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Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle to Save ClevelandIn the 1960s, Cleveland suffered through racial violence, spiking crime rates, and a shrinking tax base, as the city lost jobs and population. Rats infested an expanding and decaying ghetto, Lake Erie appeared to be dying, and dangerous air pollution hung over the city....
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A Union ForeverIn the mid-nineteenth century the Irish question--the governance of the island of Ireland--demanded attention on both sides of the Atlantic. In A Union Forever, David Sim examines how Irish nationalists and their American sympathizers attempted to convince legislators and statesmen to use the burgeoning...
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Barriers to Bioweapons: The Challenges of Expertise and Organization for Weapons DevelopmentIn both the popular imagination and among lawmakers and national security experts, there exists the belief that with sufficient motivation and material resources, states or terrorist groups can produce bioweapons easily, cheaply, and successfully. In Barriers to Bioweapons, Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley challenges this perception...
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Betting on BiotechAfter World War II, several late-developing countries registered astonishingly high growth rates under strong state direction, making use of smart investment strategies, turnkey factories, and reverse-engineering, and taking advantage of the postwar global economic boom. Among these economic miracles were postwar Japan and, in...
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Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends on ItAuthor: Chloe Maxmin, Canyon WoodwardPublisher: Beacon PressPublished: 05/09/2023Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsISBN: 9780807008218
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Post-Marxist Theory: An IntroductionPoststructuralist Marxism, or post-Marxism, is a theoretical viewpoint that elaborates and revises the work of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. Unlike traditional Marxism, which emphasizes the priority of class struggle and the common humanity of oppressed groups, post-Marxism reveals the sexual, racial, class, and...
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Justice for the PastAmong the most controversial issues in the United States is the question of whether public or private agencies should adopt preferential treatment programs or be required to pay reparations for slavery. Using a carefully reasoned philosophical approach, Stephen Kershnar argues that programs such as...
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Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia MinorAuthor: Martha T. RothPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublished: 01/01/1997Pages: 302Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.38w x 0.74dISBN: 9780788503788This title is not returnable
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Peace Skills Manual Community MediatorsPart of the Peace Skills Set, this Manual is designed as atake-home resource to support workshop participants as they returnto their communities and both apply their mediation skills andshare their insights with others. It covers conflict analysis, therole of mediation, the stages of mediation,...
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Democratic Party Madness: A SAPIENT Being's Guide to the Progressivism Madness of Democratic Party Policies & AgendaRuy Teixeira, a lifelong man of the Left, author of the 2002 The Emerging Democratic Majority, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and fixture of Democratic Party politics for more than 30 years who very much wants the Democratic Party to succeed,...
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The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Enigmatic Agency (Revised)This new edition of the definitive history of the Secret Service lays bare the 2004 Bush campaign's political uses of the agency and the new challenges it faces as a branch of the Homeland Security Department, in a post-9/11 world. Acclaimed scholar of political...
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The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies That Put the White House on Trial and Betrayed My Wife's CIA IdentityThrough the last three presidential administrations and two wars with Iraq, no one has personally witnessed, influenced, or fueled news over more history-making events than Joseph Wilson. The last American diplomat to sit face-to-face with Saddam Hussein, he is a consummate insider who has...
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The Epic of New York City: A Narrative HistoryIn swift, witty chapters that flawlessly capture the pace and character of New York City, acclaimed diarist Edward Robb Ellis presents his masterpiece: a thorough, and thoroughly readable, history of America's largest metropolis. Ellis narrates some of the most significant events of the past...
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Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783: An Historical, Architectural and Archaeological SurveyThis comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United...
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The Marine Corps and the State Department: Enduring Partners in United States Foreign Policy, 1798-2007This work is a complete history of the partnership between the Department of State and the United States Marine Corps. From its formation in 1775, the Corps developed a close working relationship with the diplomatic service of the Continental Congress and later, in 1798,...
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Main Street Renewal: A Handbook for Citizens and Public OfficialsTowns and communities across America once revolved around their downtowns. Here people shopped, worked, relaxed, and worshipped. Changing needs and developments, however, resulted in their abandonment. Over the past decade, citizens have begun to seek ways to rejuvenate their main streets. While these efforts...
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Legislatures in Evolution / Les législatures en transformationLegislatures in Evolution presents a series of essays on evolution and change in the legislative context. They cover a wide range of topics, including both proposed and implemented reforms. The contributions included here discuss parliamentarians' attitude toward party discipline; the specific challenges associated with...
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern IranIncluding a new preface that discusses the Iranian mood during and after the June 2009 presidential election and subsequent protests, this is an intimate look at a paradoxical country from a uniquely qualified journalist. The grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of...
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Religion and the Rise of CapitalismIn one of the truly great classics of twentieth-century political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He does this by a relentless tracking of the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology...
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Political Writing: A Guide to the Essentials: A Guide to the EssentialsWriting well, and persuasively, is not only a discipline that can be learned, it is one deeply rooted in the classical arts of rhetoric and polemic. This book introduces the essential skills, rules, and steps for producing effective political prose appropriate to many contexts,...
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