Keeping Their Marbles

Author: Tiffany Jenkins
Editor: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199657599
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For the past two centuries and more, the West has acquired the treasures of antiquity to fill its museums. But all this came at a cost. From the Napoleonic campaigns that filled the Louvre with Egyptian artefacts, to the plunder that accompanied British imperialism across the globe, the amazing collections in the West's great museums were wrenched from their original context by means that often amounted to theft. Now the countries from which they came would likethem back. The Greek demand for the return of the Elgin Marbles is only the tip of an iceberg that includes a host of world-historical artefacts, from the Benin Bronzes to the Bust of Nefertiti. Formany, these items are looted property - and should be returned immediately.Keeping Their Marbles tells the story of how the West acquired these treasures - and controversially argues that they should not be returned.

Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker Continued

Author: Felix Jacoby
Editor: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004113039
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This edition, with translation and commentary, of the surviving fragments of Hermippos of Smyrna draws attention to this author's derivative method and the distinctive juxtaposition of sensational stories and pinacographical material (catalogs of writings, pupils) characterizing his biographical works.

Bible Nation

Author: Candida R. Moss
Editor: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069117735X
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How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a “Bible nation” Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a “biblical worldview as a Christian nation.” But the Greens are far from typical evangelicals in other ways. The billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby, a huge nationwide chain of craft stores, the Greens came to national attention in 2014 after successfully suing the federal government over their religious objections to provisions of the Affordable Care Act. What is less widely known is that the Greens are now America’s biggest financial supporters of Christian causes—and they are spending hundreds of millions of dollars in an ambitious effort to increase the Bible’s influence on American society. In Bible Nation, Candida Moss and Joel Baden provide the first in-depth investigative account of the Greens’ sweeping Bible projects and the many questions they raise. Bible Nation tells the story of the Greens’ rapid acquisition of an unparalleled collection of biblical antiquities; their creation of a closely controlled group of scholars to study and promote their collection; their efforts to place a Bible curriculum in public schools; and their construction of a $500 million Museum of the Bible near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Bible Nation reveals how these seemingly disparate initiatives promote a very particular set of beliefs about the Bible—and raise serious ethical questions about the trade in biblical antiquities, the integrity of academic research, and more. Bible Nation is an important and timely account of how a vast private fortune is being used to promote personal faith in the public sphere—and why it should matter to everyone.

Stone

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The Civil Engineer S Pocket Book Of Mensuration Trigonometry Surveying Hydraulics Etc

Author: John Cresson Trautwine
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The Civil Engineer S Pocket Book

Author: John Cresson Trautwine
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The Civil Engineer S Pocket Book Of Mensuration Trigonometry Surveying Hydraulics

Author: John Cresson Trautwine
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Dictionary Of American Regional English

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ISBN: 9780674205192
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A compendium of words, phrases, and local meanings has been culled from twenty years of research, using thousands of interviews with representative American communities.

Masters And Natives

Author: Svetlana Gorshenina
Editor: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110597128
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The book focuses on the relational dynamic between “masters” and “natives” in the construction of scholarly narratives about the past, in the fields of archeology, history or the study of religions. Reconsidering the role of subaltern actors that recent postcolonial studies have tended to ignore, the present book emphasizes the complex relations between representatives of the imperial power and local actors, and analyzes how masters and natives (and their respective cultures) have shaped each other in the course of the interaction. Through various vectors of intercultural transfer and knowledge exchange, through the circulation of ideas, techniques and human beings, new visions of the past of extra-European regions emerged, as did collective memories resulting from various kinds of appropriations. In this framework, the most important question is how these dynamic processes determined collective memories of the past in plural (post-)colonial – in particular, Asian – worlds, participating to the construction of national/imperial/local identities and to the reinvention of traditions.

India

Author: Dale E. Howard
Editor: Childrens Press
ISBN: 9780516044378
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Discusses ways Indians recreate, including exercise, sports, games, folk dances, and kite fighting.

Procedures For Character Education

Author: Harold Saxe Tuttle
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The Juvenile Instructor And Companion

Author: Young people
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School And Home Education

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The Game Of Cherokee Marbles

Author: Victoria Ann Zetterquist
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The Life And Times Of Jesus

Author: Frederick Clifton Grant
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The Sports And Pastimes Of American Boys

Author: Henry Chadwick
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The L B Toler Family History

Author: James Larkin Toler
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Larkin Berryman Toler was born 22 September 1869 in Mounds, Illinois. His parents were Haywood Toler and Sarah Ann Clark. He married Euphemia Emma Dora Peacock (1871-1940), daughter of Ansel Peacock and Elizabeth Jones, 21 February 1891 in Dublin, Texas. They had eight children. Larkin died in 1944 in Garland, Texas. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Texas.

The Saturday Evening Post

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The Care And Keeping Of Antiques

Author: Epsie Kinard
Editor: Random House Value Pub
ISBN: 9780517385616
File Size: 71,17 MB
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Offers concise information on the procedures involved in preserving and caring for antique furniture, glassware, leather, silver, and pewter