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Challengez conventional perceptions of the antebellum US South as an economically static region compared to the North. Showing that the pre-Civil War South was much more complex than once thought, the essays in this volume examine the economic lives and social realities of three overlooked but important groups of southerners.

This is concerned with how art, and especially poetry, functions as a vehicle of spiritual expression in today's modern cultures. It considers the meeting points of art, poetry, religion, and philosophy, in part through examining the treatments of consciousness, transcendence, and art in the writings of twentieth-century philosophers Eric Voegelin and Bernard Lonergan.

The Missouria people were the first American Indians encountered by European explorers venturing up the Pekitanoui River. The state and Missouri River are namesakes of these historic Indians, but little of the tribe's history is known today. Michael Dickey tells the story of these indigenous Americans in The People of the River's Mouth.

Presents a case study in the foundations of state governments. The book provides a sweeping look at the constitutional foundations of the processes of Missouri government. Authors Richard Fulton and Jerry Brekke place Missouri within the context of America's larger federal system while using the state's constitution as a touchstone for the discussion of each element of state government.

In the 1800s, American women were largely restricted to the private sphere. Even as the women's movement came along midcentury, it focused on gaining legal and political rights rather than career opportunities. So it is remarkable that three sisters born in the 1850s, the Owen daughters of Missouri, all achieved success in their careers. This volume tells the story of these exceptional sisters.

Proponents of professional ethics recognize the importance of theory but also know that the field of ethics is best understood through real-world applications. This book introduces students and practitioners to important ethical concepts through the lives of major thinkers ranging from Aristotle to Ayn Rand, and John Stuart Mill to the Dalai Lama.

Major John Henshaw, a dutiful regimental officer in the American invasion of Mexico, was one of only a handful of eyewitnesses to describe the two major theaters of that war from start to finish. This book presents Henshaw's recollections, covering various actions from the first skirmish in southern Texas to the collapse of Mexico City.

Features letters written by Eric Voegelin which covers the period from 1950 through 1984. These letters provide evidence of the intellectual vigor that characterized his work throughout his life and continued virtually undiminished until the last weeks before his death. This biography focuses on one of the profound thinkers of the 20th century.

Provides an analysis of works on the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. Thirteen young women, who, after the Spanish Civil War ended with the Nationalists' victory, were executed. One of the fearless women had said, ""Do not allow my name to vanish in history."" This is the author's attempt to respond to her last request.

Arrow Rock, so named because Native Americans once went there to shape their arrowheads from the flint found along the Missouri River, is a small historic village. Today fewer than one hundred people call Arrow Rock home, but its scenic location and rich history continue to attract thousands of visitors every year.In June 1804, the Corps of Discovery passed "the big arrow rock," as William Clark noted in his journal, "a handsome spot for a town . . . the situation is elegant, commanding and healthy, the land about it fine, well-timbered and watered." Settlers soon arrived, some bringing slaves who developed the large farms; the village that was established grew slowly but saw profits from trade on the river. The beginnings of trade in the far west, the gold rush, and the Civil War all had profound effects on the settlers.Meanwhile, area residents were having an effect on the world. George Caleb Bingham, who became known as the "Missouri artist," participated in the founding of the town and built a home there, and Dr. John Sappington, an early resident of Arrow Rock, saved thousands of lives by perfecting a treatment for malaria. Also calling Arrow Rock home were numerous influential politicians, including three governors, M. M. Marmaduke, Claiborne Fox Jackson, and John Sappington Marmaduke.Life changed after the Civil War, and Arrow Rock changed, too. As railroads and major highways bypassed the town, many people moved away and fewer came through. Arrow Rock provides insight into the progression of history and its effects on one small Missouri town. The story of this village, now a historic site, brings to life the history of America: early days of settlement, an era of prosperity and power for some and incredible hardship for others, wars, a decline, and a rebirth. In addition, the long roll call of those who visited the area provides a history of the opening of the West.This book will prove valuable to those interested in Missouri history; the developing nation; and the geographical, political, and recreational forces that were at work as so many came and went. Like a visit to Arrow Rock itself, this book allows readers to step back into history and appreciate a time when the river was the highway.

As a companion volume to their earlier book, ""Called to Courage: Four Women in Missouri History"", Margot Ford McMillen and Heather Roberson's ""Into the Spotlight"" provides the biographies of four more remarkable Missouri women. Sacred Sun, also called Mohongo, Emily Newell Blair, Josephine Baker and. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace.

This collection of essays is a compendium of Hattaway's writings spanning his career of more than 40 years. He has made many important scholarly contributions to the understanding of the Civil War, including the nature of good (and bad) military leadership.

Lewis and Clark's expedition with the Corps of Discovery began in territorial Missouri and this book of computer-generated maps opens a window onto the rivers, land and settlement patterns of the period. It offers a detailed examination of the expedition in Missouri, through a series of 27 maps.

This is a collection of informal addresses, 18 in all, given by Warren G. Harding as president-elect. The editor has collected them together to show that although Harding spoke of his own time, the addresses are still relevant to America in the 21st century.

From the exquisite beauty along the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to the whimsical humour of street sculpture in St Louis and Kansas City, to the gleeful faces of children enjoying a fall festival, this collection of photographs attempts to capture the entire breadth of the state of Missouri.

Examines the shifts in press coverage of women's executions over the past 150 years. Shipman's use of reconstructed stories, gleaned from hundreds of newspaper articles, aims to give readers an understanding of the ways in which dailies reported on the trials of women.

This work follows the course of the state's history through the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction. In addition to the political events of the period, the social and economic conditions of the state immediately before, during and after the war are covered here.

The first in a five volume series offering a comprehensive history of the state of Missouri. Volume one covers the pre-statehood history, beginning with the arrival in 1673 of the first Europeans in the area, and continues to the first campaign for statehood in 1820.

Walt Harrington, father of two biracial children, went on a 25,000 mile journey through black America, talking with a variety of black and white people along the way, including a rap star, an old farmer, and a convicted murderer. In this work, he relates what he learned as he listened.

Interpreting the Nazi era using the basic diagnostic tools provided by the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, Judaeo-Christian culture, and contemporary German-language writers, this book provides an alternative approach to the topic of the individual German's entanglement with the Hitler regime.

Examining the emergence of modernity within the philosophical and political debates of the 16th century, this book analyzes the ""great confusion"". It features such thinkers as Calvin, Althusius, Hooker, Bracciolini, Savonarola, Copernicus, Tycho de Brahe, Giordano Bruno and Jean Bodin.

This volume identifies two distinct beginnings of the movement toward modern political consciousness, the Renaissance and the Reformation. It analyzes the political ideas that first emerged during the Renaissance and Reformation and considers their presence in modern thought.

This text provides a historiography of the Truman administration as well as a history of public health. It details the road to comprehensive health care in the USA and the legislative victories and defeats that occurred during the Truman years.

This is an analysis of selected texts viewed as cultural responses to military tyranny, and especially to the military dictatorship in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. The work goes on to study the process of institutional redemocratisation.

Wit is one of the fundamental keys to the theory and practice of 17th-century English poetry. The 12 essays collected in this volume argue that to study the wit of 17th-century poetry is to address concerns at the heart of the period's literary culture.

Treating the sermons of Ralph Waldo Emerson as an autobiographical text, this book establishes that his years in the pulpit were pivotal and that his sermons are key texts in revealing the essential development of his thought, particularly his conception of self-reliance and the heroic ideal.

Offers a set of photographs which are intended to enhance the reader's knowledge of the largely autobiographical work of Thomas Wolfe. The photographs are of Wolfe's family and close associates (his strong-willed father and Aline Bernstein, the older woman he loved), his childhood and so on.

Originally published in German in 1966, this is the first English paperback version of this text. It is an overview of the author's philosophy of human consciousness and the effect that it has had on history.