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Porous Borders
Multiracial Migrations and the Law in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Julian Lim

With the railroad’s arrival in the late 19th century, immigrants of all colors rushed to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, transforming the ...




An Early History of Compassion
Emotion and Imagination in Hellenistic Judaism
Françoise Mirguet

In this book, Françoise Mirguet traces the appropriation and reinterpretation of pity by Greek-speaking Jewish communities of Late Antiquity ...


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Full Breach
A Suspense Novel
N. Lawrence Mann

Three years removed from a picturesque life, songwriter Brennen Reynold’s addiction is reaching a bizarre nadir, complete with severe ...


Cover of Guide to Modeling and Simulation of Systems of Systems, Second Edition


Guide to Modeling and Simulation of Systems of Systems
Bernard P. Zeigler

This easy-to-follow textbook provides an exercise-driven guide to the use of the Discrete Event Systems Specification (DEVS) simulation modeling ...


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Overview
Stories in the Stratosphere
Edited by Michael G. Bennett, Joey Eschrich, Ed Finn

This collection of science fiction stories, art, and speculative timelines explores the near future of the stratosphere. From "Star Trek" and " ...




Theravāda Buddhist Encounters with Modernity
Edited by Juliane Schober, Steven Collins

Although recent scholarship has shown that the term "Theravāda" in the familiar modern sense is a nineteenth- and twentieth-century construct, it ...


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Ornamental Nationalism
Archaeology and Antiquities in Mexico, 1876-1911
Seonaid Valiant

In "Ornamental Nationalism: Archaeology and Antiquities in Mexico, 1876-1911," Seonaid Valiant examines the Porfirian government’s reworking of ...


Cover of Invisible Hosts by Elizabeth Schleber Lowry


Invisible Hosts
Performing the Nineteenth-Century Spirit Medium's Autobiography
Elizabeth Schleber Lowry

This book provides a rhetorical analysis of female spirit mediums’ autobiographies in the historical and social contexts of Victorian-era America ...

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