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Book Culver Stockton College Academic Catalog

Download or read book Culver Stockton College Academic Catalog written by Culver-Stockton College and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Women at War with America

Download or read book Women at War with America written by D'Ann Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hunting and Fishing in the New South

Download or read book Hunting and Fishing in the New South written by Scott E. Giltner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative study re-examines the dynamics of race relations in the post–Civil War South from an altogether fresh perspective: field sports. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, wealthy white men from Southern cities and the industrial North traveled to the hunting and fishing lodges of the old Confederacy—escaping from the office to socialize among like-minded peers. These sportsmen depended on local black guides who knew the land and fishing holes and could ensure a successful outing. For whites, the ability to hunt and fish freely and employ black laborers became a conspicuous display of their wealth and social standing. But hunting and fishing had been a way of life for all Southerners—blacks included—since colonial times. After the war, African Americans used their mastery of these sports to enter into market activities normally denied people of color, thereby becoming more economically independent from their white employers. Whites came to view black participation in hunting and fishing as a serious threat to the South’s labor system. Scott E. Giltner shows how African-American freedom developed in this racially tense environment—how blacks' sense of competence and authority flourished in a Jim Crow setting. Giltner’s thorough research using slave narratives, sportsmen’s recollections, records of fish and game clubs, and sporting periodicals offers a unique perspective on the African-American struggle for independence from the end of the Civil War to the 1920s.

Book Religion  Economics  and Public Policy

Download or read book Religion Economics and Public Policy written by Andrew D. Walsh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-06-30 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Americans seem bent on dismantling the safety net of the New Deal era, the most popular version of the culture wars' thesis paints an arguably cosmic battle between defenders of religious orthodoxy who embrace laissez-faire capitalism and secular elites who have imposed a Marxist welfare state upon an unsuspecting populace. Walsh shows that this thesis ignores the role of religious leaders in legitimizing the types of programs embodied in America's approach to the welfare state. Walsh explores the arguments of William Jennings Bryan, America's foremost fundamentalist who opposed the Social Darwinism often associated with the defense of laissez-faire capitalism, John Ryan, the Catholic priest whose writings foreshadowed Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, Reinhold Niebuhr, the influential mainstream Protestant leader who defended America's Cold War strategy of containment while opposing laissez-faire capitalism, and the arguments of influential African American Protestant and Jewish leaders. Finally he looks at the role of religious leaders in the contemporary debates over issues such as health care and welfare reform. Whenever possible, the relationship between the official views of the religious leaders is analyzed in light of the opinions and voting patterns of their constituents. The opinions and voting patterns of secular Americans are also contrasted to those of religious Americans. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and general readers concerned with the role of religion in American politics.

Book Faith and Reason

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian Besong
  • Publisher : Ignatius Press
  • Release : 2019-05-20
  • ISBN : 1642290734
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book Faith and Reason written by Brian Besong and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too smart to believe in God? The twelve philosophers in this book are too smart not to, and their finely honed reasoning skills and advanced educations are on display as they explain their reasons for believing in Christianity and entering the Roman Catholic Church. Among the twelve converts are well-known professors and writers including Peter Kreeft, Edward Feser, J. Budziszewski, Candace Vogler, and Robert Koons. Each story is unique; yet each one details the various perceptible ways God drew these lovers of wisdom to himself and to the Church. In every case, reason played a primary role. It had to, because being a Catholic philosopher is no easy task when the majority of one's colleagues thinks that religious faith is irrational. Although the reasonableness of the Catholic faith captured the attention of these philosophers and cleared a space into which the seed of supernatural faith could be planted, in each of these essays the attentive reader will find a fully human story. The contributions are not merely collections of arguments; they are stories of grace.

Book Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance Use Conditions

Download or read book Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance Use Conditions written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-03-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, more than 33 million Americans receive health care for mental or substance-use conditions, or both. Together, mental and substance-use illnesses are the leading cause of death and disability for women, the highest for men ages 15-44, and the second highest for all men. Effective treatments exist, but services are frequently fragmented and, as with general health care, there are barriers that prevent many from receiving these treatments as designed or at all. The consequences of this are seriousâ€"for these individuals and their families; their employers and the workforce; for the nation's economy; as well as the education, welfare, and justice systems. Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions examines the distinctive characteristics of health care for mental and substance-use conditions, including payment, benefit coverage, and regulatory issues, as well as health care organization and delivery issues. This new volume in the Quality Chasm series puts forth an agenda for improving the quality of this care based on this analysis. Patients and their families, primary health care providers, specialty mental health and substance-use treatment providers, health care organizations, health plans, purchasers of group health care, and all involved in health care for mental and substanceâ€"use conditions will benefit from this guide to achieving better care.

Book Always the Young Strangers

Download or read book Always the Young Strangers written by Carl Sandburg and published by HMH. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and historian recalls his midwestern boyhood in this classic memoir. Born in a tiny cottage in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878, Carl Sandburg grew with America. As a boy he left school at the age of thirteen to embark on a life of work—driving a milk wagon and serving as a hotel porter, a bricklayer, and a farm laborer before eventually finding his place in the world of literature. In Always the Young Strangers, Sandburg delivers a nostalgic view of small-town life around the turn of the twentieth century and an invaluable perspective on American history.

Book The Wizard of Oz as American Myth

Download or read book The Wizard of Oz as American Myth written by Alissa Burger and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, authors, filmmakers, and theatrical producers have been retelling and reinventing this uniquely American fairy tale. This volume examines six especially significant incarnations of the story: Baum's original novel, the MGM classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), Sidney Lumet's African American film musical The Wiz (1978), Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995), Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Broadway hit Wicked: A New Musical (2003), and the SyFy Channel miniseries Tin Man (2007). A close consideration of these works demonstrates how versions of Baum's tale are influenced by and help shape notions of American myth, including issues of gender, race, home, and magic, and makes clear that the Wizard of Oz narrative remains compelling and relevant today.

Book General Catalog

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  • Author : Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1310 pages

Download or read book General Catalog written by Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An American Methodology

Download or read book An American Methodology written by Ann Eisen and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music Education Literacy Curriculum for Grade Kindergarten through Grade Six based on the Kodály philosophy of music education using American folk music. Second Edition has more folk songs, art songs, and model lesson plans. There are prepare, present, and practice model lesson plans for each grade K-6. There is also a new section in the second grade curriculum on teaching compound rhythms and six-eight meter in second or third grade. All suggested songs have been carefully researched for this age group. In the section on How to Teach A Song, in addition to How To Teach a Song by Rote we have included How To Teach a Song by Reading (by rhythm only or by stick and staff notations).--Publisher description.

Book General Catalog

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  • Author : University of Missouri
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1921
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book General Catalog written by University of Missouri and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Teaching Graphic Novels in the English Classroom

Download or read book Teaching Graphic Novels in the English Classroom written by Alissa Burger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection highlights the diverse ways comics and graphic novels are used in English and literature classrooms, whether to develop critical thinking or writing skills, paired with a more traditional text, or as literature in their own right. From fictional stories to non-fiction works such as biography/memoir, history, or critical textbooks, graphic narratives provide students a new way to look at the course material and the world around them. Graphic novels have been widely and successfully incorporated into composition and creative writing classes, introductory literature surveys, and upper-level literature seminars, and present unique opportunities for engaging students’ multiple literacies and critical thinking skills, as well as providing a way to connect to the terminology and theoretical framework of the larger disciplines of rhetoric, writing, and literature.

Book American Universities and Colleges

Download or read book American Universities and Colleges written by Praeger Publishers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 1661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For well over a half century, American Universities and Colleges has been the most comprehensive and highly respected directory of four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. A two-volume set that Choice magazine hailed as a most important resource in its November 2006 issue, this revised edition features the most up-to-date statistical data available to guide students in making a smart yet practical decision in choosing the university or college of their dreams. In addition, the set serves as an indispensable reference source for parents, college advisors, educators, and public, academic, and high school librarians. These two volumes provide extensive information on 1,900 institutions of higher education, including all accredited colleges and universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. This essential resource offers pertinent, statistical data on such topics as tuition, room and board; admission requirements; financial aid; enrollments; student life; library holdings; accelerated and study abroad programs; departments and teaching staff; buildings and grounds; and degrees conferred. Volume two of the set provides four indexes, including an institutional Index, a subject accreditation index, a levels of degrees offered index, and a tabular index of summary data by state. These helpful indexes allow readers to find information easily and to make comparisons among institutions effectively. Also contained within the text are charts and tables that provide easy access to comparative data on relevant topics.

Book Catalog

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1918
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 996 pages

Download or read book Catalog written by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Teaching Stephen King

Download or read book Teaching Stephen King written by A. Burger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Stephen King critically examines the works of Stephen King and several ways King can be incorporated into the high school and college classroom. The section on Variations on Horror Tropes includes chapters on the vampire, the werewolf, the undead monster, and the ghost. The section on Real Life Horror includes chapters on King's school shooting novella Rage, sexual violence, and coming of age narratives. Finally, the section on Playing with Publishing includes chapters on serial publishing and The Green Mile, e-books, and graphic novels.

Book The War of the American Revolution

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  • Author : Robert W. Coakley
  • Publisher : Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
  • Release : 2011-06
  • ISBN : 9781780394435
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book The War of the American Revolution written by Robert W. Coakley and published by Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators

Download or read book Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators written by American Nurses Association and published by American Nurses Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: