Despite the hopes of the civil rights movement, researchers have found that the election of African Americans to office has not greatly improved the well-being of the black community. By shifting the focus to the white community, this book shows that black representation can have a profound impact. Utilizing national public opinion surveys, data on voting patterns in large American cities, and in-depth studies of Los Angeles and Chicago, Zoltan Hajnal demonstrates that under most black mayors there is real, positive change in the white vote and in the racial attitudes of white residents. This change occurs because black incumbency provides concrete information that disproves the fears and expectations of many white residents. These findings not only highlight the importance of black representation; they also demonstrate the critical role that information can play in racial politics to the point where black representation can profoundly alter white views and white votes.

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Osprey - Battle Orders 22 - Gordon L. Rottman - US Airborne Units in the Mediterranean Theater 1942- 45 (2006).pdf

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Jeffrey S. Adler - Yankee Merchants and the Making of the Urban West, The Rise and Fall of Antebellu m St. Louis (1991).jpg

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In 1850 St. Louis was the commercial capital of the West. By 1860, however, Chicago had supplanted St. Louis and became the great metropolis of the region. This book explains the rapid ascent and the abrupt collapse of the Missouri city. It devotes particular attention to the ways in which northeastern merchants fueled the rise of St. Louis. But unlike most studies of nineteenth-century cities, the book analyzes the influence of national politics on urbanization. It examines the process through which the sectional crisis transformed the role of Yankee merchants in St. Louis's development and thus triggered the fall of the first great city of the trans-Mississippi West.

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John Mason - The Cold War, 1945-1991 (1996).jpg

Analyzes the origins of the Cold War examining the effect of the existence of nuclear weapons, which lent a unique character to the period. Mason provides concise coverage of the entire Cold War, paying particular attention to the Soviet-American dimension. This pamphlet analyzes the origins of the conflict, examining the effect of the existence of nuclear weapons, which lent a unique character no the period. It discusses the involvement of other nations and regions, particularly China, explains how and why the cold war ended, and draws on recent research of revisionist scholars.

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John Mason - The Cold War, 1945-1991 (1996).pdf

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Alan P. Dobson - Anglo American Relations in the T wentieth Century, Of Friendship, Conflict and the Rise and Decline of Superpowers (1995).jpg

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The relationship between Britain and America has been the most important bilateral relationship the world has ever seen. Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century covers the whole of this century and employs selected historical detail to expose this complex relationship in its true light. Dobson rejects the claim that the US was ever hegemonical. He explores the special relationship between the two nations paying close attention to:

* the First World War
* inter-war economic relations
* the Suez Crisis
* Iran in the 1960s
* Grenada in 1983
* the Gulf War

These events clearly demonstrate that America has had to bargain with Britain, not always get its way. However, the two nations have co-operated in every major crisis from the Great to the Gulf war, and together promoted liberal democracy and capitalism. This story reveals both more interdependence and conflict than has been recognised in the past. Nuclear, intelligence, defence and other links between the USA and Britain continue to this day, but the importance of the `special relationship'' has diminished for both countries. Have common interests disappeared to an extent that the scope for bilateral cooperation has diminished to insignificance?

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Alan P. Dobson - Anglo American Relations in the T wentieth Century, Of Friendship, Conflict and the Rise and Decline of Superpowers (1995).pdf

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Clark Kerr - The Gold and the Blue, A Personal Mem oir of the University of California, 1949 - 1967, Volume One, Academic Triumphs (2001).jpg

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The Los Angeles Times called the first volume of The Gold and the Blue "a major contribution to our understanding of American research universities." This second of two volumes continues the story of one of the last century's most influential figures in higher education. A leading visionary, architect, leader, and fighter for the University of California, Clark Kerr was chancellor of the Berkeley campus from 1952 to 1958 and president of the university from 1958 to 1967. He saw the university through its golden years--a time of both great advancement and great conflict. This absorbing memoir is an intriguing insider's account of how the University of California rose to the peak of scientific and scholarly stature and how, under Kerr's unique leadership, it evolved into the institution it is today. In Volume II: Political Turmoil, Kerr turns to the external and political environment of the 1950s and 1960s, contrasting the meteoric rise of the University of California to the highest pinnacle of academic achievement with its troubled political context. He describes his attempts to steer a middle course between attacks from the political Right and Left and discusses the continuing attacks on the university, and on him personally, by the state Un-American Activities Committee. He provides a unique point of view of the Free Speech Movement on the Berkeley campus in the fall of 1964. He also details the events of January 1967, when he was dismissed as president of the university by the Board of Regents.

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Clark Kerr - The Gold and the Blue, A Personal Mem oir of the University of California, 1949 - 1967, Volume One, Academic Triumphs (2001).pdf

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Clark Kerr - The Gold and the Blue, A Personal Mem oir of the University of California, 1949-1967, Vo lume Two, Political Turmoi (2003).jpg

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Clark Kerr - The Gold and the Blue, A Personal Mem oir of the University of California, 1949-1967, Vo lume Two, Political Turmoi (2003).pdf

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Kent Lightfoot - Indians, Missionaries, and Mercha nts, The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the Cali fornia Frontiers (2007).jpg

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California's earliest European colonists--Russian merchants and Spanish missionaries--depended heavily on Native Americans for labor to build and maintain their colonies, but they did so in very different ways. This richly detailed book brings together disparate skeins of the past--including little-known oral histories, native texts, ethnohistory, and archaeological excavations--to present a vivid new view of how native cultures fared under these two colonial systems. Kent Lightfoot's innovative work, which incorporates the holistic methods of historical anthropology, explores the surprising ramifications of these long-ago encounters for the present-day political status of native people in California. Lightfoot weaves the results of his own significant archaeological research at Fort Ross, a major Russian mercantile colony, into a cross-cultural comparison, showing how these two colonial ventures--one primarily mercantile and one primarily religious--contributed to the development of new kinds of native identities, social forms, and tribal relationships. His lively account includes personal anecdotes from the field and a provocative discussion of the role played by early ethnographers, such as Alfred Kroeber, in influencing which tribes would eventually receive federal recognition. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants takes a fascinating, yet troubling, look at California's past and its role in shaping the state today.

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Kent Lightfoot - Indians, Missionaries, and Mercha nts, The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the Cali fornia Frontiers (2007).pdf

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Ron Rapoport - The Immortal Bobby, Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf (2005).jpg

"A thorough biography of Jones. Solid reporting." (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

"Bobby Jones' golf Grand Slam, achieved 75 years ago, ranks among sports' greatest accomplishments… He did it, but as Ron Rapoport discovered… not without a great deal of suffering, mental and physical." (USA Today)

"The Immortal Bobby is a well-researched and unvarnished biography of Jones by Ron Rapoport, a Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist and National Public Radio commentator. Rapoport excels at adding sociological context to Jones' achievements." (GolfWeek)

There are several Bobby Jones books out this spring commemorating the 75th anniversary of his 1930 Grand Slam, but none so far is better researched, or told with greater detail, than this one by Rapoport, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. Rapoport recounts the more fascinating details of Jones' life after doing scores of interviews and poring over the golfer's many correspondences. Jones was a prolific writer; in fact, his own accounts of his golf matches occasionally appeared in the next day's paper. Rapoport says he "discovered a disparity between the man and the myth that was not always so simple." He recounts that despite his gentlemanly image, Jones could hold a fearsome grudge, as he did against fellow pro Chick Evans, whose every attempt at reconciliation was rebuffed. As for 1930, Rapoport brings much of the detail of the Grand Slam quest back to life. Forgotten, until now, are the numerous near-disasters and the internal turmoil that make Jones' ultimate triumph all the more admirable. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Ron Rapoport - The Immortal Bobby, Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf (2005).pdf

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Rose McDermott - Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making (2007).jpg

This book is about how illness affects the behavior of American presidents. It discusses four cases in American history of presidential decision making being affected by illness. The main purpose of this book is to show that health problems have a bigger impact on important political decisions than people may have realized. This book differs from the competition because it focuses primarily on foreign policy, where a president has greater freedom of authority, and also features detailed analysis of historical case studies.

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Rose McDermott - Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making (2007).pdf

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Ellen Ullman - Close to the Machine, Technophilia and Its Discontents (2001).jpg

Here is a candid account of the life of a software engineer who runs her own computer consulting business out of a live-work loft in San Francisco’s Multimedia Gulch. Immersed in the abstract world of information, algorithms, and networks, she would like to give in to the seductions of the programmer’s world, where “weird logic dreamers” like herself live “close to the machine.” Still, she is keenly aware that body and soul are not mechanical: desire, love, and the need to communicate face to face don’t easily fit into lines of codes or clicks in a Web browser. At every turn, she finds she cannot ignore the social and philosophical repercussions of her work. As Ullman sees it, the cool world of cyber culture is neither the death of civilization nor its salvation—it is the vulnerable creation of people who are not so sure of just where they’re taking us all.

Ellen Ullman has worked as a software engineer and consultant since 1978. She is the author of The Bug and her writing has been published in Resisting the Virtual Life, Wired Woman, and in Harper’s Magazine. She is a commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”"

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Ellen Ullman - Close to the Machine, Technophilia and Its Discontents (2001).djvu

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Lesley Brill - John Huston's Filmmaking (1997).jpg

John Huston's Filmmaking offers an analysis of the life and work of one of the greatest American independent filmmakers. Always visually exciting, Huston's films sensitively portray humankind in all its incarnations, chronicling the attempts by protagonists to conceive and articulate their identities. In this study, Lesley Brill shows Huston's films to be far more than formulaic adventures of masculine failure, arguing instead that they demonstrate the close connection among humanity, the natural world, and divinity.

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Lesley Brill - John Huston's Filmmaking (1997).pdf

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Genres in American Cinema - Martin Rubin - Thrille rs (1999).jpg

The thriller is perhaps the most popular and widespread movie genre--and the most difficult to define. Thrillers can contain gangsters or ghosts, space helmets or fedoras. They charge our familiar world with a spirit of exotic, old-fashioned adventure. They give us pleasure by making us uncomfortable--on the edge of our seats. Thrillers provides a comprehensive treatment of this genre, from silent serials to stalker films, from Alfred Hitchcock to Quentin Tarantino, from The Great Train Robbery to L.A. Confidential. This accessible, wide-ranging volume is designed to appeal to students and general filmgoers alike, and shows how this visceral, double-faced film genre has aroused our intense sensations throughout decades of American cinema.

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Genres in American Cinema - Martin Rubin - Thrille rs (1999).pdf

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Lyn Spillman - Nation and Commemoration, Creating National Identities in the United States and Austr alia (1997).jpg

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What do people think when they imagine themselves as part of a nation? What are the experiences and symbols that define their nationhood? Nation and Commemoration examines how two similar sets of people, Australians and Americans, have created and recreated their different national identities. Lyn Spillman compares American and Australian national identities at the end of the nineteenth century and again at the end of the twentieth. What do people think when they imagine themselves as part of a nation? Nation and Commemoration answers this question in an exploration of the creation and recreation of national identities through commemorative activities. Extending recent work in cultural sociology and history, Lyn Spillman compares centennial and bicentennial celebrations in the United States and Australia to show how national identities can emerge from processes of ‘cultural production’. She systematically analyses the symbols and meanings of national identity in these two ‘new nations’, identifying changes and continuities, similarities and differences in how visions of history, place in the world, politics, land, and diversity have been used to ex nationhood. The result is a deeper understanding, not only of American and Australian nationalidentities, but also of the global process of nation-formation.

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Lyn Spillman - Nation and Commemoration, Creating National Identities in the United States and Austr alia (1997).pdf

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St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 5 Volum e set (1999).jpg

This encyclopedia focuses on American popular culture, examining the post- World War II era in over 2700 alphabetical essays in the following broad categories: film, music, print culture, social life, sports, television and radio, and art and performance. It contains both descriptive essays (75-150 words) and more in-depth essays (up to 3000 words), each signed and concluding with a secondary bibliography. Volume 5 ends with a variety of indexes: a general index, a "Time-Frame Index" (by decades), and a category index. Unfortunately, however, the general index lists the essays in which a topic, person, or event is discussed but not the major essay about the subject. To discover if there is an actual essay about a specific topic, one must go to the correct alphabetical portion of the encyclopedia or consult the "List of Entries" at the front of the volume. This would not normally be a problem, but unfortunately there are very few cross references in the text--and none at all in the index. For example, to find the American Association of Retired Persons, one needs to know to look under AARP; there is no cross reference from the full name to the acronym in either the encyclopedia or the general index. The general index only points the reader to an essay mentioning the American Association of Retired Persons, not to the essay specifically about AARP. In addition, there are no See Also references (except for one that should really have been a See reference).

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St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 5 Volum e set (1999) [PDF x 5].rar

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Darrell Cleveland - A Long Way to Go, Conversation s About Race by African American Faculty and Gradu ate Students (2004).jpg

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A Long Way to Go: Conversations about Race by African American Faculty and Graduate Students highlights the experiences and coping strategies of faculty members and graduate students pursuing Ph.D.s who have successfully navigated the academy despite hostile environments and hurdles that cause many to avoid or leave the academy. African American students and faculty often face problems such as isolation within a white environment, the misinterpretation of confidence as aggressiveness, and the need to work twice as hard as white peers in order to be taken seriously in their chosen careers. This book will assist both doctoral students and junior faculty in successfully completing the graduate school experience and transitioning into tenure-track positions, and will be of great interest to all higher education faculty and administrators who must address the complex issues of diversity in recruiting and retaining graduate students and faculty.

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Darrell Cleveland - A Long Way to Go, Conversation s About Race by African American Faculty and Gradu ate Students (2004).pdf

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John Dryzek, Daid Downs, Hans-Kristian Hernes, Dav id Schlosberg - Green States and Social Movements, Environmentalism in the United States, United Kin gdom, Germany, and Norway (2003).jpg

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Social movements take shape in relation to the kind of state they face, while over time states are transformed by the movements that they both incorporate and resist. Green States and Social Movements is a comparative study of the environmental movement's successes and failures in four very different states: the USA, UK, Germany and Norway. The history covers the entire sweep of the modern environmental era that begins in 1970. The end in view is a green transformation of the state and society on a par with earlier transformations that gave us first the liberal capitalist state and then the welfare state. The authors explain why such a transformation is now most likely in Germany, and why it is least likely in the United States, which has lost the status of environmental pioneer that it gained in the early 1970s. Their comparative analysis also explains the role played by social movements in making modern societies more deeply democratic, and yields insights into the strategic choices of environmental movements as they decide on what terms to engage, enter or resist the state. Sometimes it makes sense for a movement to act conventionally, as a green party or set of interest groups. But sometimes inclusion can mean co-optation, in which case a movement can instead emphasize action in and through civil society.

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