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1970

The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45


John Toland - 1970
    Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, “a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened—muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox.”In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. In his Foreword, Toland says that if we are to draw any conclusion from The Rising Sun, it is “that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history.”

By Any Means Necessary


Malcolm X - 1970
    Speeches tracing the evolution of Malcolm X's views on political alliances, women's rights, intermarriage, capitalism and socialism, and more.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West


Dee Brown - 1970
    A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth-anniversary edition—published in both hardcover and paperback—Brown has contributed an incisive new preface.Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson


George L. Jackson - 1970
    Jackson's letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and rebellion that filled black men in America's prisons in the 1960s. But even removed from the social and political firestorms of the 1960s, Jackson's story still resonates for its portrait of a man taking a stand even while locked down.

Unbought And Unbossed


Shirley Chisholm - 1970
    She shares how she took on an entrenched system, gave a public voice to millions, and sets the stage for her trailblazing bid to be the first woman and first African-American President of the United States. By daring to be herself, Shirley Chisholm shows us how she forever changed the status quo. This expanded edition, edited by Scott Simpson, digs deeper with analysis by experts like Donna Brazile and Shola Lynch exploring Shirley Chisholm's impact on today and tomorrows world.

Hope Against Hope


Nadezhda Mandelstam - 1970
    Hope Against Hope was first published in English in 1970. It is Nadezhda Mandelstam's memoir of her life with Osip, who was first arrested in 1934 and died in Stalin's Great Purge of 1937-38. Hope Against Hope is a vital eyewitness account of Stalin's Soviet Union and one of the greatest testaments to the value of literature and imaginative freedom ever written. But it is also a profound inspiration--a love story that relates the daily struggle to keep both love and art alive in the most desperate of circumstances.

George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival - Volume I


Arnold A. Dallimore - 1970
    Volume 1 brings the story of whitefield's life and of the evangelical revival up to the end of the year 1740.

The Lives of the Great Composers


Harold C. Schonberg - 1970
    Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and all geniuses, unique as they are, were influenced by their predecessors. Schonberg discusses the lives and works of the foremost figures in classical music, among them Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, the Schumanns, Copland, and Stravinsky, weaving a fabric rich in detail and anecdote. He also includes the creators of light music, such as Gilbert and Sullivan and the Strausses.Schonberg has extended the volume's coverage to provide informative and clearly written descriptions of the later serialists such as Stockhausen and Carter, the iconoclastic John Cage, the individualistic Messiaen, minimalist composers, the new tonalists, and women composers of all eras, including Mendelssohn Hensel, Chaminade, Smyth, Beach, and Zwilich. Scattered throughout are many changes and additions reflecting musicological findings of the past fifteen years.

The Black Panthers Speak


Philip S. Foner - 1970
    With cartoons, flyers, and articles by Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver, this collection endures as an essential part of civil-rights history.

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression


Studs Terkel - 1970
    Featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, artists, and writers, from those who were just kids to those who remember losing a fortune, Hard Times is not only a gold mine of information but a fascinating interplay of memory and fact, revealing how the Depression affected the lives of those who experienced it firsthand.

The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower


Stephen E. Ambrose - 1970
    Faced with conciliating or disagreeing with such stormy figures as Churchill, Roosevelt, and DeGaulle, and generals like Montgomery and Patton, General Eisenhower showed himself to be as skillful a diplomat as he was a strategist.Stephen E. Ambrose, associate editor of the General's official papers, analyzes his subject's decisions in The Supreme Commander, which Doubleday first published in 1970. Throughout the book Ambrose traces the steady development of Eisenhower's generalcy--from its dramatic beginnings through his time at the top post of Allied command.The New York Times Book Review said of The Supreme Commander, "It is Mr. Ambrose's special triumph that he has been able to fight through the memoranda, the directives, plans, reports, and official self-serving pieties of the World War II establishment to uncover the idiosyncratic people at its center. ... General Dwight Eisenhower comes remarkably alive. ...[Ambrose's] angle of sight is so fresh and lively that one reads as if one did not know what was coming next. It is better than that: One does know what's coming next--not only the winning of a war but the making of a general--but the interest is in seeing how."This study of Eisenhower's role in the world's biggest war is absorbing as reading and invaluable as a reference.Stephen E. Ambrose was Director Emeritus of the Eisenhower Center, Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans, and president of the National D- Day Museum. He was the author of many books, most recently The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisana Purchase to Today. His compilation of 1,400 oral histories from American veterans and authorship of over 20 books established him as one of the foremost historians of the Second World War in Europe. He died October 13, 2002, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Vols. 1-2


Isaac Asimov - 1970
    Highly respected and widely read author Isaac Asimov offers a fresh, easy-to-read approach to understanding the greatest writer of all time.Designed to provide the modern reader with a working knowledge of topics pertinent to Shakespeare's audience, this book explores, scene-by-scene, thirty-eight plays and two narrative poems, including their mythological, historical and geographical roots.

Bomber


Len Deighton - 1970
    There are no victors, no vanquished. There are simply those who remain alive, and those who die.Bomber follows the progress of an Allied air raid through a period of twenty-four hours in the summer of 1943. It portrays all the participants in a terrifying drama, both in the air and on the ground, in Britain and in Germany.In its documentary style, it is unique. In its emotional power it is overwhelming.Len Deighton has been equally acclaimed as a novelist and as an historian. In Bomber he has combined both talents to produce a masterpiece.

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells


Ida B. Wells-Barnett - 1970
    Wells (1862-1931) was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. This engaging memoir tells of her private life as mother of a growing family as well as her public activities as teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight against attitudes and laws oppressing blacks. "No student of black history should overlook Crusade for Justice."—William M. Tuttle, Jr., Journal of American History "Besides being the story of an incredibly courageous and outspoken black woman in the face of innumerable odds, the book is a valuable contribution to the social history of the United States and to the literature of the women's movement as well."—Elizabeth Kolmer, American Quarterly "[Wells was] a sophisticated fighter whose prose was as thorough as her intellect."—Walter Goodman, New York Times "An illuminating narrative of a zealous, race-conscious, civic- and church-minded black woman reformer, whose life story is a significant chapter in the history of Negro-White relations."—Thelma D. Perry, Negro History Bulletin

A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler


Richard Hanser - 1970
    

The Blond Knight Of Germany: a biography of... Erich Hartmann


Raymond F. Toliver - 1970
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The Normans in Sicily: The Normans in the South 1016-1130 and the Kingdom in the Sun 1130-1194


John Julius Norwich - 1970
    The books tell the story of the dazzling Norman kingdom of Sicily founded in the 11th century by an enterprising band of adventurers from Normandy under Robert Guiscard. The state they founded was outstanding in medieval civilization.

The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry


Henri F. Ellenberger - 1970
    In an account that is both exhaustive and exciting, the distinguished psychiatrist and author demonstrates the long chain of development—through the exorcists, magnetists, and hypnotists—that led to the fruition of dynamic psychiatry in the psychological systems of Janet, Freud, Adler, and Jung.

Men in Dark Times


Hannah Arendt - 1970
    Peter's Chair from 1958 to 1963- Karl Jaspers: A Laudation- Karl jaspers: Citizen of the World- Isak Dinesen 1885-1963- Herman Broch 1886-1951- Walter Benjamin 1892-1940- Bertolt Brecht 1898-1956- Waldemar Gurian 1903-1954- Randall Jarrell 1914-1965IndexAbout the AuthorFootnotes

The Rise of Modern China


Immanuel C.Y. Hsu - 1970
    Hs� discusses the end of the last vestiges of foreign imperialism in China, as well as China's emergence as a regional and global superpower. U.S.-China rivalry and the prospect of unification between China and Taiwan are also considered.

African Presence in Early Asia


Runoko Rashidi - 1970
    Presenting their case with persuasive eloquence and research, the authors examine cultural forms, art motifs, weapons, scripts, and skeletal evidence to link Asian civilizations to Africa's Nile Valley. Articles detail both the physical and cultural presence of Africans in Asia. Topics covered include the black presence and heavy intermittent influence in Sumer, Elam, and Arabia; contributions of Dravidians and Ethiopian blacks to the Indus Valley civilizations; the history of first Chinese emperor, Fu-Hsi; the origin of martial arts; parallels between Krishna, Guatama Buddha, and Jesus; and the nature of slavery in Arabia and Asia. Five major chapters have been added to this new edition, adding substantially to the range and depth of the original volume.

The Conquest of the Incas


John Hemming - 1970
    Six years later the Spaniards had established the town of Panama as a base from which to explore and exploit this unknown sea. It was the threshold of a vast expansion.The Conquest of the Incas, John Hemming's masterly and highly acclaimed account of one of the most exciting conquests known to history, has never been surpassed. From the first small band of Spanish adventurers to enter the mighty Inca empire to the execution of the last Inca forty years later, it is the story of bloodshed, infamy, rebellion and extermination, told as convincingly as if it happened yesterday.

Introduction to African Civilizations


John G. Jackson - 1970
    Jackson sheds long overdue light on standard Eurocentric and distorting approaches to the history of Africa from early African civilizations to Africa's significance in world history.With brilliantly objective scholarship, respected historian and author John G. Jackson reexamines the outdated, racist, and Westernized history of Africa that is still taught in schools, and presents one infinitely more rich, colorful, varied—and truthful. Challenging the standard dehumanizing and exploitive approaches to African history, from the dawn of prehistory to the resurgent Africa of today—including the portrayal of Africans as "savages" who ultimately benefitted from European enslavement with its "blessings of Christian civilization"—Jackson confronts the parochial historian, devastates the theoretical pretensions of white supremacists, and expands intellectual horizons.Accessible and informed, fascinating and candid, Introduction to African Civilizations is an important historical guide that will enhance antiracist teachings for the general reader and the scholar alike.Introduction by John Henrik Clarke, pioneer of African Studies and author of Christopher Columbus and the African Holocaust. Foreword by Runoko Rashidi, historian, activist, and author of Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations.

झुंज


N.S. Inamdar - 1970
    Holkar family who take care of the Swaraj Tree which chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj takes with like any other Maratha family. Author has tried to narrate about his life, his triumphs, strives & a loyal service provided to Peshwe.

An Owl on Every Post


Sanora Babb - 1970
    Learning to read from newspapers that lined the dugout's dirt walls, she grew up to be a journalist, then a writer of unforgettable books about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, most notably Whose Names Are Unknown.The author was seven when her parents began to homestead an isolated 320-acre farm on the western plains. She tells the story through her eyes as a sensitive, fearless young girl who came to love the wind, the vastness, the mystery and magic in the ordinary.This evocative memoir of a pioneer childhood on the Great Plains is written with the lyricism and sensitivity that distinguishes all of Sanora Babb's writing. An Owl on Every Post, with its environmental disasters, extreme weather, mortgage foreclosures, and harsh living conditions, resonates as much today as when it first appeared. What this true story of Sanora's prairie childhood reveals best are the values--courage, pride, determination, and love--that allowed her family to prevail over total despair.This long, out-of-print memoir is reissued with new acclaim:"On a par stylistically and thematically with Willa Cather's My Antonia, this is a classic that deserves to be rediscovered and cherished for years to come."--Linda Miller, English Professor at Penn State and chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board for The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway."An unsung masterpiece in the field of American autobiography--I was completely blown away. This memoir offers an unforgettable picture of pioneer life. Her ageless story deserves a permanent place in our nation's literature.--Arnold Rampersad, author of Ralph Ellison: A Biography.About the AuthorSanora Babb is the author of five books, as well as numerous essays, short stories, and poems that were published in literary magazines alongside the work of William Saroyan, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Anne Porter, and William Carlos Williams. Her Dust Bowl novel, Whose Names Are Unknown, was recently featured in the Ken Burns documentary on The Dust Bowl.Editorial Reviews "A wry, affectionate but unsentimental recall of frontiering struggles in Colorado just prior to WWI." - Kirkus"Masterly. Hers is a small song, and not grand opera. But hearing it is a significant and salutary experience."--London Times"The author has achieved a small miracle with this book for she has turned hunger, poverty, loneliness and depression into incomparable beauty by the magic of her writing." - The Pretoria News"Babb's engaging memoir recalls a childhood spent on the harsh and wild Colorado frontier during the early 1900s."--Publishers WeeklyOwl is novelist Babb's memories of her childhood in eastern Colorado and Kansas before World War I. LJ's reviewer found that Babb wrote well, "relating vividly and with fine and fond recollection" Library Journal 12/1/70.

Voices from Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives


Norman R. Yetman - 1970
    Stark descriptions of the horrors of slave auctions, and many other unforgettable details of slave life. Accompanied by 32 compelling photographs and a new preface by the editor.

Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams


Robert W. Peterson - 1970
    During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it off the top of the fence and throw Christobel Torrienti out at first base. The scout liked what he saw, but was disappointed in the player's appearance. "He was a light brown," recalled one of Torrienti's teammates, "and would have gone up to the major leagues, but he had real rough hair." Such was life behind the color line, the unofficial boundary that prevented hundreds of star-quality athletes from playing big-league baseball. When Only the Ball Was White was first published in 1970, Satchel Paige had not yet been inducted into the Hall of Fame and there was a general ignorance even among sports enthusiasts of the rich tradition of the Negro Leagues. Few knew that during the 1930s and '40s outstanding black teams were playing regularly in Yankee Stadium and Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. And names like Cool Papa Bell, Rube Foster, Judy Johnson, Biz Mackey, and Buck Leonard would bring no flash of smiling recognition to the fan's face, even though many of these men could easily have played alongside Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Hack Wilson, Lou Gehrig--and shattered their records in the process. Many baseball pundits now believe, for example, that had Josh Gibson played in the major leagues, he would have surpassed Babe Ruth's 714 home runs before Hank Aaron had even hit his first. And the great Dizzy Dean acknowledged that the best pitcher he had ever seen was not Lefty Grove or Carl Hubbell, but rather "old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy." In Only the Ball Was White, Robert Peterson tells the forgotten story of these excluded ballplayers, and gives them the recognition they were so long denied. Reconstructing the old Negro Leagues from contemporary sports publications, accounts of games in the black press, and through interviews with the men who actually played the game, Peterson brings to life the fascinating period that stretched from shortly after the Civil War to the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1947. We watch as the New York Black Yankees and the Philadelphia Crawfords take the field, look on as the East-West All-Star lineups are announced, and listen as the players themselves tell of the struggle and glory that was black baseball. In addition to these vivid accounts, Peterson includes yearly Negro League standings and an all-time register of players and officials, making the book a treasure trove of baseball information and lore. A monumental and poignant book, Only the Ball Was White reminds us that what was often considered the "Golden Age" of baseball was also the era of Jim Crow. It is a book that must be read by anyone hoping not only to understand the story of baseball, but the story of America.

The Pentagon of Power (The Myth of the Machine, Vol 2)


Lewis Mumford - 1970
    Far from being an attack on science and technics, The Pentagon of Power seeks to establish a more organic social order based on technological resources. Index; photographs.

Operation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story for the First Time


Francis Gary Powers - 1970
    After surviving the shoot-down of his reconnaissance plane and his capture on May 1, 1960, Powers endured sixty-one days of rigorous interrogation by the KGB, a public trial, a conviction for espionage, and the start of a ten-year sentence. After nearly two years, the U.S. government obtained his release from prison in a dramatic exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel. The narrative is a tremendously exciting suspense story about a man who was labeled a traitor by many of his countrymen but who emerged a Cold War hero.

The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript


Mark L. Levine - 1970
    One of the eight, Black Panther cofounder Bobby Seale, was literally bound and gagged in court by order of the judge, Julius Hoffman, and his case was separated from that of the others. The activists, who included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Tom Hayden, and their attorneys, William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass, insisted that the First Amendment was on trial. Their witnesses were a virtual who’s who of the 1960s counterculture: Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Norman Mailer, among them. The defendants constantly interrupted to protest what they felt were unfair rulings by the judge. The trial became a circus, all the while receiving intense media coverage. The convictions that resulted were subsequently overturned on appeal, but the trial remained a political and cultural touchstone, a mirror of the deep divisions in the country. The Trial of the Chicago 7 consists of the highlights from trial testimony with a brief epilogue describing what later happened to the principal figures.

History of the Arabs


Philip Khuri Hitti - 1970
    Suitable for both scholars and the general reader, it unrolls one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history, telling with insight the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay. For this revised tenth edition, Walid Khalidi's timely preface emphasises that now, more than ever, this magisterial work is of vital importance to the on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide.

Philippine Society and Revolution


Amado Guerrero - 1970
    

Grey Wolf, Grey Sea


E.B. Gasaway - 1970
    Kapitanleutnant Jochen Mohr commanded his German submarine and navigated it through the treacherous waters of one of the most destructive, savage wars the world has known.

Nationalism, Islam and Marxism


Sukarno - 1970
    A translation and analysis of Soekarno's 1926 essay

The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst


Nicholas Tomalin - 1970
    Eight months later, his boat was found in the mid-Atlantic, intact but with no one on board. In this gripping reconstruction, journalists Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall tell the story of Crowhurst's ill-fated voyage.

The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 BC to the Present


R. Ernest Dupuy - 1970
    An updated and revised version of this classic compendium of the military history of the world.

In the Days of Victorio: Recollections of a Warm Springs Apache


James Kaywaykla - 1970
    This eyewitness account . . . recalls not only the hunger, pursuit, and strife of those years, but also the thoughts, feelings, and culture of the hunted tribe. Recommended as general reading."—Library Journal "This volume contains a great deal of interesting information."—Journal of the West "The Apache point of view [is] presented with great clarity."—Books of the Southwest "A valuable addition to the southwestern frontier shelf and long will be drawn upon and used."—Journal of Arizona History "A genuine contribution to the story of the Apache wars, and a very readable book as well."—Westerners Brand Book "Shining through every page is the unquenchable spirit that was the Apache. Inured, indeed trained, to suffering, Apaches stood strong beside Victorio, Nana, and finally Geronimo in a vain attempt to maintain those things they held more dear than life itself—freedom, homeland, dignity as human beings. A warm and vital people, the Apaches had, and have, a great deal to offer."—Arizona and the West

The Crofter and the Laird: Life on an Hebridean Island


John McPhee - 1970
    He put his children into the local school and lived quietly, recording his experiences in this blend of anthropology and art, capturing the tensions which both support and threaten a small community.

The Earl of Louisiana


A.J. Liebling - 1970
    J. Liebling, veteran writer for the New Yorker, came to Louisiana to cover a series of bizarre events which began when Governor Earl K. Long was committed to a mental institution. Captivated by his subject, Liebling remained to write the fascinating yet tragic story of Uncle Earl's final year in politics. First published in 1961, The Earl of Louisiana recreates a stormy era of Louisiana politics and captures the style and personality of one of the most colorful and paradoxical figures in the state's history. This new edition of the work includes a foreword by T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Huey Long: A Biography.

The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll


Charlie Gillett - 1970
    This comprehensive study of the rise of rock and roll from 1954 to 1971 has now been expanded with close to 100 illustrations as well as a new introduction, recommended listening section, and bibliography.

The Greco-Persian Wars


Peter Green - 1970
    The astonishing sea battle banished forever the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. Peter Green brilliantly retells this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion. The massive Greek victory, despite the Greeks' inferior numbers, opened the way for the historic evolution of the Greek states in a climate of creativity, independence, and democracy, one that provided a model and an inspiration for centuries to come.Green's accounts of both Persian and Greek strategies are clear and persuasive; equally convincing are his everyday details regarding the lives of soldiers, statesmen, and ordinary citizens. He has first-hand knowledge of the land and sea he describes, as well as full command of original sources and modern scholarship. With a new foreword, The Greco-Persian Wars is a book that lovers of fine historical writing will greet with pleasure.

African Presence in Early America


Ivan Van Sertima - 1970
    It makes a convincing case for pre-Columbian contacts between Africa and America before the era of the slave trade. The contributors draw upon the evidence of cultures in private collections and findings from excavations, and evidence of ancient African mathematics, astronomy, map-making, scripts, navigations, trade routes, pyramidal structures, linguistic connections, and technological and ritual complexes. The volume is profusely illustrated. Many readers will find the evidence presented here startling.

Shurik: A Story of the Siege of Leningrad


Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne - 1970
    A nurse finds hope, love, and renewal in an orphaned boy, Shurik.

W.E.B. Du Bois: A Reader


W.E.B. Du Bois - 1970
    Features the writings of the late writer, educator, historian, and premier architect of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

Talleyrand: The Art of Survival


Jean Orieux - 1970
    Talleyrand, descended from the cadet branch of a noble family as old as that of the king, survived and prospered under every regime in France from monarchy thru the directorate and Napoleon's empire and beyond. (On taking his oath of allegiance to King Louis Phillipe, Talleyrand remarked, "Well, sire, that makes my thirteenth.") A major force in the post-Napoleanic world, his air of mystery and his laconic manner earned him the nickname "The Sphinx." In both virtues and vices, he was an odd mix; greedy, vain, amoral in many respects, but he had an iron will and an unquenchable love for France, no matter who ruled her. Orieux's book is both informative and eminently readable."-By James K. Burk (Wichita, Kansas United States)

Free As a Running Fox


T.D. Calnan - 1970
    Autobiography of Wing Commander T. D. Calnan, who survived imprisonment by the Germans after his Spitfire was shot down.

Progress and Religion: An Historical Inquiry


Christopher Henry Dawson - 1970
    It has been described as a brilliant work of synthesis, for in this single volume he outlined his main thesis for the history of culture, which was his life's work. Anthropology, sociology, philosophy, religion, and history formed the backdrop for the key idea of his thought--namely, that religion is the soul of a culture and that a society or culture which has lost its spiritual roots is a dying culture. To Dawson, a return to the Christian culture that had formed Western civilization was the only remedy for a world adrift.Dawson was writing in a period between the two great wars of the twentieth century, a time when some thought that the idea of progress had finally been discredited by the carnage and barbarism of the First World War. Progress and Religion was clearly intended to challenge the doctrine of progress, the rather na�ve but persistent belief that 'in every day and in every way the world grows better and better.'Dawson argued that Western civilization was at a turning point and confronted with two real choices: reappropriate a vital Christian culture or move increasingly toward more dangerous and alienated expressions of consumerism and totalitarianism. In Progress and Religion, he contends that no culture could truly thrive if cut off from its religious roots.PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL EDITION:"Progress and Religion is undoubtedly a brilliant book. Its argument is closely reasoned, admirably presented, lucidly expressed. Its standpoint is original and suggestive, profound and illuminating. Without exaggeration, it may be regarded as one of the books of our generation."--The Manchester Guardian, 1929"A book of vast learning . . . a theme which invites the consideration of a stately procession of the greatest names in the history of the world's thought."--The Scotsman, 1929

The Struggle Against Fascism in Germany


Leon Trotsky - 1970
    Writing in the heat of struggle against the rising Nazi movement, a central leader of the Russian revolution examines the class roots of fascism and advances a revolutionary strategy to combat it.

A Guide to the Artifacts of Colonial America


Ivor Noël Hume - 1970
    It is a classic, highly sought-after handbook for the professional archaeologist, museum curator, antiques dealer, collector, or social historian. Though first published more than thirty years ago, Ivor Noel Hume's guide continues to be the most useful and accurate reference on the identification of artifacts recovered from Anglo-American colonial sites.This edition contains a new preface, updated references, and corrections based on recent scholarship, in addition to the original 102 photographs and line drawings. With a list of forty-three categories, including buttons, cutlery, stoneware, and firearms, collectors and curators of early American artifacts will find this book insightful, informative, and indispensable.An acclaimed archaeologist and historian, No�l Hume understands the interests of both professionals and enthusiasts. He manages to combine out-of-the-ordinary information with a lively presentation. His extensive knowledge and experience make this richly detailed text communicate something beyond the facts--the reality of other times, places, and cultures.

The Pledge


Leonard Slater - 1970
    Its headquarters was a New York hotel known for its tall chorus girls.

The Mighty Eighth: A History of the Units, Men, and Machines of the Us 8th Air Force


Roger A. Freeman - 1970
    Eighth Air Force as "The Mighty" is back again in a revised edition. The most remarkable and most popular account of WWII aviation depicts the 8th from its arrival in Britain in 1942, to its spread across the country to operate from over 40 bases, on the way to becoming the largest air unit ever committed to battle. An extensively detailed and fully researched account covers intensive bomber and fighter sorties over Europe conducted by over 2,000 aircraft involving over 150,000 men. The exploits of B-17s, B-26s, and P-47s are told, along with little-known explanations of the vastly sophisticated supply chain that kept them flying. Over 700 photos of planes on the ground and in battle action depict formations and strategies, while over 150 full-color illustrations display aircraft group markings.

Additional Dialogue: Letters of Dalton Trumbo, 1942-1962


Dalton Trumbo - 1970
    

The Correct Date of the Terengganu Inscription


Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas - 1970
    

The Erie Canal


Peter Spier - 1970
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The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad


F.N. Monjo - 1970
    Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party—or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?This Level 3 I Can Read book is a captivating first-person historical fiction account of the Underground Railroad, narrated by Tommy, a ten year-old Quaker boy,. With beautiful, simple prose that folds in historical facts about slavery and the Civil War, this book makes this important period of American history accessible to beginning readers. Includes an afterword from the author F.N. Monjo that explains the historical context of the Fugitive Slave Law.Supports the Common Core Learning Standards

The Ra Expeditions


Thor Heyerdahl - 1970
    Africa to S. America in a 45' papyrus boat modelled on those depicted in Egyptian wall paintings. A violent storm ended the 1st expedition but within a year the seven men had embarked on their 2nd journey in Ra II.One riddle, two answers & no solution Why a reed boat? To the Indians in the Cactus ForestWith Bedouin & Buduma in the heart of AfricaAmong Black monks at the source of the Nile In the world of the Pyramid-builders Out in the Atlantic Down the African coast to Cape JubyIn the clutches of the sea Into American waters RA II, by papyrus boat from Africa to AmericaPostscript

To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown


Stephen B. Oates - 1970
    In 1970, Stephen B. Oates wrote what has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown, a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity. The book is now back in print in an updated edition with a new prologue by the author.

The Faith of the Early Fathers, Vol. 3


William A. Jurgens - 1970
    Augustine to the end of the patristic age. Volume 3 ends with St. John of Damascene (d. 749).Volume 1: the Pre-Nicene and Nicene erasVolume 2: the Post-Nicene era through St. Jerome;Volume 3: St. Augustine to the end of the patristic period. The passages selected are keyed to the numerical order established in M. J. Rouët de Journel's Enchiridion Patristicum. In no sense, however, are these volumes a translation of that standard work. The author has made his own investigation of theological textbooks in common use and has selected the patristic passages most frequently cited, including much that is in Rouët and much that is not. All passages have been freshly and accurately translated from the best critical editions. Preceding each selection is a brief introduction treating the authorship, date and place of composition, and the purpose of the work from which the selection is taken. The author's scholarship and sprightly sense of humor are evident in these prefatory remarks. Of immense value to the reader is the Doctrinal Index provided for each volume. Here one can find the texts pertinent to particular doctrinal points, a method especially useful to homilists. In addition, each volume is enhanced by comprehensive Scriptural and General Indices.

The elders of Israel and the Constitution


Jerome Horowitz - 1970
    Over the years many people have said it was that book that opened their understanding of the Constitution and motivated them to become actively engaged in seeking to preserve it.

W.E.B. Du Bois Speaks, 1920-1963: Speeches and Addresses


W.E.B. Du Bois - 1970
    A comprehensive collection of speeches by the Black rights advocate and scholar.

Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968


Daniel Singer - 1970
    Prelude to Revolution is the indispensable study of May 1968. Generations have looked to this book for inspiration. Singer, who died in 2000, was widely considered the most adept interpreter of European politics for American audiences. He shows here how change happens—and why it is needed

Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore


Noel Barber - 1970
    The Japanese army, though outnumbered by 20,000 men, defeated the British only one week after the actual assault began. "Fortress" Singapore turned out to be nothing of the sort, with its defenders ill prepared and complacent. It was all too ripe for handing Japan its second victory of the war after Hong Kong.

A Rebirth for Christianity


Alvin Boyd Kuhn - 1970
    People are eager to know the truths behind the biblical legends and the mysteries that created Christian rites, ceremonies, and codes of behavior. Kuhn argues that the sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity do not portray historical truths, but symbolic and mystical metaphors. The spiritual truth encoded in scripture, says Kuhn, is far more important than its literal narrative. Kuhn's research provides a clear understanding of the allegorical interpretations of the scriptures and their significance to a deeper, more profound Christianity. He traces the historical and philosophical origins of Christian thought to illustrate that Jesus was one of many incarnations of an enduring archetype that has surfaced in many religions. In fact, those who wrote the scriptures may have never even intended the focus to be on Jesus, the man. Moreover, Kuhn investigates the problems (psychological, spiritual, and otherwise) that result from a purely historical interpretation of Jesus. In doing so, Kuhn reclaims the mystical power at the core of Christianity's message, which has to do with the "birth" of the inner Christ and the emergence of divine consciousness in humanity.

Whale Hunt: The Narrative of a Voyage by Nelson Cole Haley, Harpooner in the Ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853 (Maritime)


Nelson Cole Haley - 1970
    The narrative of a voyage by Nelson Cole Haley, Harpooner in the Ship Charles W Morgan 1948-1853.

Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography


Merrill D. Peterson - 1970
    As Peterson explores the dominant themes guiding Jefferson's career--democracy, nationality, and enlightenment--and Jefferson's powerful role in shaping America, he simultaneously tells the story of nation coming into being.

The Christian's Handbook Of Manuscript Evidence


Peter S. Ruckman - 1970
    This handbook will enable the Bible believer to handle problems which may arise from those who resent, disbelieve, ignore, or ridicule the Authorized Version. The problems of sources are defined and analyzed, the evidence from the church fathers and ancient versions is discussed, and the argument by the critics on the "archaic words" in the Authorized Version is answered. The variances between the Greek Textus Receptus and the AV are examined, and the newer versions are compared with the King James and are found to be deficient. In this work, Dr. Ruckman demonstrates the Roman Catholic bias of Westcott and Hort and dissects their theories of textual criticism. Proof is presented for the superiority of the AV over the "original Greek."

On China


Leon Trotsky - 1970
    Articles and letters on the Chinese revolution of the 1920s, recording the fight to reverse Stalin's disastrous course of subordinating the Communist Party there to an alliance with the capitalist Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang).

Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages


Fritz Kern - 1970
    First published in 1914, this is one of the most important studies of early constitutional law. Kern observes that discussions of the state in the ninth, eleventh and thirteenth centuries invariably asked whose rights were paramount. Were they those of the ruler or the people? Kern locates the origins of this debate, which has continued to the twentieth century, in church doctrine and the history of the early German states. He demonstrates that the interaction of "these two sets of influences in conflict and alliance prepared the ground for a new outlook in the relations between the ruler and the ruled, and laid the foundations both of absolutist and of constitutional theory" (4). "[A] pioneering and classic study." --Norman F. Cantor, Inventing the Middle Ages, 106. Fritz Kern [1884-1950] was a professor, journalist and state official. From 1914 to 1918 he worked for the Foreign Ministry and the General Staff in Berlin. One of the leading medieval historians of his time, his works include Die Anfange der Franzosischen Ausdehnungspolitik bis zum Jahr 1308 (1910) and Recht und Verfassung im Mittelalter (1919).

The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh


Charles A. Lindbergh - 1970
    In that disastrous stretch of time Charles Lindbergh responded to crises with active intellectual curiosity and extraordinary insight. He studied European aviation. He sought to alert leaders to the military imbalance and the lack of preparation among the Western nations. He made a dedicated endeavor to keep the United States out of a war that he believed seriously threatened to destroy Western civilization. He indicated his awareness of the harsh realities that awaited a stricken and shattered postwar Europe. In all this variety and range of expeerience there was an underlying concern that the vital impulse --- that elan vital which continuously propels all life toward more complex and more advanced structures in the universe --- not be thwarted or set back by the forces of destruction.

The Victorian Underworld


Kellow Chesney - 1970
    Policemen could only stand in awe of the occupations and illegal practices which grew up.Kellow Chesney begins his book by taking a general look at the society and its penal methods. Then, ranging over the whole spectrum of underworld life from travelling showmen and religious fakes to cracksmen, garrotters, and incorrigible pickpockets, he recreates in detail the squalid lives and the 'lays' of those who thronged the rookeries and alleys of Victorian cities. Curious stories emerge from this world of crime and penury, and, throughout, the study highlights the vast substratum of vice feeding on that 'most enlightened age'.

The Last Letters of Thomas More


Thomas More - 1970
    Yet More wrote some of his best works as a prisoner, including A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation and a commentary on the agony of Christ (De tristitia Christi). His last letters, too, are works of art that are both historically important and religiously significant.The Last Letters of Thomas More is a superb new edition of More's prison correspondence, introduced and fully annotated for contemporary readers by Alvaro de Silva. Based on the critical edition of More's correspondence, this volume begins with letters penned by More to Cromwell and Henry VIII in the spring of 1534 and ends with More's last words to Margaret Roper, his daughter, on the eve of his execution, July 6, 1535. More writes on a host of topics — prayer and penance, the right use of riches and power, the joys of heaven, the challenges of maintaining moral virtue, and much more. These letters also reveal much about More himself, especially his understanding of "conscience." The strength of his conscience was reinforced by the Word of God coming in all its power through Scripture, and by remembering all the faithful of the church. In his vivid imagination of that glorious "company of saints," More found the courage to follow his conscience even unto death. "It is a case," he wrote, "in which a man may lose his head and yet have none harm, but instead of harm inestimable good at the hand of God." Providing a rich complement to these letters is de Silva's commentary. In it he throws light on the literary works that More wrote in prison, and explores the religious and political conditions of Tudor England. And always he reminds us of More — of the man whose unshakable faith and shining example draw us to him today.

Glorious Battle: The Cultural Politics of Victorian Anglo-Catholicism


John Shelton Reed - 1970
    It describes Anglo-Catholicism as a counterculture movement that championed practices that went against the grain of the middle-class values o

Wolves In The City: The Death Of French Algeria


Paul Henissart - 1970
    

Eugene V. Debs Speaks


Eugene V. Debs - 1970
    socialist agitator and labor leader, jailed for opposing Washington's imperialist aims in World War I. Debs speaks out on capitalism and socialism, anti-immigrant chauvinism, how anti-Black racism weakens the labor movement, Rockefeller's massacre of striking miners at Ludlow, Colorado, and more.

Sandhill Sundays and Other Recollections


Mari Sandoz - 1970
    Hutchens. The proof of that is in her powerful re-creation of pioneer days in the Sandhills of northwestern Nebraska in these autobiographical pieces written between 1929 and 1965. Those who have not read her classic Old Jules (1935) will find Sandhill Sundays and Other Recollections a colorful introduction to Sandoz Country, and those who have will look for the same landmarks and unforgettable people. They include the Sandoz patriarch, the fiery libertarian Old Jules; Marlizzie, the archetypal pioneer woman who was Mari's mother; siblings, chums, neighbors, homesteaders, and Indians, all individualized and defined by a harsh and lonely frontier. Dangers in every form—blizzards, fires, rattlesnakes, murderous men—are described, and, just as vividly, so are the pleasures afforded by country cooking, storytelling, pet animals, and the first phonograph for miles around. Even when she strays, as in the final piece, "Outpost in New York," Mari Sandoz never leaves the Sandhills in spirit. Included are a chronology of her career, a checklist of her writings, and a brief introduction by Virginia Faulkner.

Genesis 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War


Dan Kurzman - 1970
    Based largely on some 1000 interviews with participants of all nations, it describes the important military and diplomatic events of that epic war - from the struggle between Truman and Dean Rusk to the fall of Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter; from the Irgun-Stern Gang massacre at Deir Yassin to the ambush of a Hadassah hospital convoy; from the clandestine operations of the Jewish underground in the US to the secret negotiations between Jordan's King Abdullah and Moshe Dayan. Here are anecdotes and glimpses of great figures such as Weizmann, Ben-Gurion, Dayan, Abba Eban, Abdullah, Glubb Pasha, Ralph Bunche, and Nasser, and of the ordinary people who did the fighting; concentration-camp survivors, Sabras, foreign volunteers, and Arabs from throughout the Middle East. Here are all the major and minor participants and events of the great conflict that set the stage for and is crucial to the understanding of the present-day Israeli nation.

The Jews: Story of a People


Howard Fast - 1970
    With drama no fiction can match, master storyteller Howard Fast traces the evolution of a tradition powerful enough to give lasting identity to a scattered, wandering people. Bringing to life the extraordinary men and women who have shaped history-Moses, Hillel, Jesus (and many more)-this compelling book explores the customs and philosophies that have endured persecution, emigration, and the Holocaust. Fast also probes the towering achievements of this unique and fascinating people, illustrating their important role in the origins of Western culture, Christianity and modern Europe. The Jews is comprehensive, enlightening and utterly readable.

Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience


Frank M. Snowden Jr. - 1970
    Although evidence indicated that the alien dark- and black-skinned people were of varied tribal and geographic origins, the Greeks and Romans classified many of them as Ethiopians. In an effort to determine the role of black people in ancient civilization, Mr. Snowden examines a broad span of Greco-Roman experience--from the Homeric era to the age of Justinian--focusing his attention on the Ethiopians as they were known to the Greeks and Romans. The author dispels unwarranted generalizations about the Ethiopians, contending that classical references to them were neither glorifications of a mysterious people nor caricatures of rare creatures.Mr. Snowden has probed literary, epigraphical, papyrological, numismatic, and archaeological sources and has considered modern anthropological and sociological findings on pertinent racial and intercultural problems. He has drawn directly upon the widely scattered literary evidence of classical and early Christian writers and has synthesized extensive and diverse material. Along with invaluable reference notes, Mr. Snowden has included over 140 illustrations which depict the Negro as the Greeks and Romans conceived of him in mythology and religion and observed him in a number of occupations--as servant, diplomat, warrior, athlete, and performer, among others.Presenting an exceptionally comprehensive historical description of the first major encounter of Europeans with dark and black Africans, Mr. Snowden found that the black man in a predominantly white society was neither romanticized nor scorned--that the Ethiopian in classical antiquity was considered by pagan and Christian without prejudice.

The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship


Richard Henry Dana Jr. - 1970
    The author of Two Years Before the Mast outlines practical aspects of seamanship such as setting sails and tying knots as well as the roles and duties of each crew member. Includes a glossary of sea terms.

An Historical Guide to Afghanistan


Nancy Hatch Dupree - 1970
    A travel guide to the country with lots of historical and archaelogical information.

Revolt Into Style


George Melly - 1970
    In the early sixties, at the birth of what we now recognise as the pop revolution, Melly began work as a broadsheet journalist, commenting upon this new cultural phenomenon. Revolt into Style (1970) is his first-hand account of those turbulent and exciting years when all things creative - whether music, fashion, film, art or literature - were changed utterly.Central to the book are The Beatles - the epitome of the swinging sixties - who charted the decade's changes and about whose significance the Liverpudlian Melly had a special feel and insight. Alongside the Fab Four is a large cast of movers and shakers, of wannabes and taste-makers, all dissected by Melly's surgical mind.

A History of the Indians of the United States


Angie Debo - 1970
    Only in the light of this knowledge, the author points out, can an intelligent Indian policy be formulated.In the book are described the first meetings of Indians with explorers, the dispossession of the Indians by colonial expansion, their involvement in imperial rivalries, their beginning relations with the new American republic, and the ensuing century of war and encroachment.The most recent aspects of government Indian policy are also detailed the good and bad administrative practices and measures to which the Indians have been subjected and their present situation.Miss Debo's style is objective, and throughout the book the distinct social environment of the Indians is emphasized—an environment that is foreign to the experience of most white men. Through ignorance of that culture and life style the results of non-Indian policy toward Indians have been centuries of blundering and tragedy.In response to Indian history, an enlightened policy must be formulated: protection of Indian land, vocational and educational training, voluntary relocation, encouragement of tribal organization, recognition of Indians' social groupings, and reliance on Indians' abilities to direct their own lives.The result of this new policy would be a chance for Indians to live now, whether on their own land or as adjusted members of white society. Indian history is usually highly specialized and is never recorded in books of general history. This book unifies the many specialized volumes which have been written about their history and culture. It has been written not only for persons who work with Indians or for students of Indian culture, but for all Americans of good will.

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans


Edward Eggleston - 1970
    You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

The Boston Massacre


Hiller B. Zobel - 1970
    Reissued in new paperback format and design.

Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-sided American


Thomas Jefferson - 1970
    In this story of Thomas Jefferson, told in his own words, I have tried to present an intimate and rounded portrait of a great and many-sided American.

Orthodox Survival Course


Seraphim Rose - 1970
    Transcript of a series of lectures on the "Orthodox Worldview", and the history of post-schism intellectual and cultural deviation.

The Movement Toward a New America: The Beginnings of a Long Revolution


Mitchell Goodman - 1970
    This is a compendium of photos, cartoons, articles & letters about the 60s movements: university politics, racial independence, native Americans, gays, hippies, yippies, revolution, Cuba, black power, police, Vietnam, prisons, military, technology, class, feminism, sexual revolution, the media, social change, cities, music, marijuana etc. Not just in the USA--movements around the world. The anthology begins with the Civil Rights struggle spurred on by students & radical movements. Articles from a wide range of papers, literary trades, universities etc. The book begins with a chronology starting in '56 when Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of the bus in Montgomery & Martin Luther King leads blacks in a 381 day boycott, thru to '70: Nixon, Agnew & Mitchell declare war on bums, radicals & other criminal elements. Reagan calls for a "bloodbath" to settle the student "problem." Kent State, Jackson State & Cambodia. Nationwide student strikes. Murder of black students & other young blacks by state troopers in Georgia & Mississippi. Draft Resistance regenerates Union for Nat'l Draft Opposition organized at Princeton. White wraps drawing of Mitchell Goodman, price printed to upper right corner. Rear wrap back of sandwich sign to front with titles of various papers of the time: Leviathan, The Bird, Ramparts, Berkeley Tribe etc. Inside photo, 1956: "One Thing Leads to Another," Rosa Parks, "Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of the bus in Montgomery." An excellent historical chronology of the times.

The Cambridge Ancient History (14 Volumes)


I.E.S. Edwards - 1970
    B. Bury, and published between 1924 and 1939. It proved to be successful and popular, both with scholars and the interested public.Between 1970 and 2005 a second edition of the series, of fourteen volumes and nineteen books was produced. This new edition was extensively revised and rewritten so as to take account of the vast amount of new material and research that had come about in the intervening decades. There are also two additional volumes that carry the history forward from Constantine to A.D. 600.This is the complete edition, of fourteen volumes in nineteen books, published in one box set.

The Coast Of Maine: An Informal History And Guide


Louise Dickinson Rich - 1970
    Her knowledge of all things Maine will amaze and delight her first time reader.

The Influence Of Sea Power Upon The French Revolution And Empire, 1793 1812: Volume 1


Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1970
    This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1892 edition by Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, London.

Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps


Stanley W. Paher - 1970
    The detailed history of Nevada's ghost towns are chronicled along with numerous B/W photos of more than 575 mining sites and towns.

He Slew the Dreamer


William Bradford Huie - 1970
    King's family & friends within the civil rights community have also expressed doubts that James Earl Ray was the killer, or, if he was, that he acted alone. One of King's children even went to Ray's prison cell to meet with the reportedly terminally ill convict & emerged to say that he believed Ray's denial. Conspiracy theories old & new swirl around the case, & news media from around the world have descended once again on Memphis, TN, where King was killed on 4/4/68. Amidst the speculation, He Slew the Dreamer is a remarkably detailed & clearheaded examination of the available evidence at the time the murder occurred. The author, the late Wm Bradford Huie, was one of the most celebrated figures of 20th century journalism & investigative reporting. He wrote a dozen books, most of them made into popular movies, & hundreds of articles in newspapers & magazines. A pioneer of "checkbook journalism", he sought the truth in controversial stories where the truth was hard to come by. In the case of James Earl Ray, Huie paid Ray & his original attorneys $40,000 for cooperation in explaining his movements in the months before King's assassination & up to Ray's arrest weeks later in London. Huie was a personal friend of Martin Luther King & he writes that he went into his investigation of Ray believing that a conspiracy was behind King's murder. But after retracing Ray's movements thru California, Louisiana, Mexico, Canada, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis & London, he came to the opposite conclusion: that James Earl Ray was a pathetic petty criminal who hated African Americans & sought to make a name for himself by murdering King. He Slew the Dreamer was originally published soon after Ray went to prison & was republished in 1977, but has been out of print until this new edition, published with the cooperation of Huie's widow. Author Wayne Greenhaw has written a new foreword, epilogue & afterword to the book. An index has been added. This is an invaluable resource to the current debate over the King assassination, as well as an intriguing look both at the criminal mind & at the techniques of investigative journalism.

This Fabulous Century 1960-1970


Time-Life Books - 1970
    

Drunken Comportment: A Social Explanation


Craig MacAndrew - 1970
    When Aldine originally published this book in 1969, the emerging multidisciplinary field of alcohol studies was dominated by biology, chemistry, physiology, and other "hard sciences." As such, writes Dwight Heath in his new foreword, the work challenged the prevailing wisdom in the authors' use of historical, ethnographic, and cross-cultural data and their analysis of drinking behavior as an anthropological and sociocultural phenomenon.

Here Lies Virginia: An Archaeologist's View of Colonial Life and History, with a New Afterword


Ivor Noël Hume - 1970
    Published in 1963 when historical archaeology was in its infancy, Here Lies Virginia details the archaeology and excavation of Roanoke Island, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, Virginia. Combining artifacts and written records, Ivor Noel Hume provides an intimate portrait of colonial life. In his new Afterword, Noel Hume discusses the changes that have taken place in the field of historical archaeology since the book was first published thirty years ago. He uncovers both the advantages and the shortcomings of computer technology in archaeology as well as problems caused by the separation of artifact studies from archaeological site interpretation. This first paperback edition will bring back into print a treasury of the archaeological history of Virginia.

Letters from Liselotte: Elizabeth-Charlotte, Princess Palatine and Duchess of Orleans


Maria Kroll - 1970
    Married in 1672, at 19, to Louis XIV's bisexual brother, the Duke of Orleans, Liselotte began her voluminous and fascinating correspondence from the Court of Versailles which she continued until her death 50 years later, making her the greatest chronicler of her day.

To Spit Against the Wind


Benjamin H. Levin - 1970
    A novel depicting the life and times of Thomas Paine, a pivotal member of the creation of the United States.

The Life of Mayakovsky


Wiktor Woroszylski - 1970
    

Social Change and History


Robert A. Nisbet - 1970
    Aspects of the Western Theory of Development

The War Of The Innocents


Charles Bracelen Flood - 1970