The Politics of Faculty Unionization explores the campus tensions, economic crises, and state political controversies that led to the rise of faculty unions at public universities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut during the 1970's. The book examines conflicts surrounding unionization campaigns in light of developments in the labor movement and American higher education.

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Gordon Patterson - The Mosquito Crusades, A Histor y of the American Anti-Mosquito Movement from the Reed Commission to the First Earth Day (2009).jpg

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Among the struggles of the twentieth century, the one between humans and mosquitoes may have been the most vexing. As vectors of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, encephalitis, and dengue fever, mosquitoes forced open a new chapter in the history of medical entomology. Based on extensive use of primary sources, The Mosquito Crusades traces this saga and the parallel efforts of civic groups in New Jersey's Meadowlands and along San Francisco Bay's east side to manage the dangerous mosquito population.

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Hal Rothman - Lbj's Texas White House, Our Heart's Home (2001).jpg

A history of Lyndon Baines Johnson's ranch in Texas, which he and his family called "our heart's home" and made the Texas White House during his five years as president. The text explores the ranch's ethos and operation, and thus examines the relationship between power and place in US culture.

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Kathleen Fearn-Banks - The A to Z of African-Ameri can Television (2009).jpg

From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters, this work covers it all. There are entries on all different genres and performers. Additionally, information can be found on general issues, ranging from African American audiences and stereotypes through the related networks and organizations. This book has hundreds of entries, from A to Z, in the dictionary and a list of acronyms with their corresponding definitions.

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Lionel G. Garcia, Henry Loius, Jr. Gates, Grace Pa ley, Gordon, Sr. Parks, Al Young - American Ethnic Writers (2008).jpg

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This book gives authoritative coverage of 225 ethnic writers that is essential for the school and college library shelf.Ethnic literature is a mainstay of the high school and undergraduate classroom. This revised edition of "American Ethnic Writers", expanded by a full volume, includes not only the classics of African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, Jewish American, and Native American novels, short stories, plays, and poetry but many new voices as well, in authoritative, clearly written essays for the student and general reader. It is a key resource for literary and American studies.Scope and coverage: An updated and significantly expanded three-volume edition of the original two-volume "American Ethnic Writers", this edition enhances previous coverage with the addition of 89 new authors and more than 500 new works - more than doubling the length of the best-selling two-volume set of 2000. The 225 ethnic writers covered here represent all major American ethnicities and include such well-known African American writers as Maya Angelou, Alex Haley, Toni Morrison and Richard Wright as well as Asian American writers Amy Tan, Ha Jin and Jade Snow-Wong and Jewish American writers Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Elie Wiesel. Also covered here are Hispanic and Latino writers Ana Castillo, Victor Hernandez Cruz and Jose Yglesias, and Native American contemporaries Alexie Sherman, Barbara Kingsolver and Joy Harjo.Organization and format: Arranged alphabetically by author, each essay begins with the name of the writer as best known, followed by a capsule identifier (e.g., Asian American novelist); a summary description of the writer's significance; "Traditions," which lists associated ethnicities (e.g., Japanese American); "Also known as" names; birth date and place; death date and place (if applicable); and Biography. Pronunciation guides are provided for difficult-to-pronounce names.A section of analyses follows, focusing on one to ten of the writer's works. Each of these sections on core novels, plays, short stories, or poems lists the work's title, genre, and year of publication, followed by a page of analysis. The updated "Suggested Readings" section lists 5 to 10 print resources for more information. Finally, each essay is signed by an academician or other expert contributor.Special features include: Volume 3 concludes with two appendixes, a General Bibliography and a list of Web Sites, as well as five indexes: Author Index, Title Index, Authors by Ethnic Identity, Titles by Ethnic Identity, and Titles by Genre.

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Paul E. Kennedy - American Wild Flowers Coloring B ook (1971).jpg

American Wild Flowers Coloring Book (Dover Pictorial Archives) /by Paul Kennedy (Author) .Learn to identify 46 of the most important wildflowers, from Rickett’s collection—lady’s slipper, black-eyed susan, bird’s foot violet, cardinal flower, pitcher plant, trout lily, etc.
Botanical identifications, common names and habitat. Color versions on covers. "...a source of enjoyment for wildflower enthusiasts of almost any age.

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Richard Mintzer - Keeping the Peace, The U.S. Mili tary Responds to Terror (2002).jpg

Discusses the September 11, 2001, attack on the United States and the nation's response with military action and a declaration of war on terrorism.

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T. Alexander Aleinikoff - Semblances of Sovereignt y, The Constitution, the State, and American Citiz enship (2002).jpg

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In a set of cases decided at the end of the nineteenth century, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had "plenary power" to regulate immigration, Indian tribes, and newly acquired territories. Not coincidentally, the groups subject to Congress' plenary power were primarily nonwhite and generally perceived as "uncivilized." The Court left Congress free to craft policies of assimilation, exclusion, paternalism, and domination. Despite dramatic shifts in constitutional law in the twentieth century, the plenary power case decisions remain largely the controlling law. The Warren Court, widely recognized for its dedication to individual rights, focused on ensuring "full and equal citizenship"--an agenda that utterly neglected immigrants, tribes, and residents of the territories. The Rehnquist Court has appropriated the Warren Court's rhetoric of citizenship, but has used it to strike down policies that support diversity and the sovereignty of Indian tribes. Attuned to the demands of a new century, the author argues for abandonment of the plenary power cases, and for more flexible conceptions of sovereignty and citizenship. The federal government ought to negotiate compacts with Indian tribes and the territories that affirm more durable forms of self-government. Citizenship should be "decentered," understood as a commitment to an intergenerational national project, not a basis for denying rights to immigrants.

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Tammy Bruce - The New American Revolution, Using t he Power of the Individual to Save Our Nation from Extremists (2005).jpg

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The New American Revolution A controversial and powerful manifesto for twenty-first-century American Patriots "It's time to swing back the curtains and invite the light in. And that light is American Nationalism, perennially shunned by the Left, condemned by Socialists, and without any special interest group fighting for its rebirth. It has no legitimate advocates. And yet it is the very idea that will save not only our nation, but the rest of the world as well," declares Tammy Bruce. With this remarkable book, the bestselling author, activist, and independent pundit pulls no punches, illustrating how a new American revolution is upon us -- a revolution based on American Nationalism and Individualism. Grounded in reason, classical philosophy, and hard-earned experience, Bruce explores the dramatic shift in American attitudes since the tragedy of September 11. She illustrates how in our effort to take this nation back from nihilistic extremists, American Nationalism, individualism, gun ownership, the tearing down of liberal institutions, personal activism, and knowing the enemy are the new tools for today's Patriot. The "Hate America First" ideology has prevailed for far too long, says Bruce, and she now offers a powerful prescription to reverse the moral and cultural decay wrought by Leftist extremists for four decades. This power to stem the tide resides squarely within the reawakened American founding concept of "E Pluribus Unum", or "Out of Many, One." It is this ingrained individualist spirit of the average American that makes this country thebest nation on earth, and now fuels the noble fight against the scourge of the Collectivist Left. In a positive framework with empowering ideas, insight, and tools for direct action, Bruce has captured a watershed moment in American history.

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Thaddeus Wakefield - The Family in Twentieth-Centu ry American Drama (2003).jpg

The central subject of American drama is, arguably, the American family. From Royall Tyler’s colonial comedy The Contrast (1787) to August Wilson’s King Hedley II (2000), relationships between husbands, wives, and their children have been used consistently by American playwrights to explore and illuminate the American experience. This study of the family in twentieth-century American drama explores how filial relationships are affected by the capitalistic culture of consumption that permeates twentieth-century American society. By analyzing relationships within both traditional and nontraditional families, this book examines how family members in American plays perceive themselves and others as "things" in American twentieth-century capitalistic society.

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Thom Hartmann - Unequal Protection, How Corporatio ns Became ''People'', And How You Can Fight Back ( 2010).jpg

Was the Boston Tea Party the first WTO-style protest against transnational corporations? Did Supreme Court sell out America's citizens in the nineteenth century, with consequences lasting to this day? Is there a way for American citizens to recover democracy of, by, and for the people?
Thom Hartmann takes on these most difficult questions and tells a startling story that will forever change your understanding of American history. Amongst a deep historical context, Hartmann describes the history of the Fourteenth Amendment--created at the end of the Civil War to grant basic rights to freed slaves--and how it has been used by lawyers representing corporate interests to extend additional rights to businesses far more frequently than to freed slaves. Prior to 1886, corporations were referred to in U.S. law as "artificial persons." But in 1886, after a series of cases brought by lawyers representing the expanding railroad interests, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations were "persons" and entitled to the same rights granted to people under the Bill of Rights. Since this ruling, America has lost the legal structures that allowed for people to control corporate behavior.
It's time for "we, the people" to take back our lives. In this revised and expanded second edition, Hartmann incorporates specific examples from today's headlines, and proposes specific legal remedies that could truly save the world from political, economic, and ecological disaster.

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Who Wrote That - Hal Marcovitz - Pat Mora (2007).jpg

As a young girl growing up in El Paso, Texas, Pat Mora felt as though she belonged to two worlds - the American culture of Texas and the Latino culture of Mexico. When her parents gave her a typewriter as an 8th-grade graduation gift, Mora started expressing her feelings through poetry. She would go on to become the Chicana voice of the Southwest, telling stories about the desert and the Latino people who are forced to straddle two cultures. Mora has also turned her talents toward authoring storybooks for young readers, in which she teaches valuable lessons about being different, the importance of reading, familial love, and the power of young girls to excel and be leaders. This compelling new biography offers valuable insight into the life and writing of an exceptional author who has become an important voice for multiculturalism in the American literary scene.

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Who Wrote That - Hal Marcovitz - Pat Mora (2007).pdf

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William Blazek, Michael K. Glenday - American Myth ologies, Essays on Contemporary Literature (2005).jpg

In its more than three decades of existence, the discipline of American studies has been reliably unreliable, its boundaries and assumptions forever shifting as it continuously repositions itself to better address the changing character of American life, literature, and culture. American Mythologies is a challenging new look at the current reinvention of American studies, a reinvention that has questioned the whole notion of what "American"—let alone "American studies"—means. Essays in the collection range widely in considering these questions, from the effect of Muhammad Ali on Norman Mailer's writings about boxing to the interactions of myth and memory in the fictions of Jayne Anne Phillips to the conflicted portrayal of the American West in Cormac McCarthy's novels. Four essays in the collection focus on Native American authors, including Leslie Marmon Silko and Gerald Vizenor, while another considers Louise Erdrich's novels in the context of Ojibwa myth. By bringing together perspectives on American studies from both Europe and America, American Mythologies provides a clear picture of the current state of the discipline while pointing out fruitful directions for its future.

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William Pencak - Encyclopedia of the Veteran in Am erica (2 volumes) (2009).jpg

From the American Revolution to today's conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Encyclopedia of the Veteran in America captures the experiences and lives of our nation's veterans in a comprehensive, unprecedented way. It is the first major reference work focused exclusively on an American soldier's view of military life during war and the often difficult return to civilian life and peacetime afterward.
Encyclopedia of the Veteran in America comprises over 100 insightful entries that include major examinations of the American Revolution, Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Gulf, Afghan, and Iraq Wars, plus brief reviews of other conflicts. In addition, it highlights the specific experiences of POW, MIAs, and their families, as well as African Americans, women, and American Indian soldiers. Additional entries focus on key historic figures like Theodore Roosevelt and General Douglas MacArthur, veterans organizations like the American Legion and the VFW, legislative initiatives, and the full range of memorials and monuments dedicated to our fighting men and women.

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George Wuerthner - Grand Canyon, A Visitor's Compa nion (1998).jpg

60 color photos 260 color drawings 6 x 9 Grand Canyon National Park draws 5 million visitors from around the world each year. More than 280 miles long, 18 miles wide, and 4,600 feet deep, the Grand Canyon is one of the most impressive gorges on earth. The ecosystems within its boundaries are diversefrom desert to forestand support a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals, and plants. Grand Canyon describes and illustrates in full color each of these plant and animal species and explores the canyons geological history, land use issues, native people, and past explorersat once a travelers guide, field guide, and natural history of one of Americas most popular and extraordinary national parks. George Wuerthner is a full-time photographer, writer, and ecologist.

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