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#Hashtagactivism: Networks of Race and Gender JusticeThis "well-researched, nuanced" study of the rise of social media activism explores how marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent (Ms.) The power of hashtag activism became clear in 2011, when #IranElection served as an...
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Oxford Handbook of Global Health PoliticsProtecting and promoting health is inherently a political endeavor that requires a sophisticated understanding of the distribution and use of power. Yet while the global nature of health is widely recognized, its political nature is less well understood. In recent decades, the interdisciplinary field...
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Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy"I don't take responsibility at all." Those words of Donald Trump at a March 13, 2020, press conference are likely to be history's epitaph on his presidency. A huge swath of Americans has put their faith in Trump, and Trump only, because they see...
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Damnatio Memoriae - VOLUME II: Crushing the Vanquished: They Shall Not Be ForgottenThe Spanish Civil War that began 17 July 1936 with Franco's military coup, did not end with the defeat of the supporters of the legal government 1 April1939.From the moment the first shot was fired, the military insurgents embarked on a wave of massacre,...
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Wheeling's Polonia: Reconstructing Polish Community in a West Virginia Steel Town"William Hal Gorby's study of Wheeling's Polish community weaves together stories of immigrating, working, and creating a distinctly Polish-American community, or Polonia, in the heart of the Upper Ohio Valley steel industry. It addresses major topics in the history of the United States in...
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Famine in the Remaking: Food System Change and Mass Starvation in Hawaii, Madagascar, and Cambodia"Famine in the Remaking examines the relationship between the reorganization of food systems and large-scale food crises through a comparative historical analysis of three famines: Hawaii in the 1820s, Madagascar in the 1920s, and Cambodia in the 1970s. This examination identifies the structural transformations...
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Deputy Sheriff: You're An Awesome Deputy Sheriff Keep That Shit UpThis funny joke gift for your beloved Deputy Sheriff is a hilarious present that your favorite Deputy Sheriff would surely love. Share a lot of love and laughs with your awesome Deputy Sheriff with this fun, beautiful & thoughtful gift that shows how much...
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State of Fire: Life Lessons Learned on the FirelineState of Fire gives a raw, unexpected, and all-too-truthful view of one man's journey into the world of wildland firefighting. Based on the author's experiences as a crewmember on the Highlands 20, once described as an "elite 20-man handcrew." This book pulls back the...
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In Defense of the Us Working Class"Without understanding the devastation of the lives of working-class families in regions like West Virginia, and the vast increase in class inequality since the 2008 crisis, you can't understand what's happening in the United States." A giant has begun to stir. Hillary Clinton calls...
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Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global ChangeThis book offers a unique account of British and United States Governments' attempts to adapt their propaganda strategies to global terrorist threats in a post-9/11 media environment. It discusses Anglo-American coordination and domestic struggles that brought in far-reaching changes to propaganda. Changes that had...
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Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century AmericaEvery day, in courtrooms around the United States, thousands of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders--lawyers provided by the government for those who cannot afford private counsel. Though often taken for granted, the modern American public defender has a surprisingly contentious history--one that...
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Where Caciques and Mapmakers Met: Border Making in Eighteenth-Century South AmericaDuring the late eighteenth century, Portugal and Spain sent joint mapping expeditions to draw a nearly 10,000-mile border between Brazil and Spanish South America. These boundary commissions were the largest ever sent to the Americas and coincided with broader imperial reforms enacted throughout the...
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Running for Our LivesEmpowered by the Brand New Congress initiative in 2018, evangelical pastor and progressive Republican Robb Ryerse embarked on a long-shot, grassroots congressional campaign against Steve Womack, one of the most powerful Republican incumbents in Washington, DC. After he ultimately lost his race, Ryerse worked...
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Fearing the Worst: How Korea Transformed the Cold WarAfter World War II, the escalating tensions of the Cold War shaped the international system. Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed postwar competition between the United States and the Soviet Union into a militarized confrontation that would last decades.Samuel F....
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Herodotus in the AnthropoceneWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene, in which human activities are recognized for effecting potentially catastrophic environmental change. In this book, Joel Alden Schlosser argues that our current state of affairs calls for a creative political response, and he finds inspiration...
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Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American PoliticsAfrican American voters are a key demographic to the modern Democratic base, and conventional wisdom has it that there is political cost to racialized "dog whistles," especially for Democratic candidates. However, politicians from both parties and from all racial backgrounds continually appeal to negative...
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The Economic Other: Inequality in the American Political ImaginationEconomic inequality is at a record high in the United States, but public demand for redistribution is not rising with it. Meghan Condon and Amber Wichowsky show that this paradox and other mysteries about class and US politics can be solved through a focus...
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Fighting for Peace in Somalia: A History and Analysis of the African Union Mission (Amisom), 2007-2017Fighting for Peace in Somalia provides the first comprehensive analysis of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an operation deployed in 2007 to stabilize the country and defend its fledgling government from one of the world's deadliest militant organizations, Harakat al-Shabaab. The book's...
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Interactive Governance: Advancing the ParadigmGovernance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to clarify this conceptual muddle by concentrating on one variety of governance-interactive governance. The authors...
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The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in PalestineA Palestinian-American activist recalls his adolescence in Gaza during the Second Intifada, and how he made a strong commitment to peace in the face of devastating brutality in this moving, candid, and transformative memoir that reminds us of the importance of looking beyond prejudice,...
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