Reminiscences and Reflections of an Octogenarian Highlander - Scholar's Choice Edition

Reminiscences and Reflections of an Octogenarian Highlander - Scholar's Choice Edition
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Synopsis Reminiscences and Reflections of an Octogenarian Highlander - Scholar's Choice Edition by : Professor Duncan Campbell, (Pa

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

An Octogenarian's Reminiscences

An Octogenarian's Reminiscences
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Total Pages : 424
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Synopsis An Octogenarian's Reminiscences by : James Bonwick

'Part II, Chapter X, of 'My life in Australia', is a chapter on Queensland, topics are: Brisbane, The Whitsunday Passage, Queensland sugar plantations, Queensland pearl-fishery, the search for Leichhardt, the Australian blackfellow, Australian climate and the Chinese in Australia.

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547195979
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Synopsis Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by : Siegfried Sassoon

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" by Siegfried Sassoon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Albion's Seed

Albion's Seed
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 981
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ISBN-10 : 9780199743698
ISBN-13 : 019974369X
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Albion's Seed by : David Hackett Fischer

This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.

The History of the Highland Clearances

The History of the Highland Clearances
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Publisher : Mercat Press Books
Total Pages : 592
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044010402576
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Synopsis The History of the Highland Clearances by : Alexander Mackenzie

The tragedy of the Clearances, brought about by cynical, often absentee landlords, is a black page in Scotland's history. Written while the effects it describes were still unfolding, Mackenzie's history brings the distress before the reader.

REMINISCENCES & REFLECTIONS OF

REMINISCENCES & REFLECTIONS OF
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Publisher : Wentworth Press
Total Pages : 742
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ISBN-10 : 1373328312
ISBN-13 : 9781373328311
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Synopsis REMINISCENCES & REFLECTIONS OF by : Duncan B. 1828 Campbell

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Highlander

Highlander
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9780813163253
ISBN-13 : 0813163250
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Highlander by : John M. Glen

and racial justice during a critical era in southern and Appalachian history. This volume is the first comprehensive examination of that extraordinary—and often controversial—institution. Founded in 1932 by Myles Horton and Don West near Monteagle, Tennessee, this adult education center was both a vital resource for southern radicals and a catalyst for several major movements for social change. During its thirty-year history it served as a community folk school, as a training center for southern labor and Farmers' Union members, and as a meeting place for black and white civil rights activists. As a result of the civil rights involvement, the state of Tennessee revoked the charter of the original institution in 1962. At the heart of Horton's philosophy and the Highlander program was a belief in the power of education to effect profound changes in society. By working with the knowledge the poor of Appalachia and the South had gained from their experiences, Horton and his staff expected to enable them to take control of their own lives and to solve their own problems. John M. Glen's authoritative study is more than the story of a singular school in Tennessee. It is a biography of Myles Horton, co-founder and long-time educational director of the school, whose social theories shaped its character. It is an analysis of the application of a particular idea of adult education to the problems of the South and of Appalachia. And it affords valuable insights into the history of the southern labor and the civil rights movements and of the individuals and institutions involved in them over the past five decades.

The Great Transformation

The Great Transformation
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Publisher : Penguin Classics
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0241685559
ISBN-13 : 9780241685556
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Synopsis The Great Transformation by : Karl Polanyi

'One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written. ... A must-read' Thomas Piketty 'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect Karl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is one of the earliest and most powerful critiques of unregulated markets. Tracing the history of capitalism from the great transformation of the industrial revolution onwards, he shows that there has been nothing 'natural' about the market state. Instead of reducing human relations and our environment to mere commodities, the economy must always be embedded in civil society. Describing the 'avalanche of social dislocation' of his time, Polanyi's hugely influential work is a passionate call to protect our common humanity. 'Polanyi's vision for an alternative economy re-embedded in politics and social relations offers a refreshing alternative' Guardian 'Polanyi exposes the myth of the free market' Joseph Stiglitz With a new introduction by Gareth Dale

Reminiscences, 1819-1899

Reminiscences, 1819-1899
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Total Pages : 540
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Synopsis Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by : Julia Ward Howe

Fact Stranger Than Fiction

Fact Stranger Than Fiction
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Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433082421474
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Synopsis Fact Stranger Than Fiction by : John Patterson Green