Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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Daughters of Abraham: Feminist Thought in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Based on the premise that woman's struggles to have their voices heard are shared throughout the monotheisms, these essays offer new insights into the traditions of three religions during the past century.

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Urban Vigilantes in the New South: Tampa, 1882-1936

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Concept Development Studies in Chemistry

This is an on-line textbook for an Introductory General Chemistry course. Each module develops a central concept in Chemistry from experimental observations and inductive reasoning. This approach complements an interactive or active learning teaching approach. Additional multimedia resources can be found at: http://cnx.org/content/col10264/1.5/

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The Atlanta Riot: Race, Class, and Violence in a New South City

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The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women's Political Culture

This book details how African American women used lessons in basic literacy to crack the foundation of white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement.

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Mestizo Modernity: Race, Technology, and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico

<p>After the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1917, post-revolutionary leaders hoped to assimilate the country&rsquo;s racially diverse population into one official mixed-race identity&mdash;the mestizo. This book shows that as part of this vision, the Mexican government believed it could modernize &ldquo;primitive&rdquo; indigenous peoples through technology in the form of education, modern medicine, industrial agriculture, and factory work. David Dalton takes a close look at how authors, artists, and thinkers&mdash;some state-funded, some independent&mdash;engaged with official views of Mexican racial identity from the 1920s to the 1970s.<br /></p>

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French Colonial Archaeology in the Southeast and Caribbean

This innovative collection of essays brings together archaeological research on French colonial sites from Maryland, South Carolina, the Gulf Coast and Lower Mississippi Valley, the Caribbean, and French Guiana to explore the nature of French colonization.

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Indians of the Greater Southeast: Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory

A collection of essays summarizing current knowledge of southeastern Native Americans during the colonial encounter (post 1500). Integrates archaeological, documentary, and ethno-historical evidence in the most comprehensive examination of diverse southe

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Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture

Now back in print and for the first time in paperback,<I>Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture</I> is a foundational piece in bioarchaeological literature and a central source of information regarding the impact of early farming on socioeconomic evolution. It remains a highly cited reference for archaeologists and physical anthropologists.

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Migration and Disruptions: Toward a Unifying Theory of Ancient and Contemporary Migrations

This innovative volume brings together sociocultural anthropologists, archaeologists, bioarchaeologists, ethnographers, paleopathologists, and others to develop a unifying theory of migration.