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    The word Minnesota was the Dakota name for that considerable tributary of the Mississippi which, issuing from Big Stone Lake, flows southeastward to Mankato, turns there at a right angle, and runs on to Fort Snelling, where it empties into the great river. It is a compound of “mini,” water, and “sota,” gray-blue or sky-colored. The name was given to the territory as established by act of Congress ... Read more

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  • Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Dom. 1757

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    William Watts's "Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Dom. 1757" is a critical primary source that chronicles the tumultuous period leading up to the Battle of Plassey. Written in an engaging narrative style, Watts artfully intertwines personal observations with broader historical events, providing readers with an immersive account of colonial power struggles in India. As a participant in ... Read more

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  • The Fries Rebellion 1798-99; An Armed Resistance to the House Tax Law, Passed by Congress, July 9, 1798,

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    Uncover the dramatic and turbulent history of early American resistance with William Watts Hart Davis's The Fries Rebellion 1798-99: An Armed Resistance to the House Tax Law, Passed by Congress, July 9, 1798, in Bucks and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania. This meticulously researched work delves into one of the lesser-known but significant uprisings in American history, offering a comprehensive ... Read more

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    William Watts' "Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Dom. 1757" offers a meticulously detailed account of a pivotal moment in colonial history. Through a candid narrative steeped in personal observation and firsthand experience, Watts provides an intimate portrayal of the social, political, and military upheavals during the tumultuous period leading up to the Battle of Plassey. His literary ... Read more

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  • A Durkheimian Quest

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    Durkheim, in his very role as a ‘founding father’ of a new social science, sociology, has become like a figure in an old religious painting, enshrouded in myth and encrusted in layers of thick, impenetrable varnish. This book undertakes detailed, up-to-date investigations of Durkheim’s work in an effort to restore its freshness and reveal it as originally created. These investigations explore his ... Read more

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  • Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the Arts

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    Using a broad definition of the Durkheimian tradition, this book offers the first systematic attempt to explore the Durkheimians’ engagement with art. It focuses on both Durkheim and his contemporaries as well as later thinkers influenced by his work. The first five chapters consider Durkheim’s own exploration of art; the remaining six look at other Durkheimian thinkers, including Marcel Mauss, ... Read more

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    Raising the Roof addresses one of the key issues of our era – the UK’s housing crisis. Housing costs in the United Kingdom are among the highest on the planet, with London virtually the most expensive major city in the world for renting or buying a home. At the core of this is one of the most centralised planning systems in the democratic world – a system that plainly doesn’t work. A system that ... Read more

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  • Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries

    Myths are commonly associated with illusions or with deceptive, dangerous discourse, and are often perceived as largely the domain of premodern societies. But even in our post-industrial, technologically driven world, myths – Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific – are in fact powerful, pervasive forces.In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gérard Bouchard ... Read more

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