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Patrolling the Border focuses on a late eighteenth-century conflict
between Creek Indians and Georgians. The conflict was marked by
years of seemingly random theft and violence culminating in open
war along the Oconee River, the contested border between the two
peoples. Joshua S. Haynes argues that the period should be viewed
as the struggle of nonstate indigenous people to develop an
effective method of resisting colonization. Using database and
digital mapping applications, Haynes identifies one such method of
resistance: a pattern of Creek raiding best described as
politically motivated border patrols. Drawing on precontact ideas
and two hundred years of political innovation, border patrols
harnessed a popular spirit of unity to defend Creek country. These
actions, however, sharpened divisions over political leadership
both in Creek country and in the infant United States. In both
polities, people struggled over whether local or central
governments would call the shots. As a state-like institution,
border patrols are the key to understanding seemingly random
violence and its long-term political implications, which would
include, ultimately, Indian removal.
Reluctant Witnesses: Jews and the Christian Imagination is an
analysis of the ancient Christian myth that casts Jews as a
'witness-people', and this myth's presence in contemporary
religious discourse. It treats diverse products of the Christian
imagination, including systematic theology, works of fiction, and
popular writings on biblical prophecy. The book demonstrates that
the witness-people myth, which was first articulated by Augustine
and which determined official attitudes towards Jews in medieval
Christendom, remains a powerful force in the Christian imagination.
Reluctant Witnesses: Jews and the Christian Imagination is an
analysis of the ancient Christian myth that casts Jews as a
'witness-people', and this myth's presence in contemporary
religious discourse. It treats diverse products of the Christian
imagination, including systematic theology, works of fiction, and
popular writings on biblical prophecy. The book demonstrates that
the witness-people myth, which was first articulated by Augustine
and which determined official attitudes towards Jews in medieval
Christendom, remains a powerful force in the Christian imagination.
With India's independence in 1947 and emergence as a fully
self-governing republic in 1950, new awards were created to reward
Indian citizens for bravery and national service. While these new
national awards grew out of the historical heritage of the period
of British rule, they also represented the unique values of the new
republic. This book presents a systematic overview of the official
military, police, and civilian awards of the Republic of India from
1947 though to the present day. In addition to presenting a
detailed catalogue of official awards, this work also surveys the
development of policy on such awards, considers their changing
legal status, and provides a critique of the policies that governed
their creation and bestowal. While focusing on official national
awards, the book also provides information on Indian provincial
awards, on foreign awards given to Indians, and on awards of the
pre-1947 Provisional Government of Free India. While much space is
necessarily devoted to military awards, attention is also given to
civilian awards, to the awards of the police and fire services and
to the other official awards of the Indian Republic. This is the
first book to focus on this important topic and should be of
special interest to those in the defence and other uniformed
services, to national policy makers, to students and collectors of
decorations and medals, and to those with an interest in the social
and political history of India. Members of the general public with
an interest in how such national honours are awarded or with a
curiosity over the meaning of all those bits of coloured silk that
are worn on uniforms, will find this a useful and handy work of
reference.
A cochlear implant is a surgically implanted electronic device that
provides a sense of sound to a person who has a severe or profound
hearing loss. A cochlear implant does not cure deafness or hearing
impairment, but is a prosthetic substitute which directly
stimulates the cochlea. There are over 250,000 users worldwide with
12,000 in the UK. This book is a multidisciplinary guide to
cochlear implantation in children and adults with sensorineural
hearing loss (where the root cause lies in the inner ear or sensory
organ, ie the cochlear and associated organs). Beginning with
discussion on the aetiology of hearing loss and assessment of
cochlear implant candidacy, the next chapter discusses preoperative
cochlear implant imaging. Each of the following sections provides
in depth coverage of different types of cochlear implantation and
their potential outcomes. The final sections examine miscellaneous
topics such as music perception in cochlear implantation, drug
eluting electrodes, cost effectiveness, and reliability reporting.
Authored by internationally recognised, US-based specialists, the
text is further enhanced by clinical and surgical photographs and
illustrations. Key points Multidisciplinary guide to cochlear
implantation in children and adults Covers different types of
cochlear implant and potential outcomes Includes miscellaneous
topics such as music perception, drug eluting electrodes, and
reliability reporting Internationally recognised, US-based author
team
Imaging and Anatomy of the Cochlea; Genetics of Hearing Loss,
Testing, and Relevance to Cochlear Implantation; Candidacy
Evaluation, Medical and Surgical Considerations for Cochlear
Implantation, Expanding Criteria in Children; Surgical Technique
for Cochlear Implantation and Accepted Variations in Children;
Bilateral Cochlear Implantation; Implanting Obstructed and
Malformed Cochleae; Device Programming NRT, NRI, Streamlined
Programming; Cochlear Implants and Music; Rehabilitation and
Educational Considerations in Cochlear Implantation; Outcomes and
Variables Affecting Outcomes in Cochlear Implantation; Language
Development and Cochlear Implantation; New Frontiers in Cochlear
Implantation: electroacoustic, hearing preservation; Revision
Cochlear Implantation in Children; Current and Future Device
Options for Cochlear Implantation
Patrolling the Border focuses on a late eighteenth-century conflict
between Creek Indians and Georgians. The conflict was marked by
years of seemingly random theft and violence culminating in open
war along the Oconee River, the contested border between the two
peoples. Joshua S. Haynes argues that the period should be viewed
as the struggle of nonstate indigenous people to develop an
effective method of resisting colonization. Using database and
digital mapping applications, Haynes identifies one such method of
resistance: a pattern of Creek raiding best described as
politically motivated border patrols. Drawing on precontact ideas
and two hundred years of political innovation, border patrols
harnessed a popular spirit of unity to defend Creek country. These
actions, however, sharpened divisions over political leadership
both in Creek country and in the infant United States. In both
polities, people struggled over whether local or central
governments would call the shots. As a state-like institution,
border patrols are the key to understanding seemingly random
violence and its long-term political implications, which would
include, ultimately, Indian removal.
The Disciples of Christ, known today simply as Christians, had
their origins in the fertile religious climate of
nineteenth-century America. This new sect was formed by members of
diverse congregations throughout the new nation who had become
dissatisfied with the rituals and sectarian concerns that they felt
were distracting men and women from the true message of Christ. The
principal belief of the Disciples as espoused by such leaders Dr.
Abner Jones, Elias Smith and most notably Alexander Campbell, was
in the absolute authority of the Scriptures in their most literal
interpretation. Not surprisingly, their message spread rapidly with
new churches springing up across the United States. This text
provides a detailed history of the evolution of the Disciples of
Christ in the state of Illinois, covering each new church and
ministry founded between the years 1819 and 1914. Chapters include
"Beginnings in Illinois," "The Period of Conquest," "Christian
Education" and more. Genealogists will benefit from over 170 pages
of biographical sketches of notable Disciples. A new index of full
names has been compiled for this edition.
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