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Holding humans in slavery was not a new concept to indigenous American peoples.In inter-Native American conflict tribes often kept prisoners-of-war, and these captives often replaced slain tribe-members. Africans were enslaved by Native Americans from the colonial period until the United States' Civil War. The interactions between Native American and Africans in the antebellum United States is complex. «The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist» was among the first books which addressed this issue in a critical manner with a special emphasis on the relationship between the Indian nations and the Confederate States. Contents General Situation in the Indian Country, 1830-1860 Indian Territory in Its Relations With Texas and Arkansas The Confederacy in Negotiation With the Indian Tribes The Indian Nations in Alliance With the Confederacy

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The object of this book is explain the relation between the Jews and the nations around them in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. The author addresses problems and challenges of mutual life in mixed communities as well as cultural differences between Jewish community and Christian population. Contents: The Thesis of This Book The Denial of the Problem The Present Phase of the Problem The General Cause of Friction The Special Causes of Friction The Cause of Friction Upon Our Side The Anti-Semite Bolshevism The Position in the World as a Whole The Present Relation Between the English State and the Jews Zionism Our Duty Their Duty Various Theories Habit or Law?

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The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain in three volumes is a study of ancient and medieval art on the Iberian Peninsula written with a goal to provide a clear and fairly complete account of the decorative arts and techniques from the country of Don Quixote. The work is divided in three parts: The first part deals with gold, silver, and jewel work, iron-work, bronzes and arms; The second part deals with furniture, ivories, pottery, and glass; and the final third part deals with Spanish silk, cloths and woolens, embroidery, tapestry and lace, with few additional accounts concerning different forms of artistic expression.

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The American Indian in the Civil War is one of the first historical accounts dealing with the participations of Native American in the American Civil War. Native Americans took active participation in the conflict. 28,693 Native Americans served during the war, mostly in the Confederate military. They participated in battles such as Pea Ridge, Second Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in Federal assaults on Petersburg. Contents The Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn and Its More Immediate Effects Lane's Brigade and the Inception of the Indian The Indian Refugees in Southern Kansas The Organization of the First Indian Expedition The March to Tahlequah and the Retrograde Movement of the «White Auxiliary» General Pike in Controversy With General Hindman Organization of the Arkansas and Red River Superintendency The Retirement of General Pike The Removal of the Refugees to the Sac and Fox Agency Negotiations With Union Indians Indian Territory in 1863, January to June Inclusive Indian Territory in 1863, July to December Inclusive Aspects, Chiefly Military, 1864-1865

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The Philosophy of Nietzsche by H. Mencken offers a comprehensive analysis of the philosopher's life, events that influenced his worldview, ideas, and influence on philosophy. A reader will learn interesting facts about the youth of Nietzsche, his education and first attempts in philosophy, the growth of the idea of a superman. Also, a book gives insights into his relations with women, the church, other philosophers, and government. Special attention is given to his dispute with Wagner and the criticism of his ideas.

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History of the Colonial Virginia is a three volume series dealing with the pre revolutionary Virginia. This series provides one of the best historical reviews of British rule in the New World and the life of colonial aristocracy. Contents Patrician and Plebeian The Aristocracy The Middle Class Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 The Founding of Virginia The Establishment of Representative Government The Expulsion of Sir John Harvey Governor Berkeley and the Commonwealth The Causes of Bacon's Rebellion Bacon's Rebellion The Period of Confusion The Critical Period The Planters of Colonial Virginia England in the New World The Indian Weed The Virginia Yeomanry Freemen and Freedmen The Restoration Period The Yeoman in Virginia History World Trade Beneath the Black Tide

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The Standard Prayer Book commonly known as Singer's Siddur is an English translation of the Hebrew siddur created by Rabbi Simeon Singer. A siddur is term for a Jewish prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers. The word siddur comes from the Hebrew and means 'order'. Singer provides an authorized version of the liturgy capable of standardizing and stabilizing the synagogue service and helping to create an «established» Judaism. The author's goal was to unite precision and literalness regarding English language and the simplicity of expression suiting the religious prayer. Singer's Siddur has gone through many editions, and is still used in many synagogues and homes.

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This edition includes «Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains» and «Chief of Scouts», two autobiographical sketches of Captain William F. Drannan, Scouts Chief in which he describes his days in the Far West. The author has narrated in his own plain, blunt way, the incidents of his life. However, later researches and accounts have labeled Drannan as more of a great pretender than a fearless scout. Although the authenticity of these books are questionable they nevertheless represent classics of frontier literature.

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The object of this book is not to recount once more the history of the Revolution: that can be followed in any one of a hundred text-books. Its object is rather to lay, if that be possible, an explanation of it before the non-French readers; so that they may understand both what it was and how it proceeded, and also why certain problems hitherto unfamiliar to people outside of France have risen out of it. Contents: The Political Theory of the Revolution Rousseau The Characters of the Revolution The Phases of the Revolution The Military Aspect of the Revolution The Revolution and the Catholic Church

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The Book of the Kuzari is one of the most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet Judah Halevi. It is regarded as one the most important apologetic works of Jewish philosophy. The Kuzari takes place during a conversion of some Khazar nobility to Judaism. Divided into five parts it takes the form of a dialogue between a rabbi and a pagan. The pagan is then mythologized as the king of the Khazars who has invited the rabbi to instruct him in the tenets of Judaism. The Kuzari's emphasis is on the uniqueness of the Jewish people. The ideas and style of the work played an important role in debates within the Haskalah or Jewish Enlightenment movement.

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