Search Results - "frontier"

Jonathan Edwards a life / by Marsden, George M., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…A time to be born -- The overwhelming question -- The Pilgrim's Progress -- The harmony of all knowledge -- Anxieties -- "A low, sunk estate and condition" -- On Solomon Stoddard's stage -- And on a wider stage -- The mighty works of God and of Satan -- The politics of the Kingdom -- "A city set on a hill" -- God "will revive the flame again, even in the darkest times" -- The hands of God and the hand of Christ -- "He that is not with us is against us" -- Heavenly Elysium -- Conservative revolutionary -- A house divided -- A model town no more -- Colonial wars -- Thy will be done -- I am born to be a man of strife -- The crucible -- The mission -- Frontier struggles -- Wartice -- Against an "almost inconceivably pernicious" doctrine -- Original sin "in this happy age of light and liberty" -- Challenging the presumptions of the Age -- The unfinished masterworks -- The transitory and the enduring.…”
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The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West" by Mielants, Eric

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives on the origins of merchant capitalism in Europe -- Orthodox Marxism -- Brennerism (or the Brenner approach) -- The modernization theory -- World-systems analysis -- The inter-city-state system of the Middle Ages -- Tentative conclusions -- The political economies of China and Europe compared -- The Chinese socioeconomic revolution during the Sung dynasty (circa 900-1280) -- China and the Mongols -- Ming China and Europe : divergent paths -- Conclusions vis-á-vis European capitalism -- The political economies of South Asia and Europe compared -- Trade and commodity flows in the South Asian region -- States and state structures in South Asia -- The strategies of elites in South Asia and Europe -- The impact of the perilous frontier -- Conclusions -- The political economies of Western Europe and Northern Africa compared -- Northern Africa and the Sudanic states (circa 1200-1500) -- North African cities, states, and the balance of power in the Mediterranean -- Conclusions -- Conclusion : Was the Western-European city-state in the Middle Ages a European miracle?…”
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Missions and empire

Table of Contents: “…Gould -- An overview, 1700-1914 / Andrew Porter -- Humanitarians and white settlers in the nineteenth century / Alan Lester -- Where the missionary frontier ran ahead of empire / John Barker -- Christian missions and the Raj / Robert Eric Frykenberg -- New Christians as evangelists / Peggy Brock -- 'Trained to tell the truth': missionaries, converts, and narration / Gareth Griffiths -- Women and cultural exchanges / Patricia Grimshaw and Peter Sherlock -- Language / Paul Landau -- New religious movements / Rober Edgar -- Anthropology / Patrick Harries -- Education and medicine / Norman Etherington -- Decolonization / David Maxwell.…”
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The fourth ghost white Southern writers and European fascism, 1930-1950 / by Brinkmeyer, Robert H.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the fourth ghost -- Dangerous liaisons: the Nashville Agrarians -- Savagery on the frontier: W.J. Cash -- Pastoralism and extinction: William Alexander Percy -- Georgia on my mind: Lillian Smith -- You can't go to Germany, again: Thomas Wolfe -- Democracy's tall men: William Faulkner -- Something deathly in the air: Katherine Anne Porter -- Dispatches from the home front: Carson McCullers -- Pragmatism, idealism, responsibility: Robert Penn Warren -- Ravagers of the earth: Lillian Hellman -- Coda: the long shadow.…”
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To shake their guns in the tyrant's face libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / by Churchill, Robert H.

Table of Contents: “…The precedent of 1774: the role of insurgent violence in the political theory of the founding -- The revolution as living memory: Fries' Rebellion and The Alien and Sedition Act crisis of 1798-1800 -- The libertarian memory of the revolution in the Antebellum Era -- The roots of modern patriotism: conscription, resistance, and the Sons of Liberty conspiracy of 1864 -- Cleansing the memory of the revolution: Americanism, the black legion, and the first Brown Scare -- The making of the second Brown Scare: liberal pluralism and the evolution of the white supremacist right -- The origins of the militia movement: violence and memory on the suburban-rural frontier -- An exploration of militia ideology: the Whig diagnosis of post-Cold War America -- Epilogue: the defense of liberty in the age of terror.…”
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Tropics of savagery the culture of Japanese empire in comparative frame / by Tierney, Robert Thomas, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Erotic grotesque nonsense : the mass culture of Japanese modern times / by Miriam Silverberg -- Visuality and identity : sinophone articulations across the Pacific / by Shu-mei Shih -- The politics of gender in colonial Korea : education, labor, and health, 1910-1945 / by Theodore Jun Yoo -- Frontier constitutions : Christianity and colonial empire in the nineteenth century / by John D. …”
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"A strange sort of being" the transgender life of Lucy Ann/Joseph Israel Lobdell, 1829-1912 / by Lobdell, Bambi L., 1956-

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Stuck Rwandan youth and the struggle for adulthood / by Sommers, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Desperation on the new frontier: urban youth and the government --7. An inconstant existence -- 8. …”
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The wounds of nations horror cinema, historical trauma and national identity / by Blake, Linnie

Table of Contents: “…Romero's horror of the 1970s ; All hail to the serial killer : America's last frontier hero in the age of Reaganite eschatology and beyond -- From Vietnam to 9/11 : the orientalist other and the American poor white. …”
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Regional planning in America practice and prospect /

Table of Contents: “…Foster -- Planning for equity, fighting for justice : planners, organizers, and the struggle for metropolitan inclusion / Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner -- Regional planning on the frontier / Deborah E. Popper and Frank J. Popper -- Green regions, green regionalism / Timothy Beatley -- Regional planning for sustainability and hegemony of metropolitan regionalism / Gerrit Knaap and Rebecca Lewis -- Engaging the public and communicating successfully in regional planning / John Fregonese and C. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

To shake their guns in the tyrant's face libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / by Churchill, Robert H.

Table of Contents: “…The precedent of 1774: the role of insurgent violence in the political theory of the founding -- The revolution as living memory: Fries' Rebellion and The Alien and Sedition Act crisis of 1798-1800 -- The libertarian memory of the revolution in the Antebellum Era -- The roots of modern patriotism: conscription, resistance, and the Sons of Liberty conspiracy of 1864 -- Cleansing the memory of the revolution: Americanism, the black legion, and the first Brown Scare -- The making of the second Brown Scare: liberal pluralism and the evolution of the white supremacist right -- The origins of the militia movement: violence and memory on the suburban-rural frontier -- An exploration of militia ideology: the Whig diagnosis of post-Cold War America -- Epilogue: the defense of liberty in the age of terror.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Tropics of savagery the culture of Japanese empire in comparative frame / by Tierney, Robert Thomas, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Erotic grotesque nonsense : the mass culture of Japanese modern times / by Miriam Silverberg -- Visuality and identity : sinophone articulations across the Pacific / by Shu-mei Shih -- The politics of gender in colonial Korea : education, labor, and health, 1910-1945 / by Theodore Jun Yoo -- Frontier constitutions : Christianity and colonial empire in the nineteenth century / by John D. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

"A strange sort of being" the transgender life of Lucy Ann/Joseph Israel Lobdell, 1829-1912 / by Lobdell, Bambi L., 1956-

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Stuck Rwandan youth and the struggle for adulthood / by Sommers, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Desperation on the new frontier: urban youth and the government --7. An inconstant existence -- 8. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The wounds of nations horror cinema, historical trauma and national identity / by Blake, Linnie

Table of Contents: “…Romero's horror of the 1970s ; All hail to the serial killer : America's last frontier hero in the age of Reaganite eschatology and beyond -- From Vietnam to 9/11 : the orientalist other and the American poor white. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Regional planning in America practice and prospect /

Table of Contents: “…Foster -- Planning for equity, fighting for justice : planners, organizers, and the struggle for metropolitan inclusion / Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner -- Regional planning on the frontier / Deborah E. Popper and Frank J. Popper -- Green regions, green regionalism / Timothy Beatley -- Regional planning for sustainability and hegemony of metropolitan regionalism / Gerrit Knaap and Rebecca Lewis -- Engaging the public and communicating successfully in regional planning / John Fregonese and C. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Jonathan Edwards a life / by Marsden, George M., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…A time to be born -- The overwhelming question -- The Pilgrim's Progress -- The harmony of all knowledge -- Anxieties -- "A low, sunk estate and condition" -- On Solomon Stoddard's stage -- And on a wider stage -- The mighty works of God and of Satan -- The politics of the Kingdom -- "A city set on a hill" -- God "will revive the flame again, even in the darkest times" -- The hands of God and the hand of Christ -- "He that is not with us is against us" -- Heavenly Elysium -- Conservative revolutionary -- A house divided -- A model town no more -- Colonial wars -- Thy will be done -- I am born to be a man of strife -- The crucible -- The mission -- Frontier struggles -- Wartice -- Against an "almost inconceivably pernicious" doctrine -- Original sin "in this happy age of light and liberty" -- Challenging the presumptions of the Age -- The unfinished masterworks -- The transitory and the enduring.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The origins of capitalism and the "rise of the West" by Mielants, Eric

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives on the origins of merchant capitalism in Europe -- Orthodox Marxism -- Brennerism (or the Brenner approach) -- The modernization theory -- World-systems analysis -- The inter-city-state system of the Middle Ages -- Tentative conclusions -- The political economies of China and Europe compared -- The Chinese socioeconomic revolution during the Sung dynasty (circa 900-1280) -- China and the Mongols -- Ming China and Europe : divergent paths -- Conclusions vis-á-vis European capitalism -- The political economies of South Asia and Europe compared -- Trade and commodity flows in the South Asian region -- States and state structures in South Asia -- The strategies of elites in South Asia and Europe -- The impact of the perilous frontier -- Conclusions -- The political economies of Western Europe and Northern Africa compared -- Northern Africa and the Sudanic states (circa 1200-1500) -- North African cities, states, and the balance of power in the Mediterranean -- Conclusions -- Conclusion : Was the Western-European city-state in the Middle Ages a European miracle?…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Missions and empire

Table of Contents: “…Gould -- An overview, 1700-1914 / Andrew Porter -- Humanitarians and white settlers in the nineteenth century / Alan Lester -- Where the missionary frontier ran ahead of empire / John Barker -- Christian missions and the Raj / Robert Eric Frykenberg -- New Christians as evangelists / Peggy Brock -- 'Trained to tell the truth': missionaries, converts, and narration / Gareth Griffiths -- Women and cultural exchanges / Patricia Grimshaw and Peter Sherlock -- Language / Paul Landau -- New religious movements / Rober Edgar -- Anthropology / Patrick Harries -- Education and medicine / Norman Etherington -- Decolonization / David Maxwell.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The fourth ghost white Southern writers and European fascism, 1930-1950 / by Brinkmeyer, Robert H.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the fourth ghost -- Dangerous liaisons: the Nashville Agrarians -- Savagery on the frontier: W.J. Cash -- Pastoralism and extinction: William Alexander Percy -- Georgia on my mind: Lillian Smith -- You can't go to Germany, again: Thomas Wolfe -- Democracy's tall men: William Faulkner -- Something deathly in the air: Katherine Anne Porter -- Dispatches from the home front: Carson McCullers -- Pragmatism, idealism, responsibility: Robert Penn Warren -- Ravagers of the earth: Lillian Hellman -- Coda: the long shadow.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view