Think No Evil

• Author(s): C. Fred Alford

• Categories: Political Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2018-10-18
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• Publisher: Cornell University Press

In this investigation of the contemporary notion of evil, C. Fred Alford asks what we can learn about this concept, and about ourselves, by examining a society where it is unknown—where language contains no word that equates to the English term "evil." Does such a society look upon human nature more benignly? Do its members view the world through rose-colored glasses? Korea offers a fascinating starting point, and Alford begins his search for answers there.In conversations with hundreds of Koreans from diverse religions and walks of life—students, politicians, teachers, Buddhist monks, Confucian scholars, Catholic priests, housewives, psychiatrists, and farmers—Alford found remarkable ...

Sound Recording Technology and American Literature

• Author(s): Jessica Teague

• Categories: Art

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2021-05-20
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• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This book investigates the sustained engagement between American literature and sound recording technologies during the twentieth century.

Burns Mantle Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America

• Author(s): Burns Mantle, John Arthur Chapman, Garrison P. Sherwood

• Categories: Drama

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1970
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Recovery Act

• Author(s): J. Christopher Mihm

• Categories: Political Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2010-11
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• Publisher: DIANE Publishing

This report responds to two ongoing mandates under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). It is the latest in a series of reports on the uses of and accountability for Recovery Act funds in 16 selected states, certain localities in those jurisdictions, and D.C. These jurisdictions are estimated to receive about two-thirds of the intergovernmental assistance available through the Recovery Act. This report also responds to a mandate to comment on the jobs estimated in recipient reports. The auditor collected and analyzed documents and interviewed state and local officials and other Recovery Act award recipients. He also analyzed federal agency guidance and spoke with individual federal officials. Illustrations.

Backpacker

• Type: Magazine
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• Published: 1997-05
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• Publisher: Unknown

Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.