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Sadly Troubled History

Author : John C. Weaver
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773576827
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Sadly Troubled History written by John C. Weaver and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More people die by suicide each year than by homicide, wars, and terrorist attacks combined. Witnesses and survivors are left perplexed and troubled. Doctors, clinical psychologists, and social workers try to deal with it through their professional routines; sociologists and psychiatrists attempt to provide theoretical explanations of it. In a study of nearly 7000 suicides from 1900 to 1950 in New Zealand and Queensland, Australia, John Weaver documents the challenges that ordinary people experienced during turbulent times and, using witnesses' testimony, death bed statements, and suicide notes, reconstructs individuals' thoughts as they decide whether to endure their suffering. Bridging social and medical history, Weaver presents an intellectual and political history of suicide studies, a revealing construction and deconstruction of suicide rates, a discussion of gender, life stages, and socio-economic circumstances in relation to suicide patterns, reflections on reasoning processes and intent, and society's reactions to suicide, including medical intervention. A Sadly Troubled History marshals thousands of suicide inquests, replete with observations on the anxieties of unemployment, the heartbreak of romantic disappointment, the pain of domestic turmoil, and the torments of mental illness, to demonstrate that history - although, like biochemistry, sociology, psychology, and psychiatry, reliant on remarkable yet imperfect information - can contribute to a better understanding of the suicidal act and its motives.

Dying to be English

Author : Kelly McGuire
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317323106
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Dying to be English written by Kelly McGuire and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the presentation of suicide within the genre of the eighteenth-century novel. Referencing several key writers of the period, McGuire demonstrates that their work inscribes a nationalist imperative to frame suicide as self-sacrifice.

Heavy Laden

Author : Larry M. Logue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1107133491
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Heavy Laden written by Larry M. Logue and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the severity of the Civil War's psychological aftereffects for veterans of the Union army.

The Divine Commission

Author : Frank Elmer Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Divine Commission written by Frank Elmer Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hard Bargain

Author : David Tucker
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543478530
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Hard Bargain written by David Tucker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hard Bargain describes in vivid detail and elegant prose the clash of wills between a famous father and his hard-driving middle son. Richard Tucker, the American superstar tenor from the golden age of the Metropolitan Opera, demanded that his son become a surgeon. Rejecting his father’s wishes, David wanted to follow his father onto the opera stage. Their struggle over David’s future—by turns hilarious and humiliating, wise and loving—is played out in medical and musical venues around the world. The father and son strike a bargain, the hard bargain of the title, which permitted both dreams to flicker for a decade until one (the right one, it turns out) bursts into sustaining flame. This heartfelt memoir about a son’s struggle against the looming power of a magnetic father is conveyed in a moving narrative that one reviewer has called “the most dramatic exploration of the private life of a legendary singer in the annals of opera literature.”

The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians

Author : Sir Henry Miers Elliot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians written by Sir Henry Miers Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Droits et voix - Rights and Voices

Author : Veronique Strimelle
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 2760319091
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Droits et voix - Rights and Voices written by Veronique Strimelle and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage souligne le 40e anniversaire du Département de criminologie de l’Université d’Ottawa, fondé en 1968. On y relate l’histoire du département de ses origines à nos jours en mettant l’accent sur les débats théoriques qui ont influencé son approche critique et autoréflexive de la criminologie. Les articles qui le composent s’inscrivent dans cet ordre d’idée en mettant en question la perspective traditionnelle de la criminologie sur divers sujets, notamment les études policières, la santé mentale, la violence politique, le suicide et la prévention du crime. Droits et voix souligne le rôle primordial que joue l’Université d’Ottawa dans la redéfinition de la criminologie et la promotion du militantisme, de la justice sociale et de la compassion. -- This volume commemorates the 40th anniversary of the University of Ottawa’s Department of Criminology, founded in 1968. It relates the history of the department from its origins to today, focusing on the theoretical debates that have influenced its critical and self reflexive approach to criminology. The contributions to this volume continue in that vein by questioning the traditional perspective of criminology on a variety of topics including police studies, mental health, political violence, suicide, and crime prevention. Rights and Voices reveals the significant role that the University of Ottawa has played in redefining criminology to advocate activism, social justice, and compassion.

History of Washington

Author : Julian Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book History of Washington written by Julian Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinese Characters, Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification

Author : Léon Wieger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Chinese Characters, Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification by : Léon Wieger

Download or read book Chinese Characters, Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification written by Léon Wieger and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science

Author : Johns Hopkins University
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science written by Johns Hopkins University and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Church Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels

Author : Frederick Douglass
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8026873750
Total Pages : 8403 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels by : Frederick Douglass

Download or read book Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels written by Frederick Douglass and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-02-12 with total page 8403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave The Underground Railroad Up From Slavery Willie Lynch Letter Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Thirty Years a Slave Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Life of Olaudah Equiano Behind The Scenes Harriet: The Moses of Her People Father Henson's Story of His Own Life 50 Years in Chains Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave Story of Mattie J. Jackson A Slave Girl's Story From the Darkness Cometh the Light Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy Narrative of Joanna Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain Novels Oroonoko Uncle Tom's Cabin Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Heroic Slave Slavery's Pleasant Homes Our Nig Clotelle Marrow of Tradition Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man A Fool's Errand Bricks Without Straw Imperium in Imperio The Hindered Hand Historical Documents The History of Abolition of African Slave-Trade History of American Abolitionism Pictures of Slavery in Church and State Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith Who Was Executed for Burglary Report on Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Emancipation Proclamation (1863) Gettysburg Address XIII Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1865) Civil Rights Act of 1866 XIV Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1868) Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868) ...

The Library of American History, Literature and Biography ...

Author : Hamilton Wright Mabie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Library of American History, Literature and Biography ... written by Hamilton Wright Mabie and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A City of Sadness

Author : Berenice Reynaud
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838714146
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book A City of Sadness written by Berenice Reynaud and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Golden Lion in Venice in 1989, A City of Sadness introduced Western audiences to the richness of New Taiwanese Cinema. Its director, Hou Hsiao-hsien is now recognised as one of the most profoundly original auteurs in contemporary cinema. A City of Sadness revisits a painful episode in recent Taiwanese history, creating an elliptical and impressionistic picture of Chiang Kai-shek's takeover of the island after the defeat of his Kuomintang army by Mao Zedong. Taiwan's politics and the suffering of her inhabitants are invoked by Hou in the story of an extended family of four brothers. The first Taiwanese film shot in direct sound, A City of Sadness echoes the forgotten voices of ordinary people facing political repression. Berenice Reynaud deciphers the complex social and historical threads that combine in the film while analysing its aesthetics in the context of Hou's entire career. His journey from being a commercial director to becoming the famed master of long takes and painterly compositions is referred to the history of Taiwanese cinema and the philosophy of forms in Chinese art.

Big Trouble

Author : J. Anthony Lukas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439128103
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Big Trouble written by J. Anthony Lukas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as "toweringly important" (Baltimore Sun), "a work of scrupulous and significant reportage" (E. L. Doctorow), and "an unforgettable historical drama" (Chicago Sun-Times), Big Trouble brings to life the astonishing case that ultimately engaged President Theodore Roosevelt, Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the politics and passions of an entire nation at century's turn. After Idaho's former governor is blown up by a bomb at his garden gate at Christmastime 1905, America's most celebrated detective, Pinkerton James McParland, takes over the investigation. His daringly executed plan to kidnap the radical union leader "Big Bill" Haywood from Colorado to stand trial in Idaho sets the stage for a memorable courtroom confrontation between the flamboyant prosecutor, progressive senator William Borah, and the young defender of the dispossessed, Clarence Darrow. Big Trouble captures the tumultuous first decade of the twentieth century, when capital and labor, particularly in the raw, acquisitive West, were pitted against each other in something close to class war. Lukas paints a vivid portrait of a time and place in which actress Ethel Barrymore, baseball phenom Walter Johnson, and editor William Allen White jostled with railroad magnate E. H. Harriman, socialist Eugene V. Debs, gunslinger Charlie Siringo, and Operative 21, the intrepid Pinkerton agent who infiltrated Darrow's defense team. This is a grand narrative of the United States as it charged, full of hope and trepidation, into the twentieth century.

The Gentleman's Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.

Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900

Author : John C. Weaver
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773525276
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900 written by John C. Weaver and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2003 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critique of the greatest reallocation of resources in the history of the world and an analysis of its effects on indigenous peoples, the growth of property rights, and the evolution of ideas that make up the foundation of the modern world.