Origins

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Jacques Pépin
The Origins of AIDS
It is now forty years since the discovery of AIDS, but its origins continue to puzzle doctors, scientists and patients. Inspired by his own experiences working as a physician in a bush hospital in Zaire, Jacques Pépin looks back to the early twentieth-century events in central Africa that triggered...
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Anna O. Law
Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants
Since the late nineteenth century, the US federal government has enjoyed exclusive authority to decide whether someone has the ability to enter and stay in US territory. But freedom of movement was not guaranteed in the British colonies or early US. By contrast, voluntary migrants were met with stri...
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Amanda B. Moniz
From Empire to Humanity: The American Revolution and the Origins of Humanitarianism
In the decades before the Revolution, Americans and Britons shared an imperial approach to helping those in need during times of disaster and hardship. They worked together on charitable ventures designed to strengthen the British empire, and ordinary men and women made donations for faraway members...
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Fredrik Logevall
The Origins of the Vietnam War
Why did the US make a commitment to an independent South Vietnam? Could a major war have been averted? Fredrik Logevall provides a concise, comprehensive and accessible introduction to the origins of the Vietnam War from the end of the Indochina War in 1954 to the eruption of full-scale war in 1965,...
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Dorothy Ross
The Origins of American Social Science (Ideas in Context, Series Number 19)
Focusing on the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and history, this book examines how American social science came to model itself on natural science and liberal politics. Professor Ross argues that American social science receives its distinctive stamp from the ideology of Ame...
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Irene Silverblatt
Modern Inquisitions: Peru and the Colonial Origins of the Civilized World (Latin America Otherwise)
Trying to understand how “civilized” people could embrace fascism, Hannah Arendt searched for a precedent in modern Western history. She found it in nineteenth-century colonialism, with its mix of bureaucratic rule, racial superiority, and appeals to rationality. Modern Inquisitions takes Aren...
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Dian H. Murray
The Origins of the Tiandihui: The Chinese Triads in Legend and History
The Tiandihui, also known as the Heaven and Earth Association or the Triads, was one of the earliest, largest, and most enduring of the Chinese secret societies that have played crucial roles at decisive junctures in modern Chinese history. These organizations were characterized by ceremonial ritual...
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AncestryDNA
AncestryDNA Genetic Test Kit: Personalized Genetic Results, DNA Ethnicity Test, Origins & Ethnicities, Complete DNA Test
TOP-SELLING CONSUMER DNA TEST: From your origins in over 3,600 places around the world to the most connections to living relatives, no other DNA test kit delivers an experience as unique and interactive as AncestryDNA. YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL: We give you full control over your genetic information. ...
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Fred M. Donner
Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam
The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The traditional view, which presents Islam as a self-consciously distinct religion tied to the life and revelations of the prophet Muhammad in western Arabia, has since the 1970s been challenged by historians engag...
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Robert Holm
Life in Congo: Origins, Genealogy and Miscegenation Unveiled.: Part One
Life in Congo is based on the biography of Harry Chief Smith. Harry was born to young parents in Belgium. He will be adopted by a Congolese family in Congo, receive a new Congolese name, belong to a tribe, love his family, friends and studies in Congo. This book tells about the big changes that will...
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Cedric de Leon
The Origins of Right to Work: Antilabor Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Chicago
"Right to work" states weaken collective bargaining rights and limit the ability of unions to effectively advocate on behalf of workers. As more and more states consider enacting right-to-work laws, observers trace the contemporary attack on organized labor to the 1980s and the Reagan era. In The ...
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EVORETRO
EVORETRO PET Display Case Protector for Masters of The Universe Origins Carded Action Figure Box - 5.5 Inch Motu Carded Blister Pack Plastic Clear
Polyethylene Terephthalate (Pet Plastic) ARCHIVAL GRADE PROTECTION: Protective case for Masters of The Universe Origins Carded Action Figure Retro Cardbacked action figures with our 0.40 mm thick PET display cases. These ultra-clear protectors shield your collectibles from dust, dirt, and moisture, ...
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Alexander Lee
Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship
Why are some countries more democratic than others? For most non-European countries, elections began under Western colonial rule. However, existing research largely overlooks these democratic origins. Analyzing a global sample of colonies across four centuries, this book explains the emergence of co...
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Othello Cody Verrocchio
Divine Origins (The Adventures Of Captain Cody)
Divine Origins marks the dawn of an epic 21-book odyssey that will leave readers breathless and craving more. This first series spans seven thrilling installments: Divine Origins - Rebellion's Dawn - Galactic Exodus - Nebula Uprising - Celestial Reckoning - Stellar Ascendancy - Beyond Horizons Prep...
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Kermit Pattison
Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
"Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers."  — New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)   "Brilliant. ... A work of staggering depth." — Minneapolis Star Tribune A decade in the m...
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Anna O. Law
Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants
Since the late nineteenth century, the US federal government has enjoyed exclusive authority to decide whether someone has the ability to enter and stay in US territory. But freedom of movement was not guaranteed in the British colonies or early US. By contrast, voluntary migrants were met with stri...
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Tekeningy
Baby Names Book 2025: Unique, Classic & Modern Baby Name Book for Boys and Girls with Meanings, Cultural Origins & Spiritual Insights
What if the name you choose could carry meaning, culture and a sense of purpose for a lifetime? This carefully curated Baby Names Book 2025 gives you thousands of A–Z name entries that combine clear meanings, cultural and language origins, variant forms and spiritual connotations, presented so y...
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Jasper Hartwell
IDIOMS Origins & Meanings: Volume II: A Dictionary of Popular Sayings, Phrases & Expressions: Etymology of the Study and History behind 'Why Do We Say
Ever wondered why we "jump through hoops" when we face challenges or why someone throws a "monkey wrench" in the works? In "IDIOMS: Origins & Meanings, Volume II," you'll discover the surprising, quirky, and sometimes bizarre origins of over 200 more idioms that span new categories and themes....
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Fred McGraw Donner
Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam
The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The traditional view, which presents Islam as a self-consciously distinct religion tied to the life and revelations of the prophet Muhammad in western Arabia, has since the 1970s been challenged by historians engag...
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Johanna Drucker
Inventing the Alphabet: The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present
The first comprehensive intellectual history of alphabet studies . Inventing the Alphabet provides the first account of two-and-a-half millennia of scholarship on the alphabet. Drawing on decades of research, Johanna Drucker dives into sometimes obscure and esoteric references, dispelling myths a...
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