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(Sacrifices) Left at the Altar: Reading Tractate Zevachim of ...

(Sacrifices) Left at the Altar: Reading Tractate Zevachim of ...

Joshua A. Fogel

Joshua A. Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain and humanize the text for contemporary readers.
Between China and Japan: The Writings of Joshua Fogel

Between China and Japan: The Writings of Joshua Fogel

Joshua A. Fogel

Mizuno Naoki of Kyoto University's Institute for Research in the Humanities is presently running a multiyear research group on the topic. It is also the subject of a dissertation by Erik Esselstrom (University of California, Santa Barbara, 2004).
The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism

The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism

Robert William Fogel

Robert William Fogel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1993. "To take a trip around the mind of Robert Fogel, one of the grand old men of American economic history, is a rare treat.
The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: ...

The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: ...

Robert William Fogel

A compelling new study from Nobel laureate Robert Fogel, examining health, nutrition and technology over the last three centuries and beyond.
Without Consent Or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American ...

Without Consent Or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American ...

Robert William Fogel

"[Fogel's] exceedingly careful testing of all possible sources and his pioneering methodological approach have allowed [him] both to increase our knowledge of an institutions operation and disintegration and to renew our methods of research ...
Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity

Explaining Long-Term Trends in Health and Longevity

Robert W. Fogel

A collection of essays by Nobel laureate Robert W. Fogel on the theory and measurement of ageing and health-related variables.
Traditions of East Asian Travel

Traditions of East Asian Travel

Joshua A. Fogel

This book offers insights into how East Asians traveled in the early modern and modern periods, what they looked for, what they felt comfortable finding, and the ways in which they wrote up their impressions of these experiences.
The Slavery Debates, 1952--1990: A Retrospective

The Slavery Debates, 1952--1990: A Retrospective

Robert W. Fogel

Robert William Fogel was in the vanguard of those revisionists who in the mid--twentieth century challenged the prevailing historical canon on American slavery.
Articulating the Sinosphere

Articulating the Sinosphere

Joshua A. Fogel

Erik Esselstrom, Crossing Empire's Edge: Foreign Ministry Police and Japanese Expansionism in Northeast Asia; and Esselstrom, "Rethinking the Colonial Conquest of Manchuria: The Japanese Consular Police in Jiandao, 1909-1937,"  ...
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Reading Tractate Horayot of ...

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Reading Tractate Horayot of ...

Joshua A. Fogel

This volume looks at the tractate Horayot (Decisions), page by page, and offers a modern commentary with doses of humor and comparative examples in an effort to both explain and humanize the text and make it even more accessible to ...
Role of Japan in Modern Chinese Art

Role of Japan in Modern Chinese Art

Joshua A. Fogel

See Qin Shao, Culturing Modernity: The Nantong Model, 1890–1930; and Lisa Claypool, "Zhang Jian and China's First Museum." 12. My thanks to my former student Dr. Kela Shang for his assistance in deciphering Zhang Jian's script. See Qin ...
A Journal of the Life, Travels, Religious Exercises and ...

A Journal of the Life, Travels, Religious Exercises and ...

Joshua Evans

Joshua Evans. JOSHUA EVANS'S JOURNAL. INTRODUCTION. In the year 1804 , George Churchman transcribed and abridged the notes, memorandums and diary, kept by Joshua Evans; from which transcript the following account is taken.
Pontiac City Directories

Pontiac City Directories

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Simply Josh

Simply Josh

Joshua Dowling

After an intense battle with sickness as an infant, Joshua was lucky to be alive. As a result, Joshua's body would heal, but the infection left him Deaf. The struggles that awaited him would take more than medicine to conquer.
Changed Forever

Changed Forever

Kelly Runcis

“No,” she said, looking at him again, “That‟s not Joshua Evans.” “Excuse me?” Jack asked, looking at him for a moment. “I mean, their... It could be his twin. But that‟s not Joshua Evans,” She pointed to the healing cut on his forehead. “ Joshua ...
Doppler ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology

Doppler ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology

Joshua A. Copel

CHAPTER 8 Color Applications and Limitations in Obstetrics Alfred Z. Abuhamad and Joshua A. Copel edited by Joshua A. Copel and Kathryn L. Reed. Raven. edited bv Joshua A. Copcl and Kathryn L. Reed. Raven Press. Ltd.. New York ...
Moving Kings: A Novel

Moving Kings: A Novel

Joshua Cohen

A propulsive, incendiary novel about faith, race, class, and what it means to have a home, from Joshua Cohen, “a major American writer” (The New York Times) One of the boldest voices of his generation, Joshua Cohen returns with Moving ...
Joshua:

Joshua:

A. Graeme Auld

The earliest complete witness (in Greek) to the Old Testament book of Joshua is transcribed with facing English translation.
Letter to Joshua Spencer, Esq. Occasioned by His Thoughts on ...

Letter to Joshua Spencer, Esq. Occasioned by His Thoughts on ...

William Johnson

LETTER JOSHUA SPENCER, ESQ^ OCCASIONED by Hia A THOUGHTS" ON AN UNI BY A BARRISTER. PRINTED FOR JOHN ARCHER, 80, DAME-STREET. I798. \ TO JOSHUA SPENCER, Esq. YOU have already given your. Front Cover.
Joshua's Song

Joshua's Song

Joan Hiatt Harlow

Joshua must do what he can to help, and in doing so he finds the place—and the voice—that he thought he’d lost. This remarkable novel is fast-paced, suspenseful, and based on true incidents in Boston history.
Bardwell/Bordwell Descendants

Bardwell/Bordwell Descendants

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Core Economics for Managers

Core Economics for Managers

Joshua Gans

In this engaging text Joshua Gans turns economic teaching on its head.
The Ise stories

The Ise stories

Joshua S. Mostow

" Joshua Mostow and Royall Tyler present a fresh, contemporary translation of this classic work, together with a substantial commentary for each episode.
The Romantics and the May Day Tradition

The Romantics and the May Day Tradition

Essaka Joshua

Essaka Joshua explores new connections between these issues in the context of a set of heterogeneous cultural practices that are rooted in the traditions and activities of diverse social groups.
Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society

Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society

David Crowley

“Radio in the Television Age” by Peter Fornatale and Joshua Mills is from Radio in the Television Age by Peter Fornatale and Joshua Mills, copyright © 1980 by Peter Fornatale and Joshua Mills. Reprinted by permission of The Overlook Press.
Joshua L. Chamberlain: A Concise Biography of the Iconic Hero

Joshua L. Chamberlain: A Concise Biography of the Iconic Hero

Thomas A. Desjardin

Joshua Chamberlain is arguably the most well known figure in Maine history and this highly accessible biography provides a brief look at his life.
Joshua Retold: Synoptic Perspectives

Joshua Retold: Synoptic Perspectives

A. Graeme Auld

Professor Auld considers the varied witnesses to its ancient text; the meaning of partiular words or names; the connections between Joshua and other books of the Bible, especially Judges, Kings and Chronicles; and the history of the ...

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