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The Bourbon Reforms and the Remaking of Spanish Frontier MissionsDuring the eighteenth century the Spanish Bourbon monarchs attempted to transform Spanish America. This study analyses the efforts to transform frontier missions, and the consequences and particularly demographic consequences for the indigenous peoples that lived on the missions.Author: Robert H. JacksonPublisher: BrillPublished: 01/06/2022Pages: 382Binding...
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Capitalism in Chaos: How the Business Elites of Europe Prospered in the Era of the Great WarCapitalism in Chaos explores an often-overlooked consequence and paradox of the First World War--the prosperity of business elites and bankers in service of the war effort during the destruction of capital and wealth by belligerent armies. This study of business life amid war and...
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The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy HoffaThe definitive portrait of the powerful, corruption-ridden Teamsters union and its legendary president, Jimmy Hoffa--organizer, gangster, convict, and conspirator--with a new afterword by the author James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in twentieth-century America. His remarkable journey...
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Earth's Fury: The Science of Natural DisastersEARTH'S FURY Natural disasters are any catastrophic loss of life and/or property caused by a natural event or situation. This definition could include biologic issues such as contagion, injurious bacterial colonization, invasion of dangerous plants and infestations of insects and other vermin. However, the...
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1984Texto integral. "Quem controla o passado, controla o futuro: quem controla o presente controla o passado". Esse é o slogan do regime totalitário implantado em uma realidade distópica. Assim George Orwell concebe seu romance mais expressivo, ao retratar o totalitarismo amplificado na sociedade, em...
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The Outdoor Citizen: Get Out, Give Back, Get ActiveFrom world-renowned environmentalist John Judge comes an astoundingly comprehensive plan to save our planet, make the outdoors the epicenter of our communities, and commit to an active outdoor lifestyle. In The Outdoor Citizen, John Judge coins the term "Outdoor Citizen" as he delivers an...
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Collective Trauma and the Armenian Genocide: Armenian, Turkish, and Azerbaijani Relations Since 1839In this pathbreaking study, Pamela Steiner deconstructs the psychological obstacles that have prevented peaceful settlements to longstanding issues. The book re-examines more than 100 years of destructive ethno-religious relations among Armenians, Turks, and Azerbaijanis through the novel lens of collective trauma. The author argues...
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All Health Politics Is Local: Community Battles for Medical Care and Environmental HealthHealth is political. It entails fierce battles over the allocation of resources, arguments over the imposition of regulations, and the mediation of dueling public sentiments--all conflicts that are often narrated from a national, top-down view. In All Health Politics Is Local, Merlin Chowkwanyun shifts...
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The Quest for Knowledge in International Relations: How Do We Know?What do we mean by theory in international relations? What kinds of knowledge do theories seek? How do they stipulate it is found? How should we evaluate any resulting knowledge claims? What do answers to these questions tell us about the theory project in...
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The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the RightThe Sinking Middle Class challenges the "save the middle class" rhetoric that dominates our political imagination. The slogan misleads us regarding class, nation, and race. Talk of middle class salvation reinforces myths holding that the US is a providentially middle class nation. Implicitly white,...
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Settler Garrison: Debt Imperialism, Militarism, and Transpacific ImaginariesIn Settler Garrison Jodi Kim theorizes how the United States extends its sovereignty across Asia and the Pacific in the post-World War II era through a militarist settler imperialism that is leveraged on debt as a manifold economic and cultural relation undergirded by asymmetries...
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Anarchist Prophets: Disappointing Vision and the Power of Collective SightIn Anarchist Prophets James R. Martel juxtaposes anarchism with what he calls archism in order to theorize the potential for a radical democratic politics. He shows how archism--a centralized and hierarchical political form that is a secularization of ancient Greek and Hebrew prophetic traditions--dominates...
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The Pursuit of Equality in the WestOne of the world's foremost historians of Western political and legal thought proposes a bold new model for thinking about equality at a time when its absence threatens democracies everywhere. How much equality does democracy need to survive? Political thinkers have wrestled with that...
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Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic SitesThe labor movement in the United States is a bulwark of democracy and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet its stories remain largely unknown to Americans. Robert Forrant and Mary Anne Trasciatti edit a collection of essays focused on nationwide efforts...
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Assyria: The Imperial MissionIn ancient traditions, Assyria was the first world empire in a series that continued with Persia, Macedonia, and Rome. After Rome, we imagine the series bifurcating into a Western trajectory (from Charlemagne to Napoleon and the Third Reich) and an Oriental trajectory (from the...
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Fires EverywhereThe landscape is alight with flame and billowing black smoke clouds the sky. What on Earth is causing these fires everywhere? As Earth's climate is changing, the scorching heat is drying out the land, leading to increasingly serious wildfires. Uncover the problems of climate...
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Fire & Blood: A History of MexicoMexican history comes to life in this "fascinating" work by the author of Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans (The Christian Science Monitor). Fire & Blood brilliantly depicts the succession of tribes and societies that have variously called Mexico their home,...
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Political Violence in America [2 Volumes]: Historical Flashpoints and Modern-Day TrendsAmericans like to think of their nation as one grounded in high-minded democratic ideals and peaceful transitions of power. In reality, though, American politics has been heavily laced with expressions of violence and intimidation since the nation's very inception, which saw a campaign of...
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Almanac of American Politics 2022The 2022 Almanac of American Politics observes its most celebratory year yet, as it marks the 50th Commemorative Edition for this political reference icon.Author: Columbia Books IncPublisher: Columbia Books. Inc.Published: 09/17/2021Pages: 2100Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.30dISBN: 9781952374098About the AuthorRich Cohen,...
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Unlawful Violence: Mexican Law and Cultural ProductionViolence has only increased in Mexico since 2000: 23,000 murders were recorded in 2016, and 29,168 in 2017. The abundance of laws and constitutional amendments that have cropped up in response are mirrored in Mexico's fragmented cultural production of the same period. Contemporary Mexican...
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