136 títulos para "Longleaf Services On Behalf Of Syracuse University"

Shaykh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

Polka, Sagi

One of the most prominent Sunni clerics in the Muslim world today, Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi influences the discourse around matters central to the Islamic faith and to Islam's relationship with Western culture. As the spiritual leader of the wasat.iyya movement, he is the voice of the moderate c...

Moses Hazen and the Canadian Refugees in the American Revolution

Everest, Allan S

Moses Hazen, commander of the Second Canadian Reiment, was an unusual and influential man during the period of the American Revolution. The Tories who fled to Canada have received careful study, but little attention has been paid to the Canadians who came south to aid the colonists in their fight ag...

People's Peace

People's Peace lays a solid foundation for the argument that global peace is possible because ordinary people are its architects. Saikia and Haines offer a unique and imaginative perspective on people's daily lives across the world as they struggle to create peace despite escalating politica...

Hakibbutz Ha'artzi, Mapam, and the Demise of the Israeli Labor Movement

Elmaliach, Tal

Israel's 1977 political election resulted in a dramatic defeat for the ruling Labor movement, which had enjoyed more than four decades of economic, political, and cultural dominance. The government passed into the hands of the rightwing nationalist movement, marking a tumultuous episode in the h...

Belief and Worship in Native North America

Hultkrantz, Ake

Swedish Scholar Åke Hultkrantz is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on American Indian religions. This collection of fifteen of his essays on the religious attitudes and practices of a variety of North American Indian communities brings together some of his best work over the last...

Vilna My Vilna

Karpinowitz, Abraham

Winner 2016 J.I. Segal Translation Award for a Book on a Jewish Theme, 2016 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Yiddish Translation, and Selected for Honorable Mention for the Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature, Abraham Karpinowitz (1913-2004) was born in Vilna, Poland (present-d...

Reader's Guide to William Faulkner

Volpe, Edmond Loris

A standard reference work for forty years, this work is the most complete and detailed guide to the novels of William Faulkner. Unlike other treatments of Faulkner, this volume is designed specifically as a guide to critical interpretation and to promote an appreciation of Faulkner's novels. Edm...

To Die Game

Evans, William

The dramatic and exciting story of Indian guerilla warfare against the Confederates during the Civil War. During the Civil War many young Lumbee Indians of North Carolina hid in the swamps to avoid conscription into Confederate labor battalions and carried on a running guerilla war. To Die Game is t...

Making the New Middle East

Demands for freedom, justice, and dignity have animated protests and revolutions across the Middle East in recent years, from the Iranian Green Movement and the Arab Spring uprisings to Turkey's March for Justice and the ongoing struggle in Palestine. Although expectations raised by the Arab Spr...

Communes in America, 1975-2000

Miller, Timothy

Communes in America: 1975-2000 is the final volume in Miller's trilogy on the history of American intentional communities. Providing a comprehensive survey of communities during the last quarter of the twentieth century, Miller offers a detailed study of their character, scope, and evolution. Be...

Grand Opportunity

McMahon, Timothy G

In this groundbreaking work, Timothy McMahon reexamines the significance of the Gaelic Revival in forming Ireland's national identity. United in their determination to preserve and extend the use of Irish as a spoken language and artistic medium, members of the Gaelic Revival profoundly influenc...

Peconic Bay

Weigold, Marilyn E

Bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and on the north by Long Island Sound, the Peconic Bay region, including the North and South Forks, has only recently been recognized for its environmental and economic significance. The story of the waterway and its contiguous land masses is one of farmer...