Search Results - "Root

Rooted seven Midwest writers of place / by Pichaske, David R.

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Texas roots agriculture and rural life before the Civil War / by Jones, C. Allan

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Roots of a region Southern folk culture / by Burrison, John A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- An early international crossroads : the diverse roots of Southern folk culture -- Journey of the jug : an artifact-based case study -- Georgia on my mind : a place-based case study -- Branches and new shoots : Southern folk culture today and tomorrow.…”
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When roots die endangered traditions on the Sea Islands / by Jones-Jackson, Patricia

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Born of the Same Roots : Stories of Modern Chinese Women /

Table of Contents: “…Caterpillar / Lao She -- Two women / Wu Tsu-hsiang -- On the Oxcart / Hsiao Hung -- Garbage cleaner / Lo Hua-sheng -- West wind ; Chang Sao / Ping Hsin -- Little Liu / Ling Shu-hua -- Parting / Tʻien Tʻao -- At the precipice / Teng Yu-mei -- Spring is just around the corner / Tsʻao Ming -- Rain / Ai Wu -- Corduroy / Hsi Jung -- Old team captain welcomes a bride / Sung Shun-kʻang -- A day in Pleasantville / Pai Hsien-yung -- Nightfall / Yü Li-hau -- A rose in June / Ch'en Ying-chen -- Born of the same roots / Yang Chʻing chʻu -- May he return soon / Wang Tʻo -- My friend Ai Fen / Chen Jo-hsi.…”
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Nomads and the state in Africa : the political root of marginality / by Azarya, Victor

Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia by Samford, Patricia

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Fire in the water, earth in the air legends of West Texas music / by Oglesby, Christopher J. (Christopher Joseph), 1965-

“…Brad and Michele Moore roots music series.…”
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America in the Progressive Era, 1890-1917 / by Gould, Lewis L., Shah, Courtney Q.

Table of Contents: “…The Roots of Progressive Change -- Progressivism Emergent -- The Rising Tide of Progressive Reform -- Progressivism at its Height -- The Limits of Progressivism.…”
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The beat! go-go music from Washington, D.C. / by Lornell, Kip, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The roots and emergence of go-go -- Going to a go-go -- Band profiles -- Communities -- Entrepreneurs -- The media -- Go-go on film.…”
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Thatched roofs and open sides : the architecture of Chickees and their changing role in Seminole society / by Dilley, Carrie

Table of Contents: “…-- The architecture of Chickees -- Seminole architectural roots -- A century of evolution, 1840-1940 -- Seminole camps -- The transitional period, 1930s-1970s -- The Big Cypress Chickee survey -- Chickees today and beyond.…”
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Jewish renaissance and revival in America essays in memory of Leah Levitz Fishbane /

Table of Contents: “…Common bonds: a collective portrait -- On the road to renaissance: the young mens' Hebrew associations of New York and Philadelphia, 1877-1883 -- A renaissance of Jewish readers in Victorian Philadelphia -- Preserving the past to fashion the future: the editorial board of the Jewish Encyclopedia -- Leah's hope: the legacy of German-Jewish humanism in America --- Revival through celebrity: American fame, Jewish identity, and the early 1960s -- Renewal and havurah: American movements, European roots.…”
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Festivals, affect, and identity a Deleuzian apprenticeship in central Italian communities / by Crociani-Windland, Lita

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Learning, identity, duration, and the virtual -- Siena and its province: an overview -- Siena and the Palio " war and state machine": identity and becoming -- Montepulciano and Bruscello: rupture, continuity, and the "refrain" -- The "problem/idea" of Montepulciano: how to be autonomous in the face of overwhelming force -- Montepulciano's bravio delle botti and a genealogy of cunning -- Sharecropping and modernity -- Monticchiello's "problem/idea": a community under siege -- A tree with its roots in the air: Monticchiello's theatre of the "virtual" -- Conclusion.…”
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The Time of the Sign : A Semiotic Interpretation of Modern Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Caterpillar / Lao She -- Two women / Wu Tsu-hsiang -- On the Oxcart / Hsiao Hung -- Garbage cleaner / Lo Hua-sheng -- West wind ; Chang Sao / Ping Hsin -- Little Liu / Ling Shu-hua -- Parting / Tʻien Tʻao -- At the precipice / Teng Yu-mei -- Spring is just around the corner / Tsʻao Ming -- Rain / Ai Wu -- Corduroy / Hsi Jung -- Old team captain welcomes a bride / Sung Shun-kʻang -- A day in Pleasantville / Pai Hsien-yung -- Nightfall / Yü Li-hau -- A rose in June / Ch'en Ying-chen -- Born of the same roots / Yang Chʻing chʻu -- May he return soon / Wang Tʻo -- My friend Ai Fen / Chen Jo-hsi.…”
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Transatlantic Scots

Table of Contents: “…Sheets -- Pilgrims to the far country : North American "roots-tourists" in the Scottish highlands and islands / Paul Basu -- Tartan day / Edward J. …”
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The saints' impresarios dreamers, healers, and holy men in Israel's urban periphery / by Bilu, Yoram

Table of Contents: “…The folk-veneration of saints in Morocco and Israel -- Dream portal -- Roots in the west : the cult of saints in Morocco -- From west to east : Moroccan jewry in Israel -- Native saints and immigrant saints : the sacred geography of Moroccan Jews in Israel -- Avraham Ben-Ayyim and Rabbi David u-Moshe -- A dream journey to the saint -- A saint in the next room : Rabbi David u-Moshe and the Ben-Ayyim family -- The abode of Rabbi David u-Moshe at the dawn of the 21st century -- Ya'ish O'ana, Elijah the prophet and the gate of paradise -- The road to paradise -- Dreamers in paradise -- Paradise lost -- Alu Ezra and Rabbi Avraham Aouriwar -- Early and late revelations -- Life-story as folktale the cinderella of Beit Shean -- Years later -- The folk veneration of saints in Morocco and Israel -- Esther Suissa and Rabbi Shimon bar-Yorai -- From patient to healer -- Written in the egg yolk : the healing art of female -- Saints' impresarios -- Esther and Rabbi Shimon : a return visit -- The cult of saints from a comparative perspective : symbol, narrative, gender, and identity -- Crosscutting stories : the saints' impresarios from a comparative perspective -- Personal symbols and mythic narratives -- Gender and sanctity : the female way to the Tsaddiq -- Migrating traditions : the historic timing and the "shelf life" of the new shrines -- The cult of saints as an Israeli and local phenomenon.…”
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Out of many, one people the historical archaeology of colonial Jamaica /

Table of Contents: “…Delle -- Excavating the roots of resistance : the significance of Maroons in Jamaican archaeology / Candice Goucher and Kofi Agorsah -- pt. 3. …”
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Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0 : Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections / by Leurs, Koen

Table of Contents: “…The transnational habitus of second-generation migrant youth: From roots to routes -- 5. Hypertextual selves: Digital conviviality -- 6. …”
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