Authors:James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton,
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Keywords: american, memory, stuff, tough, public, history, slavery
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-02-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0807859168
ISBN-13: 9780807859162

America’s slave past is being analyzed as never before, yet it remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. memory. In recent years, the culture wars over the way that slavery is remembered and taught have reached a new crescendo. From the argument about the display of the Confederate flag over the state house in Columbia, South Carolina, to the dispute over Thomas Jefferson’s relationship with his slave Sally Hemings and the ongoing debates about reparations, the questions grow ever more urgent and more difficult.Edited by noted historians James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Hor

Authors:James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: america, making, slavery
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-11-01
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 019517903X
ISBN-13: 9780195179033

The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first Africans brought to British colonies in the early seventeenth century to the end of Reconstruction. The authors document the horrors of slavery, particularly in the deep South, and describe the valiant s

Authors:James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: america, making, slavery
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-02-16
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0195304519
ISBN-13: 9780195304510

The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first Africans brought to British colonies in the early seventeenth century to the end of Reconstruction. The authors document the horrors of slavery, particularly in the deep South, and describe the slavesR

Authors:Valerie Horton, Bruce Smith, Valerie Horton, Bruce Sm
Publisher: Alpha Pub House
Keywords: libraries, delivery, physical, materials, moving
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-10-27
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0838910017
ISBN-13: 9780838910016

Picking, packing, delivering, and returning library materials can be very time consuming and expensive; yet, it is one of the most important and least understood functions within a library. Until now, little time has been spent studying, exploring, or writing about the physical delivery of library materials. "Moving Materials" is the guide to contemporary logistics management for libraries. Eleven experts in the field explore every aspect of this multi-million dollar function, so readers will learn: the impact of pricing on delivery services; managing in-house delivery systems; and, the value

Author: Rob Horton
Publisher: Lulu.com
Keywords: consequences
Number of Pages: 261
Published: 2007-11-14
List price: $22.49
ISBN-10: 1847992188
ISBN-13: 9781847992185

Oil - the biggest problem facing the developed world. But no one implements a solution. When a young woman in Vietnam embarks on her first tentative communication with the outside world, she sets off a chain of unanticipated events. Neither she, nor any of her new contacts, can possibly realize where their initially innocent internet chats will lead. The results of their actions will change the world forever and expose them to mortal danger.

Author: Ian Horton
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: physical, professional, social, emotional, counsellors, psychotherapists, needs
Number of Pages: 243
Published: 1998-01-12
List price: $50.95
ISBN-10: 0761952993
ISBN-13: 9780761952992

`This book covers a significant gap in the relatively spare literature on the person of the counsellor... the chapters... are written in an easy and accessible style’ - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling `This book... covers a wide range of topics, including complex matters such as social, cultural, intellectual and personal needs... It is an interesting trot round some very important topics’ - Self & Society In this powerful book, leading counsellors and psychotherapists discuss the emotional, physical, social and professional needs of

Author: Susan Horton
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: asia, growth, economies, studies, routledge, industrialization, women
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1995-12-12
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0415129079
ISBN-13: 9780415129077

Women and Industrialization in Asia examines the common views regarding women in the Asian labor market and how these have been changing with Asian development and industrialization. Drawing on labor force survey data from across the continent, the book analyzes how women’s participation, employment patterns and relative pay have changed over time and in the course of industrialization. It also examines labor market institutions, the progress of women from the light export industries into white collar occupations and how women’s pay has risen relative to men’s in many Asian c