Search Results - "Peace"

Interregional Interaction in Ancient Mesoamerica /

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New Mexico and the Pimería Alta

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New Mexico and the Pimería Alta : The Colonial Period in the American Southwest /

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Transnationalism Canada-United States history into the twenty-first century /

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Central America and the Caribbean by Streeter, Michael, 1957-

“…Makers of the modern world : the peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath…”
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The Liberty Bell by Nash, Gary B.

Table of Contents: “…Beginnings -- The bell becomes an icon -- On the road with the bell -- The Liberty Bell in war and peace -- Everyone's Liberty Bell.…”
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A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / by McKersie, Robert B.

Table of Contents: “…The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation.…”
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Maximino Avila Camacho and the one-party state the taming of caudillismo and caciquismo in post-revolutionary Mexico / by Quintana, Alejandro, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…A long and winding road to peace and stability (1820-1929) -- The authoritarian workshop (1891-1934) -- A new breed of "caudillo" (1929-1936) -- A basket with some rotten apples (1937-1941) -- With a gun in his hand (1941-1945) -- Glossary.…”
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The history and present state of Virginia / by Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673-1722

Table of Contents: “…A note on the texts -- The history -- Book I : The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time -- Book II : The natural productions and conveniencies of the country, suited to trade and improvement -- Book III : The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace -- Book IV : The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land.…”
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Re-enchanting the world Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan highlands / by Samson, C. Mathews., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Encountering religious change in Guatemala -- Re-enchanting the world : identity and religious change -- A humanistic approach to a post-conflict society -- The national context : war, peace accords, and the Maya movement -- Maya Protestantism in Guatemala -- Identity in word and place : the Mam presbytery -- An activist Protestantism : the Kaqchikel presbytery -- Conclusions: Contextualizing Maya Protestant practice.…”
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Reimagining national belonging post-civil war El Salvador in a global context / by DeLugan, Robin Maria

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Nation Out of War -- Concentrating on Culture : Peace, Schooling, and Values -- Drawing on the Past : History, Archaeology, Inclusions, and Exclusions -- Envisioning Indigenous Participation : State Ambivalence, Local Activism, and International Influences -- Remapping the Nation : Faraway Citizens, Transnational State Practices, and the Impact of Migration -- Remembering and Belonging : Museums, Monuments, and National Memory Including the Violence of Civil War -- Conclusion.…”
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Lone star lawmen the second century of the Texas Rangers / by Utley, Robert Marshall, 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- The border, 1910-1915 -- The "bandit war," 1915 -- The Big Bend, 1913-1919 -- Austin, 1918-1919 -- Pat Neff's "battles of peace," 1921-1925 -- Ma and Pa Ferguson, 1925-1927 -- Dan Moody, 1927-1931 -- Ross and Bill Sterling, 1931-1933 -- Return of the Fergusons, 1933-1935 -- The Department of Public Safety, 1935 -- DPS birth pangs, 1935-1938 -- Homer Garrison, 1938-1968 -- Gambling-- and other distractions -- Latino uprising -- Change, 1965-1985 -- Highs and lows, 1970s -- Highs and lows, 1980s -- Highs and lows, 1990s -- A summing-up.…”
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Rebellion now and forever Mayas, Hispanics, and caste war violence in Yucatán, 1800-1880 / by Rugeley, Terry, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the caste war uncrossed -- Men newly powerful : how Pueblo politics became a caste war -- The extremes of death or triumph : a society goes to war, 1847-1851 -- Nothing more than a new conquest : a world catches its breath -- The roar of a terrible tempest : liberal reform and the civil wars, 1855-1863 -- The empire comes to Mayab -- A world (mostly) restored : the paradoxes of the republic -- Peace, Porfirian-style : East meets West, and a people contort the past -- Conclusion : violence and the ghost of Santiago Imán.…”
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Fort Worth characters by Selcer, Richard F.

Table of Contents: “…The curious story of Brevet Major Ripley Arnold -- Legendary Marshal Timothy Isaiah Courtright -- Hagar Tucker: Fort Worth's black policeman -- Marshal Sam Farmer: Fort Worth's first professional peace officer -- Al Hayne: the people's hero -- The strange case of Maggie Tewmey -- Black sheep Jeff Daggett -- Quanah Parker: Fort Worth's adopted native son -- Wayward policeman Thomas Finch -- Crazy Mary Rea: "a real corker" -- Madam Mary Porter: Mary, Mary quite contrary -- James W. …”
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The Chouteaus first family of the fur trade / by Hoig, Stan

Table of Contents: “…Threshold to an empire -- Beyond the great river -- War and peace on the Missouri -- In a Spanish dungeon -- Scions to the fore -- Amid an Indian war -- A frontier in havoc -- The "Osage outfit" -- VIPs at the Verdigris -- Probing the plains -- To the prairies unknown -- Debt unto death -- Steamboats "to the mountains" -- A mile wide and six inches deep -- Deadly cargoes : whiskey and cholera -- Charles Chouteau at the helm -- Passions of war -- Requiems in retrospect -- Addendum : the Chouteau women -- Appendix A : Chouteau families and Osage offspring -- Appendix B : Chouteau-related trading posts -- Appendix C : Chouteau-involved Indian treaties.…”
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Ohio : a history of the Buckeye State / by Kern, Kevin F. (Kevin Frederic)

Table of Contents: “…Ohio before Ohio: state geology and topography -- The first Ohioans: prehistoric Ohio -- The middle ground: European and Native American interaction in Ohio -- War and peace: the end of "middle ground" Ohio -- The Ohio experiment: formation of the Northwest Territory, early American settlements, and statehood -- A community of communities: early Ohio society -- Revolutions: early Ohio economic developments -- From periphery to center: early statehood and national politics -- The end of the second party system -- Ohio must lead!…”
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Secret wars and secret policies in the Americas, 1842-1929 by Schuler, Friedrich Engelbert, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Latin American diplomats assert a policy of armed peace -- Italian, German, and Japanese governments and Soviet communists resume manipulations of ethnic communities and workers in the Americas (1923) -- Spain's elites lay the foundations for a global Iberian commonwealth -- [pt.] …”
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Peripheral visions : politics, society, and the challenges of modernity in Yucatan /

Table of Contents: “…Morrison -- From Santa Iglesia to Santa Cruz : Yucatecan popular religion in peace and war, 1800-1876 / Terry Rugeley -- The resurgence of the Church in Yucatan : the Olegario Molina-Crescencio Carrillo alliance, 1867-1901 / Hernâan Menâendez Rodrâiguez with Ben W. …”
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