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Richard Roberts was a Canadian Christian theologian and author expounding the social responsibilities of the Christian conscience. He was also one of the most influential pacifists in Canada during the interwar years. In this book, he takes his pacifistic mentality and applies it to democracy. He discusses the problems with the, at the time current, system, as well as the ways he thought the government could improve to be a better example of a democratic...
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Though poorhouses (sometimes also known as almshouses or poor farms) were around United States' history for nearly four centuries, there has been little written about them. Not only was this institution critical to the history of social welfare and the poor but also for the disabled, correctional institutions, and aged. The book not only reviews history, but it analyzes how institutional care has in recent years regained its dominance in social welfare....
5) 1964
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Step back in time to 1964, a year of cultural upheaval and political transformation. From the rise of the Civil Rights movement in the United States to the global phenomenon of Beatlemania, this was the year that gave us bold fashion, unforgettable music and social change that continues to shape society across the world today.
While Britain's new Labour government promised the 'white heat of technology', on the world stage 1964 saw the escalation...
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This book uniquely explores the rare event of poor people who become nationally or internationally famous. This book describe how poverty is a severe disability that stunts areas of growth and opportunity among children. Nevertheless, using a sample of 27 people including Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Pryor, Babe Ruth, Oprah Winfrey, and Malcolm X, the book shows how these figures both coped, but faced life-long challenges...
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The Stones of Paris in History and Letters is a two-volume study on the city of Paris written by Benjamin Ellis Martin and Charlotte M. Martin. Through the numerous chapters regarding some of the most famous French authors and artists the Martins portray the painting of the French capital going deeper in its soul and showing something more than a city of shows or a huge bazaar.
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Volume 1:
Three Time-worn Staircases
The Scholars'...
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Contrary to popular belief fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. The idea of a spherical world had been widely accepted in educated circles from as early as the fourth century B.C. Yet, bizarrely, it was not until the supposedly more rational nineteenth century that the notion of a flat earth really took hold. Even more bizarrely, it persists to this day, despite Apollo...
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Reefer Madness, a classic in the annals of hemp literature, is the popular social history of marijuana use in America. Beginning with the hemp farming of George Washington, author Larry "Ratso" Sloman traces the fascinating story of our nation's love-hate relationship with the resilient weed we know as marijuana.
Herein we find antiheroes such as Allen Ginsberg, Robert Mitchum (the first Hollywood actor busted for pot), Louis Armstrong (who smoked...
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London and the Kingdom is a three-volume historical study about the city of London throughout the history. First volume covers the history of London from circa 4th century AD and the late Roman period to the end of 15th century. Second volume covers the period from the accession of James VI of Scotland as a king James I of England in 1603 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714. The third volume begins with the accession of George I and covers the history...
13) One Family's Journey Through Ten Centuries: A social history of the second millennium – Book One
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We trace one family, generation by generation, throughout the one thousand years of the second millennium. The trilogy sets the family within its social environment, describing its migration from the continent, and across England, Scotland, and Ireland to settle in the New World. From that we get a vivid picture of what affected, motivated, worried, and encouraged this Saxon family and how they coped. Since the migration of this family was typical...
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Covenant with God-a Biblical and Historical View at Healing Our Nation is a labor of love truly focused on returning to God as a nation and examining how our country, which was founded on God's principles and Judeo-Christian values, has gotten off track so significantly and what we need to do as a nation to get back to where God is first in every aspect of our society. Then the covenant our Founding Fathers made with God will be restored, and we can...
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It seems that ever since mankind was kicked out of the Garden of Eden for eating the forbidden fruit, we've been trying to get back in. Or at least, we've been wondering where the Garden might have been. St. Augustine had a theory, and so did medieval monks, John Calvin, and Christopher Columbus. But when Darwin's theory of evolution permanently altered our understanding of human origins, shouldn't the search for a literal Eden have faded away? Not...
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¿Sabías que el olor de la estancia de Juana de Castilla debió ser tan espantoso que pensaban que había sido poseída por el demonio?, ¿que los aztecas veneraban a Moctezuma con vasijas de oro repletas de piojos?, ¿que Isabel II fue una de las reinas que puso de moda el mugriento verde isabelino? o ¿que los romanos discutían sobre los problemas del Imperio en el retrete?
¡Ay, la higiene! Un tema tabú para muchos de nuestros antepasados y...
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La política como profesión', publicado por Max Weber en 1919, acompaña al lector en algunos de los conceptos sociológicos fundamentales del pensador alemán. Weber, una de las figuras más influyentes del pensamiento contemporáneo, analiza aquí los tipos de «dominación» en el Estado moderno, y la idea de democracia plebiscitaria, en un recorrido conceptual e histórico por la Edad Moderna hasta llegar al sistema de partidos políticos de...
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Diese Ausgabe wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Dieses eBook ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert.
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If we do not learn from history, we will repeat the mistakes of the present and the past. In earlier times, this was already not good, but in today's times, it can endanger life on earth. This book addresses the question, "Could things have turned out differently?" There are times when a choice determines war or peace, lhappiness or unhappiness. These are called nodes. Also, this book covers 120 lessons from history and certain topics are covered...
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