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Natural History And Indigenous Worldviews, Paul Faulstich
Natural History And Indigenous Worldviews, Paul Faulstich
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Beliefs about the relationship between humans and the natural environment are expressed through worldviews. A worldview is a mechanism system or complex of ideas through which the world makes cultural sense. As deeply seated belief systems, worldviews illuminate the ecological priorities and concepts of various peoples.
English Franchise Reform In The Seventeenth Century, Richard Bushman
English Franchise Reform In The Seventeenth Century, Richard Bushman
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
The roots of franchise reform in the seventeenth century are of interest to historians both of Britain and of America. In the new world and in England important steps toward democratic suffrage were taken in the first half of the century. The Virginia charter of 1619 granted voting privileges to all adult male inhabitants regardless of property. Later governments qualified this liberality, but an important precedent was established. In England Leveller tracts and the classic Putney Debates aired arguments that bore no immediate practical fruits but that foreshadowed later reforms. 130th developments are startling enough to raise urgent questions about …