historians disregarded the friction between educationally refined officers and the vulgar‚ unskilled‚ and uneducated roughs under their authority. The idea to write about honor and manhood during the Civil War Foote said‚ “came from the unforgettable summers in the National Archives. (183)” Initially Foote had a desire to write about discipline and military justice but after 75‚961 primary sources containing court martial cases‚ newspapers‚ journals and diaries were all at the fingertips of a Civil War
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The historical perspective that is the core of David’s book makes the positions of the adversaries in the Kennewick Man dispute more understandable. I expected a telling of the controversy surrounding Kennewick Man‚ and perhaps some suggestions about what the remains mean to theories concerning the peopling of the New World. What I got was a lucid history of the stormy relationship between Native Americans and archaeologists that forms a good part of the background for the Kennewick Man controversy
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and Blue: by Anna Quindlen The task assigned is a review of the book Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen. I will provide examples and summarize the main concepts of the book to include Intimate Partner Violence‚ Battering‚ and Intimate Terrorism. I will reference the text Family Violence‚ Across the Lifespan by Ola W. Barnett‚ Cindy Miller-Perrin‚ and Robin D. Perrin in order to support my theoretical claims. I will select a critical part of the book and explain why it was challenging to read and understand
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BOOK REVIEW: THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS BY JITEN KAKAR The inheritance of loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. The novel was first published in 2006 and won man booker prize in 2007. The book has many diverse characters but one can easy relate to all the characters unlike many novels where characters don’t have much real life traits. But I found it annoying that many characters with senseless names keep popping up with no purpose like Uncle Potty (translate: Uncle Shit)‚ and Major
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The Sorrow of War are the moralities of war and the tragedies of loss and death. These are some of the themes that Ninh emphasizes throughout the novel. The title of the novel is very straight forward in meaning and is quite literal in the way the book is written. Ninh’s themes of morality‚ loss‚ and death are used to depict the awfulness and true sorrow that is brought on by war. Loss and death are shown through the slaughter that occurred with Kien’s platoon. This loss is the main cause for many
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Dexter‚ Christian A. Review of Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians. By James Welch and Paul Stekler. New York: W.W Norton Company‚ 1994. From time to time‚ a book of true historical significance is written on a subject that has been written on almost endlessly. The Battle of the Little Big Horn is one of the most written about‚ speculated on‚ celebrated‚ talked about‚ and glorified events in American History. Popularly known as "Custer’s Last Stand"
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Book Review: Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Title: Heart of Darkness Author: Joseph Conrad Publishing: Green Integer Year: October 1‚ 2003 (original 1890) Pages: Paperback‚ 200 pages ISBN: 1892295490 (ISBN13: 9781892295491) Joseph Conrad’s ’Heart of Darkness’ is one of the most well-known works among scholars of classical and post-colonial literature. It is thought provoking and ominous‚ but is also considered to be one of the most highly stylistic in its class. The novel blends the
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Unfortunately‚ it was accompanied by the largest mass migration in human history of around ten million people. An estimated one million civilians died in the accompanying riots‚ particularly in the western region of Punjab which was split into two by the border. During the fateful months of August and September‚ 1947‚ the communal riots flared up on a very large scale in both the Punjabs. It is estimated by some British writers that about two lakhs were killed in the East and West Punjab. Thousands of
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Book Review: “Wooden on Leadership” John Wooden is a legendary basketball coach‚ best known for his UCLA dynasty‚ which won an unprecedented and unthinkable 10 national championships in 12 years. That stretch included an 88-game win streak and four perfect seasons. But Wooden’s proudest accomplishments are not those of which are collected in the annals of sports history. And they have little to do with winning or losing. In his book “Wooden on Leadership‚” the coach reveals that he never
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Dereck Rickman Scott Keys History 9September2012 In the book‚ Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York‚ Piess takes the reader on the journey of trials and tribulations in working-class women’s lives in the turn of the century. Going in depth of the unfair familial roles and societal female disparities‚ all the way to what women liked to wear and do for leisure‚ Piess allows the reader to step into a time machine and gives them a first-class look into what a woman’s
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