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Bitter Spice
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A Stevens Line
Six of the eight children of Willem and Geerdjen Stevens emigrated from Germany to the United States, five of them in the late 1860's and the sixth in 1881. They settled in Hart, Michigan. Descendants lived in Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington, Florida and elsewhere. Includes relatives in Germany.
Towards More Effective Global Drug Policies
This book examines the topical issue of global drug policy and outlines five steps that could be taken to improve its effectiveness. A public criminology approach is applied to explore not only what could be done, but also why it matters and how it could be achieved. It argues that more effective global drug policies require an acknowledgement of the failure of a war on drugs approach and the harms it has caused. Instead, strategies that reduce drug related harm should be prioritised. An innovative and diverse range of approaches should be developed that are underpinned by evaluation and dissemination of results. Finally, the horizons of the drug policy debate should be broadened. In line with the central aims of public criminology, this book provides an accessible contribution to global drug policy debates that links theory and practice and which will have appeal to a wide range of audiences.
Piety, Politics, and Pluralism
Piety, Politics, and Pluralism skillfully confronts the question: Is liberal democracy hostile to religion or is it compatible with the rights of believers? Prominent scholars analyze the controversy about religious freedom by examining two areas at the intersection of religion and politics in contemporary American society: the Supreme Court's 1990 decision in Oregon v. Smith and the events of the 2000 presidential campaign. Their essays remind us that in an increasingly pluralistic society, Americans must work continually to reconcile religious commitment and political obligation. Piety, Politics, and Pluralism is a groundbreaking work that will be indispensable to students of religion and politics, American politics, and constitutional law.
Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice
Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice brings together the latest research on Islamic occult sciences from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, namely intellectual history, manuscript studies and material culture. Its aim is not only to showcase the range of pioneering work that is currently being done in these areas, but also to provide a model for closer interaction amongst the disciplines constituting this burgeoning field of study. Furthermore, the book provides the rare opportunity to bridge the gap on an institutional level by bringing the academic and curatorial spheres into dialogue. Contributors include: Charles Burnett, Jean-Charles Coulon, Maryam Ekhtiar, Noah Gardiner, Christiane Gruber, Bink Hallum, Francesca Leoni, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Michael Noble, Rachel Parikh, Liana Saif, Maria Subtelny, Farouk Yahya, and Travis Zadeh.
The Book of Finch
The Book of Finch tells the story of the writer, who, from his personal real-life perspective sees himself as a real 'Topsy Kretts' of the motion picture "The Number 23", for various reasons you might identify when reading the book. Realizing that this movie was a critical flop and he had earned absolutely no money from the sales, the Author explains the highlight of his life's story, the poorly kept secret (OK, he never kept it secret) of a most unnatural set of experiences that, though public entertainment glares the nature of the story, most people likely haven't heard about, as the ACTUAL TRUTH of the whole matter never found its way into the movie. Scan the pages of this book to find the disturbing tale of a reality you may never have suspected the actual existence of, and the Author's viewpoint of experiencing it. Includes 17 poems written by the author during the latter part of the story.
Turbulent Streams
In Turbulent Streams: An Environmental History of Japan’s Rivers, 1600–1930, Roderick I. Wilson shows how rivers have played an important role in Japanese history and moves beyond conventional stories of technological progress and environmental decline to provide a dynamic history of environmental relations.
Vista Fact Book
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Boundaries and their Meanings in the History of the Netherlands
Traditionally, the term boundary applies to the demarcation between a physical place and another physical place, most commonly associated with lines on a map As the essays in this volume demonstrate, however, a boundary can also function in a more broadly conceptual manner. A boundary becomes not an “imaginary line” but a tool for thinking about how to separate any two elements, whether ideas, events, etc., into categories by which they become comprehensible and distinct. The scholar contributors seek not simply to discern the boundaries, but, and perhaps more importantly, to understand the process of delination, and its consequences. With its maverick history and grass-root political traditions, the Netherlands provides an auspicious setting to examine the historical function of boundaries both real and imagined.
