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This volume features differing views of past, present, and possible future roles for Aboriginal people in the Canadian political and electoral system. The studies address the issues facing Aboriginal people and the efforts to increase their involvement in the federal electoral system.Robert Milen examines the development of Aboriginal political consciousness since the 1970s, with attention to recent constitutional and electoral initiatives and...

In der Abhandlung zur 'Grundlage des Naturrechts' (1796) entwickelt Fichte den Gedanken, daß die rechtlichen Verhältnisse in Gesellschaft und Staat die Freiheit des Einzelnen nicht mindern, sondern überhaupt erst begründen. Die Bedeutung des Rechts liegt für ihn nicht nur darin, Regeln für die Lösung von Streitfällen vorzugeben, in der Anerkennung der Rechte des anderen sieht er den Akt, durch den sich das Ich als frei erfährt und Selbstbewußt...

Meister Michel prüft nochmals den Knoten, steigt hinunter, zieht die Leiter unter Uelis Füssen weg und fragt die Herren vom Rat, die die Exekution in ihren schwarzen Mäntelchen und Baretthüten begutachten: "Han i rächt grichtet?

In all of history there is probably no other man who so dominated his times, so influenced its people and was so beloved by all as St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Deciding to renounce the world and enter religion, he chose the newly founded Cistercians, the strictest of monastic orders, bringing with him 29 other men and thus beginning the meteoric growth of that order, which 40 years later, upon St. Bernard's death, numbered 160 houses all over Eur...

This collection of essays is published as a tribute to the eminent Canadian scholar, J. Wreford Watson. The studies focus on subjects which formed the basis of his life's work -- the changing character of Canadian landscape and society, and the urbanization of that society, including aspects of its historical evolution, its present spacial forms and current social issues. This is a book about people and places. It is broadly concerned with "wh...

Lukacs explores problems of consciousness and organization, drawing on Luxemburg and Lenin. "When the proletariat proclaims the dissolution of the existing social order, " Marx declares, "it does no more than disclose the secret of its own existence, for it is the effective dissolution of that order." ..theory is essentially the intellectual expression of the revolutionary process itself. In it every stage of the process becomes fixed so that ...

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The design of hydraulic machinery in general and of centrifugal pumps in particular has been essentially empirical. This text attempts to establish a rational step-by-step design procedure including the geometrical aspects of the design, to assist the designer in making appropriate design choices.

A Taste of Acadie is a culinary tour of Acadia, from the Gaspe Peninsula to Cape Breton, from the northern tip of Prince Edward Island to the Magdalen Islands. It features more than 150 traditional recipes from an indigenous cuisine, born of necessity and created from what was naturally available. Michiel Oudemans has decorated this ever-popular translation of the best-selling Cuisine traditionelle en Acadie with evocative woodcuts.

The Treatise on the Passover dates from around 245. Its central insight is that the passover is not a figure or type of the passion of Christ, but a figure of Christ himself, of Christ's passing over to the Father. The Dialogue with Heraclides probably comes from between the years 244 and 249. It seems to be the record of a synod-like meeting of bishops, in the presence of lay people, called to discuss matters of belief and worship. Both piece...

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This book takes another look at politics and popular culture. The author has tried to explain the politics of popular culture as part of historical and cultural processes, helping the reader understand not only how popular culture has affected our politics, but also where it is taking us.

The prophetic message awakens the people of God and calls them back from their perverse ways. But the history of the investigation of prophecy shows that the understanding of these messages has changed profoundly over time. Claus Westermann provides indications of the astonishing differences in the conceptions of prophecy in the history of its interpretation.

This social history of one remote corner of Spain's colonial American empire uses marriage as a window into intimate social relations. It examines the conquest of America and its impact on a group of indigenous peoples, the Pueblo Indians, seen in large part from their point of view.

Published for the first time as Chopin intended, this is a collection of her most innovative stories, including "The Story of an Hour, " "An Egyptian Cigarette, " and "The Kiss."For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1, 700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines....

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue... Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451, Christopher Columbus dreamed of going to sea. He knew the earth was round, and planned a voyage west into the unknown waters of the Atlantic to reach the Indies. But it wasn't until he was 41 years old that Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain gave him the funds, the three ships, and the men to make a voyage. Even though Columbus never reached the Indies, he made a...

Everyone wonders what goes on down a manhole. This book explores the mysteries beneath New York City's streets, telling the story of hidden pipes and cables and how they are kept in order. It might be called a Sidewalk Superintendent's Guide, but it is much more than that. It is a vivid account of a city in action. The author received the generous cooperation of the engineering personnel of the public utilities and the municipal departments of...

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A complete facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line. The introduction gives the historical background to the technical details and statistical information outlined in the text.