John Green: 159 books
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens
Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were...
by John Richard Green
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
by John Richard Green
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
EARLY ENGLAND 449-1071 AUTHORITIES FOR BOOK I 449-1071 For the conquest of Britain by the English our authorities are scant and imperfect. The only extant British account is the "Epistola" of Gildas, a work written probably about A.D. 560. The style of Gildas is diffuse and inflated, but his book is...
The Assemblies of God
Godly Love and the Revitalization of American Pentecostalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010
The Assemblies of God (AG) is the ninth largest American and the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination, with over 50 million followers worldwide. The AG embraces a worldview of miracles and mystery that makes“supernatural” experiences, such as speaking in tongues, healing, and prophecy, normal...
Waves of Protest
Social Movements Since the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999
This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...
How to Get Published in Anthropology
A Guide for Students and Young Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This one-stop guide to getting published in anthropology gives graduate students and young professionals the crucial information and tools they need to tackle the all-important requirement to publish. Part I provides step-by-step guidance on key efforts that budding anthropologists can benefit from,...
Seeking the Promised Land
Mormons and American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Mormons have long had an outsized presence in American culture and politics, but they remain largely unknown to most Americans. Recent years have seen the political prominence of Mormons taken to a new level - including the presidential candidacy of Republican Mitt Romney, the prominent involvement...
The New Politics of the Old South
An Introduction to Southern Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
The New Politics of the Old South, Sixth Edition is available August 2017. Paperback ISBN 9781538100158
Now in its fifth edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America’s southern...
Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking
Exploring the History and Archives of Banking at Times of Political and Social Stress
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking explores the behaviour of banks at times of war, revolution, civil war, social turmoil, and reconstruction. Analysing the history and archives of banks, it discovers examples of how banking is affected by political and social upheavals; how banks may...
by James H. Alphen, Christopher Anderson, John Rev. Beal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to ensure that all of its resources are used as effectively as possible to carry out God's work on earth. In the case of human resource assets, good stewardship involves assisting those engaged in ministry (whether clerical...
Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia
The Theory and Practice of Gray Zone Deterrence
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
In the past decade, tensions in Asia have risen as Beijing has become more assertive in maritime disputes with its neighbors and the United States. Although taking place below the threshold of direct military confrontation, China’s assertiveness frequently involves coercive elements that put at...
by Norbert W. Dunkel, John H. Schuh, Nancy E. Chrystal-Green
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The only manual for faculty and staff who work directly with student organizations
Advising Student Groups and Organizations is a one-of-a-kind book that equips faculty members and administrators to competently and confidently serve as advisers to clubs and other student groups. The second...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
Animal health and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
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Whose Will Be Done?
Essays on Sovereignty and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
What is the proper relationship of religion to power? In this collection of essays, a group of interdisciplinary scholars address that question, building on the scholarship of the late Dr. Jean Bethke Elshtain. The first section of this book provides the reader with three previously unpublished essays...