Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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Nuer-American Passages: Globalizing Sudanese Migration

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Cuba, the Elusive Nation: Interpretations of a National Identity

This anthology brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines who look at one main question: What constitutes Cuban identity? The contributors offer revisionist perspectives that argue for a "Cubanness" marked more by tension and diversity than by

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Violence, Ritual, and the Wari Empire: A Social Bioarchaeology of Imperialism in the Ancient Andes

This study of human skeletons reveals the biological and social impact of Wari imperialism on people's lives, particularly its effects on community organization and frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects. 

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Gateway to the Moon: Building the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex

Gateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center. It includes archival illustrations and diagrams of locations, personnel, and equipment, from aerial views

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Attracting Birds to South Florida Gardens

Provides practical, ecologically sound advice for creating landscapes that will appeal to the many birds that can be found in the region.

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Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography

In this breakthrough study, Emily Maguire examines how a cadre of writers reimagined the nation and re-valorized Afro-Cuban culture through a textual production that incorporated elements of the ethnographic with the literary.

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A History of Platform Mound Ceremonialism: Finding Meaning in Elevated Ground

This book presents a temporally and geographically broad yet detailed history of an important form of Native American architecture, the platform mound, revealing unexpected continuities in moundbuilding over many thousands of years.

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Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge

First published by NASA in 2000 as&nbsp;<em>Challenge to Apollo</em>, these two volumes are the first comprehensive history of the Soviet-manned space programs covering a period of thirty years, from the end of World War II, when the Soviets captured German rocket technology, to the collapse of their moon program in the mid-1970s.&nbsp;

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Contemporary Challenges in Medical Education: From Theory to Practice

While medical schools usually emphasize the teaching of advanced scientific fundamentals through a carefully planned, formal curriculum, few focus on the equally crucial &ldquo;hidden curriculum&rdquo; of professional attitudes, skills, and behaviors. This concise and practical guide helps teachers effectively prepare students for seldom-taught issues that arise daily in the practice of clinical medicine.