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Jews, Slaves, And The Slave Trade - Setting The Record Straight

by Eli Faber

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 Focusing on the British empire, this book assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves.
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New Perspectives On Israeli History - The Early Years Of The State

by Laurence J. Silberstein

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 A group of international scholars, applying insights drawn from history, folklore, political anthropology, historiography, cultural criticism and literary theory, re-examines critical issues surrounding the birth of Israel.
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Sexual Investigations

by Alan Soble

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 A critically rigorous study of sexuality which doesn't sacrifice entertainment value in its presentations of sexuality's nature and the cultural and historical values which make it less of a universal than might be immediately supposed. Soble (philosophy, U. of New Orleans) exercises a sense of hum
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The Jews Of The Ottoman Empire And The Turkish Republic

by Stanford J. Shaw

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The Quotable Augustine

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 Augustine of Hippo is one of the most well-loved and most thought provoking writers of the early church. He is also one of the most quotable. In this slim volume, some of the saintâ€™s memorable, pithy, controversial, and often feisty sayings are gathered in topics that range from war to peace; grief to happiness; vice to virtue; and from heaven to hell.
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Seeking The Truth - An Orestes Brownson Anthology

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 This anthology of essays from the great nineteenth-century thinker Orestes A. Brownson will engage the reader with key writings from one of the most compelling American Catholic intellectuals. The significance of the volume is how it allows the reader to walk with Brownson through his intellectual journey and gain a further understanding of one of the best thinkers of the nineteenth century.
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The Servant Class City - Urban Revitalization Versus The Working Poor In San Diego

by David J. Karjanen

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 San Diego, California, is frequently viewed as a model for American urban revitalization. It looks like a success story: blight and poverty replaced by high rises and jobs. But David J. Karjanen shows that the much-touted job opportunities for poor people have been concentrated in low-paying service work as the cost of living in San Diego has soare
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For The Children - Protecting Innocence In A Carceral State

by Erica R. Meiners

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 Childhood has never been available to all. In her opening chapter of "For the Children?," Erica R. Meiners stakes the claim that childhood is a racial category often unavailable to communities of color. According to Meiners, this is glaringly evident in the U.S. criminal justice system, where the differentiation between child and adult often equate
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Restaurant Republic - The Rise Of Public Dining In Boston

by Kelly Erby

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 Before the 1820s, the vast majority of Americans ate only at home. As the nation began to urbanize and industrialize, home and work became increasingly divided, resulting in new forms of commercial dining.In this fascinating book, Kelly Erby explores the evolution of such eating alternatives in Boston during the nineteenth century.
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Interpreting Judaism In A Postmodern Age

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Witches Of The Atlantic World - An Historical Reader And Primary Sourcebook

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 This anthology provides a multicultural focus on witchcraft from the 15th to 18th century. The book builds upon information regarding both Christian and non-Christian beliefs about possession and the demonic and is organized into sections on folklore, magic, possession, gender and Christianity.
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Corporate Power In Civil Society - An Application Of Societal Constitutionalism

by David Sciulli

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 The corporate mega-mergers of the 1980s and 1990s raise questions about the influence of such globalism on the development of civil society. This book maps the legal limits of corporate power in our democratic society and explores the role of the corporate judiciary in creating public policy.
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Producing The Modern Hebrew Canon - Nation Building And Minority Discourse

by Hannan Hever

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 This title offers a view of the entirety of modern Hebrew literature, from Berdichevski and Agnon to Shammas and Habiby, shedding light on the moments of rupture and reversal which have undermined efforts to construct a hegemonic Zionist narrative.
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Impossible Images - Contemporary Art After The Holocaust

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 "Impossible Images" brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture, photographs, museums, and monuments.
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The Encyclopedia Of Saints

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

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 This encyclopaedia of saints contains over 400 entries that offer biographical accounts of principal saints of the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The book explores their lives and religious journeys, mystical experiences, philosophies, and important influences.
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A Comparative Sociology Of World Religions - Virtuosi, Priests, And Popular Religion

by Stephen Sharot

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 This text presents comparative analysis of the world's religions, focusing on the differences and interrelationships between religious elites and lay masses. This project offers a comparison of the popular, or folk, forms of religion around the world.
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Mapping Jewish Identities

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 An exploration of Jewish identities, contesting conventional approaches. The contributors argue that Jewish identity should be conceptualized as an ongoing dynamic process of "becoming" in response to changing cultural and social conditions rather than as a stable defining body of traits.
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Political Thought In The United States - A Documentary History

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Officers In Flight Suits - The Story Of American Air Force Fighter Pilots In The Korean War

by John Darrell Sherwood

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 Explores the culture of fighter pilots during the Korean War, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, novels, unit records, and interviews with some 50 veterans who served in the Air Force in Korea. Details their training, their backgrounds, and their encounters during battle, demonstrating how their
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The Castration Of Oedipus - Psychoanalysis, Postmodernism, And Feminism

by Carla J. Ferstman e Joseph C. Smith

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In Black And White - Race And Sports In America

by Kenneth L. Shropshire

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 Discusses the institutionalized racism of college and professional team sports, where most owners are white, and most athletes are not, and suggests changes.
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The Other In Jewish Thought And History - Constructions Of Jewish Culture And Identity

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 This text explores the ways Jews have defined other groups and themselves. Topics include: the construction of gender; the gentile as Other; the Palestinian as Other; blacks as Other in American Jewish literature; the Jewish body image as symbol of Otherness; and women as Other in Israeli cinema.
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Jews, Slaves, And The Slave Trade - Setting The Record Straight

by Eli Faber

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 Focusing on the British empire, this book assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves.
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Jews, Slaves, And The Slave Trade - Setting The Record Straight

by Eli Faber

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 Focusing on the British empire, this book assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves.
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