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Author | : Brian James Given |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780886292232 |
The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue.
Author | : Brian Swann |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2005-12-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0803205333 |
When Europeans first arrived on this continent, Algonquian languages were spoken from the northeastern seaboard through the Great Lakes region, across much of Canada, and even in scattered communities of the American West. The rich and varied oral tradition of this Native language family, one of the farthest-flung in North America, comes brilliantly to life in this remarkably broad sampling of Algonquian songs and stories from across the centuries. Ranging from the speech of an early unknown Algonquian to the famous Walam Olum hoax, from retranslations of "classic" stories to texts appearing here for the first time, these are tales written or told by Native storytellers, today as in the past, as well as oratory, oral history, and songs sung to this day. An essential introduction and captivating guide to Native literary traditions still thriving in many parts of North America, Algonquian Spirit contains vital background information and new translations of songs and stories reaching back to the seventeenth century. Drawing from Arapaho, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Cree, Delaware, Maliseet, Menominee, Meskwaki, Miami-Illinois, Mi'kmaq, Naskapi, Ojibwe, Passamaquoddy, Potawatomi, and Shawnee, the collection gathers a host of respected and talented singers, storytellers, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and tribal educators, both Native and non-Native, from the United States and Canada--all working together to orchestrate a single, complex performance of the Algonquian languages.
Author | : Jules Speller |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9783631562291 |
This book shows that the known accounts of Galileo's trial leave many important facts unexplained or even clash with them. A most careful reading of the relevant documents and treatises backs an interpretation which has Pope Urban VIII sue Galileo for denying God's omnipotence or His omniscience by admitting the «absolute truth» of Copernicanism. The Pope's opinion results from an argument he fully trusts, together with his belief that Galileo failed to fulfill a condition to which the publication of the Dialogue was subjected. That the trial does not end with a conviction for Urban's awful «formal heresy» but merely for «vehement suspicion of heresy», with the «heresy» consisting in the pseudo-heretical belief in a doctrine contrary to the Bible, all this is due to the existence of a Galileo-friendly party inside the Holy Office, led by Cardinal Francesco Barberini and powerful enough to wring a compromise from the Pope.
Author | : New South Wales. Parliament |
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Total Pages | : 1112 |
Release | : 1891 |
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Author | : Jeffrey Glover |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2014-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0812209664 |
In many accounts of Native American history, treaties are synonymous with tragedy. From the beginnings of settlement, Europeans made and broke treaties, often exploiting Native American lack of alphabetic literacy to manipulate political negotiation. But while colonial dealings had devastating results for Native people, treaty making and breaking involved struggles more complex than any simple contest between invaders and victims. The early colonists were often compelled to negotiate on Indian terms, and treaties took a bewildering array of shapes ranging from rituals to gestures to pictographs. At the same time, Jeffrey Glover demonstrates, treaties were international events, scrutinized by faraway European audiences and framed against a background of English, Spanish, French, and Dutch imperial rivalries. To establish the meaning of their agreements, colonists and Natives adapted and invented many new kinds of political representation, combining rituals from tribal, national, and religious traditions. Drawing on an archive that includes written documents, printed books, orations, landscape markings, wampum beads, tally sticks, and other technologies of political accounting, Glover examines the powerful influence of treaty making along the vibrant and multicultural Atlantic coast of the seventeenth century.
Author | : John Stuart Mill |
Publisher | : Delphi Classics |
Total Pages | : 7138 |
Release | : 2019-09-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1788779584 |
John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher and economist, who was also noted as a leading exponent of Utilitarianism. A prominent publicist of the reforming age of the nineteenth century, Mill is regarded today as one of the most influential thinkers of classical liberalism. He contributed widely to social theory, political theory and political economy. His famous conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control. Mill's sympathetic attitude to contemporary socialism won him the esteem of the working classes as one of their intellectual champions. This comprehensive eBook presents Mill’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare essays, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Mill’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * All of the treatises and essays, with individual contents tables * Features rare essays appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Mill’s autobiography * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Mill’s contribution to philosophy * Features three biographies – discover Mill’s fascinating life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books A System of Logic Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy The Principles of Political Economy Dissertations and Discussions A Few Words on Non-Intervention On Liberty Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform Considerations on Representative Government Utilitarianism An Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy Auguste Comte and Positivism Inaugural Address at St. Andrews concerning the Value of Culture England and Ireland The Subjection of Women Three Essays on Religion Socialism Miscellaneous Essays The Criticism Analysis of Mr. Mill’s System of Logic by W. Stebbing John Stuart Mill by Edwin Lawrence Godkin John Stuart Mill, Teacher of the People by George Jacob Holyoake The Death of Mr. Mill by John Morley Mr. Mill’s Autobiography by John Morley Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, ‘Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy’ by George Grote The Autobiography Autobiography The Biographies John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works by H. R. Fox Bourne John Stuart Mill by Leslie Stephen John Stuart Mill by William Minto Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Author | : Leigh Hunt |
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Total Pages | : 972 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Liberalism (Religion) |
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Total Pages | : 1024 |
Release | : 1830 |
Genre | : England |
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Total Pages | : 1014 |
Release | : 1830 |
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Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 1808 |
Genre | : Congregational churches |
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