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Power and Culture is the last work by America's most influential labor and social historian, the late Herbert Gutman. Edited and introduced by Gutman's colleague Ira Berlin, the book includes original, unpublished essays from throughout Gutman's career and important but unavailable works from journals and periodicals, as well as an extended interview with Gutman and a comprehensive bibliography of his works. ... Read more

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This volume presents the work of two poets linked by the tribute of creative imitation gratefully paid by Vaughan to Herbert.Read side by side, as this one volume collection makes possible, the artists' verse fully reveal their individual powers, even as the complex nature of Vaughan's use of Herbert's imaginative example is thrown into greater relief.The book contains the complete English poetry of Herbert, his prose treatise, The Country Parson, the complete text of Vaughan's Silex Scintillans, including all material in both the 1650 and 1655 editions, plus a selection from Vaughan's early secular poetry.Louis Martz's introduction and commentary help bring the religious controversies of the age into focus, and the text also features chronologies of the lives of the two men, and suggestions for further readings. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The main contributor to this volume is David Louis Miller of the University of Texas at Austin. Both a student of Mead's and an editor and defender of his thought, Miller attempts in his essay and subsequent responses to demonstrate both the overall coherence of Mead's philosophy and the extent to which that philosophy makes (in a social context) room for the concept of individual creativity. Miller thus corrects many false or otherwise superficial interpretations of Mead's social psychology, and of, by implication, contemporary symbolic interactionism. Miller's interpretation of Mead is criticized and amplified by several commentators, including Charles W. Morris, a friend and colleague of Mead's at the University of Chicago. A general introduction and biography are provided by the editor. Co-published with the Center for the Philosophy of Creativity. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A denunciation of Herbert Spencer's political philosophy, especially as it refers to the Irish land question by the originator of the 'single tax' theory. George's explosive plan, to place heavy taxes on unproductive land, was one of many suggestions to relieve Irish Catholics of the worst injustices of the Penal Laws - death by starvation due to the extreme scarcity of arable land permitted to their use. The single tax theory, somewhat modified, was advocated by Americans concerned with the extreme poverty of Irish immigrants in the US. ... Read more

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The only island known to exist in the region in which my uncle was picked up is Noble's Islea small volcanic islet and uninhabited. ... Read more

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Finally ... FINALLY discovering H.G. Wells
Growing up, I put H.G. Wells in the company of Jules Verne who wrote ahead-of-their-time stories that were basically adventure stories. I unfortunately turned up my nose at Wells having never read any of his books other than War of the Worlds.

Flash forward three or four decades and I found a reference to Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau in a much more modern novel, James Hynes' Kings of Infinite Space. (Now there's the kind of book I enjoy ... caustic humor and biting satire.) To make a long story short, I was bored and looking for a little light reading. That's when I remembered the reference to Wells' novel and purchased it for my Kindle.

Even before I had finished The Island of Doctor Moreau I had ventured back online to download two more books by Wells. Despite being written more than a century ago, the book is even more relevant now than when it was first penned. Granted, science has gone much further than Moreau with his transfusions and surgical procedures, but Wells' exploration of the nature of humanity and humanity's relation to its maker is timeless.

I had forgotten what a utopian thinker Wells was in his day and was pleasantly surprised to be reminded of that fact. The only caveat I would suggest is that there are a few unflattering racial and ethnic comments made in the book (but given the world in which the book was written, this is a very small complaint).

awesome
great book, great conversion to kindle and great price!I dont read much but this book seems to have brought me back to books.....in digital form at least

Thought Provoking
Reading The Island of Doctor Moreau for the first time was amazing.I've spent 30 plus years with every book I could find on our own ancient history trying to find out where we came from, and I can't help but wonder if H.G. Wells knew something of that history when he wrote his book.In Zacharia Sitchen's work we have the scientist Enki going off the experiment on the local animals to produce a hybrid between his species and the local ape-like creature to produce modern man.Is it merely a coincident or was Wells mining ancient cellular memories.

While Enki did gene-splicing and worked with his sister, (genesis means beginnings/gene of isis) Moreau had his drunken assistant Montgomery.In the Island, the Moreau predicts that the animals will revert back to animals(mark of the beast he calls it) and they do once they see and taste blood.Is that Wells' commentary on mankind, that we revert to beasts once we taste blood(wars)?I also equated the Mark of the Beast that Wells talked about with Revelation and the dreaded Mark Of The Beast which is thought to be a computer chip to some.Maybe it's just us turning back into the beasts our creators brought us up from.Tasting blood does seem to turn us into beasts.

I think this book should be read with Sitchen's work to see the parallels of how we might have been brought up from beasts by a consciousless creator to satisfy his curiosity and test his skills.How Moreau's assistant felt sympathy for the beasts and wanted to teach and befriend them.Enki was sympathetic to his 'beast creations' and wanted to save them from his brother Enlil.Enlil wanted to destroy the beasts(flood) because they sickened him and the beasts wouldn't follow the Law.

Spoiler-read no further.

I especially liked how when Moreau was killed by one of his beasts, Montgomery told the beasts that Moreau wasn't dead he'd just dropped his form to go up to heaven, and that the law still applied, and their creator would be watching from above.Sounds just like a priest trying to stay in power and keep the beasts, who were in the majority from killing him.

When Pendrick finally gets off the island, he finds he can no longer live with the rest of humanity because he keeps seeing a shadow of the beast in their faces.Absolutely amazing book.Read it and have it haunt you for the rest of your life.

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Excellent book
H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau is a very good book. When I got it the Kindle version was free, so a good deal. I don't like having to pay for public domain books, but I like having them to carry with me. This is very thought provoking and not one you can easily forget. The novel is a sort of commentary on what it is to be human. The science fiction used is a little difficult to suspend disbelief for, what with modern biological knowledge of genetics, but it isn't something that really interferes with the story. A very interesting read, I strongly recommend The Island of Dr. Moreau.

why pay so much?
this is just about a specific edition which sells for three times (!?) what it should. stick with the better editions- like The Island Of Doctor Moreau which are a third of the cost ... Read more

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Necessary reading for anyone interested in Herbert
I've had the privilege of studying George Herbert with Professor Strier at the University of Chicago.I use the word "privilege" because his work on the poet is insightful, accurate, and--to use an adjective not commonly used to describe literary criticism--heartfelt.

In _Love Known_, Strier reads Herbert as espousing a very Lutheran conception of salvation.At the time of its publication (1983), the book broke new ground, marking a departure from the then-prevalent view that Herbert was a sort of Anglo-Catholic.Strier suggests that placing Herbert in a Lutheran/Reformation framework serves to illuminate his poetry in fresh ways.He's right.Strier's reading of Herbert's poetry--always careful, with that immediate resonance with the reader that good criticism always achieves--has profoundly increased my understanding and my appreciation of _The Temple_.In fact, after reading _Love Known_, it's difficult to imagine that the view of Herbert as an Anglo-Catholic could have dominated scholarship at all. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1842Original Publisher: H. WashbourneNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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In this incisive commentary, Mitchell Aboulafia examines the relevance of the American pragmatist philosopher George Herbert Mead to current debates on pluralism, universalism, and the fostering of a democratic temper. Addressing the relationship between Mead's notions of self and society and those of important continental thinkers, "The Cosmopolitan Self" demonstrates that Mead's ideas not only speak to resolving the tension between universalism and pluralism, they do so in a manner that challenges and advances the positions of these continental theoreticians. Aboulafia examines how Mead's insights illuminate Hannah Arendt's reading of Immanual Kant's third Critique and Jurgen Habermas's understanding of the relationship among communicative action, universality, and individuation. Teasing out strands of agreement and disagreement among Mead and these theorists on topics such as impartiality and good judgment, Aboulafia develops a conception of universalism that is compatible with contemporary notions of pluralism.He also addresses the serious challenge presented to Mead's approach to pluralism by Emmanuel Levinas, who holds that true pluralism, presupposing an irreducible individualism, is fundamentally irreconcilable with universalism. ... Read more

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Recommended for philosophy and college library shelves
The Cosmopolitan Self: George Herbert Mead And Continental Philosophy is a thought-provoking commentary by Mitchell Aboulafia (Professor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University) on the pragmatic insights of American philosopher George Herbert Mead. Examining Meads' precepts with regard to pluralism, universalism, and nurturing a temperament and environment where democracy can thrive, The Cosmopolitan Self draws insight by comparing Mead to the assertions of other philosophers in search of the most relevant, accurate, and justifiable conclusions. Extensive notes and an index round out this thoughtful critique, especially recommended for philosophy and college library shelves. ... Read more

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No seventeenth-century poet was more popularly read or imitated than George Herbert, and none represents the lyric implications of the Christian narrative more fully, with the possible exception of Milton.There is therefore a growing perception that George Herbert deserves to be placed more in the mainstream of literary history and that romanticism and modernism are not exclusively post-Milton phenomena.As one of the centers of new historicist interest, The Temple has of late been seated in the context of church controversies, Reformation thought, and the politics of the 1620s.Yet previous studies have been reluctant to widen their focus to locate Herbert within the intellectual movements of the earlier seventeenth century, apart from doctrinal issues and the social idiom that he often uses.Harold Toliver explores the implications for Herbert's lyrics of the Christian narrative-the secular labyrinth and the parables' guiding rope, the conflicts between heart and mind, the agonies of postponement, intervals and abstract totality, the visible church and its calendar, the concept of an ending, and Herbert's adaptation of the sonnet form.To establish Herbert's place among other seventeenth-century writers who make use of the Christian narrative, Toliver provides close readings of several poems and new configurations that reveal the pressure of the narrative whole on lyric moments as well as the bearing of the times on them.Herbert had difficulty salvaging any interest in a university or a secular career once he turned to sacred poetry.He also subordinated all phases of the Bible as a cultural history to the single pattern imposed by the Pauline reduction of the Bible to a single story.As part of Toliver's assessment of Herbert's intellectual landscape and active engagement in alternatives, the treatment polarizes that Pauline method and the Hebrew Bible's anecdotal, political, and social detail. ... Read more