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How can words on paper be more devastating than war? Why is there persistent inequality—racial, financial, structural? Why are things in our society the way they are? Mightier Than the Sword: How Three Obscure Treaties Sanctioned the Enslavement of Millions and the Exploitation of Continents for More Than 400 Years offers a perspective on the roots of the inequality of today. Documents written hundreds of years ago embody the biases and power strategies of their time, but they still have a long reach through history. Atkin examines three treaties—the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Treaties of Nanking, and the Conference of Berlin— that granted permission, or the sanctioned rationale, to de...
Understanding Clinical Papers is a popular and well established introduction to reading clinical papers. It unravels the process of evidence-based practice, using real papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, and provides clear explanations of important research-related topics.
The diary of a romance between two yuppies. They are serious, they intend to marry, but Bonnie lives in Washington and Kip in New York. So who is going to sacrifice their job in order to be together? That leads to the first fight, one of many conducted with messages on their answering machines.
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Brothers, Hans Michael Merckle (b. 1719), Christopher Friedrich Merkle (b. 1722) and Joseph Friedrich Merkle (b. 1731), were the sons of Hans Michael Mercklen (1691-1771) and Margarethe Schneyder (1688-1736). They were born in Hoheneck, Germany. They emigrated and settled in New Durlach, Schoharie, New York. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, New York, Ontario, Utah and Arizona.
Screening policies for sickle cell and thalassaemia have only recently been formalized in the UK. This book asks what types of ethnicity information are relevant for health professionals to ask as part of this screening and why. Through extensive use of interview material, the book draws upon the experiences of sickle cell and thalassaemia counsellors who have been at the forefront of understanding in this area. The book: . Demonstrates how best practice for screening in a multi-ethnic society requires us to better understand the myth of 'races', the meanings of concepts such as ethnicity and racialization, and the relation of racism to issues of citizenship, immigration, asylum and national...
Aaron Painter was born 1799-1801 in Staffordshire, England, married (1) Catherine Elizabeth Lee, (2) Sabina Cowdery and died 29 April 1864 in Southampton, England. Several of his children emigrated to Utah.