other than English. The ...
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Luke Fischer
The Poet as Phenomenologist: Rilke and the New Poems (New Directions in German Studies)
The Poet as Phenomenologist: Rilke and the New Poems opens up new perspectives on the relation between Rilke's poetry and phenomenological philosophy, illustrating the ways in which poetry can offer an exceptional response to the philosophical problem of dualism. Drawing on the work of Husserl, Hei...
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Bettina Arnold
Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State: The Evolution of Complex Social Systems in Prehistoric Europe (New Directions in Archaeology)
In this collection, archaeologists, historians, geographers and language specialists reexamine the structure and political development of Celtic states scattered across present-day Europe. The main theoretical focus is on whether and when state-level complexity was attained in the different Celtic s...
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John H. Clarke
Changing Welfare, Changing States: New Directions in Social Policy
What has happened to welfare states? Are we witnessing the end of welfare, the survival of the welfare state, or welfare states in transition? Changing Welfare, Changing States invites us to think differently about the remaking of the relationships between welfare, state and nation. Informed by th...
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Reed
Serving the Nation (New Directions in Native American Studies Series) (Volume 14)
Well before the creation of the United States, the Cherokee people administered their own social policy—a form of what today might be called social welfare—based on matrilineal descent, egalitarian relations, kinship obligations, and communal landholding. The ethic of gadugi , or work coordinat...
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MONKEY GRIP
MONKEY GRIP Wedge Pad Golf Glove Premium Synthetic Nonslip Power Grip Good Grip Slice Killer No Twist Left Hand
Drive a wedge into golf - When placing the club in the curved padding it will be secure. The club will not rotate or slip. This prevents shaky backswings, hitting, and following. Prevention of slice - The padding can help avoid slipping so when hitting the back swing top the ball will be sent straig...
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Tasha Oren
Global Currents: Media and Technology Now (New Directions in International Studies)
Rhetoric about media technology tends to fall into two extreme categories: unequivocal celebration or blanket condemnation.  This is particularly true in debate over the clash of values when first world media infiltrate third world audiences. Bringing together the best new work on contemporary med...
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Alan M. Beck
Ecology of Stray Dogs: A Study of Free-Ranging Urban Animals (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond)
This study of dog ecology and behavior and of human ecology and behavior discusses the facets of the phenomenon of the urban free-roaming dog. It provides information for students who wish to embark on studies of wild canines. This readable contribution should be in the hands of any city or state ag...
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eMpTi Art Recipe Books
Damn Good Recipe Book: 127 page blank recipe book. Room for 40 recipes.
127 page blank recipe book with three pages for each recipe. Room for ingredients, directions, comments and a spot to glue a picture. Great way to save all the great recipes you've made in one place....
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