Pamphlets and Reprints
Author : William Warner Bishop
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Page : 26 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Libraries
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Author : William Warner Bishop
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Page : 26 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Libraries
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Author : George R. Wilson
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Page : 616 pages
File Size : 47,45 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Indian trails
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Description of the early trails and surveys of Indiana.
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Page : 3054 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2001
Category : American literature
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Author : Joy Porter
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 13,28 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806133171
Born on the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955) was a prominent intellectual leader both within and outside tribal circles. Of mixed Iroquois, Seneca, and Anglican descent, Parker was also a controversial figure-recognized as an advocate for Indians but criticized for his assimilationist stance. In this exhaustively researched biography-the first book-length examination of Parker’s life and career-Joy Porter explores complex issues of Indian identity that are as relevant today as in Parker’s time. From childhood on, Parker learned from his well-connected family how to straddle both Indian and white worlds. His great-uncle, Ely S. Parker, was Commissioner of Indian Affairs under Ulysses S. Grant--the first American Indian to hold the position. Influenced by family role models and a strong formal education, Parker, who became director of the Rochester Museum, was best known for his work as a "museologist" (a word he coined). Porter shows that although Parker achieved success within the dominant Euro-American culture, he was never entirely at ease with his role as assimilated Indian and voiced frustration at having "to play Indian to be Indian." In expressing this frustration, Parker articulated a challenging predicament for twentieth-century Indians: the need to negotiate imposed stereotypes, to find ways to transcend those stereotypes, and to assert an identity rooted in the present rather than in the past.
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Page : 936 pages
File Size : 19,25 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
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Author : Jane Addams
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 28,19 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252090373
Venturing into Usefulness, the second volume of The Selected Papers of Jane Addams, documents the experience of this major American historical figure, intellectual, social activist, and author between June 1881, when at twenty-one she had just graduated from Rockford Female Seminary, and early 1889, when she was on the verge of founding the Hull-House settlement with Ellen Gates Starr. During these years she was developing into the social reformer and advocate of women's rights, socioeconomic justice, and world peace she would eventually become. She evolved from a high-minded but inexperienced graduate of a women's seminary into an educated woman and seasoned traveler well-exposed to elite culture and circles of philanthropy. Artfully annotated, The Selected Papers of Jane Addams offers an evocative choice of correspondence, photographs, and other primary documents, presenting a multi-layered narrative of Addams's personal and emerging professional life. Themes inaugurated in the previous volume are expanded here, including dilemmas of family relations and gender roles; the history of education; the dynamics of female friendship; religious belief and ethical development; changes in opportunities for women; and the evolution of philanthropy, social welfare, and reform ideas.
Author : Robert Maze
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780968868
The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Commonwealth armed forces for nearly fifty years; later versions in .38in calibre went on to see further service in World War II and beyond, as well as in a host of law-enforcement roles around the world into the 1970s. Developed to give British service personnel the ability to incapacitate their opponents in 'small wars' around the globe, the Webley used the formidable – and controversial – .455in cartridge, a variant of which was known as the 'manstopper'. Users found it offered good penetration and excellent stopping power with only mild recoil – indeed, it was rated superior to the US .45 Colt in stopping power. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and close-up photographs, this is the compelling story of the Webley revolver, the powerful pistol that saw service across the British Empire and throughout two world wars.
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Page : 926 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release : 1888
Category : American literature
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Page : 1018 pages
File Size : 42,28 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Bibliography
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Page : 1858 pages
File Size : 11,51 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Monographic series
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Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.