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This book examines in historical perspective the little-studied relationship between Islam and caste among the Haalpulaaren of Senegal. The Islamic uprising of the 1770s, which established a class of Islamic clerics in positions of authority in the Senegal river valley, had long-term consequences for the social relations between clerics and caste groups. The book examines how at different historical junctures attempts were made to negotiate th...

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Der "Berliner Antisemitismusstreit", ursprünglich ein Gelehrtenstreit zwischen dem Berliner Geschichtsprofessor Heinrich von Treitschke und dem Althistoriker Theodor Mommsen um die deutsche Identität und die kulturelle Zugehörigkeit der Juden zur deutschen Nation in den Jahren 1879--1881, polarisierte die wilhelminische Gesellschaft und hatte Auswirkungen bis in die nationalsozialistische Propaganda im 20. Jh. Die umfassende Quellenedition ve...

The idea that the Renaissance witnessed the emergence of the modern individual remains a powerful myth. In this important new book Martin examines the Renaissance self with attention to both social history and literary theory and offers a new typology of Renaissance selfhood which was at once collective, performative and porous. At the same time, he stresses the layered qualities of the Renaissance self and the salient role of interiority and ...

Seen as the end of an exclusively repressive approach, the Consolidation of Labour Laws (CLT) was long hailed as one of the world's most advanced bodies of social legislation. John D. French examines the juridical origins of the CLT and the role it played in the cultural and political formation of the Brazilian working class.

Bandini is a magnificent creation, and his rediscovery is not before time." Times Literary SupplementWith introductions by Charles Bukowski and John FanteOne of the great outsider figures of twentieth-century literature, John Fante possessed a style of deceptive simplicity, full of emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point. Among the novels, short stories and screenplays that comprised his career, Fante's crowning accomplishments ...

Kresley Cole returns with a breathtaking romantic saga of love, honor, and passion unbound -- as a man of duty faces his greatest trial, and a young castaway discovers her greatest desire.... A man noted for his courage and integrity, Captain Grant Sutherland journeys to Oceania to find Victoria Dearbourne, an English girl lost at sea a decade before. He's given her ailing grandfather his word -- as a gentleman -- to find and protect her. But ...

Fishlike" swimming is made easier to learn and more effective than ever with these step-by-step drills and practical suggestions.

Die Kolonisation der Erde durch die Europäer vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert mit ihren tiefen Eingriffen in die politischen, sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse der überseeischen Länder ist das Thema dieses Buches. Zugleich wird gezeigt, wie die Europäer selbst auf die Herausforderung antworteten, die die Begegnung mit der überseeischen Welt für sie bedeutete. Dabei wird ein Vorgang der Selbstbewußtwerdung der Europäer sichtbar, der zu ...

This is a novel based on a true incident that happened in Marbleton Wyoming in 1983 and is what as I imagine it may have been for those that found the burial as well as the life chronicle of the mummified corpse.* * *"An Indian who is as bad as the white men could not live in our nation, he would be put to death, and eat up by wolves. The white men are bad schoolmasters, they carry false looks, and deal in false actions, they smile in the face...

Set in Washington, D.C., this novel takes a shocking look at how three different types of men--who happen to be best friends--view and deal with love and sex.

Style editor Lisa Armstrong keeps her finger on the pulse of modern life with this hilarious romp through the the world of the alternative health farm.

A monumental biography of an extraordinary president, Harry Truman--the man who brought the country solidly into the 20th century. Drawing from archival materials and extensive interviews, McCullough chronicles Truman's life, but it is Truman's emergence as a decisive and confident president that forms the heart of this book.

Many books have successfully defended Christianity against Western rational skepticism. 'Apologetics in the New Age' represents the first serious attempt by evangelical philosophers to answer Eastern pantheism in general and the New Age movement in particular. Teaming up with David Clark, Norman Geisler, one of evangelicalism's leading apologists, probes the pantheistic worldview and its relationship to the New Age movement. Pantheism, the aut...

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As one of the formative periods in Canadian history, the late nineteenth century witnessed the birth of a nation, a people, and a literature. In this study of Canada's first 'school' of poets, D.M.R. Bentley combines archival work, including extensive research in periodicals and newspapers, with close readings of the work of Charles G.D. Roberts, Archibald Lampman, Bliss Carman, William Wilfred Campbell, Duncan Campbell Scott, and Frederick Ge...

By engaging in this book you will learn straightforward techniques that will have an impact on your performance both as a coach and as an athlete. Although framed in martial arts, this book is just relevant for all sportsmen and women, and coaches. And full of examples and anecdotes from many sports. Written by experienced martial arts teachers who have been using hypnosis as integral to their teaching for many years this book will show you ev...