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The new past and other essays on the development of civilisation / by Carter, E. H.(Edward Henry),1876-1953.(CARDINAL)227457; Breasted, James Henry,1865-1935.(CARDINAL)152335;
Bibliographical footnotes.The new past, by J. H. Breasted.--Some origins of civilisation, by H. J. Fleure.--The diffusion of civilisation, by W. J. Perry.--The Biblical record, by A. Nairne.--Classical civilisation and modern Europe, by H. J. Rose.--The cultural unity of Western Europe, by J. W. Headlam-Morley.--The problem of political unity, by R. Muir.--Some economic factors in general history, by G. Unwin.--The birth of modern science, by C. Singer.--The history of mathematics, by H. E. J. Curzon.--Some desultory remarks on art and civilisation, by W. Rothenstein.--Britain's place in Western civilisation, by F. S. Marvin.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Civilization.;
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Readings in cultural geography. / by Wagner, Philip L.(Philip Laurence),1921-(CARDINAL)210550; Mikesell, Marvin W.(CARDINAL)128142;
Cultural geography / Carl O. Saucer -- Rise of cultural geography in America / Robert S. Platt -- Role of historical explanation in human geography / Max Sorre -- Cultural boundaries and ethnographic maps / Richard Weiss -- Geography of languages / C.M. Delgado de Carvalho -- Fundamental questions in the geography of religions / Paul Fickler -- Generic terms in the place names of the northeastern United States / Wilbur Zelinsky -- Louisiana house types / Fred B. Kniffen -- Diversity and unity in Southeast Asia / Jan O.M. Broek -- Range of variation of Caribbean societies / David Lowenthal -- Middle America as a cultural historical location / Carl O. Sauer -- interpretation of diffusion / V. Gordon Childe -- Main stages in socioeconomic evolution from a geographic point of view / Hans Bobek -- Habits of a man and the origins of the cultivated plants of the old world / I.H. Burkill -- Food sources in the new world / Hugh Cutler -- Domestication features in animals as functions of human societies / H. Epstein -- Land, tenure, geography and ecology in the contact of cultures / Morton H. Fried -- Origin and spread of the grid-pattern town / Dan Stanislawski -- City as a center of change: western Europe and China / Rhoads Murphey -- Classification and problems of migrations / Edgar Kant -- Propagation of innovation waves / Torsten Hägerstrand -- Functional and evolutionary implications of community patterning / Richard K. Beardsley [and others] --Concept of Genre de vie / Max Sorre -- Major agricultural regions of the Earth / Derwent Whittlesey -- Geography of diet / Max Sorre -- Ethnogeological approach to shifting cultivation / Harold C. Conklin -- Man as a maker of new plants and new plant communities / Edgar Anderson -- Regressive phases in the development of the cultural landscape / Aldo Sestini -- Social organization and environment / H.J. Fleure -- Origins and causes of settlement types / Albert Demangeon -- Types of rural settlements in colonial America / Glen T. Trewartha -- Agency of man on the Earth . Carl O. Sauer.
Subjects: Human geography.;
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Gullah spirituals : the sound of freedom and protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands / by Crawford, Eric Sean,author.(CARDINAL)856072; Crawford, Bessie Foster,author.(CARDINAL)856071;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-230) and index.The West African song tradition -- The Penn School -- The Penn School community outreach efforts -- Saint Helena's spirituals during the World Wars and Prohibition -- Saint Helena's spirituals during the civil rights movement -- An examination of two Saint Helena song leaders -- Conclusion -- Final observations -- Appendix. The Gullah songbook."Eric Sean Crawford, associate professor of music and director of the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University, examines the history and diffusion of Gullah spirituals, an important and at times overlooked aspect of Gullah culture in the Lowcountry and Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia. Crawford's work focuses primarily on the South Carolina sea island of St. Helena in Beaufort County. While much has been done to study, preserve, and interpret Gullah culture, Crawford writes, "the shouting and rowing songs, containing the strongest West African retentions, are mostly lost and forgotten. This book illuminates the remarkable history, survival, and influence of this island's music since the earliest recordings in the 1860s." While Crawford's focus may be the St. Helena spirituals, his study is not limited only to that one place. Instead he examines the diffusion and impact of the music and culture that emanated from this one small island community. He follows the Gullah spirituals through to the musical arrangements of the famed Hampton Singers and later shows how the songs served as a rallying point and cultural bridge, helping to build support for America's involvement in World War I and as a way of easing racial tensions both at home and abroad. He shows how patriotic texts and themes were added to the spirituals and helped to make them popular wartime songs. Hampton University folklorist Natalie Curtis, for example, used the melody from the St. Helena spiritual "Ride On, Jesus" in her wartime anthem "Hymn of Freedom," which was sung not only in churches of the time, but also to gatherings of American soldiers mobilizing for war. Part of the goal of the US Army in choosing the song was to build African American support for the war, and also ease racial tensions within the (still segregated) ranks. Later, civil rights activists in the 1950s and 60s would find their own spiritual and political uses for the songs, as many were rediscovered and disseminated throughout the country as protest songs. The songs were not reimagined as protest songs, but rather had always been, and Crawford traces this long trajectory "from their beginnings in West Africa and later oppression by white missionaries to their height as songs for social change and black identity in the twentieth century." Crawford--an ethnomusicologist by training--relies not only upon archival records, but also conducted his own fieldwork, personal recordings, and oral interviews to develop his understanding of St. Helena and its music. His work, however, diverges from these earlier studies in its attempt to tell the stories not only of the music, but also of the music makers. This includes song leaders Minnie Gracie Gadson and Deacon James Garfield Smalls, who Crawford discusses in Chapter 7 and who both shared their own knowledge and memory of the St. Helena spirituals with Crawford during his time conducting field recordings on the island. Finally, Crawford includes an appendix with more than fifty transcriptions of St. Helena spirituals, many no longer performed and more than half derived from his own transcriptions completed during his fieldwork. The "Gullah Songbook," as he calls it, includes notations on Gullah terminology and phrasing that is provided by educator/author/television personality Ron Daise, who was the receipient for the 2019 South Carolina Governor's Award for his work preserving and disseminating Gullah culture"--
Subjects: Spirituals (Songs); Songbooks.; Notated music.; Gullahs; Spirituals (Songs); Spirituals (Songs); African Americans;
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Fascism : a very short introduction / by Passmore, Kevin,author.(CARDINAL)638412;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.A and not A': what is fascism? -- Fascism before fascism? -- Italy: 'making history with the fist' -- Germany: the racial state -- The diffusion of fascism -- Phoenix from the ashes? -- Fascism, nation, and race -- Fascism, women, and gender -- Fascism and class -- Fascism and us.What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world--tracing its origins in the intellectual, political, and social crises of the late nineteenth century, the rise of fascism following World War I -including fascist regimes in Italy and Germany -and the fortunes of 'failed' fascist movements in Eastern Europe, Spain, and the Americas. He also considers fascism in culture, the new interest in transnational research, and the progress of the far right since 2002.1340L
Subjects: Fascism.;
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Art and faith in the Venetian world : venerating Christ as the Man of Sorrows / by Puglisi, Catherine R.,1953-author.(CARDINAL)213387; Barcham, William L.,author.(CARDINAL)195824;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-367) and indexes.NCMA Collection,A study of Christ as Man of Sorrows in the Venetian world from the late Medieval through the Baroque era. Art and Faith in Venice is the first study of the Man of Sorrows in the art and culture of Venice and her dominions across three centuries. A subject imbued with deep spiritual and metaphorical significance, the image pervaded late-Medieval Europe but assumed in the Venetian world an unusually rich and long life. The book presents a biography, first tracing the transmission of the image as a vertical, half-length figure devoid of narrative from the Byzantine East c. 1275 and then exploring its gradual adaptation and diffusion across the Venetian state to a wide range of media, reaching from small manuscript illuminations to panel paintings, altarpieces, tombs and liturgical furnishings. Analyzing its nomenclature, visual form and layered meanings, the study demonstrates how this universal image played a prominent role responding to public and private devotions in the spiritual and cultural life of Venice and its larger political sphere of influence. Catherine Puglisi and William Barcham have written extensively on the Man of Sorrows and co-curated an exhibition on the subject in New York in 2011. Each also publishes separately, Puglisi on Caravaggio and Bolognese art, and Barcham on Venetian 18th-century painting.
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism; Christian art and symbolism; Man of Sorrows (Art);
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Beyond bullying : breaking the cycle of shame, bullying, and violence / by Fast, Jonathan,author.(CARDINAL)719235;
Includes bibliographical references and index.About shame -- Bullying in and out of schools -- The bullying of LGBT teens, part I: it's not easy being green -- The bullying of LGBT teens, part II: suicide clusters -- The bullying of women by men -- The bullying of blacks and hispanics by whites -- Failures in shame management: school shootings and acts of domestic terrorism -- Restorative justice and restorative processes.The book introduces the concept of "weaponized shame", a toxic and intentional attack on another person, noting that weaponized shame is often at the heart of bullying situations. With clear, straightforward language, Dr. Fast traces the nuances of shame through several common types of bullying, highlighting bullying based on sexuality, gender, and race. Noting the pervasive presence of weaponized shame in American culture, 'Beyond bullying' extends shame theory to acts of domestic violence, racism, school shootings, and domestic terrorism. The issues that cause bullying are not limited to the schoolyard, but rather are responsible for horrific acts of violence across the nation. Beyond mere theory, the book provides concrete suggestions for healthy ways of dealing with shame, including techniques for diffusing potentially harmful situations. An invaluable resource for parents of bullied children,this work will also appeal to teachers, counselors, and social workers.
Subjects: Shame.; Bullying.; Bullying; Bullying.;
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The evolution of everything : how new ideas emerge / by Ridley, Matt,author.(CARDINAL)424649;
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Rational Optimist and Genome returns with a fascinating, brilliant argument for evolution that definitively dispels a dangerous, widespread myth: that we can command and control our world.The Evolution of Everything is about bottom-up order and its enemy, the top-down twitch--the endless fascination human beings have for design rather than evolution, for direction rather than emergence. Drawing on anecdotes from science, economics, history, politics and philosophy, Matt Ridley's wide-ranging, highly opinionated opus demolishes conventional assumptions that major scientific and social imperatives are dictated by those on high, whether in government, business, academia, or morality. On the contrary, our most important achievements develop from the bottom up. Patterns emerge, trends evolve. Just as skeins of geese form Vs in the sky without meaning to, and termites build mud cathedrals without architects, so brains take shape without brain-makers, learning can happen without teaching and morality changes without a plan. Although we neglect, defy and ignore them, bottom-up trends shape the world. The growth of technology, the sanitation-driven health revolution, the quadrupling of farm yields so that more land can be released for nature--these were largely emergent phenomena, as were the Internet, the mobile phone revolution, and the rise of Asia. Ridley demolishes the arguments for design and effectively makes the case for evolution in the universe, morality, genes, the economy, culture, technology, the mind, personality, population, education, history, government, God, money, and the future. As compelling as it is controversial, authoritative as it is ambitious, Ridley's stunning perspective will revolutionize the way we think about our world and how it works"--"A book that makes the case for evolution over design and skewers a widespread but dangerous myth: that we have ultimate control over our world"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index.Prologue: the general theory of evolution -- The evolution of the universe -- The evolution of morality -- The evolution of life -- The evolution of genes -- The evolution of culture -- The evolution of economy -- The evolution of technology -- The evolution of the mind -- The evolution of personality -- The evolution of education -- The evolution of population -- The evolution of leadership -- The evolution of government -- The evolution of religion -- The evolution of money -- The evolution of the internet -- Epilogue: the evolution of the future.
Subjects: Evolution.; Diffusion of innovations.; Technology and civilization.; Civilization, Modern.;
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LGBTQ health research : theory, methods, practice / by Stall, Ron,1954-editor.; Dodge, Brian,1973-editor.; Bauermeister, José A.,1980-editor.; Poteat, Tonia,editor.; Beyrer, Chris,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Human Rights and LGBTQ Health : Inseparable Challenges / Chris Beyrer -- Global Health/LGBTQ Health / Tonia Poteat and Shauna Stahlman -- A Love Note to Future Generations of LGBTQ Health Researchers / Ron Stall, Chris Beyrer, Tonia Poteat, Brian Dodge, and José Bauermeister -- Straight, That Is Not Gay or Lesbian / Randall Sell and Kerith Conron -- Sampling Considerations for LGBTQ Health Research / Christopher Owens, Ron Stall, and Brian Dodge -- Theory as a Practical Tool in Research and Intervention / Ilan H. Meyer, with the Generations Study Investigators -- Creating and Adapting LGBTQ-Specific Measures to Explain Disparities / Joshua Rosenberger -- Multi-Level Approaches to Understanding LGBTQ Health Disparities / Mark L. Hatzenbuehler -- Social Network Approaches to HIV Prevention and Care / Carl Latkin and Karin Tobin -- Why Focus on Gay Couples in HIV Prevention Research? / Colleen Hoff -- Engaging Populations in LGBTQ Health Interventions / Rob Stephenson and Erin Riley -- Finding the Right Approach for Interventions with LGBTQ Populations / Stephen L. Forssell, Peter Gamache, and Rita Dwan -- Program Development Considerations for LGBTQ Health Interventions / José A. Bauermeister, Ryan C. Tingler, and Gary W. Harper -- From Discovery to Application : Challenges in Effectiveness and Implementation Research for the Promotion of LGBTQ Health and Wellness / Robin Lin Miller and Angulique Y. Outlaw"This edited collection is a course book intended for graduate students of public health or health sciences who want to learn research methods for studying the health of LGBTQ populations. The book is divided into three sections and is edited by top scholars in the field. The book will fill a niche that no existing course book occupies"--Over the last 30 years, the health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans have become increasingly recognized, in particular for the ways in which they are distinct from those typically assessed and addressed in society. Universities and researchers are paying greater attention to LGBTQ public health issues and how they might adapt existing methods to research marginalized communities, but until now there has been no authoritative resource to guide their education or practice. Developed for graduate students in public health and health sciences but perfect for anyone interested in this topic. This book will fill that gap and provide the necessary public health tools to teach about and study LGBTQ populations effectively. Divided into three sections and edited by top scholars, LGBTQ Health Research explains research methods important to descriptive epidemiology that are needed to document health disparities among LGBTQ populations. The book also examines research methods that help explain the driving forces of these disparities. Focusing on real-world experience in developing and testing interventions to mitigate health disparities in LGBTQ populations, it also breaks down issues that challenge the direct application of standard research methods with these communities, including those related to sampling, measurement, choice of theoretical variables to explain the distribution of health and illness, cultural competence in intervention design, and community participation. Promoting the creation and diffusion of effective interventions, the book takes a holistic approach to address longstanding research gaps regarding important marginalized communities. It also documents profound health disparities in many LBGTQ populations across a wide range of health conditions and explains why future development of the field must be based on inclusive science and rigorous research methods. LGBTQ Health Research is an essential textbook for any courses that deal with the intersection of marginalization, health, sexuality, and gender. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Sexual minorities; Discrimination in medical care.; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.;
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Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity and poverty / by Acemoglu, Daron.(CARDINAL)530380; Robinson, James A.,1960-(CARDINAL)268475;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-509) and index.Preface: Why Egyptians filled Tahrir Square to bring down Hosni Mubarak and what it means for our understanding of the causes of prosperity and poverty -- So close and yet so different : Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, have the same people, culture, and geography. Why is one rich and one poor? -- Theories that don't work : poor countries are poor not because of their geographies or cultures, or because their leaders do not know which policies will enrich their citizens -- The making of prosperity and poverty : how prosperity and poverty are determined by the incentives created by institutions, and how politics determines what institutions a nation has -- Small differences and critical junctures: the weight of history : how institutions change through political conflict and how the past shapes the present -- "I've seen the future, and it works" : growth under extractive institutions : what Stalin, King Shyaam, the Neolithic Revolution, and the Maya city-states all had in common and how this explains why China's current economic growth cannot last -- Drifting apart : how institutions evolve over time, often slowly drifting apart -- The turning point : how a political revolution in 1688 changed institutions in England and led to the Industrial Revolution -- Not on our turf : barriers to development : why the politically powerful in many nations opposed the Industrial Revolution -- Reversing development : how European colonialism impoverished large parts of the world -- The diffusion of prosperity : how some parts of the world took different paths to prosperity from that of Britain -- The virtuous circle : how institutions that encourage prosperity create positive feedback loops that prevent the efforts by elites to undermine them -- The vicious circle : how institutions that create poverty generate negative feedback loops and endure -- Why nations fail today : institutions, institutions, institutions -- Breaking the mold : how a few countries changed their economic trajectory by changing their institutions -- Understanding prosperity and poverty : how the world could have been different and how understanding this can explain why most attempts to combat poverty have failed.Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, from Korea to Africa, to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? Is America moving from a virtuous circle, in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted, to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? This book will change the way you look at--and understand--the world.--From publisher description.1300L
Subjects: Economic development; Economic history; Economics; Poverty; Revolutions;
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The growth of American thought / by Curti, Merle(Merle Eugene),1897-1996.(CARDINAL)146513;
Bibliography: pages 797-900.pt. 1. Adaptation of the European heritage: The Christian heritage -- Legacies to the New Nation --The Old World heritage modified -- Diffusion of the arts and sciences -- The rise of the Enlightenment -- pt. 2. The growth of Americanism: The revolutionary shift in emphasis -- The expanding Enlightenment -- The conservative reaction -- pt. 3. Patrician leadership: Patrician direction of thought -- Nationalism challenges cosmopolitanism -- The West challenges patrician leadership -- pt. 4. Democratic upheaval: New currents of equalitarianism -- The advance of science and technology -- The popularization of knowledge -- New goals for democracy -- The rising tide of patriotism and nationalism -- pt. 5. Triumph of nationalism: Cultural regionalism in the old South -- The Civil War and intellectual life -- The nature of the new nationalism -- Business and the life of the mind -- pt. 6. Individualism in a corporate age: The delimitation of supernaturalism -- Impact of evolutionary thought on society -- Scholarship and popularization of learning -- Formulas of protest and reform -- The conservative defense -- pt. 7. Diversion, criticism, and contraction: America recrosses the oceans -- Prosperity, disillusionment, criticism -- Crisis and new searches -- American assertions in a world of upheaval -- Dialogues in our time.
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