A Noll Chronicle is the story of German Immigrants to the United States, their travels through the country, and their successes and failures. Unlike many family histories, this chronicle includes background information on the times and places these immigrants lived in. A Noll Chronicle begins in New York City and ends 125 years later in Pasadena, California, with the death of the main character -- Gus Noll.The story covers Reverend John G. Zahner and Reverend Mori...

This is the story of John Niven, founder of Purity Stores—a chain of grocery stores across California as far south as Fresno and as far north as Yreka. Established in the San Francisco area in 1925, this chain operated most of its stores along the Pacific coastline, many of them in small towns. In John Niven, explore John Niven’s career as he starts with Van Camp Packing Company. From there, he joins Cummins Engines with notable businessmen Clessie Cummins, William G. Irwin, and A...

A vivid account of the Right’s subversive campaign to impose Christian nationalist rule.Time and again, when confronted with serious challenges to their power and privilege, white Christian nationalists seek solace—and satisfaction—in state-supported forms of vigilantism.This was true at the dawn of the American republic, when Northern abolitionists threatened the Southern slavocracy. It was also true in the aftermath of the Civil War, when emancipated Blac...

Inget är vad det ser ut att varaKrigshjälten John Puller arbetar inom den amerikanska arméns kriminalpolis och har rykte om sig att vara deras absolut skickligaste utredare. När en familj med militär koppling hittas brutalt mördad i ett avlägset hörn av West Virginia skickas Puller därför omgående dit för att undersöka saken.I sin jakt på sanningen slår Puller sig ihop med ortens kriminalpolis, Sam Cole, en kvinna som i likhet med John har sina egna demoner att kämpa mot. D...

The past, present, and future of a movement in crisisWhat exactly do we mean when we say "evangelical"? How should we understand this many-sided world religious phenomenon? How do recent American politics change that understanding?Three scholars have been vital to our understanding of evangelicalism for the last forty years: Mark Noll, whose Scandal of the Evangelical Mind identified an earlier crisis point for American evangelicals; David Bebbington, whose "Bebbington Quad...

"A classic study of the church's story, and all the more useful now in this revised and attractive new edition. A wonderful book to read--and recommend!"--Timothy George, Beeson Divinity School of Samford UniversityNow in its fourth edition, this bestselling textbook isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience.This p...

For centuries, men dreamed of cutting a canal across the Florida peninsula. Intended to reduce shipping times, it was championed in the early twentieth century as a way to make the mostly rural state a center of national commerce and trade.Rejected by the Army Corps of Engineers as "not worthy," the project received continued support from Florida legislators. Federal funding was eventually allocated and work began in the 1930s, but the canal quickly became a lightning rod for contr...

Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, Gary W. Reichard and Ted Dickson reframe the teaching of American history in a global context. Each essay covers a specific chronological period and approaches fundamental topics and events in United States history from an international perspective, emphasizing how the development of the United States has always depended on its transactions with other n...

In early 1968, more than 27,000 teachers across Florida mailed their resignation letters, initiating the country’s first statewide teachers’ strike. The striking teachers fought for and won a monumental victory, improving education in the state and gaining collective bargaining rights for all public sector employees. Even as the influence of industrial labor unions decreased across the country, the Florida teachers’ strike and the spirit of teacher militancy that swept the nation during th...

Das Standardwerk zur WirtschaftsgeschichteKaum eine Frage ist umstrittener und stärker mit Ideologie befrachtet als die, warum manche Länder wirtschaftlich äußerst erfolgreich sind, während andere unfähig scheinen, aus ihrer Armut herauszufinden. Liegt es am Klima? An der Kultur? An der Politik? In seiner umfassenden Geschichte über die Weltwirtschaft der letzten sechshundert Jahre entwickelt David Landes Antworten auf diese Fragen und bietet zugleich ein Standardw...

Inget är vad det ser ut att vara Krigshjälten John Puller arbetar inom den amerikanska arméns kriminalpolis och har rykte om sig att vara deras absolut skickligaste utredare. När en familj med militär koppling hittas brutalt mördad i ett avlägset hörn av West Virginia skickas Puller därför omgående dit för att undersöka saken. I sin jakt på sanningen slår Puller sig ihop med ortens kriminalpolis, Sam Cole, en kvinna som i likhet med John har sina egna demoner att kämpa mot. De båda mordutr...

Jugendstil und Heinerblut Abgründig kriminelle Kurzgeschichten aus Darmstadt »Ein guter Mord, ein echter Mord, ein schöner Mord, so schön, als man nur verlangen kann, wir haben schon lange so kein gehabt.« (Georg Büchner, Woyzeck) Auch lange nach Büchner ist Darmstadt ein Ort des literarischen Verbrechens. Anlässlich der Criminale 2023, dem größten Branchentreff der deutschsprachigen Krimiautorinnen und -autoren, versammeln sich in dieser Anthologie einundzwanzig renommierte, preisgekrönte...