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Kant's Mathematical World aims to transform our understanding of Kant's philosophy of mathematics and his account of the mathematical character of the world. Daniel Sutherland reconstructs Kant's project of explaining both mathematical cognition and our cognition of the world in terms of our most basic cognitive capacities.

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All too often, histories of Civil War battles concentrate on the events of the battle, ignoring the larger campaign and undervaluing the battle's impact on subsequent events. This work explains the connection between two epic battles: Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

Excerpt from The Black Plague of the American ContinentI write to warn the fathers and mothers of this land, into Whose care the Heavenly Father has so graciously given their tender offspring, and Whose homes have been blessed With children, against the crime - and it is'a crime, though done in ignorance - oi giving their children alcohol before they can walk or talk or during the young and tender years, thereby creating an appetite for strong...

The first biography of Whistler to fully integrate the life and the art. A chronological look at his life, showing how his ideas evolved over time.

Discover the extraordinary woman behind one of the most famous images of motherhood in Western art

Excerpt from The Black Plague of the American Continent I have but one reason for writing this little volume, and that is that it may bless those who read it. I write to save the boys, the girls, the young men and the young women, the home, the wife, mother and her children, to save them from the scorching, withering and blighting effects of the liquor traffic and the trapping and selling pure, innocent white girls into the worst slavery ever...

While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, A Savage Conflict is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large toll on the Confederate war effort by weakening support for state and national governments and diminishing the trust citizens had in their officials...

The story of Culpeper County, Virginia, is a unique one in Civil War history. Nestled in one of the South's most strategically important locations, it was occupied by the Northern army, recaptured by the Confederacy, and finally ceded to the North. Told largely through diaries, papers, and correspondence of residents, common infantrymen, and such eminent personalities as Robert E. Lee, Walt Whitman, Ulysses S. Grant, Clara Barton, and Stonewal...

Focusing on a little-known yet critical aspect of the American Civil War, this must-read history illustrates how guerrilla warfare shaped the course of the war and, to a surprisingly large extent, determined its outcome. The Civil War is generally regarded as a contest of pitched battles waged by large armies on battlefields such as Gettysburg. However, as American Civil War Guerrillas: Changing the Rules of Warfare makes clear, that is far f...

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In The Confederate Carpetbaggers, Daniel E. Sutherland examines the lives of southern men and women who moved north in search of opportunity in the aftermath of the Civil War. As he considers their various motives for moving north, problems of adaptation to northern society, attempts to find new identities, and 'efforts to maintain relations with other Confederates in the North as well as with old friends in the South, Sutherland provides an i...

475 basic words used on TOEFL, ESOL, SAT, ACT and GRE tests! Also designed for easy learning for Home Schooling! --------- Additional 400 related words - nouns, verbs, and adjectives - with separate explanations or examples of using the words in sentences Word origins - to make it easier to remember the words … and to build your vocabulary! Many words are illustrated with caricatures! --------- Simple pronunciation shows how to pronounce the w...

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