The South African Anti-Apartheid Movement's Perceptions of Zionism
Examining the evolution of South African activists' attitude toward the state of Israel In recent decades, scholars and activists have increasingly drawn on the language of apartheid to describe the sociopolitical situation in Israel and Palestine. In South Africa today, Israel is notorious for its collaboration with the former white minority ......
The South African Anti-Apartheid Movement's Perceptions of Zionism
Examining the evolution of South African activists' attitude toward the state of Israel In recent decades, scholars and activists have increasingly drawn on the language of apartheid to describe the sociopolitical situation in Israel and Palestine. In South Africa today, Israel is notorious for its collaboration with the former white minority ......
The Hudson Valley Loyalists and the Violence of Revolution
A groundbreaking look at the chaos and carnage of the American Revolution at the local level In many respects, the American Revolution was a civil war, pitting Americans loyal to the Crown against other Americans loyal to the vision of a new nation they sought to create. Neighbor fought against neighbor, brother against brother, father against ......
The Hudson Valley Loyalists and the Violence of Revolution
A groundbreaking look at the chaos and carnage of the American Revolution at the local level In many respects, the American Revolution was a civil war, pitting Americans loyal to the Crown against other Americans loyal to the vision of a new nation they sought to create. Neighbor fought against neighbor, brother against brother, father against ......
The Material and Spiritual History of a Buddhist Relic Tradition
The first historical study of the medicinal mani pill and its profound spiritual significance in Tibetan religion and culture The ma?i pill is one of the most popular relic traditions in Tibetan Buddhism. Treasured around the globe, ma?i pills are small edible pellets formed from mixing the powdered bodily remains of buddhas and bodhisattvas ......
The Material and Spiritual History of a Buddhist Relic Tradition
The first historical study of the medicinal mani pill and its profound spiritual significance in Tibetan religion and culture The ma?i pill is one of the most popular relic traditions in Tibetan Buddhism. Treasured around the globe, ma?i pills are small edible pellets formed from mixing the powdered bodily remains of buddhas and bodhisattvas ......
The Progressive Era Activism of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett
The first biography of one of Virginia's greatest social reformers When Dr. Kate Waller Barrett died in 1925, the governor of Virginia ordered flags to be flown at half-staff, the first time in its four-century history that the commonwealth paid such a tribute to a woman. This is the first biography of Barrett, the ardent and remarkably ......
The Progressive Era Activism of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett
The first biography of one of Virginia's greatest social reformers When Dr. Kate Waller Barrett died in 1925, the governor of Virginia ordered flags to be flown at half-staff, the first time in its four-century history that the commonwealth paid such a tribute to a woman. This is the first biography of Barrett, the ardent and remarkably ......
The fascinating and innovative horticultural world of the Sage of Monticello Contemplating the conclusion of his public life in 1809, Thomas Jefferson observed, "I retire to my family, my books and farms. . . . Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight." Drawing on a deep understanding of ......
