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Books by publisher "University Of Virginia"
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Peirce F Lewis
[Paperback 2003, 2nd Edition]
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In his now classic work of historical geography, published in 1976, Lewis traces the rise and expansion of New Orleans through four major historic periods. This revised and greatly expanded second edition brings that story up-to-date, illustrating how the city continues to overcome its site on the Mississippi Delta--"a fearsome... more
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Ian Stevenson
[Paperback 2000]
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Reviews of the 1987 first edition called it "an impressive book...both scholarly and readable...thoroughly analyzed...highly recommend[ed]"--Journal of Scientific Exploration; "excellent...offers us a fascinating and compelling book with the distinct potential for profoundly changing our way of understanding the nature of human existence and death. Standard reading for any person who... more
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John C Willis ,
Edward L Ayers
[Paperback 1991]
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The essays in the _The Edge of the South_ provide a welcome addition to the literature on the nineteenth-century American south . The essays in the _The Edge of the South_ provide a welcome addition to the literature on the nineteenth-century American south .... more
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David L Vander Meulen
[Hardcover 1995]
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The 46th volume of "Studies in Bibliography" continues its tradition of presenting a wide range of scholarly articles, including a memorial tribute to the founding editor, the late Fredson Bowers. This volume also contains essays on Johnson, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Euripides and Sophocles. Volume No 47 of "Studies in Bibliography" continues... more
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Robert W Hamblin
[1979]
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Milton Shain
[Paperback 1994]
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Although South Africa is universally regarded as a metaphor for racism and bigotry, there has been surprisingly little scholarly focus on anti-Semitism in that society. Historians of South African Jewry have depicted anti-Semitism in the 1930s and early 1940s as essentially an alien phenomenon, a product of Nazi propaganda at... more
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Edwin Morris Betts
[Paperback 1971]
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The restoration of the flower gardens at Monticello in 1941, sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia, was the result of Edwin Betts's scholarly research and Hazlehurst Perkins's practical gardening skills. Thomas Jefferson's Flower Garden at Monticello presents the evolution of Jefferson's ornamental gardening efforts with an analysis of the... more
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Keith Egloff ,
Deborah Woodward ,
Virginia Dept Of Historic
[Paperback 1992]
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Following the contact years of the 1600s and 1700s, segregationist laws and "documentary genocide" in the 1800s and early 1900s drove many Virgina Indians underground. This book explores the effects of these actions and examines the issues facing the eight remaining tribes today.... more
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Marianne North ,
Susan Morgan
[Paperback 1993]
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These are the memoirs of Marianne North, the Victorian amateur botanist and painter. She journeyed to the remote reaches of the world, collecting and painting the most exotic flora. The editor raises issues of gender imperialism and the Victorian attitude to science in the introduction. These are the memoirs of... more
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Calder Loth
[Paperback 1995]
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The sixty-four sites described in this book are a testament to the contribution that Afro-Americans have made to Virginia history over the last four centuries. The buildings they constructed, the churches in which they worshiped, and the schools in which they studied preserve the story of these contributions in visible... more
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Norman B Wilkinson
[Hardcover 1972]
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Robert Sabatino Lopez
[Paperback 2012]
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Kari Weil
[Paperback 1992]
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This book traces the long and complex history of the androgyne throughout Western aesthetics, philosophy, mythology and literature, from Plato to contemporary feminist theory, with particular attention given to the Romantic period. It notes that from the classical vision of the androgyne as a symbol of primordial totality and oneness... more
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Harriet Blodgett
[Paperback 1991]
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This anthology presents extracts from the diaries of thirty English women. Included are extracts from a handful of well-known names - Beatrice Webb, Elizabeth Gaskell, Virginia Woolf - but most of the women whose diaries are featured will not be familiar to the modern reader. This anthology presents extracts from... more
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David N Mayer
[Paperback 1995]
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An explanation of Jefferson's constitutional theory and philosophy of government, including rights theories (particularly First Amendment freedoms), federalism, constitutional interpretation, separation of powers (including presidential powers) and constitutional change. In this comprehensive account of Jefferson's constitutional thought, David N. Mayer offers a fresh perspective on Jefferson's philosophy of government. Eschewing... more
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Alison Booth
[Paperback]
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This collection of original essays on women's relations to novelistic endings demonstrates the versatility and range of feminist criticism today. The authors, widely known in their fields, offer insights into the study of narrative, the changes in gender roles and cultural traditions since the Victorians, and the interaction of fictional... more
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Joseph G Dreiss
[Paperback 1984]
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Lynda L Coon ,
Katherine J Haldane ,
Elisabeth W Sommer
[Paperback 1990]
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This text explores the historic roles of women in the Christian church and examines how their spirituality both reflected and shaped not only the female experience but the universal Christian experience. Its emphasis is western Christianity, from the early Christians to the late Victorians. The editors bring together studies of... more
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Ralph Cohen ,
Michael S Roth
[Paperback 1995]
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This work aims to understand the importance of history as it relates to a wide range of scholarly disciplines. It looks at attempts to refigure its content and mode of representation. History and ... brings together some of its most thoughtful scholars to better understand not only how our disciplines... more
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Jack P Greene
[Paperback]
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These essays, drawn from the author's work since 1964, address three themes in American history in the century preceding the 1760s: authority in colonial British America; the political and constitutional development of these colonial entities; and shifting constitutional tensions within the empire. Drawn from Jack P. Greene's writings of the... more
