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A.S. Eddington and the Unity of Knowledge: Scientist, Quaker and Philosopher
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944) was a key figure in the development of modern astrophysics, who also made important contributions to the philosophy of science and popular …
The Lives of the Poets
'If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.' In the last of his major writings, …
The Anatomical Memoirs of John Goodsir
Geological Resources of the Trinity River Tributary Area in Oklahoma and Texas
Citizenship, Belonging, and Political Community in Africa
Africa, it is often said, is suffering from a crisis of citizenship. At the heart of the contemporary debates this apparent crisis has provoked lie dynamic relations between the …
Mau Mau Crucible of War
Mau Mau Crucible of War is a study of the social and cultural history of the mentalité of struggle in Kenya, which reached a high water mark during the Mau Mau war of the 1950s, …
Anatomical Memoirs; Volume 1
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original …
Mau Mau and Nationhood
Decades on from independence the role of Mau Mau still excites argument and controversy, not least in Kenya itself. More than fifty years after the declaration of the state of …
Unhappy Valley. Conflict in Kenya and Africa
A considerable revision in the understanding of the history of colonial Kenya and, more widely, colonialism in Africa. In the sister two volumes entitled Unhappy Valley 1 and …
Tales from the Library
"Pulling our cloaks tighter against the encroaching cold, the scholar began to tell us the first of the wondrous tales she had learned from the Library."Tales from the Library is a …
Settlement Systems in Sparsely Populated Regions
Settlement Systems in Sparsely Populated Regions: The United States and Australia provides an understanding of the special difficulties encountered by those living in sparselands …
Argentinian Adventures
Argentina is a fascinating and endlessly varied country. This book accounts of four visits, the first of which was a three-month tour of the north of the country, collecting plants …