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Today, the word prejudice has come to seem synonymous with bigotry; therefore, the only way a person can establish freedom from bigotry is by claiming to have wiped his mind free from prejudice. English psychiatrist and writer Theodore Dalrymple shows that freeing the mind from prejudice is not only impossible, but entails intellectual, moral, and emotional dishonesty. The attempt to eradicate prejudice has several dire consequences for the individual...
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The book especially deals with the peasant unrest and uprisings in the erstwhile three districts of Assam viz. Kamrup, Darrang, and Nowgong from 1858 to 1894. The year 1858 has been taken as a starting point, as it has a special importance in the history of the British India. After the Great Mutiny of 1857, Assam, like other parts of India, went into the hands of the British Crown in 1858. The colonial government decided to augment the rate of revenue...
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Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) is an American icon. The guitarist and de facto leader of the Grateful Dead was a gregarious talker, keenly engaged with the new world exploding around him. In 1972, Garcia was visited by Charles Reich, a Yale law professor, and Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone. Garcia was just thirty-one years old but already viewed--to his lasting dismay--as a social avatar for the new sensibility sweeping the land, an anarchist...
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#1 Mama was a tall, long-waisted, young Black woman with the deep-set paisley eyes and high, full cheekbones of her Filipina and half-Cherokee grandmothers. She was a beautiful woman, but she took pride in controlling her own destiny.
#2 I was born in 1984 when my parents were still living with their parents. My mom was seventeen when she got pregnant with me, and my...
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#1 The Iberian Peninsula was a center of selling of Irish and Flemish slaves from the eighth to the eleventh centuries, while in the ninth century, Vikings sold tens of thousands of Europeans to the Arabs of Spain.
#2 The Iberian Peninsula was a target-rich environment for the Muslims who invaded in the post-1492 era. The peninsula was sparsely defended, and churches...
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Men inherit definitions about manhood, but many of these definitions no longer fit. A society that was once based on power, assumptions, and stereotypes is changing. Few people take time to learn about the history of male oppression, the foundations of male masculinity, and the evolution of the modern man. Join author Rod E. Keays as he examines these important topics and more, including why boys and men accept certain roles; why men bully each other;...
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This pathbreaking book examines the strategies, successes, and challenges of youth advocacy organizations, highlighting the importance of local contexts for these efforts. Working between social movements and the political establishment, these organizations occupy a special niche in American politics and civil society. They use their position to change local agendas for youth and public perceptions of youth, and work to strengthen local community...
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#1 The English Civil War was a conflict between the Parliamentarians and the Cavaliers. The Parliamentarians were loyal to King and Parliament, while the Cavaliers were loyal to Charles I. The conflict ended when Cromwell died in 1658, and a Parliament was created that restored Charles II to the throne.
#2 The English Civil War was the result of a system of government...
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#1 When I was 11, my father was forced to retire from the Navy after 25 years, and we moved to La Grange, North Carolina. My father began drinking heavily, and he took his rage and frustration out on my mother. We never knew when he was going to explode in anger and bitterness.
#2 I lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, with my mother and two brothers after my father died....
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In challenging social science's established orthodoxies, this first in a series of books is a call for its disciplines to embrace new theoretical paradigms and research methods to better, understand the reality of life in a post-COVID world. By offering a detailed insight into the harmful effects of neoliberalism before the pandemic, as well as the intervallic period the world is currently living through, the authors show how it is more important...
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Los avatares de las formas discursivas aludidas, serán abordados bajo unos interrogantes problematizadores que controvierten algunas de las formas en prejuicio racial hacia los y las afrodescendientes y sus reivindicaciones políticas y culturales. En lo que se refiere a la invención del negro(a), esta será abordada desde dos interrogantes: 1) hablar de negro(a), en cuanto forma discursiva bajo la que se ha definido a un ser humano, ¿nace con...
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If you want to know why our nation's leaders have failed to solve America's crime problem, these essays expose a number of areas where either not enough thought is being given, or the thinking is just wrong. While crime dominates America's media and political scene, there is very little intelligent insight on the topic coming from those who would know most about it, criminals. These essays change that. The essays begin by addressing crime as part...
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Man has long searched for the cause and meaning of mental illness. This book attempts to answer those questions. The author/compiler has spent 47 years investigating these problems and his conclusion is that severe unconscious bisexual conflict and confusion lie at the root of all mental illness, as difficult to comprehend as this idea may be. The book itself consists of 639 quotations, from a variety of sources, all of which point to the unshakable...
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This early work by Beatrice Potter Webb was originally published in 1926 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'My Apprenticeship Vol. I.' is the second volume of fascinating work on Victorian society. Beatrice Potter Webb was born in Gloucester, England in 1858. Both her mother and brother died early in her childhood leaving her to be raised by her father, Richard Potter. He was a successful businessman with large...
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Connected-by Nature's Law presents a comprehensive picture of reality and the process that humanity is undergoing. The book offers tools for using the major personal and social shifts we're going through to our benefit. It also offers a "healthcare program for humanity" by solidifying the ties between us on all levels-family, community, national, and international. The sooner we implement the program, the sooner we will find ourselves enjoying tranquil,...
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For close to two hundred years, the ideas of Shakespeare have inspired incredible work in the literature, fiction, theater, and cinema of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. From the novels of Lao She and Lin Shu to Lu Xun's search for a Chinese "Shakespeare," and from Feng Xiaogang's martial arts films to labor camp memoirs, Soviet-Chinese theater, Chinese opera in Europe, and silent film, Shakespeare has been put to work in unexpected places, yielding...
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Methlahoma explains how the methamphetamine epidemic has adversely affected various people in Oklahoma. The opioid crisis has been well covered but the meth crisis may be worse. To better understand how a man-made drug like meth is destroying communities Methlahoma describes the history of the drug trade and how the United States uses the criminal justice system to fight the "war on drugs." Methlahoma describes how modern narcotics trafficking is...
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Análisis de las relaciones entre el Estado y las poblaciones de Santiago de Lucanamarca, Sancos, Sacsamarca, Carapo, ubicadas en la provincia ayacuchana de Huanca Sancos, después del violento conflicto iniciado por Sendero Luminoso. Este libro nos permite entrar en el complejo mundo social de las víctimas, y las nuevas identidades y subjetividades que son un producto de las Comisiones de la Verdad. Ofrece una mirada íntima y comprensiva de las...
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"Mi mayor frustración es no ser un sociópata. Creo que no soy el único. Son las figuras dominantes de la televisión y casi no hay género televisivo que esté a salvo de su presencia. Las series de animación han sentido la fascinación por los padres sociópatas (con grados distintos de cordura) desde el mismo día en que los creadores de Los Simpson se percataron de que Homer era un protagonista más interesante que Bart.
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An era of vibrant diversity is rewriting our culture, schools, workplaces and history. But more than a decade into the twenty-first century, talent of color are not breaking into the top executive ranks in numbers proportionate to their achievements and demographic mass. To move past lingering bias and subtle exclusion, people of color need the powerful advocacy of sponsorship. This robust relationship capital drives engagement and retention, fostering...
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