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Mary In Our Life: An Atlas of the Names and Titles of Mary, The
Mother of Jesus, and Their Place in Marian Devotion presents the
1,969 names, titles, and appellations used to identify the Blessed
Virgin Mary over the centuries in terms of their history and
related events. Within these titles and their history can be seen
the official and private attitudes and prejudices of the times;
government pressures, conflicts, and interdictions; internal
problems within the Catholic Church; and startling examples of
dedication, devotion, and piety. Taken together, Marian titles are
a real-life story of the Catholic faith.
"Atlas of the Indian Tribes of the Continental United States and
the Clash of Cultures"
The Atlas identifies of the Native American tribes of the United
States and chronicles the conflict of cultures and Indians' fight
for self-preservation in a changing and demanding new word. The
Atlas is a compact resource on the identity, location, and history
of each of the Native American tribes that have inhabited the land
that we now call the continental United States and answers the
three basic questions of who, where, and when. Regretfully, the
information on too many tribes is extremely limited. For some,
there is little more than a name.
The history of the American Indian is presented in the context of
America's history-its westward expansion, official government
policy and public attitudes. By seeing something of who we were, we
are better prepared to define who we need to be.
The Atlas will be a convenient resource for the casual reader, the
researcher, and the teacher and the student alike. A unique feature
of this book is a master list of the varied names by which the
tribes have been known throughout history.
The author presents a series of thirty-seven events that have had a
profound impact on the course of American history by giving the
country, its people, and its government new meaning and new
direction. They not only changed lives but they literally
transformed the nation. And while they held promises for the
future, they held warnings as well.
The book examines the background, the origin, and the legacy of
the events and the lives of the leading figures and the times that
engulfed them. The book gives the reader a basis by which to better
understand and appreciate America's national heritage and the short
and the long-range consequences of events and executive decisions.
These events not only shaped the country's history but continue to
have impact on its future as well.
Slavery came to North America via Virginia in the early 1600s. It
would be two hundred and sixty-five years before the practice would
finally come to an end. It would take another one hundred years
before the basic civil rights of those former slaves and their
descendants were fully established in law. During that time and
thereafter, it would be a matter of attitude and acceptance by the
white race. Of the years, there were a number of pivotal events
that shaped the issues and the responses to slavery and civil
rights. The Atlas presents a number of these events in an attempt
to tell part of the history of the march for equality in America.
It also includes brief biographical sketches of the lives of many
of the leading figures that led the fight. This work deals with
black Americans or blacks, a term that has become synonymous with
the Negro race itself; their struggle out of slavery; and their
quest for acceptance and equal rights under the law. The effects of
slavery were all pervasive. the struggle for equal rights, it is
difficult if not impossible to understand the America of our
history and to reach beyond where we are today to arrive at where
we need to be.
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