Contains the records of the territorial governments and range widely in scope such as petitions of private persons to territorial governors regarding land, trade or protection from Indians or brigands, appointments to public office such as Justice of the Peace, records regarding military forts and actions, correspondence from the territorial government to the United States Congress, President and other federal officials. The names of early pioneers...

Revised and expanded since it first appeared in 1991, the guide features two new chapters on ornamentation and rehearsal techniques, as well as updated reference materials, internet resources, and other new material made available only in the last decade. The guide is comprised of focused chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance...

Joan Wallach Scott is the Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. Her books include Parite!: Sexual Equality and the Crisis of French Universalism and Gender and the Politics of History. In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves....

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"One of Financial Times's Best Books of Politics for 2011" David Marquand has been a member of the British Parliament, an official of the European Commission, and principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the author of many books, including Britain since 1918. Why Europe is on the decline-and what can be done about it Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem...