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Investing in educated British Columbians: 1995 BC colleges and institutes student outcome report
No full textReportPrepared for the Colleges and Institutes of BC by the BC Outcomes Working Grou
Investing in educated British Columbians: 1995 BC colleges and institutes student outcome report
No full textReportPrepared for the Colleges and Institutes of BC by the BC Outcomes Working Grou
Interview with Betsy Leondar-Wright on Missing class: Strengthening social movement groups by seeing class cultures, by Betsy Leondar-Wright
No full textThe first comprehensive empirical study of US activist class cultures, Missing Class looks at class dynamics in 25 groups that span the gamut of social movement organizations in the United States today, including the labor movement, grassroots community organizing, and groups working on global causes in the anarchist and progressive traditions. Leondar-Wright applies Pierre Bourdieu's theories of cultural capital and habitus to four class trajectories: lifelong working-class and poor; lifelong professional middle class; voluntarily downwardly mobile; and upwardly mobile.Title supplied by cataloger
The History and Literature of the Palestinian Jews from Cyrus to Herod 550 BC to 4 BC
No full textThis book examines Jewish history against the background of the successive kingdoms which controlled Judea. The author discusses the political situation in Judea and the social and economic conditions in so far as we can know then, and the early literary and religious developments.Cover -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- MAPS -- PART ONE The Late Babylonian and Persian Periods -- I Judah circa 550 BC -- The political scene in western Asia -- The internal life of Judah -- The Babylonian exiles -- II From Cyrus to Malachi -- The Persian empire, 559-330 BC -- Conditions in Judah in the late sixth and early fifth centuries -- The rebuilding of the temple -- Prophetic voices -- III The Age of Nehemiah and Ezra -- The last century of Achaemenid Persia -- Troubles in Judah prior to Nehemiah's time -- Nehemiah -- Ezra -- IV The Fourth Century to 330 BC -- General history -- Literary and cultic developments -- The Samaritans: Part I -- PART TWO The Hellenistic Age and the Beginning of Roman Rule -- V The Beginnings of the Hellenistic Age: From Alexander the Great to 200 BC -- The history of the Near East as it relates to Palestine -- The history of Judea from Alexander to 200 BC -- Literary and religious developments -- The Samaritans: Part II -- VI Palestine under the Seleucids, 200-143 BC -- Some aspects of Seleucid history, 223-129 BC -- Judea, 200-143 BC -- VII Judea's Independence, 143/142-63 BC -- Simon, 143-134 BC -- John Hyrcanus, 134-104 BC -- Aristobulus, 104-103 BC -- Alexander Jannaeus (Jannai), 103-76 BC -- Queen Alexandra, 76-67 BC -- Aristobulus II, 67-63 BC -- The consequences of Pompey's intervention -- VIII Judea under the Romans, 63-4 BC -- From 63 BC to the coming of the Parthians -- The Parthian interlude and the emergence of Herod as king -- Herod, king of the Jews, 37-4 BC -- Epilogue -- PART THREE Literature, 200-4 BC -- IX The Scholarly and Pietistic Literary Traditions and Early Scriptural Exposition -- The scholarly tradition -- The pietistic tradition -- Early scriptural exposition (excluding the Dead Sea Scrolls) -- X Apocalyptic and historical writings -- Apocalyptic writings -- Historical writingsXI The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Completion of the Canon -- The Dead Sea Scrolls -- The completion of the canon of Israel's Scriptures -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXThis book examines Jewish history against the background of the successive kingdoms which controlled Judea. The author discusses the political situation in Judea and the social and economic conditions in so far as we can know then, and the early literary and religious developments.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
[Review of the book "Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State", by Tamara Starblanket]
No full textDr. Carling Beninger (Douglas College) reviews the book Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State, by Tamara Starblanket (2018).Peer reviewedFinal article published
Dogwood in front of Wright Hall
No full textDogwoods are quite attractive when the fall color appears. This is in front of Wright Hall, part of the Wright-Heritage complex of boys dorms.https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/college_landscapes/1036/thumbnail.jp
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