Creatures Of Empire

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When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestock played a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash between colonists and Indians as well as a driving force in the expansion west. By bringing livestock across the Atlantic, colonists believed that they provided the means to realize America's potential. It was thought that if the Native Americans learned to keep livestock as well, they would be that much closer to assimilating the colonists' culture, especially their Christian faith. But colonists failed to anticipate the problems that would arise as Indians began encountering free-ranging livestock at almost every turn, often trespassing in their cornfields. Moreover, when growing populations and an expansive style of husbandry required far more space than they had expected, colonists could see no alternative but to appropriate Indian land. This created tensions that reached the boiling point with King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion. And it established a pattern that would repeat time and again over the next two centuries. A stunning account that presents our history in a truly new light, Creatures of Empire restores a vital element of our past, illuminating one of the great forces of colonization and the expansion westward.

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Genre : History
Author : Virginia DeJohn Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release : 2004-11-15
File : 493 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199839728


Creatures Of Empire

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Genre : History
Author : Virginia DeJohn Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release : 2006
File : 337 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780195304466


Empire And The Animal Body

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‘Empire and the Animal Body: Violence, Identity and Ecology in Victorian Adventure Fiction’ develops recent work in animal studies, eco-criticism and postcolonial studies to reassess the significance of exotic animals in Victorian adventure literature. Depictions of violence against animals were integral to the ideology of adventure literature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, the evolutionary hierarchies on which such texts relied were complicated by developing environmental sensitivities and reimaginings of human selfhood in relation to animal others. As these texts hankered after increasingly imperilled areas of wilderness, the border between human and animal appeared tense, ambivalent and problematic.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : John Miller
Publisher : Anthem Press
Release : 2014-10-01
File : 244 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781783083176


The Cluster Series

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“Original and fascinating . . . entertaining and beautifully written,” the complete series from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Xanth Novels (Science Fiction Review). Seamlessly blending science fiction and fantasy, New York Times–bestselling author Piers Anthony presents an epic adventure series in a completely original universe. Cluster: In a battle to control the energy of the Milky Way galaxy, two adversaries of superior Kirlian auras—green-skinned Flint of Outworld and a female Andromedan agent—are irresistibly drawn to each other. Chaining the Lady: Melody of Mintaka, a direct descendant of Flint and his Andromedan mate, must save the Milky Way from the enemy Andromedans, who have discovered the secret of involuntary hosting—possessing another individual via a stronger aura. Kirlian Quest: With his hyper-intense Kirlian aura, Herald the Healer, an aural descendant of Flint and Melody, must unravel the secrets of the Ancients to defend against the Space Amoeba, a fleet of alien ships a million strong. Thousandstar: A new Ancient Site has been discovered, and in the competition to explore it, both host Heem of Highfalls and his transferee, Jessica of Capella, harbor secrets that may cost them their lives. Viscous Circle: The bloodthirsty Solarians, desperate to possess the secrets of the Ancient Site, target the Bands, strange and beautiful pacifist beings, and only Rondl has the knowledge to save his race from extinction.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Piers Anthony
Publisher : Open Road Media
Release : 2018-08-07
File : 1799 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781504054928


The Present State Of The Empire Of Morocco Its Animals Products Climate Soil Cities Ports Provinces Coins Weights And Measures With The Language Religion Laws Manners Customs And Character Of The Moors The History Of The Dynasties Since Edris The Naval Force And Commerce Of Morocco And The Character Conduct And Views Political And Commercial Of The Reigning Emperor Translated From The French Of M Chenier Vol 1 2

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Release : 1788
File : 430 Pages
ISBN-13 : IBNN:BNA01001455302


Animal Modernity Jumbo The Elephant And The Human Dilemma

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The concept of 'modernity' is central to many disciplines, but what is modernity to animals? Susan Nance answers this question through a radical reinterpretation of the life of Jumbo the elephant. In the 1880s, consumers, the media, zoos, circuses and taxidermists, and (unknowingly) Jumbo himself, transformed the elephant from an orphan of the global ivory trade and zoo captive into a distracting international celebrity. Citizens on two continents imaged Jumbo as a sentient individual and pet, but were aghast when he died in an industrial accident and his remains were absorbed by the taxidermic and animal rendering industries reserved for anonymous animals. The case of Jumbo exposed the 'human dilemma' of modern living, wherein people celebrated individual animals to cope or distract themselves from the wholesale slaughter of animals required by modern consumerism.

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Genre : History
Author : Susan Nance
Publisher : Springer
Release : 2015-10-08
File : 169 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781137562074


Empire S Nature

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Empire's Nature: Mark Catesby's New World Vision

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Genre : Art
Author : Amy R. W. Meyers
Publisher : Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
Release : 1998
File : 304 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015048744224


Angel Isle

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ONCE THE 24 MOST powerful magicians in the Empire pledged to use their magic only to protect the people. But the promise that bound them has now corrupted them. They have become a single terrible entity with a limitless desire for domination. Only the Ropemaker may be able to stop them, but he has not been seen for over 200 years. Into this dangerous world come Saranja, Maja, and Ribek. They seek the Ropemaker so that he might restore the ancient magic that protects their valley. It is the task they were born to, but now it seems there is far more than the valley at stake should they fail. . . .

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Genre : Young Adult Fiction
Author : Peter Dickinson
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Release : 2007-10-09
File : 514 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780375890833


Every Creature A Word Of God

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Not just a book about protecting animals; also an inspiration towards living an all-encompassing Christian spirituality with compassion at its heart.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Annika Spalde
Publisher : Wild Goose Publications
Release : 2010-08-01
File : 173 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781849520720


Daniel The Prophet

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Genre : Bible
Author : Edward Bouverie Pusey
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Release : 1883
File : 764 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCLA:31158012734736