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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Writing from These Roots documents the historical development of literacy in a Midwestern American community of Laotian Hmong, a people who came to the United States as refugees from the Vietnam War and whose language had no widely accepted written form until one created by missionary-linguists was adopted in the late twentieth century by Hmong in Laos and, later, the U.S. and other Western nations. As such, the Hmong have often been described as "preliterates," "nonliterates," or members of an "oral culture." Although such terms are problematic, it is nevertheless true that the majority of Hmong did not read or write in any language when they arrived in the U.S. For this reason, the Hmong provide a unique opportunity to study the forces that influence the development of reading and writing abilities in cultures in which writing is not widespread and to do so within the context of the political, economic, religious, military, and migratory upheavals classified broadly as "globalization.".…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Writing from These Roots documents the historical development of literacy in a Midwestern American community of Laotian Hmong, a people who came to the United States as refugees from the Vietnam War and whose language had no widely accepted written form until one created by missionary-linguists was adopted in the late twentieth century by Hmong in Laos and, later, the U.S. and other Western nations. As such, the Hmong have often been described as "preliterates," "nonliterates," or members of an "oral culture." Although such terms are problematic, it is nevertheless true that the majority of Hmong did not read or write in any language when they arrived in the U.S. For this reason, the Hmong provide a unique opportunity to study the forces that influence the development of reading and writing abilities in cultures in which writing is not widespread and to do so within the context of the political, economic, religious, military, and migratory upheavals classified broadly as "globalization.".…

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paperback. Condition: Like New. Reprint. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! Like Brand NEW. No tears, highlighting or writing because it's never been used! May have minor shelf wear. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of essays on crime in literature. INSCRIBED on the title page by the editor, Martin L. Friedland to fellow author Medora Sale (aka Caroline Roe) " To Medora, With Very Best Wishes to a Fellow Crime Writer, Marty Friedland". Faint corner crease to the front cover's bottom edge. Light age toning to the bottom edge of the front cover. In Very Good Condition. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. This is a very clean copy. There are no markings to the text and very minor shelf/handling wear to the cover.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have general light handling wear, including edge rubbing. Contents: Rowland, Melville answers the theologians: the ladder of charity in "The Two Temples." Bishop, Measurement upon measurement: the poetry of Jean-Pierre Burgart's Failles. Hatch, David Hartley: freewill and mystical associations. Adamson, Structure and meaning in Blake's "The Mental Traveller." Ewing, Andrea Palladio, 1518-1580: architect and humanist. Richard, La Nouvelle Revue Française devant l'Allemagne de 1909 à 1914. Durbach, Sacrifice and absurdity in The Wild Duck. Nassar, Illusion as value: an essay on a modern poetic idea. Puetz, Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49: the world is a tristero system. Hamilton, Strindberg's alchemical way of the cross. Duffy, Subject and structure as cosmology in Racine's Phèdre. Levitt, Modern Greek poetry: "Waiting for the Barbarians."; 9.25" tall; 178 pages.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Fine copy in hardcover with near fine jacket. Jacket has some yellowing near the edges.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This is the vivid and partisan account of two tremendous ecclesiastical struggles of the ninth century. One was between opposing patriarchs of Constantinople-the learned Photius (858867, 877886) and the monk Ignatius (847858, 867877)-and gave rise to long periods of schism, intrigue, and scandal in the Greek Orthodox world. The other was between Patriarch Photius and the papacy, which at its low point saw Photius and Nicholas I trade formal condemnations of each other and adversely affected East-West relations for generations afterwards. The author of The Life of Patriarch Ignatius, Nicetas David Paphlagon, was a prolific and versatile writer, but also a fierce conservative in ecclesiastical politics, whose passion and venom show through on every page. As much a frontal attack on Photius as a record of the author's hero Ignatius, The Life of Patriarch Ignatius offers a fascinating, if biased, look into the complex world of the interplay between competing church factions, the imperial powers, and the papacy in the ninth century. This important historical document is here critically edited and translated into English for the first time. The annotations, maps, and indexes help the reader to place the work in context. A window into the complex world of competing church factions, imperial powers, and the papacy, The Life of Patriarch Ignatius is the vivid account of two major ecclesiastical struggles of the ninth century. Critically edited with annotations, maps, and indexes, this important historical document is here translated into English for the first time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.