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  • - Old Master Paintings at the Palmer Museum of Art
     
    351

  • - Occultism in the Religious Culture of Early Modern England
    av Bruce (Associate Professor of History Janacek
    531

    Explores the practice of alchemy in the context of the religious and political tensions in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England, and the use of occult knowledge to demonstrate proof of theological doctrines.

  • - Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals
    av Samuel McCormick
    381

    Discusses the role of the intellectual in public life. Argues that the scarcity of public intellectuals among today's academics is a challenge to us to explore alternative, more subtle forms of political intelligence. Looks to ancient, medieval, and modern traditions of learned advocacy.

  • - or, The Pictured Stoves and Stove Plates of The Pennsylvania Germans
    av Henry C. Mercer
    461

    Documents and studies colonial-era cast-iron stoves of Pennsylvania German origin. Originally published in 1914.

  • - Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889
    av J. J. McLaurin
    421

    A history of Johnstown, published in 1890, from the colonial period to the 1889 flood, when the South Fork Dam on the Conemaugh River failed. Features a journalistic account of the flood.

  • - Roland Curtin's Ironworks and Workers' Community
    av Gerald G. Eggert
    467

  • - The Creaturely in Museums, Zoos, and Natural History
     
    861

    A collection of essays on the historical representation and display of animals. Using examples from the eighteenth century to the present, the essays situate case studies in historical and sociocultural context while addressing the importance of visibility for the arrangement and sustenance of human-animal relations.

  • - And Other Pennsylvania Mountain Stories
    av Henry W. Shoemaker
    477

    A collection of literary folklore from central Pennsylvania, originally published in 1912.

  • - Nahuatl and Maya Religious Texts
    av Mark Z. (Assumption College) Christensen
    417

    English translations of Nahuatl and Maya religious texts, including sermons, catechisms, and confessional manuals. Includes commentary examining the various Christianities presented to the colonial Aztec (Nahua) and Yucatec Maya, the origins and purpose of the texts, and their authors and the messages they intended to convey.

  • - Its Remarkable History, Habits and Extinction, with Interesting Side Lights on the Folk and Forest Lore of the Alleghenian Region of the Old Keystone State
    av John C. French
    387

    Originally published by the Altoona Tribune Company in 1919. Contains observations and reflections on the migration patterns and behavior of the passenger pigeon, as well as contributions from local amateur ornithologists and nature enthusiasts, including a chapter written by Henry Shoemaker.

  • av Giovan Paolo Lomazzo
    501

    An English translation of the Renaissance treatise on painting by the Milanese artist Giovan Paolo Lomazzo (1538-1592). Drawing on a wide range of influences, including Leonardo's legacy, Neoplatonic cosmology, and the occult, Lomazzo affirms the development of every artist's unique, expressive style or maniera.

  • av Denise Schaeffer
    911

    Explores the writings of Rousseau, including Emile, Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, and On the Social Contract, focusing on the problem of judgment and its role in creating the condition for genuine self-rule.

  • - Indigeneity and Commonplaces of National Identity in Republican Ecuador
    av Christa J. Olson
    371 - 791

    Examines the history of national identity in Ecuador from 1857 to 1946. Brings together recent work in rhetoric, visual culture, transnationalism, and Latin American studies to explore the different visions of indigenous people that circulated in speeches, periodicals, and art.

  • av Sarah Horowitz
    541 - 1 037

    Explores the place of friendship in helping French society and the political system recover from the upheaval of the Revolution. Examines the interdependence of public and private in post-revolutionary France, as well as the central role of women in political reconstruction.

  • - Some Theological Explorations
    av Gilbert Meilaender
    421

  • - Historical Thinker, Historical Writer
    av Mark G. Spencer
    411,99

    A transdisciplinary collection of essays focusing on David Hume as historian, and arguing that his "historical" and "philosophical" works are more intimately connected than scholars have often assumed.

  • av Judith Chelius Stark
    551

    Shows that the body of Augustine's work has much to offer as feminists explore, challenge, and reframe his thinking while forging different paradigms for construing gender, power, and notions of divinity.

  • - The Creaturely in Museums, Zoos, and Natural History
     
    487

    A collection of essays on the historical representation and display of animals. Using examples from the eighteenth century to the present, the essays situate case studies in historical and sociocultural context while addressing the importance of visibility for the arrangement and sustenance of human-animal relations.

  • - Reading Pennsylvania's Working Landscapes
    av Bill Conlogue
    427 - 961

    A collection of essays exploring the social, economic, and environmental elements of the anthracite coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania.

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    387

    The 11 thinkers whose ideas are presented in this volume take a deep look at Derrida's work to consider its specific strengths and weaknesses as a model for feminist theory and practice. The problems addressed include the status of the female object, civil disobedience and AIDS.

  • - Mourning Ritual, Tragedy, and the Performance of Ambivalence
    av Susan L. Cole
    424

  • - Liberalism in American Protestant Missions in China, 1907-1932
    av and last name is Lian Lian Xi ((note: Author’s first name is Xi
    387

  • av Isra Yazicioglu
    451 - 911

    Explores the implications of Quranic miracle stories for the modern era. Examines the medieval Muslim debate over miracles, and connects its insights with early and late modern turning points in modern Western thought as well as contemporary Quranic interpretation.

  • - Legends Collected in Central Pennsylvania
    av Henry W. Shoemaker
    411,99

    A collection of Pennsylvania folklore recorded by Henry W. Shoemaker, originally published in 1913 by the Bright Printing Company. Includes stories from the Seven Mountains, located in Mifflin, Centre, and Juniata Counties.

  • av Alfred W. Smiley
    381

    Originally published in 1907. Records the birth of the oil industry in Pennsylvania from the eyewitness perspective of Alfred Smiley, a Pennsylvania native who worked on the world's first modern oil well.

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    591

    A collection of essays that explore the philosophy and political theory of John Rawls from a variety of feminist perspectives.

  • - Confronting Modernity Through the Lens of Tradition
     
    411,99

    A collection of essays exploring the work of Jewish American novelist Chaim Potok, with emphasis on his efforts to reconcile the appeal of modernity and the pull of traditional Judaism.

  •  
    1 037

    A collection of essays examining the Australian Citizens' Parliament, a project in deliberative democracy held in 2009. Explores its organization, the deliberation, the flow of beliefs and ideas, facilitator and organizer effects, and its impacts from a variety of theoretical, empirical, and practice perspectives.

  • - Student Edition
    av Gerard J. Brault
    491

    Gerard Brault's 1984 student edition of La Chanson de Roland has become a standard text in classrooms. It contains the text and translation from his 1978 edition along with an introduction illuminating the poem's historical and literary background and significance. It also contains a new preface and improvements to both the text and bibliography.

  • - Engaging with Carole Pateman
     
    771

    A collection of essays that discuss the writings of Carole Pateman and her theories of democracy and feminism.

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