Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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El Perú-Waka: New Archaeological Perspectives on the Kingdom of the Centipede

Presenting the most current research on the Maya rainforest city El Perú-Waka’, this volume discusses occupation at the site spanning from 300 BC to 1000 CE and offers researchers an unmatched view of ancient life in a tropical urban environment.

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Broken Chains and Subverted Plans: Ethnicity, Race, and Commodities

Using two case studies from different frontier regions in nineteenth-century America, this book reveals how marginalized ethnic and racial communities resisted the attempts of governing officials and investors to control them through capitalist economic and government frameworks.

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Write of Passage: Stories of the American Era of the Panama Canal

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Admiral Lord Keith and the Naval War against Napoleon

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The Archaeology of North American Farmsteads

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"War Governor of the South": North Carolina's Zeb Vance in the Confederacy

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Maya Kingship: Rupture and Transformation from Classic to Postclassic Times

Examining changes to the institution of divine kingship from 750 to 950 CE in the Maya lowland cities, this volume presents a new way of studying the collapse of that civilization and the transformation of political systems between the Terminal Classic and Postclassic Periods.

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Discovering Florida: First-Contact Narratives from Spanish Expeditions along the Lower Gulf Coast

Including transcriptions of the original Spanish documents as well as English translations, this volume presents--in their own words--the experiences and reactions of Spaniards who came to Florida with Juan Ponce de León, Pánfilo de Narváez, Hernando de Soto, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

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Serials to Graphic Novels: The Evolution of the Victorian Illustrated Book

The Victorian illustrated book came into being, flourished, and evolved during the nineteenth century. Catherine Golden offers a new framework for viewing the arc of this vibrant form and surveys the fluidity in styles of illustration in serial instalments, British and American periodicals, adult and children's literature, and--more recently--graphic novels.

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Majic Ring

Set during the World War II air raids in London, H.D.'s fascinating and visionary novel, <i>Majic Ring</i>, documents her spiritualist activities during this time.