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Abstracted from materials in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, these records often contain information about the veteran, his descendants and other affidavits from other living veterans who may never have asked for pensions or Bounty land in their own right. The book concerns the applications made for bounty land after the war which was rejected usually because the veteran had not served the requisite time or documents were missing to prove he had ever served at all. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Originally published in 1898.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1893.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IITHE MOVING STORYONCE upon a time, far up on the Missouri River, there were some villages where the Mandan tribe of Indians lived. The houses or lodges were round and were covered with dirt, so that they looked like a lot of earthenware pots turned upside down. And the paths between the lodges were narrow, so that it was as much as three people could do to get between the lodges when they were walking abreast.But the Mandans had made up their minds to leave their old villages and build a new one. And they had set the timewhen they should start, and they had got all their things packed up, and they had tied them on the horses and the dogs, and they were all ready. And the time had come and the signal was given, and Sha-ko-ka and San-ja-ka-ko-ka and O-me-pah saw the signal. Then Mah-ha came riding up, with his shield and his lance and his bow and his quiver full of arrows, and Sha-ko- ka knew that she would have to hurry.So she did; and she took in her hand the rope of raw-hide that was fastened to the jaw of the leading horse, and in her other arm she carried the six puppies tied up in a buffalo skin. And she led that horse out to join the procession of other horses that were just starting, and the logs the horse was loaded with dragged on the ground. And behind her came all the otherhorses of Mah-ha dragging their loads and the dogs of Mah-ha dragging their loads. But the mother dog walked along close beside Sha-ko-ka, and she kept looking up at the puppies in Sha-ko-ka's arm. And the procession of women and children and horses and dogs, all loaded down with things, went slowly over the prairie, with the great river rolling beside them.At the head of the procession came the chief medicine-man, carrying a great medicine-pipe. Medicine-men were sort of magicians... ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This book arrays recent research on the neural and behavioral lateralization of the brain relying heavily on animal modes. The authors employ the comparative method to enhance our understanding of behavior, specifically through hand use and "handedness" by drawing comparisons with studies involving primates. Topics discussed include Patterns of Lateralized Behavior in Prosimians; Behavioral Lateralization in Language-Trained Chimpanzees; Patterns of Handedness: Comparative Study of Nursery School Children and Captive Gorillas; and Rotational Behavior in Children and Adults. It is the first book of its kind devoted entirely to the question of behavioral asymmetries in all primates and thus presents a milestone as it recognizes the accumulating evidence of asymmetry and lateralized behavior in the non-human nervous system. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1914Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin CompanyNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: IllBurbury came back that afternoon. I had been sitting in my room for an hour trying vainly to busy myself with what I hope may prove to be my profession. There had been a gentle breeze blowing through my windows and stirring the curtains, and everything had been as favorable as possible, but I had seemed unable to think and I had accomplished nothing. And that was strange, too, with such material at hand that I ought not to have to think at all. Nothing had happened; and I had thrown down the pen and had gone out to the barn and sent Mike down after the trunks.I was wandering aimlessly about the barn, rather anxious about the man I had lost, and wondering whether Mike would manage to find him, -- I had given him private instructions, -- when I saw Burbury himself come in, timidly, and with his tail between his legs. He looked much as Bill looks when he returns from one of his infrequent foraging expeditions and encounters me unexpectedly. To be sure, Bill has no tail to speak of, -- not enough to get itanywhere near his legs,: -- but neither has Burbury.I confronted him. " Well?" I said, with what sternness I could muster. I was much relieved at seeing him again, but I would not say so yet. He did not deserve it.There was an ingratiating smile on his face; at least, I suppose he meant it to be ingratiating. " Well, Peter," he replied, drawing a deep breath which must have increased his chest measure about ten inches. Burbury's lungs are all right and his heart must be all right, too. I speak of his heart as a functional organ. But there was a curio... ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Hemispheric specialization, and lateralized sensory, cognitive or motor function of the left and right halves of the brain, commonly manifests in humans as right-handedness and left hemisphere specialization of language functions. Historically, this has been considered a hallmark of, and unique to, human evolution.Some theories propose that human right-handedness evolved in the context of language and speech while others that it was a product of the increasing motor demands associated with feeding or tool-use. In the past 20-25 years, there has been a plethora of research in animals on the topic of whether population-level asymmetries in behavioral processes or neuro-anatomical structures exist in animals, notably primates and people have begun to question the historical assumptions that hemispheric specialization is unique to humans.

This book brings together various summary chapters on the expression of behavioral and neuro-anatomical asymmetries in primates.Several chapters summarize entire families of primates while others focus on genetic and non-genetic models of handedness in humans and how they can be tested in non-human primates. In addition, it makes explicit links between various theoretical models of the development of handedness in humans with the observed patterns of results in non-human primates.A second emphasis is on comparative studies of handedness in primates.There is now enough data in the literature across different species to present an evolutionary tree for the emergence of handedness (and perhaps other aspects of hemispheric specialization, such as neuro-anatomical asymmetries) and its relation to specific morphological and ecological adaptations in various primate species.


*The first treatment of this important topic since 1998
*Examines the tenet that lateralization and handedness is a uniquely human character through evidence from higer and lower primates and with reference to other vertebrates.
*Advances our understanding of the occurrence, evolution and significance of lateralization and handedness effects.
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