The Humble Stone

The Humble Stone
Author: David Paulus
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781946425645

Join Petros, an arrogant mountain, on his startling, action-packed adventure into discovering what it means to be humble. His journey will surprise both children and adults with its unexpected twist, ushering readers into treasured and familiar territory. You won't want to miss the enjoyment and value this fictionalized Bible tale will provide your kiddos!

Stone

Stone
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 674
Release: 1896
Genre: Building stones
ISBN:

In the Next Galaxy

In the Next Galaxy
Author: Ruth Stone
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1556592078

A collection of sardonic, crafty poems questions the role of convention in everyday life.

The Archaeology of Northern Slavery and Freedom

The Archaeology of Northern Slavery and Freedom
Author: James A. Delle
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2019-06-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813057132

Investigating what life was like for African Americans north of the Mason-Dixon Line during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, James Delle presents the first overview of archaeological research on the topic in this book, debunking the notion that the “free” states of the Northeast truly offered freedom and safety for African Americans. Excavations at cities including New York and Philadelphia reveal that slavery was a crucial part of the expansion of urban life as late as the 1840s. Slaves cleared forests, loaded and unloaded ships, and manufactured charcoal to fuel iron furnaces. The case studies in this book also show that enslaved African-descended people frequently staffed suburban manor houses and agricultural plantations. Moreover, for free blacks, racist laws such as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 limited the experience of freedom in the region. Delle explains how members of the African diaspora created rural communities of their own and worked in active resistance against the institution of slavery, assisting slaves seeking refuge and at times engaging in violent conflicts. The book concludes with a discussion on the importance of commemorating these archaeological sites, as they reveal an important yet overlooked chapter in African American history. Delle shows that archaeology can challenge dominant historical narratives by recovering material artifacts that express the agency of their makers and users, many of whom were written out of the documentary record. Emphasizing that race-based slavery began in the Northeast and persisted there for nearly two centuries, this book corrects histories that have been whitewashed and forgotten. A volume in the series the American Experience in Archaeological Perspective, edited by Michael S. Nassaney

Tale of a Plain Man

Tale of a Plain Man
Author: Alexis Stone
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0271045213

The Humble Cosmopolitan

The Humble Cosmopolitan
Author: Luis Cabrera
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2020
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 019086950X

"Cosmopolitanism is said by many critics to be arrogant. In emphasizing universal principles and granting no fundamental moral significance to national or other group belonging, it wrongly treats those making non-universalist claims as not authorized to speak, while treating those in non-Western societies as not qualified. This book works to address such objections. It does so in part by engaging the work of B.R. Ambedkar, architect of India's 1950 Constitution and revered champion of the country's Dalits (formerly "untouchables"). Ambedkar cited universal principles of equality and rights in confronting domestic exclusions and the "arrogance" of caste. He sought to advance forms of political humility, or the affirmation of equal standing within political institutions and openness to input and challenge within them. This book examines how an "institutional global citizenship" approach to cosmopolitanism could similarly advance political humility, in supporting the development of input and challenge mechanisms beyond the state. It employs a grounded normative theory method, taking insights for the model from field research among Dalit activists pressing for domestic reforms through the UN human rights regime, and from their critics in the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Insights also are taken from Turkish protesters challenging a rising domestic authoritarianism, and from UK Independence Party members demanding "Brexit" from the European Union-in part because of possibilities that predominantly Muslim Turkey will join. Overall, it is shown, an appropriately configured institutional cosmopolitanism should orient fundamentally to political humility rather than arrogance, while holding significant potential for advancing global rights protections and more equitable rights specifications"--