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Cambridge U. Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Although probably intended for undergraduate classrooms, this unique take on the continental approach may be appropriate for early postgraduate work as a survey. Rather than starting with continental thought and merely contrasting it with the Anglo-American rubric, Sherratt (philosophy, Oxford) spans the traditions of hermeneutics, genealogy and critical theory to include key texts from Derrida, Foucault, Gadamer, Habermas, Nietzsche, Ricoeur, and t... more information

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Cambridge U. Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Although probably intended for undergraduate classrooms, this unique take on the continental approach may be appropriate for early postgraduate work as a survey. Rather than starting with continental thought and merely contrasting it with the Anglo-American rubric, Sherratt (philosophy, Oxford) spans the traditions of hermeneutics, genealogy and critical theory to include key texts from Derrida, Foucault, Gadamer, Habermas, Nietzsche, Ricoeur, and t... more information

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University of Iceland Press, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. A towering scholar of Icelandic language and literature, Finnbogi has been mainly interested in old Icelandic literature, the works of Snorri Sturluson, and Orkeyinga Saga; but also Icelandic emigrants to North America and their attitude towards Iceland, especially poet Stephen G. Stephansson. The 21 articles and speeched collected here primarily reflect those interests, but also discuss the National Library of Iceland, genealogy, and food ... more information

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NewSouth Books, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. With the upsurge of interest in family heritage in the past few decades, many are seeking records of births, deaths and marriages but are finding it slow going. For African-Americans the search is particularly difficult, in part because reference guides were not available for Alabama. Here Taylor comes to the rescue with this study, based upon her significant experience in the field and many years of lecturing on genealogy. Taylor is particularly qualif... more information

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Mercer University Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Young (English, U. of Wisconsin La Cross), independent author Braziel and their contributors assert that racialized nationalism pervades standard notions of beauty, memory and public culture. Moving toward the de-reification of race as a primary ground of Western knowledge, they provide a genealogical critique of American autobiography, artful deceit in Mary Johnson's Prisoners of Hope and subtle disclosure in Pauline Bouvé's The... more information

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Thunder Bay Press, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. An accessible study of battlefield tactics for both the military enthusiast and general reader, this book examines in detail how the leading generals of the Civil War measured up against each other at some of the most important battles. Each chapter covers a decisive battle between a pair of imposing adversaries, and includes a contextual introduction, a description of the action and the strategies of each commander, and an analysis of the aftermath.... more information

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McGraw-Hill, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. After reviewing the rules of online etiquette, ethics, and privacy, this authoritative guide explains how to navigate search engines and vital records offices to find familial ancestors, and recommends the best websites for discovering family history information, such as the LDS databases, Ellis Island records, and the National Genealogical Society. The eighth edition is fully revised with updated information on current websites and online resources. (&co... more information

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U. of Illinois Press, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. While the late Edward Said often criticized the poststructuralists for a variety of failings--restricted disciplinary focus, unworldliness, indifference to and disdain for the human, nostalgia for a religious certainty, and denial of human agency--Spanos (English and comparative literature, Binghamton U.) argues counter-intuitively that Said's writings in Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism, and Humanism and Democratic Criticism can be read a... more information

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Univ. of Calgary Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Victor and Leonard were Belgian Catholic missionaries. Dutch writer and translator Eggermont-Molenaar and Belgian Callens, who is active in the Flemish Genealogical Society, intersperse entries from their diaries with other primary sources about Alberta during the period. Distributed in the US by Michigan State University Press. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Univ. of Calgary Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Victor and Leonard were Belgian Catholic missionaries. Dutch writer and translator Eggermont-Molenaar and Belgian Callens, who is active in the Flemish Genealogical Society, intersperse entries from their diaries with other primary sources about Alberta during the period. Distributed in the US by Michigan State University Press. (© Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Univ. of Calgary Press, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Victor and Leonard were Belgian Catholic missionaries. Dutch writer and translator Eggermont-Molenaar and Belgian Callens, who is active in the Flemish Genealogical Society, intersperse entries from their diaries with other primary sources about Alberta during the period. Distributed in the US by Michigan State University Press. (© Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Berghahn Books, 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. In this first ethnographic study of the new procreative practices of anonymous ova and embryo donation, Konrad (social anthropology, Girton College and U. of Cambridge) gives voice to both the donors and the IVF recipients and shows how the new reproductive technology creates an unfamiliar relatedness between these strangers. Konrad brings together material from social anthropology, social theory, cultural studies and feminist bioethics to discuss the r... more information

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Mercer University Press, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. 216 pieces of correspondence between George Washington Peddy, a surgeon with the Confederate Army, and his wife are collected in this volume from Cuttino, a noted historian and grandchild of the book's subjects. Cuttino preserves all of the spelling and grammar idiosyncrasies so that history and military scholars can enjoy an authentic account of Civil War events such the Atlanta campaign and the battles at Vicksburg and Chattanooga. Geneal... more information

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Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2006. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Ratmoko (English literature, U. of Zurich and comparative literature, Yale U.) traces the genealogy of ghosts through philosophical, literary, and religious texts of the Western canon. He discusses the spectral history of guilt in law, the historical truth of spectrality, spectrality in the era of Christianity and Greek tragedy, and phantom formations after the Renaissance. (©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Sage Publications, 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. One of a seven-volume series celebrating the Indian Sociological Society's 50-year anniversary, this volume presents 13 papers drawn from the Society's journal Sociological Bulletin addressing themes related to the concept of civil society. After an introduction by editor Jayaram (research methodology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India), the papers discuss such topics as the relationship between civil society and the state in the India... more information

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Four Courts Press, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Very clearly written and organized, this unusually fine volume provides the scholar and student of Irish studies with a thorough and accessible guide to the various Gaelic sources of the Middle Ages. Simms (medieval history, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) begins with an overview of the sources and their translations and common pitfalls. The chapters that follow describe annals; genealogies; poems; prose tracts and sagas; and legal and medical mater... more information

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Four Courts Press, 2001. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Some 12,566 men enlisted in the Dublin Metropolitan Police between the force's formation, in 1836, and its amalgamation with the Garda Síochána, in 1925. Herlihy is interested less in providing a formal history of the force, he writes, than in positioning the DMP in its historical context, showing the sort of men recruited to the force, describing the conditions they worked under, and supplying anecdotal information about a few memb... more information

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Scarecrow Pr., 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. A mild mannered medical technologist by day, Mann transmutes into a student of topographical onomastics when bitten by his interest in history and genealogy. Here he compiles elements of place-names that he has spent much time looking up in atlases, dictionaries, and gazetteers; along with their meaning, the language they come from, and often an example of their use in an actual name. He confesses that he is a layman in the field, and must rely on his so... more information

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Sons of the Revolution in the State of NY, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Anchored around the anecdotes of Adeline Moses Loeb, who entered the banking world as daughter of the founder of Sheffield and eventually worked with her husband Carl on Wall Street in the 1940s and 50s, this text in three parts narrates a multigenerational Southern Jewish American story. The first part comes from the oral memoir of Adeline's daughter on the immediate family's elegant lifestyle and personal struggles. ... more information

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Academic Studies Press, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. In this translation from the Yiddish of Erinerungen fun mayn leben, Margoshes (1866-1955) vividly portrays growing up in an era of changing Jewish life in Poland as part of Austro-Hungarian Galicia. His memoir provides entertaining anecdotes and insights into aspects of urban and rural Jewish life, conflicts between Orthodox and Enlightenment Jews, the complex relationship between Jews and their Gentile neighbors, and the inner workings of the G... more information

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