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  | | Recent Themes on Historians and the Public (Historians in Conversation: Recent Themes in Understanding the Past) by Donald A. Yerxa, Louis A. Ferleger Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-834-1, ISBN: 1-57003-834-1 "This title presents original discussions on the public role of history and historians from a pantheon of notable experts. "Recent Themes on Historians and the Public" represents some of the best recent writing on the public role of historians. These articles and interviews from "Historically Speaking" examine the relationship between historians and their audiences. Award-winning 'popular historian' Adam Hochschild begins by discussing t ..." |
 | | Recent Themes in World History and the History of the West (Historians in Conversation: Recent Themes in Understanding the Past) by Donald A. Yerxa, Louis A. Ferleger Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-831-0, ISBN: 1-57003-831-7 "Described as "the New York Review of Books for history," Historically Speaking has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse from both inside and outside academia. Recent Themes in World History and the History of the West represents some of the best writing on Western civilization and world history in the p ..." |
 | | Recent Themes in the History of Africa and the Atlantic World Historians in Conversation by Donald A. Yerxa Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-758-0, ISBN: 1-57003-758-2 "This book presents new approaches to understanding African history from major historians of the subject matter. This collection of articles and forums by prominent historians explores the relationship of Africa to world history, maps the current state of the burgeoning field of Atlantic history, and debates the accuracy of Olaudah Equiano's seminal narrative. The standard approach of world historians often compresses the African past in ..." |
 | | Recent Themes in Early American History Historians in Conversation (Historians in Conversation: Recent Themes in Understanding the Past) by Donald A. Yerxa Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-765-8, ISBN: 1-57003-765-5 "This book offers fresh perspectives on colonial and revolutionary America from leading scholars in the field.Described as "the New York Review of Books for history," "Historically Speaking" has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse. "Recent Themes in Early American History" represents the best writing on ..." |
 | | Recent Themes in Historical Thinking(8th Edition) Historians in Conversation (Historians in Conversation: Recent Themes in Understanding the Past) by Donald A. Yerxa Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-741-2, ISBN: 1-57003-741-8 "This book offers a detailed look at new trends in methods of historical inquiry.Through articles and interviews, the prominent historians featured in this collection comment on such wide-ranging topics of historical inquiry as the impact of postmodernism on the field, the relationship between professional and popular history, the importance of historical consciousness, and the limitations of the field in its current state. A special fea ..." |
 | | Recent Themes in Military History Historians in Conversation (Historians in Conversation: Recent Themes in Understanding the Past) by Donald A. Yerxa Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-739-9, ISBN: 1-57003-739-6 "Described as "the New York Review of Books for history,"Historically Speaking has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse from both inside and outside academia. Recent Themes in Military History represents some of the best writing on military history to appear in the past five years. This collection of fo ..." |
 | | British Abolitionism and the Question of Moral Progress in History (Non Series) by Donald A. Yerxa Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-015-3, ISBN: 1-61117-015-X "The idea of progress may well be one of the most important products of Western civilization. Yet most historians avoid the subject, especially the notion that there has been significant moral progress over time, and favor contingency and human agency over teleology as the engines of contemporary historical inquiry. In this collection, an international cast of prominent historians use the abolition of the British slave trade as a case st ..." |
 | | Religion and Innovation(1st Edition) Antagonists or Partners? by Donald A. Yerxa Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-9128-9, ISBN: 1-4725-9128-3 "It is often assumed that religion is the backward-looking servant of tradition and the status quo, utterly opposed to the new. This refrain in so much of recent polemical writing has permeated the public mind and can even be found in academic publications. But recent scholarship increasingly shows that this view is a gross simplification - that, in fact, religious beliefs and practices have contributed to significant changes in human af ..." |
 | | Species of Origins(Updated) America's Search for a Creation Story (American Intellectual Culture) by Karl W. Giberson, Donald A. Yerxa, Giberson/Yerxa Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-0765-4, ISBN: 0-7425-0765-3 ""In Species of Origin, Karl W. Giberson and Donald A. Yerxa argue that creation stories are an essential part of every culture because they explain how the world came to be and help answer questions about humanity's role in the larger whole. Despite their importance, however, Americans have not been able to agree on a common creation story since the late nineteenth century. Giberson and Yerxa examine the controversial debates surroundin ..." |
 | | Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion Historians in Conversation (Historians in Conversation: Recent Themes in Understanding the Past) by Donald A. Yerxa Paperback, 146 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-870-9, ISBN: 1-57003-870-8 "Described as -the New York Review of Books for history, - Historically Speaking has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse from both inside and outside academia. Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion represents some of the best writing on the intersections of scientific and religious histor ..." |
 | | Religion and Innovation Antagonists or Partners? by Donald A. Yerxa Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-9101-2, ISBN: 1-4725-9101-1 "It is often assumed that religion is the backward-looking servant of tradition and the status quo, utterly opposed to the new. This refrain in so much of recent polemical writing has permeated the public mind and can even be found in academic publications. But recent scholarship increasingly shows that this view is a gross simplification - that, in fact, religious beliefs and practices have contributed to significant changes in human af ..." |
 | | Admirals and Empire(1st Edition) The United States Navy and the Caribbean, 1898-1945 by Donald A. Yerxa Hardcover, 202 Pages, Published 1991 by Univ Of South Carolina Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-87249-750-4, ISBN: 0-87249-750-X "Columbia published Military History - Naval" |
 | | Religion and Innovation Antagonists or Partners? by Donald A. Yerxa 368 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-9100-5, ISBN: 1-4725-9100-3 "Philip K. Hitti, 'Characteristics of Syrian Students', Report of the Conference of the WSCF, Constantinople (New York: World Student Christian Federation, 1911), 229–30. Philip K. Hitti, History of the Arabs (London: Macmillan and Co., 1937). Betty Anderson, History of American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liberal Education (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 48. Quoted in Starkey, 'Talk with Philip Hitti'. For ..." |
 | | Recent Themes on Historians and the Public Historians in Conversation by Donald A. Yerxa Hardcover, Published 2009 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-833-4, ISBN: 1-57003-833-3 |
 | | Recent Themes in Early American History Historians in Conversation by Donald A. Yerxa Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2008 by Univ Of South Carolina Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-764-1, ISBN: 1-57003-764-7 "This book offers fresh perspectives on colonial and revolutionary America from leading scholars in the field.Described as "the New York Review of Books for history," "Historically Speaking" has emerged as one of the most distinctive historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse. "Recent Themes in Early American History" represents the best writing on ..." |
 | | Species of Origins(288th Edition) America's Search for a Creation Story (American Intellectual Culture) by Karl W. Giberson, Donald A. Yerxa, Giberson/Yerxa Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-0764-7, ISBN: 0-7425-0764-5 "In Species of Origins, Karl W. Giberson and Donald A. Yerxa examine America's controversial conversation about creation and evolution. While noting that part of the discord stems from the growing cultural and religious diversity of the United States, they argue powerfully that the real issue is the headlong confrontation between two seemingly incompatible worldviews upon which millions of Americans rely: modern naturalistic science and ..." |
 | | Recent Themes in Historical Thinking Historians in Conversation by Donald A. Yerxa Hardcover, 141 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-740-5, ISBN: 1-57003-740-X |
 | | Recent Themes in the History of Africa and the Atlantic World Historians in Conversation by Donald A. Yerxa Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-757-3, ISBN: 1-57003-757-4 "This collection of articles and forums by prominent historians explores the relationship of Africa to world history, maps the state of the burgeoning field of Atlantic history, and debates the accuracy of Olaudah Equiano's seminal narrative." |
 | | Species of Origins America's Search for a Creation Story by Karl W. Giberson, Donald A. Yerxa 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4616-4346-3, ISBN: 1-4616-4346-5 "Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 49 (March 1997): 2-14. . “Theistic Science and Methodological Naturalism.” In The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer, edited by l. P. Moreland. Downers Grove, 11 ].: InterVarsity, I994. , ed. The Creation Hypotheses: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer. Downers Grove, 111.: InterVarsity, I994. Moreland, ]. P., and ]ohn Mark Reynolds. Introducti ..." |
 | | Burning of Falmouth, Seventeen Seventy-Five A Case Study in British Imperial Pacification by Donald A. Yerxa Published 1975 ISBN-13: 978-0-915592-21-0, ISBN: 0-915592-21-5 |
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