Sooner Century

Author : David W. Levy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806181936

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The University of Oklahoma by David W. Levy Pdf

This book, the first in a projected three-volume definitive history, traces the University’s progress from territorial days to 1917. David W. Levy examines the people and events surrounding the school’s formation and development, chronicling the determined ambition of pioneers to transform a seemingly barren landscape into a place where a worthy institution of higher education could thrive. The University of Oklahoma was established by the territorial legislature in 1890. With that act, Norman became the educational center of the future state. Levy captures the many factors—academic, political, financial, religious—that shaped the University. Drawing on a great depth of research in primary documents, he depicts the University’s struggles to meet its goals as it confronted political interference, financial uncertainty, and troubles ranging from disastrous fires to populist witch hunts. Yet he also portrays determined teachers and optimistic students who understood the value of a college education. Written in an engaging style and enhanced by an array of historical photographs, this volume is a testimony to the citizens who overcame formidable obstacles to build a school that satisfied their ambitions and embodied their hopes for the future.

Author : Janet Schulman
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780679886471

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The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury by Janet Schulman Pdf

Unparalleled in scope and quality and designed for reading aloud and sharing, this splendid anthology brings together some of the most memorable and beloved children's books of our time. Here are classics such as Madeline and Curious George; contemporary bestsellers such as Guess How Much I Love You and The Stinky Cheese Man; Caldecott Medal winners such as Make Way for Ducklings and Where the Wild Things Are; and family favorites such as Goodnight Moon, The Sneetches, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Alexander & The Terrible, No Good Very Bad Day, soon to be a motion picture. The selections range from concept books and wordless books to picture books and short read-aloud stories, and represent the complete array of childhood themes and reading needs: ABCs, number and color books, stories about going to bed and going to school; tales about growing up, siblings, parents, and grandparents; animal stories, fantasies; fables; magical stories; stories about everyday life--and more. This beautiful edition includes a recommended list of books published in the time since this anthology's original compilation, including Caldecott Honors Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Olivia, with descriptive annotations intended to guide parents to these new books and new voices of the 21st century. Also included are an introduction from editor Janet Schulman, capsule biographies of the 62 writers and artists represented in the collection, color-coded running heads indicating age levels, and indexes. As a gift, a keepsake, and a companion in a child's first steps toward a lifelong love of reading, The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury belongs in every family's bookcase.

Author : William E. Mann
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742570986

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Augustine's Confessions by William E. Mann Pdf

Unique in all of literature, the Confessions combines frank and profound psychological insight into Augustine's formative years along with sophisticated and beguiling reflections on some of the most important issues in philosophy and theology. The essays contained in this volume, by some of the most distinguished recent and contemporary thinkers in the field, insightfully explore Augustinian themes not only with an eye to historical accuracy but also to gauge the philosophical acumen of Augustine's reflections.

Author : Robert A. Dodgshon
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474467780

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From Chiefs to Landlords by Robert A. Dodgshon Pdf

This new approach to Highland history before the Clearances draws attention to little-studied yet important economic and social processes within the Highland clan system and argues that we should consider the problems of traditional Highland society, economy and environment together. Exploring how the different aspects of the clan system - chiefs and kinsmen, landlords and tenants, farming systems, production strategies and marketing - changed between the 16th-18th centuries, it shows how the character and ideology of clans and chiefdoms are inextricably part of the twin problems of socio-political control and food production. Shifting the emphasis away from depictions of Highland society as lawless and disorganised, this is a welcome antidote to the many romanticised views of pre-Clearance society. Prize Winner! Honorable Mention - Frank Watson Scottish History Prize 1999

Author : Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Asia
ISBN : UOM:39015008280060

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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India) Pdf

Author : Hussein Ghubash
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135035662

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Oman - The Islamic Democratic Tradition by Hussein Ghubash Pdf

Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama (imamate), and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. From the eighth century and for more than a thousand years, the story of Oman was essentially a story of an original, minority, movement: the Ibadi. This long period was marked by the search for a just imama through the Ibadi model of the Islamic State. Hussein Ghubash’s well-researched book takes the reader on an historical voyage through geography, politics, and culture of the region, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Oman has long-standing ties with East Africa as well as Europe; the first contact between Oman and European imperialist powers took place at the dawn of the 1500s with the arrival of the Portuguese, eventually followed by the Dutch, French and British. Persuasive, thorough and drawing on Western as well as Islamic political theory, this book analyzes the different historical and geopolitical roles of this strategic country. Thanks to its millennial tradition, Oman enjoys a solid national culture and a stable socio-political situation. Today, it is moving steadily towards a democratic future.

Author : A. C. Burnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108046107

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Elements of South-Indian Palaeography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century, AD by A. C. Burnell Pdf

This groundbreaking and extensive 1874 study of the Sanskrit manuscripts of southern India is still cited by scholars today.

Author : Knud Haakonssen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic reference sources
ISBN : 0521867436

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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-century Philosophy by Knud Haakonssen Pdf

This two-volume set presents a comprehensive and up-to-date history of eighteenth-century philosophy. The subject is treated systematically by topic, not by individual thinker, school, or movement, thus enabling a much more historically nuanced picture of the period to be painted.

Author : Jean-Didier Urbain
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816634505

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At the Beach by Jean-Didier Urbain Pdf

Around the world, when people think of vacation it's the beach they want--even when long distances must be traversed, the seashore is the place to escape the rigors of modern life. How did this come to be, and what does our ongoing love affair with the beach mean? How do shore vacations differ from traditional tourism, and what does this tell us about our fears and dreams? In At the Beach, Jean-Didier Urbain offers witty and insightful answers to these questions. Urbain traces the transformation of the beach from a place of mythological threats and a demanding workplace fraught with danger to a destination for medical treatment and the pursuit of pleasure. He looks to the emergence of the modern vacation in the nineteenth century, examines representations of beachgoing in literature and the arts, and shows the transgressive side of beach culture--from nudism to hedonism to various "scandals" about costume, behavior, and sexuality that make the beach the site of social spectacle as well as leisure. Urbain's ultimate focus is the paradoxical enterprise of the residential seaside vacationer, who travels in order to stay in one place and who leaves the everyday world behind to reconstruct an idealized version of it at the shore. He argues that unlike tourists, who move from place to place, beach vacationers are not seeking to explore nature, to discover other cultures, or even to "get away from it all"; rather, they are attempting to re-create their own identities through a simplified community they can no longer find elsewhere. Blending history with social observation, Urbain presents an original, incisive, and entertaining account of this enduring ritual of escape and recreation.

Author : Andre Gunder Frank
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781583671931

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World Accumulation by Andre Gunder Frank Pdf

Most of Andre Gunder Frank's early work on the nature of underdevelopment focused on one continent: Latin America. Here he broadened his canvas and traced the world-wide effects of the process of capital accumulation from the period just prior to the discovery of America to the industrial and French revolutions. It is Frank's thesis that the world has experienced a single all-embracing, albeit unequal and uneven, process of capital accumulation centered in Western Europe, which has been capitalist for at least two centuries.

Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317254041

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Political Sociology in a Global Era by Berch Berberoglu Pdf

Political Sociology in a Global Era provides a critical analysis of the origins, nature, development, and transformation of the state and society historically and today, examining the class nature and social basis of politics and the state in different societal settings. The book emphasizes the centrality of class relations in explaining political power and the role of the state in class-divided societies by providing powerful theoretical and empirical analyses of themes in political sociology in an era of globalization. It examines in detail the major political issues and events of our time, and makes them relevant to the study of power and politics today. Some of the features of this text include: Introduces a global political sociology emphasizing the dynamics of power relations Provides a critical analysis of the role of politics and the state within the world-historical process Describes classical and contemporary theories of politics and the state Explains the origins and development of the state, discussing the nature of the state, its class basis, and contradictions in different types of societies Considers the dynamics of the capitalist state and traces its development in Europe and the United States from the 18th century to the present Details the role of the advanced capitalist state in the global political economy at the current, advanced stage of late capitalism Discusses the social movements that have been actively struggling against the capitalist state from earlier times to the present, including the Arab Spring, focusing on recent developments in both advanced capitalist and less-developed capitalist societies where mobilization of the masses has led to struggles against the capitalist state on a global scale Offers an original analysis of global capitalism and places it in the context of the current crisis of the global capitalist system

Author : Christine Daniels,Michael V. Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136690969

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Negotiated Empires by Christine Daniels,Michael V. Kennedy Pdf

In this innovative volume, leading historians of the early modern Americas examine the subjects of early modern, continuing colonization, and the relations between established colonies and frontiers of settlement. Their original essays about centers and peripheries in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British America invite comparison.

Author : William Cooper Nell
Publisher : Black Classic Press
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1574780190

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William Cooper Nell, Nineteenth-century African American Abolitionist, Historian, Integrationist by William Cooper Nell Pdf

For the first time, a biography of William Cooper Nell and a major portion of his articles for "The Liberator", "The National Anti-Slavery Standard", and "The North Star" have been published in a single volume. The book is the first to document the life and works of Nell and includes correspondence with many noted abolitionists such as Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass, Amy Kirby Post and Charles Sumner.

Author : Philip Wesley Comfort
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780825445163

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The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts by Philip Wesley Comfort Pdf

The manuscripts that form the Greek New Testament are scattered throughout the world and are usually only accessible to scholars and professionals. These were the manuscripts read by the earliest Christians, which comprised their "New Testament." In his volumes, Philip Wesley Comfort bridges the gap between these extant copies and today's critical text by providing accurate transcriptions of the earliest New Testament manuscripts, with photographs on the facing pages so readers can see the works for themselves. Comfort also provides an introduction to each manuscript that summarizes the contents, date, current location, provenance, and other essential information, including the latest findings. This allows students and scholars to make well-informed decisions about the translation and interpretation of the New Testament. Volume 1 includes manuscripts from Papyrus 1-72. Volume 2 includes manuscripts from Papyrus 75-139 as well as from the uncials. In addition, it features a special section on determining the date of a manuscript. This two-volume set replaces the previously published single volume Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, as it contains many new manuscripts, updated research, and higher quality images of all manuscripts previously covered.

Author : Sir Edward Maunde Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Paleography, Greek
ISBN : BSB:BSB11611092

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Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography by Sir Edward Maunde Thompson Pdf