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| Qing Governors and Their Provinces |
During the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the province emerged as an important element in the management of the expanding Chinese empire, with governors playing key roles. This title focuses on the governorship system during the reigns of the Shunzhi, Kan
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| Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons' Politics in Early Modern Italy |
Focusing on eight works showing religious scenes and scenes taken from Roman history, this volume bridges the gap between social and cultural history and the history of art, untangling the threads of art, politics, and religion during the time of the
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| Politics and Partnerships |
Bringing together a set of disciplinary approaches, this title presents an examination of the place of voluntary associations in political history and an investigation into contemporary experiments in reshaping that role. It reveals the key role nonp
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| House of Hits |
Founded in a working-class neighborhood in southeast Houston in 1941, Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios is a major independent studio that has produced a multitude of influential hit records in various genres. This book chronicles the history of
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| We Wear the Mask |
An anthology of the scholarship on the African American writer. A prolific nineteenth-century author, Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African American poet to gain national recognition. It examines the self-motivated and dynamic effect of his use
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| Rethinking the Interior, Cc. 1867-1896 |
Addressing the question of whether 'eclectic' relationships in Victorian decorative arts are actually self-conscious iconographic schemes or merely random juxtapositions of assorted objects, this title argues that no firm demarcation exists between t
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| Politics and Partnerships |
Bringing together a set of disciplinary approaches, this title presents an examination of the place of voluntary associations in political history and an investigation into contemporary experiments in reshaping that role. It reveals the key role nonp
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| Real Role Models |
All young people need good role models, and black youth especially need positive and real examples beyond the famous and wealthy people they see on "SportsCenter" highlights and "MTV Cribs". This book introduces high school and college-age African Am
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| The Adventuress |
Tells the tale of a nineteenth-century black widow. This book deals with story of Minnie Walkup, a young woman from New Orleans who began her life of crime when she was only sixteen years old. It details her remarkable life and criminal activities.
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| Incivility |
Analyses everyday encounters with rudeness and asks what can be done to improve civic life in a world of strangers.
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| Law in the Laboratory |
The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation together fund more than $40 billion of research annually in the US and around the globe. Suitable for those who want to learn how federal legislation and regulations affect laborat
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| Quixote's Soldiers |
In the mid-1960s, San Antonio, Texas, was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the west and south sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal floodin
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| Freedom Bound |
Freedom Bound is about the origins of modern America. It is a history of colonizing, work, and civic identity from the beginnings of English presence on the mainland until the Civil War.
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| Incivility |
Analyses everyday encounters with rudeness and asks what can be done to improve civic life in a world of strangers.
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| Law in the Laboratory |
The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation together fund more than $40 billion of research annually in the US and around the globe. Suitable for those who want to learn how federal legislation and regulations affect laborat
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| Go Down, Old Hannah |
Living history is a style of instructive and entertaining performance that seeks to bring history to life. This book offers a collection of 15 living history plays which were commissioned by museums and historic sites in Texas to show the interdepend
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| Democracy and the Limits of Self-Government |
The book analyzes the sources of widespread dissatisfaction with democracies around the world and identifies directions for feasible reforms.
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| Kirsteen |
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| The Modulated Scream |
Exploring the varied depictions and descriptions of pain - from martyrdom narratives to practices of torture and surgery - this title attempts to decode this culture of suffering in the Middle Ages. It presents the cacophony of howls emerging from th
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| The House Will Come to Order |
In a state assumed to have a constitutionally weak governor, the Speaker of the Texas House wields enormous power, with the ability to almost single-handedly dictate the legislative agenda. This title charts the evolution of the Speaker's role from a
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