Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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Shaw's Settings: Gardens and Libraries

This book fills the need for a systematic study of setting as significant to the playwright’s work as a whole.

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War on the Gulf Coast: The Spanish Fight against William Augustus Bowles

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Joyce's Rare View: The Nature of Things in <i>Finnegans Wake</i>

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The President and American Capitalism since 1945

<p>Tracing the development of the U.S. presidency since Harry S. Truman took office in 1945, this volume describes the many ways the president&rsquo;s actions have affected the development of capitalism in the post&ndash;World War II era.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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Sudan in Crisis: The Failure of Democracy

A former US ambassador offers a firsthand account of how Sudan, a promising North African democracy since 1956, failed to solve crucial problems at home and abroad and so brought about its own overthrow by Islamic fundamentalists.

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Brazilian Foreign Policy after the Cold War

Since 1992--the end of the Cold War--Brazil has been slowly and quietly carving a niche for itself in the international community: that of a regional leader in Latin America. How and why is the subject of Sean Burges's investigations.

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Concepts in Calculus I, Second Edition

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Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, and the Antiquities Trade

This collection of essays by world-recognized experts investigates the ways that com-modifying artifacts fuels the destruction of archaeological heritage and considers what can be done to protect it.

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Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity

In&nbsp;<em>Eating in the Side Room</em>, Mark Warner uses the archaeological data of food remains recovered from excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Chesapeake to show how African Americans established identity in the face of pervasive racism and marginalization.<div><br /></div>

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A Field Guide and Identification Manual for Florida and Eastern U.S. Tiger Beetles