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Category : Minneapolis (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Minneapolis City Directory for
Author: The Lost Soul of Higher Education
Author: Ellen SchreckerPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595584005
Category : Academic freedom
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Schrecker, the leading historian of the McCarthy-era witch hunts, examines both the key fronts in the present battles over higher ed, and their historical parallels in previous eras - offering a deeply-researched chronicle of the challenges to academic freedom, set against the rapidly changing structure of the academy itself. "The Lost Soul of Higher Education" tells the interwoven stories of successive, well-funded ideological assaults on academic freedom by outside pressure groups aimed at undermining the legitimacy of scholarly study, viewed alongside decades of eroding higher education budgets -- a trend that has sharply accelerated during the recent economic downturn.
Final Report of a Board of Investigation
Author: United States. Board of investigation to inquire into the design and methods of construction of welded steel merchant vesselsPublisher:
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Category : Armored vessels
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Mormonism Unvailed
Author: Eber D. HowePublisher:
ISBN: 9781560852315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Any Latter-day Saint who has ever defended his or her beliefs has likely addressed issues first raised by Eber D. Howe in 1834. Howe's famous exposé was the first of its kind, with information woven together from previous news articles and some thirty affidavits he and others collected. He lived and worked in Painesville, Ohio, where, in 1829, he had published about Joseph Smith's discovery of a "golden bible." Smith's decision to relocate in nearby Kirtland sparked Howe's attention. Of even more concern was that Howe's wife and other family members had joined the Mormon faith. Howe immediately began investigating the new Church and formed a coalition of like-minded reporters and detractors. By 1834, Howe had collected a large body of investigative material, including affidavits from Smith's former neighbors in New York and from Smith's father-inlaw in Pennsylvania. Howe learned about Smith's early interest in pirate gold and use of a seer stone in treasure seeking and heard theories from Smith's friends, followers, and family members about the Book of Mormon's origin. Indulging in literary criticism, Howe joked that Smith, "evidently a man of learning," was a student of "barrenness of style and expression." Despite its critical tone, Howe's exposé is valued by historians for its primary source material and account of the growth of Mormonism in northeastern Ohio.
Editor & Publisher
Author: The Life of William Wordsworth
Author: John WorthenPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111860492X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth’s early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet’s most creative period of life and writing. Features new research into Wordsworth’s financial situation, and into how the poet and his family survived financially Offers a new understanding of the role of his great unwritten poem ‘The Recluse’ Presents a new assessment of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge
A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon
Author: Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190699116
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The story of the creation of the Book of Mormon has been told many times, and often ridiculed. A Documentary History of the Book of Mormon presents and examines the primary sources surrounding the origin of the foundational text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the most successful new religion of modern times. The scores of documents transcribed and annotated in this book include family histories, journal entries, letters, affidavits, reminiscences, interviews, newspaper articles, and book extracts, as well as revelations dictated in the name of God. From these texts emerges the captivating story of what happened (and what was believed or rumored to have happened) between September 1823-when the seventeen-year-old farm boy Joseph Smith announced that an angel of God had directed him to an ancient book inscribed on gold plates-and March 1830, when the Book of Mormon was first published. By compiling for the first time a substantial collection of both first- and secondhand accounts relevant to the inception of the divine revelation-or clever fraud-that launched a new world religion, A Documentary History makes a significant contribution to the rapidly growing field of Mormon Studies.
University of Michigan Official Publication
Author: Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 1746
Book Description
H.R. 3981 and H.R 3984, the small business energy conservation and commercialization amendments
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, Safety, and ResearchPublisher:
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Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Peacock
Author: Howard MillsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521148306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Dr Mills' critical study examines the life and times of Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866).