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Witch Craze
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Author : Lyndal Roper
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Witch Craze written by Lyndal Roper and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
A powerful account of witches, crones, and the societies that make them From the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust, the witch has been a powerful figure of the Western imagination. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries thousands of women confessed to being witches--of making pacts with the Devil, causing babies to sicken, and killing animals and crops--and were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches during this period and beyond. Drawing on hundreds of original trial transcripts and other rare sources in four areas of Southern Germany, where most of the witches were executed, Lyndal Roper paints a vivid picture of their lives, families, and tribulations. She also explores the psychology of witch-hunting, explaining why it was mostly older women that were the victims of witch crazes, why they confessed to crimes, and how the depiction of witches in art and literature has influenced the characterization of elderly women in our own culture.
Boomtown Craze
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Author : M. Pax
language : en
Publisher: M. Pax
Release Date : 2015-01-21
Boomtown Craze written by M. Pax and has been published by M. Pax this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-21 with Fiction categories.
In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the third book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure. To realize his dream, to build Pardeep Station into a top world, a destination all Backworlders want to come to, Craze makes the best use of a weapon left behind by the Foreworlders. The dastardly technology helps him to forge advantageous trades, which improves his situation on the dusty moon. Only days away from the grand opening of his shiny new tavern, the starway opens, bringing in a loony Backworlder intent on mucking up Craze’s carefully laid plans. Gaunt and trembling, she claims her spaceship is possessed. She also has a connection to the underworld that shakes loose the dark past of one of Craze’s closest friends. It all threatens to end his prosperity before it begins. Meanwhile off world, Captain Talos works desperately to outwit the mercenary Jixes and lure them away from Pardeep Station’s budding prospects. With all the trading done on Pardeep’s behalf, the mind-control weapon Talos is using wears thin, and his next move may be his last. Will it end in boom or dust?
The Spanish Craze
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Author : Richard L. Kagan
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2019-03-01
The Spanish Craze written by Richard L. Kagan and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-01 with History categories.
The Spanish Craze is the compelling story of the centuries-long U.S. fascination with the history, literature, art, culture, and architecture of Spain. Richard L. Kagan offers a stunningly revisionist understanding of the origins of hispanidad in America, tracing its origins from the early republic to the New Deal. As Spanish power and influence waned in the Atlantic World by the eighteenth century, her rivals created the “Black Legend,” which promoted an image of Spain as a dead and lost civilization rife with innate cruelty and cultural and religious backwardness. The Black Legend and its ambivalences influenced Americans throughout the nineteenth century, reaching a high pitch in the Spanish-American War of 1898. However, the Black Legend retreated soon thereafter, and Spanish culture and heritage became attractive to Americans for its perceived authenticity and antimodernism. Although the Spanish craze infected regions where the Spanish New World presence was most felt—California, the American Southwest, Texas, and Florida—there were also early, quite serious flare-ups of the craze in Chicago, New York, and New England. Kagan revisits early interest in Hispanism among elites such as the Boston book dealer Obadiah Rich, a specialist in the early history of the Americas, and the writers Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He also considers later enthusiasts such as Angeleno Charles Lummis and the many writers, artists, and architects of the modern Spanish Colonial Revival in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Spain’s political and cultural elites understood that the promotion of Spanish culture in the United States and the Western Hemisphere in general would help overcome imperial defeats while uniting Spaniards and those of Spanish descent into a singular raza whose shared characteristics and interests transcended national boundaries. With elegant prose and verve, The Spanish Craze spans centuries and provides a captivating glimpse into distinct facets of Hispanism in monuments, buildings, and private homes; the visual, performing, and cinematic arts; and the literature, travel journals, and letters of its enthusiasts in the United States.
Space Craze
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Author : Margaret A. Weitekamp
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2022-10-18
Space Craze written by Margaret A. Weitekamp and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-18 with Science categories.
A space historian's tour through astounding spaceflight history and the Smithsonian's collection of space and science fiction memorabilia Spanning from the 1929 debut of the futuristic Buck Rogers to present-day privatization of spaceflight, Space Craze celebrates America's endless enthusiasm for space exploration. Author Margaret Weitekamp, curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, writes with warmth and personal experience to guide readers through extraordinary spaceflight history while highlighting objects from the Smithsonian's spaceflight collection. Featuring historical milestones in space exploration, films and TV shows, literature and comic strips, toys and games, and internet communities, Space Craze is a sci-fi lover's dream. The book investigates how spaceflight, both real and imagined, has served as the nexus where contemporary American concerns, such as race, gender, sexuality, freedom, and national identity, have been explored and redefined. Chronological chapters include: Chapter 1: Buck Rogers, Ray Guns, and the Space Frontier Chapter 2: Space Forts, Television, and the Cold War Mindset Chapter 3: John Glenn, the Apollo Program, and Fluctuating Spaceflight Enthusiasm Chapter 4: Star Trek, Star Wars, and Burgeoning Fandoms Chapter 5: Generation X, the Space Shuttle, and Promoting Education Chapter 6: Space Stations, Spaceflight Enthusiasm, and Online Fandom Chapter 7: Streaming Services, Battling Billionaires, and Accelerated Change From the almost 650 million viewers who tuned in to watch the first steps on the Moon, to the ardent Star Trek fandom that burgeoned into a cultural force, Space Craze taps into the country’s enduring love affair with space.
The Indian Craze
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Author : Elizabeth Hutchinson
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2009-03-23
The Indian Craze written by Elizabeth Hutchinson and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-23 with Art categories.
In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls could be purchased from department stores, “Indian stores,” dealers, and the U.S. government’s Indian schools. Men and women across the United States indulged in a widespread passion for collecting Native American art, which they displayed in domestic nooks called “Indian corners.” Elizabeth Hutchinson identifies this collecting as part of a larger “Indian craze” and links it to other activities such as the inclusion of Native American artifacts in art exhibitions sponsored by museums, arts and crafts societies, and World’s Fairs, and the use of indigenous handicrafts as models for non-Native artists exploring formal abstraction and emerging notions of artistic subjectivity. She argues that the Indian craze convinced policymakers that art was an aspect of “traditional” Native culture worth preserving, an attitude that continues to influence popular attitudes and federal legislation. Illustrating her argument with images culled from late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century publications, Hutchinson revises the standard history of the mainstream interest in Native American material culture as “art.” While many locate the development of this cross-cultural interest in the Southwest after the First World War, Hutchinson reveals that it began earlier and spread across the nation from west to east and from reservation to metropolis. She demonstrates that artists, teachers, and critics associated with the development of American modernism, including Arthur Wesley Dow and Gertrude Käsebier, were inspired by Native art. Native artists were also able to achieve some recognition as modern artists, as Hutchinson shows through her discussion of the Winnebago painter and educator Angel DeCora. By taking a transcultural approach, Hutchinson transforms our understanding of the role of Native Americans in modernist culture.
Milk Craze
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Author : Veronica S. W. Mak
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-02-28
Milk Craze written by Veronica S. W. Mak and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-28 with Social Science categories.
Why do the Chinese, who are mostly lactase non-persistent, suddenly thirst for milk today? Whether it is formula milk, fresh cow milk, or tea with condensed milk, the rocketing milk consumption and production in China are of increasing global food safety, health, and environmental concerns. Milk Craze examines and compares developments in China's dairy industry and dietary dairy consumption, cross-nationally and globally, and more specifically in two localities: Shunde and Hong Kong. Through an innovative analysis of medical texts and social media, as well as careful ethnographic studies, Veronica Mak ponders why the surge in demand for Western cow milk coincides with the plunge in sales of indigenous water-buffalo milk and cheese. She reveals the multiple ways in which global industries and Chinese dairy conglomerates sabotage and destroy local dairy farms. She shows that the rise of milk consumption is not just about the globalization of cow milk production and Westernization of the Chinese diet, but also due to the crossovers between the traditional Chinese diet and medicine and modern global diets. She uses these reference points to explore the multiple meanings of dairy foods in China, such as the class and cultural attributes associated with British “milk tea” and flavored yogurt products, water buffalo curds and cheese, and the lower class associations of labor in the water-buffalo dairying industries, and then discusses these developments in China through colonial and modern global perspectives. Milk Craze argues powerfully that the Westernization or dramatic change of diet in China too often obscures structural, educational, occupational, and social stresses and constraints, while naturalizing the dubious redefinition of health, cognitive performance, and ideal body shape as individual responsibility and imperative.
The Dan Brown Craze
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Author : Aiping Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-11
The Dan Brown Craze written by Aiping Zhang and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-11 with categories.
Since the Chinese translation of The Da Vinci Code was released in China in 2004, the “Dan Brown Craze” has swept across the country. All of Brown’s novels have subsequently been translated into Chinese and sold millions of copies. No living foreign writer has generated so much media coverage and scholarship in China within such a short period of time; not even Toni Morrison or J.K. Rowling. Brown’s rendering of dichotomies, such as science and religion, humanity and divinity, good and evil, and liberty and privacy, resonates well with his Chinese readers because they feel that these issues are no longer irrelevant to them. They see an urgent need for a revision, if not an entire redefinition, of their existing beliefs and values. This book examines the plot, characterization, themes, setting, codes, knowledge, institutions, and techniques in his novels, and delivers a careful textual analysis, a selective dissemination of relevant information on different subjects, and a perceptive comparison between Brown and other Chinese and Western writers. As such, it shows how his thrillers have been appreciated and studied in China, and what kinds of discoveries, challenges, controversies, and insights have surfaced in the Chinese appreciation of Brown’s novels. Furthermore, the book explores why the “Dan Brown Craze” has lasted this long and exerted a broad and far-reaching impact upon the reading, writing, studying, translating, publishing, and marketing of fiction in China.
Tresses And Transformations Unveiling The Wig Craze
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Author : Cassandra Fenyk
language : en
Publisher: Fenyk Enterprises LLC
Release Date : 2023-05-15
Tresses And Transformations Unveiling The Wig Craze written by Cassandra Fenyk and has been published by Fenyk Enterprises LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Discover the enchanting world of wigs and embark on a transformative journey with "Tresses and Transformations: Unveiling the Wig Craze." This comprehensive guidebook is your ultimate resource for buying, wearing, and caring for wigs. Whether you're a beginner seeking advice or an experienced wig enthusiast looking for new inspiration, this book has you covered. Dive into the fascinating history of wigs, explore different types and styles, master the art of wig care and maintenance, and uncover the empowering potential of wearing wigs. With practical tips, step-by-step instructions, and a wealth of information, "Tresses and Transformations" will equip you to navigate the wig craze with confidence and creativity. This book may contain affiliate links. Using these links does not impact the amount that you are charged, but it does allow me to continue to create and offer amazing content and programs. Thank you for your support.
Mad Craze Middle School The Case Of The Crumpled Balls
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Author : V. L. Nabors
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010-07-20
Mad Craze Middle School The Case Of The Crumpled Balls written by V. L. Nabors and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-20 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Three days remain before 12 yr. old Cuban Linn's 2-week holiday break and he couldn't be more excited. First, he'll hang out at the mall with the most popular girl at his school and other friends. Then, he'll play in his school's division championship basketball game. Finally Cuban and his cousin/best friend Jaria will celebrate their 13th birthday with a huge party. Unfortunately, Cuban has unknowingly stumbled into the middle of a crime at his school. He is now the prime suspect and could lose everything, including his freedom. Join Cuban and Jaria as they set out to clear his name. Will they find the perpetrator in time? It's middle school fun, craziness, and suspense for readers 9 through 15 years of age.
Beautiful Sun Boy Craze
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Author : M. Rose Barnett
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008
Beautiful Sun Boy Craze written by M. Rose Barnett and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.