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OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES THE GHOST IN THE MILL. THE SULLIVAN LOOKING-GLASS THE MINISTER'S HOUSEKEEPER THE WIDOW'S BANDBOX. CAPTAIN KIDD'S MONEY. "MIS' ELDERKIN'S PITCHER." THE GHOST IN THE CAP'N BROWN HOUSE. COLONEL EPH'S SHOE-BUCKLES. THE BULL-FIGHT. HOW TO FIGHT THE DEVIL LAUGHIN' IN MEETIN' TOM...

Positive shifts in attitudes mean that emphasis is now being placed on the person with dementia and their personal relationships, rather than the illness. There is also growing recognition of the significance of a person's spiritual life in forming an essential basis for their sense of identity, and...

Originally published in pamphlet form, Martineau created a series which intended to teach readers the principles of political economy by means of fictional illustrative stories set in a variety of social communities. This particular volume contains the tale “For Each and For All,” about the new wife...

This volume brings together some of the biggest names in the field of sociology to celebrate the work of Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor and founder of the department of sociology at Harvard University. Sorokin, a past president of the American Sociological Association, was a pioneer in many fields...

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A reconstruction of the life and times of Salar Jung, the Regent of Mahbub Ali Pasha and the Dewan of Hyderabad for thirty years. Based on the Salar Jungs correspondence, the book explores the richly layered and developing relations between the British and the Hyderabadi cultures, the misunderstandings,...

Mary Scudder and her mother live a modest life in a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Their boarder is a famous Calvinist theologian who preaches against slavery. Torn between her Calvinist upbringing and her love for the skeptic James Marvyn, Mary is forced to make a decision about her future when Marvyn is reportedly lost at sea.

Published in 1868, this collection of biographical narratives of "Leading Patriots of the Day" includes chapters on Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Sumner, Salmon P. Chase, Horace Greeley, Frederick Douglass, and William Tecumseh Sherman, among others.

One of Stowe’s society novels, this delightful story follows the title character’s journey towards love and marriage. Having fallen for his future wife at the age of six, Harry lovingly relates how his child-wife became his shadow wife, and finally, his real wife.

The first of Stowe’s society novels, this amusing tale tells the story of a spoiled, gold-digging belle named Lillie Ellis and the upstanding but unfortunate man who is duped into marrying her. A delightful book that also provides insight into the institution of marriage in the nineteenth century, Pink and White Tyranny is an entertaining work by this iconic American writer.

This book explores higher education, social class and social mobility from the point of view of those most intimately involved: the undergraduate students. It is based on a project which followed a cohort of young undergraduate students at Bristol's two universities in the UK through from their first...