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Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 (Esprios Classics): Edited by Albert Bushnell HartFrederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861 - March 14, 1932) was an American historian during the early 20th century, based at the University of Wisconsin until 1910, and then at Harvard. He was known primarily for his "Frontier Thesis". He trained many PhDs who...
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The Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Institutional and Community CorrectionsThe authors of the chapters included in this volume provide preliminary answers to questions such as: How extensive were COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons, jails, and community corrections systems globally? Which regions and countries reported the largest outbreaks? Why were prisons and jails found to...
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Race and the Making of American Political ScienceRace and the Making of American Political Science shows that changing scientific ideas about racial difference were central to the academic study of politics as it emerged in the United States. From the late nineteenth century through the 1930s, scholars of politics defined and...
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The Anatomy of Racial Inequality: With a New Preface"Lifts and transforms the discourse on 'race' and racial justice to an entirely new level."--Orlando Patterson "Intellectually rigorous and deeply thoughtful...An incisive, erudite book by a major thinker."--Gerald Early, New York Times Book Review Why are black Americans so persistently confined to the margins...
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On WarOn War is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously by his wife Marie von Br hl in 1832. Clausewitz had set about revising...
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The Wrecking of the Liberal World OrderThe 'Liberal World Order' (LWO) is today in crisis. But what explains this crisis? Whereas its critics see it as the unmasking of Western hypocrisy, its longstanding proponents argue it is under threat by competing illiberal projects. This book takes a different stance: neither...
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Social Security Basics: 9 Essentials That Everyone Should Know"The rules relating to social security are long, complex, and dry. This book distills the most relevant parts into a guide that is easy to follow."Brandon Renfro, Ph.D.NOW UPDATED FOR 2021 Devin Carroll brings you a condensed, straightforward guide that gives you the nine...
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SequesteredBoredom. Anxiety. A virus that's ravaging anything and everything Human. Welcome to your new home Man. Forties. Bushwick apartment. Compiling rants and recipes by the day. From a written log emerge unraveling strings of consciousness during the days of endless quarantine and a sickening...
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Good Cop, Black Cop: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (A Memoir)Active duty or retired, being a police officer is an identity. Law enforcement officers take an oath to serve and protect. This book is an extension of that mission.Good Cop, Black Cop is a moving and timely memoir that reveals how racism impacts people...
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Marx's Capital: A Student Edition'Whatever the state of current politics, Karl Marx remains one of the great thinkers of the modern world. Chris Arthur has solved the problem of slimming down Capital, without tearing the fabric of Marx's argument or losing the flavour of his style, with exceptional...
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Moving Towards Transition: Commoning Mobility for a Low-Carbon FutureDrawing on an innovative project exploring current mobility transition policies and practices in 14 countries around the world, including key institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations, this book provides a critique of current transitions, mobility and transport policies. The authors...
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Impactful Development and Community Empowerment: Balancing the Dual Goals of a Global CLT MovementAs community land trusts (CLTs) have grown in number and spread around the world, the model itself has changed. There are now many variations of what is sometimes known as the "classic" CLT. What has not changed, however, is the dynamic tension between impactful...
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The Peace Corps and Latin America: In the Last Mile of U.S. Foreign PolicyFor almost 60 years, the United States government has sent more than 230,000 of its citizens abroad to serve as Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) for two-year tours, often in very poor countries. As these Volunteers work in grassroots development, helping to build local capacity,...
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Public Values Leadership: Striving to Achieve Democratic IdealsInstead of private gain or corporate profits, what if we set public values as the goal of leadership?Leadership means many things and takes many forms. But most studies of the topic give little attention to why people lead or to where they are leading...
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Brazil in the Global Nuclear Order, 1945-2018The first comprehensive and definitive history of Brazil's decision to give up the nuclear weapon option.Why do countries capable of "going nuclear" choose not to? Brazil, which gained notoriety for developing a nuclear program and then backtracking into adherence to the nonproliferation regime, offers...
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Women's International Thought: Towards a New CanonThis first anthology of women's international thought explores how women transformed the practice of international relations, from the early to middle twentieth century. Revealing a major distortion in current understandings of the history and theory of international relations, this anthology offers an alternative 'archive'...
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Indebted Societies: Credit and Welfare in Rich DemocraciesIn many rich democracies, access to financial markets is now a prerequisite for fully participating in labor and housing markets and pursuing educational opportunities. Indebted Societies introduces a new social policy theory of everyday borrowing to examine how the rise of credit as a...
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Home Style Opinion: How Local Newspapers Can Slow PolarizationLocal newspapers can hold back the rising tide of political division in America by turning away from the partisan battles in Washington and focusing their opinion page on local issues. When a local newspaper in California dropped national politics from its opinion page, the...
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Rethinking Chinese PoliticsUnderstanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that China's political system is 'institutionalized' or that 'win all/lose all' struggles are a thing of the past, but, Joseph Fewsmith argues, as in all Leninist systems, political power is difficult to pass...
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The Rights of Refugees Under International LawDo states have a duty to assimilate refugees to their own citizens? Are refugees entitled to freedom of movement, to be allowed to work, to have access to public welfare programs, or to be reunited with family members? Indeed, is there even a duty...
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