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Man’s Better Angels: Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War
Banks failed, inequality grew, people were out of work, and slavery threatened to rend the nation in two. The Panic of 1837 drew forth reformers who, animated by self-reliance, became prophets of a new moral order that would make America great again. Philip Gura captures a Romantic moment that was s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Life of William Apess, Pequot (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series)
The Pequot Indian intellectual, author, and itinerant preacher William Apess (1798-1839) was one the most important voices of the nineteenth century. Here, Philip F. Gura offers the first book-length chronicle of Apess's fascinating and consequential life. After an impoverished childhood marked by a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Crossroads of American History and Literature
The Crossroads of American History and Literature collects two decades' worth of the best-known essays of Philip F. Gura. Beginning with a definitive overview of studies of colonial literature, Gura ranges through such subjects in colonial American history as the intellectual life of the Connecticut... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1996 -
Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is recognized today as a great theologian and philosopher. The historian Perry Miller has called him "one of America's five or six major artists," a writer possessed of "an intelligence which, as much as Emerson's, Melville's, or Mark Twain's, is both an index of America... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
The Norton Anthology of American Literature
by Jerome Klinkowitz • Nina Baym • Robert S. Levine • Patricia B. Wallace • Wayne Franklin • Philip F. Gura • Arnold Krupat • Mary Loeffelholz • Jeanne Campbell Reesman • Nina KlinkowitzThe Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Eighth Edition, features a diverse and balanced variety of works and thorough but judicious editorial apparatus throughout. The new edition, which also newly includes much-requested authors and selections and 130 in-text images, remains an unmatch... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Climate Smart Agricultural Development
by Neil Miller • Richard Bell • Patrick Gicheru • Trent W Bunderson • Zwide D Jere • Josef Kienzle • Erna Kruger • Peter Kuria • Simon Lugandu • Weldone Mutai • Brian G. Sims • Hendrik J. Smith • Christian Thierfelder • Reynolds K. Shula • Johann Strauss • Joseph Mureithi • Mohamed Annabi • Haithem Bahri • Mloza Banda • Gotlieb Basch • Alexandra Bot • Martin Bwalya • Hatem Cheikh M’hamed • Cornelius Chiduza • Cary Clark • Demba Diakhaté • Mazwi Dlamini • Sjoerd Duiker • Alioune Fall • Aymen Frija • Josiah Gitari • Tom Goddard • Emilio Gonzalez-Sanchez • Isaac Gura • Enamul Haque • Michel Havard • Zied Idoudi • Mohammad Jahiruddin • Onesmos Kitonyo • Phlorentin Philip Lagwen • Ngari Macharia • Temakholo Mathebula • Sixolise Mcinga • Alfred Micheni • Frank Mmbando • Rachid Moussadek • Pearson Nyari Mnkeni • Rachid Mrabet • Ndabhemeye Mulengera • Walter Mupangwa • R. M. Museka • Munyaradzi Mutenje • Lindah Muzangwa • Remmy Mwakimbwala • Andre A Nel • James Njeru • Rama Ngatoluwa • Phumzile Ngcobo • Isaiah Nyagumbo • Putso Nyathi • Ricardo Ralisch • Leonard Rusinamhodzi • John Sariah • Ibrahima Sarr • Peter Setimela • Richard Shetto • Dimas Soares Júnior • Peter Steward • Gerhardus Trytsman • Jean Twilingiyumukiza • Carl Wahl • Peter Waweru • Nouhoun ZampaligreTillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation globally, and more particularly in the developing regions. This is especially so in Africa where traditional agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to severe exploitation of natural resources with negative impacts... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
by Shannon Shannon • Ana Fernandez-Sesma • T T • Nicholas Nicholas • Christopher M Christopher M • Katherine L Katherine L • Goro Kuno • George George • Duane J Gubler • Subhash Vasudevan • Maria G Maria G • Oliver Oliver • Delia Delia • Shelton S Shelton S • Philippe Philippe • Adolfo Adolfo • Derek A Derek A T • David M David M • Keith J Keith J • Aravinda M Aravinda M • Eng Eong Ooi • Mariano A Mariano A • Michael D Michael D • Katell Katell • Jeremy Farrar • Andrea V Andrea V • Laura A Laura A • Michael S Michael S • Paul Paul • Francesca D Francesca D • Yara A Yara AContinued geographic expansion of dengue viruses and their mosquito vectors has seen the magnitude and frequency of epidemic dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DF/DHF) increase dramatically. Recent exciting research on dengue has resulted in major advances in our understanding of all aspects of the bi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014