If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... North American families , the guide to what was civilized was provided by a series of books written by Will and Ariel Durant called The Story of Civilization . The Durants were not the denizens of privileged institutions ; they taught ...
... North American families , the guide to what was civilized was provided by a series of books written by Will and Ariel Durant called The Story of Civilization . The Durants were not the denizens of privileged institutions ; they taught ...
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... North America : on Sir William's death in 1774 he was succeeded by Colonel Guy Johnson , his nephew and son - in- law ; and then in 1782 , responsibility for the Indian department in British North America was turned over to Sir John ...
... North America : on Sir William's death in 1774 he was succeeded by Colonel Guy Johnson , his nephew and son - in- law ; and then in 1782 , responsibility for the Indian department in British North America was turned over to Sir John ...
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... north , say , following the river ( and the Shuswap Indians ) up through Death Rapids to the dry benchlands and the low - lying marshes where the glacial waters of Finley Creek and the hot springs of Fairmont come together on the flats ...
... north , say , following the river ( and the Shuswap Indians ) up through Death Rapids to the dry benchlands and the low - lying marshes where the glacial waters of Finley Creek and the hot springs of Fairmont come together on the flats ...
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