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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Truesdale Livermore (Author)Block Island: Map and Guide, Historic Sketch (1882) is a book written by Samuel Truesdale Livermore that provides a comprehensive overview of Block Island, a small island located off the coast of Rhode Island. The book includes a detailed map of the island, as well as a guide to its history, geography, and natural resources. The historic sketch section of the book covers the island's early settlement by Native Americans, its d...

Seeing Differently: A History and Theory of Identification and the Visual Arts

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Report copyright infringementby Amelia Jones (Author)Seeing Differently offers a history and theory of ideas about identity in relation to visual arts discourses and practices in Euro-American culture, from early modern beliefs that art is an expression of an individual, the painted image a "world picture" expressing a comprehensive and coherent point of view, to the rise of identity politics after WWII in the art world and beyond. The book is both a history of these ideas (for example, traci...

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Report copyright infringementby Gijs Van Hensbergen (Author)"A soaring biography. . . meticulously researched, elegantly organized, fluidly, lucidly written." --Chicago TribuneAt the time of his death in 1926, Antonio Gaudi was arguably the most famous architect in the world. He had created some of the greatest and most controversial masterpieces of modern architecture that were as exotic as they were outrageous. But little is known about the shadowy figure behind the swirling, vivid building...

Vanities of the Eye: Vision in Early Modern European Culture

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Report copyright infringementby Stuart Clark (Author)Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In medicine, art theory, science, religion, and philosophy, sight came to be characterized as uncertain or paradoxical--mental images no longer resembled the external world. Was seeing really believing? Stuart Clark explores the controversial debates of the time-...

Antinomies of Art and Culture: Modernity, Postmodernity, Contemporaneity - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Okwui Enwezor (Editor), Nancy Condee (Editor), Terry Smith (Editor)In this landmark collection, world-renowned theorists, artists, critics, and curators explore new ways of conceiving the present and understanding art and culture in relation to it. They revisit from fresh perspectives key issues regarding modernity and postmodernity, including the relationship between art and broader social and political currents, as well as important questions about temporalit...

John Quinn, 1870-1925: Collection of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings and Sculpture. - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby John Quinn (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enoug...

Petroglyphs of Western Colorado and the Northern Ute Indian Reservation as Interpreted by Clifford Duncan: Transactions, American Philosophical Societ - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Carol Patterson (Author)Clifford Duncan, a Northern Ute elder, believed in educating the public to know and understand the meaning of Ute petroglyphs. By doing this, he believed it would help to preserve and protect them. Over the course of eight years, Clifford and the author visited and revisited all of these sites, discussing what they might represent. Clifford's father was an Uncompahgre Ute and wanted Clifford to know the traditional homelands of the Uncom...

On Coal, At Home And Abroad: With Relation To Consumption, Cost, Demand, And Supply (1873)

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Report copyright infringementby John R. Leifchild (Author)On Coal, At Home And Abroad: With Relation To Consumption, Cost, Demand, And Supply is a book written by John R. Leifchild and first published in 1873. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the coal industry at the time, both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Leifchild examines the consumption, cost, demand, and supply of coal, and provides detailed statistics and analysis of the industry. The book is divided into several secti...

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Report copyright infringementby Jeff Hirsh (Author)Manhattan has long been renowned for the diversity of its offering of hotels --from some of the best in the world to some of the worst. Around 1880, the entire nature of the hotel experience began to change. Formerly, hotels had been just a place to stop between here and there for a hot meal and a warm bed. Suddenly, the hotel itself became the destination. New affluence, new technologies, and new fashion all came together in the decades betw...

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Report copyright infringementby H. Martin Weingartner (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the...

A Medicated Empire: The Pharmaceutical Industry and Modern Japan

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Report copyright infringementby Timothy M. Yang (Author)Winner of the 2022 Hagley Prize in Business HistoryIn A Medicated Empire, Timothy M. Yang explores the history of Japan's pharmaceutical industry in the early twentieth century through a close account of Hoshi Pharmaceuticals, one of East Asia's most influential drug companies from the late 1910s through the early 1950s. Focusing on Hoshi's connections to Japan's emerging nation-state and empire as well as the ways in which it embraced a...

Banking And Finance Among Jews In Renaissance Italy

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Report copyright infringementby Yehiel Nissim Da Pisa (Author), Gilbert S. Rosenthal (Translator)Banking and Finance Among Jews in Renaissance Italy is a historical book written by Yehiel Nissim Da Pisa. The book explores the role of Jews in the banking and finance industry during the Renaissance period in Italy. It examines the economic, social, and political conditions that led to the emergence of Jewish bankers and financiers in Italy and their impact on the economy of the region. The book...

The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated Out of the Original Greek Into the Mongolian Language

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Report copyright infringementby British and Foreign Bible Society (Created by)This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to t...

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Report copyright infringementby Barbara W. Sommer (Author), Mary Kay Quinlan (Author)The Oral History Manual, 4th edition, is a comprehensive and user-friendly book designed to take novice or experienced oral historians through the entire life cycle of an oral history project, from idea through planning, interviewing, caring for, and making oral history interviews accessible.Author BiographyBarbara W. Sommer, M.A., BWS Associates, has over forty years of experience in the public history and ...

The Baseball Business: Pursuing Pennants and Profits in Baltimore

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Report copyright infringementby James Edward Miller (Author)Major league baseball is more than pitching, defense, and three-run homers. It is a big business. In recent years at least as much fan interest has focused on the off-the-field activities of players and owners as on the games themselves. James Miller's The Baseball Business identifies the issues that have come to the fore during the commercialization of baseball since the 1950s: *the changing relationship between the major and minor ...

What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next?

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Report copyright infringementby Katherine Verdery (Author)Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a significant base of ethnographic and historical expertise when the major political transformations in the region began to take place. In this collection of essays dealing with the aftermath of Soviet-style socialism and the different forms that may replace it, she explores the nature of socialism in order to understand more fully its consequence...

The Development of Industrial Society in Ireland

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Report copyright infringementby J. H. Goldthorpe (Editor), C. T. Whelan (Editor)An important text for scholars and students on an aspect of Irish society that has been inadequately covered elsewhere. Ireland is one of the nations of the western world in which industrialization was longest delayed. In these papers, sociologists, economists and political scientists offer 'rich and original insights into how Irish society has developed, particularly over the last 30 years' (Irish Times). Questio...

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Report copyright infringementby W. F. Massey (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.Thi...

The Political Economy of Commerce: Southern India 1500 1650

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Report copyright infringementby Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Author), Subrahmanyam Sanjay (Author)In The Political Economy of Commerce: Southern India 1500-1650 Sanjay Subrahmanyam explores the relationship between long-distance trade and the economic and political structure of southern India in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He questions the more traditional views that external demand was the force behind pre-colonial Indian economic growth or that external trade was insignificant in...

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Report copyright infringementby Severine M. Rugumamu (Author)This succinct and balanced monograph critically examines Africa's integration - or lack thereof - into the global capitalist system. From historical and interdisciplinary perspectives, it considers how encounters between structurally unequal economies and institutions have shaped the continent's past and exacerbated the exploitation and abject poverty suffered by the majority. Number of Pages: 256 Dimension...

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Report copyright infringementby J. M. Schoffeleers (Author), Matthew Schoffeleers (Author)In the early 1990s, the church in Malawi mounted concerted and public opposition to the regime of Hastings Banda. The Catholic bishops issued a Lenten pastoral letter, which ignited the processs that led to a democratic election. This record of the story through the 1960s onwards is about a church discovering its mandate, and struggling to live with it. The record is a chronicle of events and development...

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by Eric Braun (Author)Meet the largest, deadliest species of shark to have ever lived: the megalodon! These sharks terrorized the oceans for millions of years before they became extinct. Discover how scientists have used fossils to learn about these ancient ocean predators. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM book will inspire curiosity about the megalodon and paleontology. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is ideal for makerspaces and walks student...

All about the U.S. Government - Paperback

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by Dona Herweck Rice (Author)Engage high school students who are new to the United Stateswith this nonfiction social studies book! It supports students in grades 9-12 as they build English vocabulary and adjust to school in the U.S.All About the U.S. Government Supports newcomers with short, focused text and vibrant, language-supporting photographs Covers U.S. government practices and symbols, such as voting, the Supreme Court, and the American flag Boosts English vocabulary while exposing s...

A Brief History Of The Worshipful Company Of Ironmongers London A.D. 1351-1889: With An Appendix Containing Some Account Of The Blacksmiths' Company

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Report copyright infringementby Theophilus Charles Noble (Author)NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS A Brief History Of The Worshipful Company Of Ironmongers London A.D. 1351-1889: With An Appendix Containing Some Account Of The Blacksmiths' Company This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the origina...

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Report copyright infringementby Hamilton Holt (Author)NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS Commercialism And Journalism This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layo...

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Report copyright infringementby Momar Coumba Diop (Author), Oswald Mashindano (Joint Author)Thirteen chapters present the debate among Sengalese academics undertaking a multi-facetted analysis of the social, political and economic development of their country, with the aim of finding innovative answers Senegal's current predicament. The major trends from 1960-1990 are identified, and factors contributing to the shift from a state intervention system to a "liberalism" which deconstructs some o...

The Commercial Restraints Of Ireland: Considered In A Series Of Letters To A Noble Lord, Containing An Historical Account Of The Affairs Of That Kingd

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Report copyright infringementby John Hely Hutchinson (Author), W. G. Carroll (Editor), W. G. Carroll (Introduction by)NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS The Commercial Restraints Of Ireland: Considered In A Series Of Letters To A Noble Lord, Containing An Historical Account Of The Affairs Of That Kingdom. Dublin, 1779. Re-Edited, With A Sketch Of The Author's Life, Introduction, Notes, And Index, By W. G. Carroll, M.A. This book is a result of...

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Report copyright infringementby William Amasa Scott (Author)Banking This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, ...

British Committees, Commissions, And Councils Of Trade And Plantations, 1622-1675

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Report copyright infringementby Charles McLean Andrews (Author)NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS British Committees, Commissions, And Councils Of Trade And Plantations, 1622-1675 This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting...

Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot - Paperback

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by Elisabeth Elliot (Author)"More than inspirational reading: it belongs to the very heartbeat of evangelic witness." --Christianity Today Shadow of the Almighty is one of the great missionary stories of modern times. It is the life and testament of Jim Elliot, as told by Elliot's widow, author and evangelist Elisabeth Elliot Gren. Shadow of the Almighty is the true account of Elliot's martyrdom, along with four fellow missionaries, at the hands of Ecuador's Huaorani Indians. About this impor...

China's Secret Strategy: How China's Rise Costs America

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Deperis (Author)Worried about job loss, dangerous imports, or global instability? China's rise is costing America more than you think-and this book reveals how.China's Secret Strategy exposes the hidden forces behind China's dramatic rise and the price America is paying. From the hollowing out of U.S. manufacturing to the growing threat of unsafe pharmaceuticals, this book reveals how China's unchecked ambition is quietly reshaping the global order.With ...

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Report copyright infringementby William S. Lyon (Author)In "Cacao Culture in the Philippines," William Scrugham Lyon offers a charming collection of stories that weave collectively his profound thoughts on Philippine records. This compilation serves as a consolidated exploration, carefully drafted to make these historic narratives reachable to readers at an low-priced charge. The tales within this anthology range from the exciting and high-quality to those who subtly creep up on readers, draw...