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The Color of Fascism: Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the United StatesWhat does it mean that Lawrence Dennis--arguably the "brains" behind U.S. fascism--was born black but spent his entire adult life passing for white? Born in Atlanta in 1893, Dennis began life as a highly touted African American child preacher, touring nationally and arousing audiences...
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Hedda Hopperas Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American ConservatismBefore Liz Smith and Perez Hilton became household names in the world of celebrity gossip, before Rush Limbaugh became the voice of conservatism, there was Hedda Hopper. In 1938, this 52-year-old struggling actress rose to fame and influence writing an incendiary gossip column, "Hedda...
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Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic HistoryA significant number of Sephardic Jews, tracing their remote origins to Spain and Portugal, immigrated to the United States from Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans from 1880 through the 1920s, joined by a smaller number of Mizrahi Jews arriving from Arab lands. Most Sephardim...
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Queer Globalizations: Citizenship and the Afterlife of ColonialismScholars of postcolonial and LGBT studies examine the validity of the globalization of queer cultures Globalization has a taste for queer cultures. Whether in advertising, film, performance art, the internet, or in the political discourses of human rights in emerging democracies, queerness sells and...
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Yugoslavia's Bloody Collapse: Causes, Course and ConsequencesAn incisive and revealing history of how Yugoslavia plunged into violence in the 1990s Over the past two years, the entire world watched in horror as one of Europe's most stable countries plunged into an orgy of violence and bloodshed that has invoked comparisons...
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The Rights of Patients: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Patients, Third EditionThe third edition of the fully documented exposition of explanation of health care patient rights from birth to death Now in its third edition, The Rights of Patients offers fully documented exposition and explanation of the rights of patients from birth to death. This...
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Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban ReinventionAfter decades of suburban sprawl, job loss, and lack of regional government, Detroit has become a symbol of post-industrial distress and also one of the most complex urban environments in the world. In Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention, John Gallagher argues that Detroit's...
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Finding Home and Homeland: Jewish Youth and Zionism in the Aftermath of the HolocaustAlthough they represented only a small portion of all displaced persons after World War II, Jewish displaced persons in postwar Europe played a central role on the international diplomatic stage. In fact, the overwhelming Zionist enthusiasm of this group, particularly in the large segment...
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Marxism and Art: Essays Classic and ContemporaryMarxism and Art is a book of basic readings in Marxist criticism and aesthetics. Maynard Solomon, through his selections and critical introductions, shows connections between the arts and society, between imagination nd history, and between art and revolution. He selects from thirty-six authors to...
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After Virginia Tech: Guns, Safety, and Healing in the Era of Mass ShootingsIn what has become the era of the mass shooting, we are routinely taken to scenes of terrible violence. Often neglected, however, is the long aftermath, including the efforts to effect change in the wake of such tragedies. On April 16, 2007, thirty-two Virginia...
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The First Republican Army: The Army of Virginia and the Radicalization of the Civil WarAlthough much is known about the political stance of the military at large during the Civil War, the political party affiliations of individual soldiers have received little attention. Drawing on archival sources from twenty-five generals and 250 volunteer officers and enlisted men, John Matsui...
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Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Legacy, America's CreedFor over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment. Jefferson's expansive vision--including his insistence that political freedom and free thought would be at risk...
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The Most Segregated City in America: City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980One of Planetizen's Top Ten Books of 2006"But for Birmingham," Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him, "we would not be here today." Birmingham is well known for its civil rights...
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The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying in PoliticsWhen Michael Dukakis accused George H. W. Bush of being the "Joe Isuzu of American Politics" during the 1988 presidential campaign, he asserted in a particularly American tenor the near-ancient idea that lying and politics (and perhaps advertising, too) are inseparable, or at least...
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A Topping People: The Rise and Decline of Virginia's Old Political Elite, 1680-1790A "Topping People" is the first comprehensive study of the political, economic, and social elite of colonial Virginia. Evans studies twenty-one leading families from their rise to power in the late 1600s to their downfall over one hundred years later. These families represented the...
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Hot Potato: How Washington and New York Gave Birth to Black Basketball and Changed America's Game Forever"The players today are much better than we were.... But there is one thing that we could do better. We could pass the ball better than they can now. Man, we used to pass that basketball around like it was a hot potato."--Sam "Buck"...
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Magna Carta: Text and CommentaryA classic classroom reference since its 1964 publication, this indispensable volume offers the full text of Magna Carta in English, as well as a chapter-by-chapter discussion of its history and provisions.In his newly revised commentary on this founding document in the history of constitutionally...
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Science by the People: Participation, Power, and the Politics of Environmental KnowledgeLonglisted for the Fleck Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Citizen science--research involving nonprofessionals in the research process--has attracted both strong enthusiasts and detractors. Many environmental professionals, activists, and scholars consider citizen science part of their toolkit for addressing environmental...
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Home Safe Home: Housing Solutions for Survivors of Intimate Partner ViolenceHousing matters for everyone, as it provides shelter, security, privacy, and stability. For survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), housing takes on an additional meaning; it is the key to establishing a new life, free from abuse. IPV survivors often face such inadequate housing...
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Running Dry: Essays on Energy, Water, and Environmental CrisisThe world's water is under siege. A combination of corporate greed, the elite pursuit of political power, and our unrelenting reliance on carbon-based energy is accerlating a broad range of environmental and political crises. Potentially catastrophic climate change, driven primarily by the consumption of...
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