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More than 9,000 books, dissertations, and articles from 1850 to 1990 are listed in this comprehensive bibliography of the historical geography of North America.The entries are grouped by region and ordered by date of publication, creating an especially useful tool for tracing the development of research on any region, and suggesting avenues for future work.Entries are easily accessed through author, subject, and locality indexes, essays by Michael Conzen and Graeme Wynn survey the development of geographical writing in the United States and Canada. ... Read more

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Cosponsored by the Association for Documentary Editing and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ... Read more

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Breaking Tradition is a fascinating supplement to any language methods course as it analyzes the hotly contested debate between grammar-based approaches to language teaching and more communicative schools of thought. The author's historical framework provides new perspectives on the current debate about approaches to language teaching.The writing style is engaging. ... Read more

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Translated from the Chinese by Li Rongxi.This is abiography of King Asoka, the third ruler of the Mauryan Dynasty inMagadha in Central India during the third century B.C.E.It relateshow King Asoka unified India for the first time, and having beenconverted to Buddhism, sent emissaries throughout the land spreadingthe teachings of Buddhism.[Taisho Tripitaka #2043] [Ch:A-yu-wang-ching] [Jpn: A-iku-o-kyo] ... Read more

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In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure.

Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with the same disability, advocating self-sufficiency and independence on the part of blind people, encouraging education for all blind children, and exploring gender roles for both men and women. Resolutely defying the sense of "otherness" which pervades discourse about the disabled, Husson instead convinces us that that blindness offers a fresh and important perspective on both history and ourselves.

In rescuing this important historical account and recreating the life of an obscure but potent figure, Weygand and Kudlick have awakened a perspective that transcends time and which, ultimately, remaps our inherent ideas of physical sensibility. ... Read more

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Available as part of the five-volume set Key Writings on Subcultures 1535-1727 or as a single volume, this reprint of the 1926 reissue of the eighteenth-century work, A Complete History of the Highwaymen (5th edition), a famous compilation of accounts and confessions drawn from the criminals themselves as they awaited their fate at the gallows. ... Read more

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182 Pages...Spiralbound Binding but Papercover over top....Oversized with Illustrations and Photographs ... Read more

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Translated from the Chinese by Li Rongxi.This work is abouteminent Buddhist monk Xuanzang (600-664 AD) and records his journeyfrom China to India to seek the Dharma and his subsequent achievementsonce he returned to China.[Taisho Tripitaka #2053] [Ch:Ta-t'ang-ta-tz'u-en-ssu-san-ts'ang-fa-shih-ch'uan] [Jpn:Dai-to-dai-ji-on-ji-san-zo-ho-shi-den] ... Read more

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Exploring the Screenplay Writing Process: Implications for Instructional Design and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory" represents a systematic research of the screenwriters' creative processes. The book is based on thorough analysis of the first hand accounts shared by successful Hollywood screenwriters on how they create their stories for the big screen.The author adopted a growing in popularity the Activity Theory as a research framework that allowed the exploration of various angles of the screenwriting practitioners' creative practices: the processes they follow, the mental, emotional, conscious and semi-conscious states they experience, the tools they use, how they interact with the Hollywood community of producers and film directors, and how these interactions influence transformations of their stories and the screenwriters themselves. The dissertation presents two major findings: the first, four main screenwriters' talents and their critical constituents as well as strategies, tactics and tools the screenwriters use to nourish their talents and further refine and master their skills. Another finding is two creative approaches, organic and analytical, the screenwriters use to create their stories, the rituals they follow, and three development phases the story undergoes in its creation cycle. To illustrate how the screenwriters applied their creative approaches, rituals and tools, the book presents detailed accounts of how the screenwriters wrote their screenplays. ... Read more

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Presents and explains the specific application to literacy (reading and writing) of Dual Coding Theory--a general theory of cognition first published by Al Paivio in 1971.Includes a review of the research on educational applications. ... Read more