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Book SynopsisFrom early 20th-century sex experiments in Europe, to the saga of Christine Jorgensen, whose sex-change surgery made headlines in 1952, to today’s growing transgender movement, Meyerowitz gives us the first serious history of transsexuality, focusing on the stories of transsexual men and women themselves.Trade ReviewA masterful history. Drawing on extensive and compelling evidence, Joanne Meyerowitz shows how transsexuals, the doctors who treated them, and the media not only expanded the possibilities for individual sex change but also transformed the cultural meanings of sex, gender, and sexuality in twentieth-century America. -- Estelle B. Freedman, author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of WomenQuite simply the best work on transsexual history yet produced. How Sex Changed is a wonderful introduction to the topic for newcomers as well as a solid point of departure for specialists already working in the field. A lucid, readable tour de force of archival research. -- Susan Stryker, Executive Director, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender Historical Society/International Museum of GLBT HistoryHow Sex Changed brings transsexuals into the canon of U.S. history. Meyerowitz provides the disciplined analysis of the emergence of this minority that we need in order to bring them into our evolving gender history. This is one of the most original and useful contributions to the history of sexuality in a decade. -- James W. Reed, Rutgers UniversityAn absorbing tale. In Meyerowitz's deft telling transsexuality becomes a complex phenomenon that shook the foundations of American thinking about the ostensibly natural linkages among sex, gender, and sexuality. This is a masterful work. -- Leila J. Rupp, author of A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in AmericaThis splendid, beautifully written history of sex changing is also a history of changing sexual politics, social and political identities, and new technologies that have combined to change all our lives. A "must have" for all scholars of sex, sexual mores and sexual and gender politics, as well as required reading for all transsexual and transgender people. It is a reclamation of our history, of where we have come from and where we are going. -- Stephen Whittle, author of Respect and Equality: Transsexual and Transgender RightsHow Sex Changed succeeds brilliantly in bringing together cultural, medical, and social histories of transsexuality, and in giving powerful voice to transgendered and transsexual people's role in making that history. This is a compelling and important book. -- Regina Kunzel, Williams CollegeMeyerowitz's easy, readable style makes her thorough research in a wide range of fields accessible and enjoyable, even when she is detailing such subjects as internecine fighting among psychiatrists over the merits of sex-change operations...[How Sex Changed] is an invaluable introduction to how ideas about gender and sexuality have evolved. * Publishers Weekly *[A] fascinating account of how transsexuality has challenged American concepts of sex, gender, and sexuality in science, medicine, law, and popular culture in the 20th century...With her sympathetic reporting on the lives of individual men and women coming to terms with their transsexuality--especially Jorgensen, who lived until 1989--Meyerowitz gives serious social history an engaging human face. Informative and absorbing. * Kirkus Reviews *This unusually intelligent and straightforward cultural history...convincingly shows that our coming to view "biological sex"--the physical markers of femininity and masculinity--as malleable rather than immutable constituted one of the most profound moral, social, legal, and medical changes in twentieth-century America. * The Atlantic *Meyerowitz, teacher and editor...uses both skills to explain a confusing subject and pilot readers through a morass of changing terminology and interpretations...The book might have bogged down in the anatomical, chromosomal, psychological, and social aspects of the differences between men and women, but Meyerowitz avoids this by maintaining focus on major trends and attitudes. She cites carefully chosen persons, organizations, and publications to demonstrate the gradual development of the now generally accepted idea of maleness and femaleness occupying a qualitative continuum rather than representing polar conditions. Detailed and informative, and well supported by references and notes, Meyerowitz's work is commendable to anyone seriously interested in transsexuality. * Booklist *[How Sex Changed] examines changing definitions of gender through the prism of transsexuality, that most mysterious of conditions in which a person is born with normal chromosomes and hormones for one sex but is convinced that he or she is a member of the other. Dr. Meyerowitz shows how mutable the words "male," "female," "sex," and "gender" have become, and how their meanings have evolved through time. Hers is one of several new books on the subject of the transgendered...In terms of the scientific quandary of gender, [this book] is the most important. -- Dinitia Smith * New York Times *How Sex Changed is a sober, comprehensive cultural history that draws on previously unavailable archival sources. It is likely to become a standard reference in the field. How Sex Changed follows the growing self-identification and assertiveness of transsexuals in American society. One of its great strengths is its examination of the intersection and interaction of science and culture, a type of inquiry that should serve as a model for future work on gender issues...[This is] an intelligent, even indispensable, account. -- Julia M. Klein * The Nation *Meyerowitz details the advancement of medical treatments for transsexuals along with accompanying changes in the scientific as well as the popular lexicon...Though doctors have published a number of medical texts on transsexuality, and several transsexuals have published their autobiographies, Meyerowitz's book stands out as a comprehensive, scholarly volume that incorporates research from a wide range of sources, including the perspectives of many transgender people themselves. -- Amanda Laughtland * The Progressive *A thorough and fascinating academic study...Meyerowitz in this fine book uses the history of transsexuality and the narrative arc of Jorgensen's story as a means by which to study our ever evolving notions of man and woman, sex and gender. The key word here is evolving. We haven't figured anything out, but at least we're asking questions. -- Jonathan Ames * Bookforum *Gender is a fundamental part of human identity, yet for some people the question, "Male or female?" is not easily answered. These individuals feel they are trapped in the wrong body. Their history, and especially their efforts to change their bodies through surgical and medical interventions, is the subject of this new book by Joanne Meyerowitz...This is a scientific work, but Meyerowitz keeps the very human side of the issue front and center throughout. * Psychology Today *In addition to examining these definitional battles, Meyerowitz details how transsexuality became a lens through which post-war American culture's concerns with "the limits of individualism, the promises and pitfalls of science, the appropriate behavior of women and men, and the boundaries of acceptable gender expression" were refracted. She uses the story of Jorgensen's personal transformation to frame a riveting social, medical and cultural history of transsexualism in the United States...The richness of Meyerowitz' incisive and accessible history lies in the breadth and depth of her research. -- Paisley Currah * Women's Review of Books *Beginning with the 1950s, Joanne Meyerowitz shows how sex-change surgery forced people into rethinking gender beyond binary categories of male and female…Meyerowitz is too smart to fall for the charms of such simple essentialism, and also shows that transsexual patients who hoped for surgery were prepared to structure their life stories, and their sense of self, to fit in with the institutional meanings and interpretations of their "condition"…Meyerowitz is correct to turn away from the more simplistic theoretical idiom which posits transsexuality as only ever a hybrid symbol of thirdness that denaturalizes and parodies gender binaries. -- H. G. Cocks * Journal of Contemporary History *How Sex Changed brings the reader to the revelation that transsexuality functioned as both a cause and effect of surrounding notions of what sex, gender, and sexuality do or don’t have to do with each other...[it] also provides a compelling look at many of the most prominent researchers and clinicians involved in transsexuality. Reading this book one is struck not only by the astounding number of theories that were put forth to explain (and sometimes explain away) transsexuality but also by the stark contrast between those clinicians and researchers who wanted to help transsexual people and those who were only interested in advancing their own careers...This book ought to be required reading for everyone engaged in the study of sex, gender, and sexuality, since everyone so engaged can use the understanding Meyerowitz provide of how tangled ideas about sex and gender can become and how harmed those entangled can be. The writing style—blessedly free of the needless jargon that chills so many would-be sexy books—makes How Sex Changed a pleasure to read and accessible even to undergraduates. The use of primary and secondary literature feels like scholarship at its best without being plodding. Meyerowitz performs a masterful job showing how the popular press, the medical literature, and the autobiographies of transsexual people ended up playing off each other; a narrower historical study of transsexuality could easily have missed these critical insights. -- Alice D. Dreger * Journal of the History of Sexuality *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Sex Change 2. "Ex-Gi Becomes Blonde Beauty" 3. From Sex To Gender 4. A "Fierce And Demanding" Drive 5. Sexual Revolutions 6. The Liberal Moment 7. The Next Generation Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume describes, analyzes, and evaluates the first 25 years of the largest lasting collaborative educational and research program between two neighboring research universities.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of original essays about the people and places that live in the minds and memories of Bostonians and all Americans. Pursuing the legend and the lore, these essays celebrate the players, the games, and the arenas that are at the heart of the city.Trade ReviewRandy Roberts brings every moment of Boston's illustrious sports history to life. He is a superb storyteller and a passionate narrative historian who manages to find the story in the history. -- Ken Burns

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Book SynopsisFriedman chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from itinerant amateur to trained expert. From the mid-19th century to the eve of World War II, the development of sales management transformed an economy populated by peddlers and canvassers to one driven by professional salesmen and executives.Trade ReviewI very much enjoyed reading this book. It is well written, well argued, and thoroughly researched. Salesmen, Friedman argues, helped distribute the products of America's increasingly bountiful manufacturing industries, invented new forms of managerial hierarchies, investigated the psychology of desire, and were in the vanguard of America's transformation from a producer to a consumer society. He powerfully shows that the rise of modern business practices and the emergence of a particularly American culture of consumption can only be fully understood if we examine the history of selling. -- Sven Beckert, author of The Monied MetropolisWalter Friedman's Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America is an important book. The modern industrial economy, created in the United States and Europe between the 1880s and the 1930s, required the integration of large-scale production and marketing. The evolution of mass production is a well-known story, but Friedman is the first to fill in the crucial marketing side of that industrial revolution. -- Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., author of The Visible Hand and Scale and ScopeWith wit and verve, Walter Friedman gives us a cast of memorable characters who turned salesmanship from ballyhoo to behaviorism, from silliness to science. Informed by prodigious research, Birth of a Salesman also clarifies the birth of modern marketing--from an angle that humanizes its subject through wry, ironic, but serious analysis. This is a pioneering work on a subject crucial to American social, cultural, and business history. -- Thomas K. McCraw, author of Creating Modern CapitalismThe history Friedman weaves is engrossing and the book hits stride with entertaining chapters on Mark Twain's marketing of the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (apparently Twain was as talented a businessman as a writer) and on the shift from the drummer--the middleman between wholesalers and regional shopkeepers--to the department store...In Birth of a Salesman, Friedman has crafted a history of an 'inherently unlikable process' with depth, affection and intelligent analysis. -- Carlo Wolff * Boston Globe *Walter A. Friedman's Birth of a Salesman...should be required reading for anyone who watched The Apprentice for more than Omarosa's spat of the week. It's a much needed history of salesmanship in America, and a portrait of capitalism in transition. -- Jori Finkel * Village Voice *Here is an account of how the hawker, the street peddler, the lowly bagman, then the exhausted and ridiculed Willie Loman figure evolved into the mighty selling and marketing gurus of today, surrounded and supported by a battery of psychologists, economists, colour consultants, social scientists, statisticians, advertising experts and--yes!--philosophers. * Financial Times *In Birth of a Salesman, Walter A. Friedman traces the evolution of the modern salesman from peddlers, hawkers and canvassers of pre-industrial America. -- Harold Perkin * Times Literary Supplement *[Friedman] perceptively chronicles significant inventions, products, events, and people that have shaped the philosophy of selling. A historian at the Harvard Business School, Friedman focuses on the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, a time when the concept of salesmanship came to the fore in business. Modern principles for selling were developed during those decades, he argues, and, except for some tweakings to meet the times, little has changed since. -- Peter Krass * Across the Board *In Birth of a Salesman, business historian Walter A. Friedman traces the history of salesmanship from its roots in peddling and the door-to-door marketing of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs and Fuller brushes through the development of scientific selling and marketing by National Cash Register, Ford, Coca-Cola, and IBM. Friedman is a breezy writer with a good eye for cultural and social artifact, like the list of 10 things wives could do to help their NCR-salesmen husbands succeed. But he also has an important point to make: that it wasn't just the genius for making products that propelled the U.S. economy but the knack for creating a demand for things people never knew they wanted. * Washington Post *As Birth of a Salesman makes clear, salesmen--and women--have long been a vital force in driving the economic engine of the United States. Friedman conveys his thesis in a winning book that begins with descriptions of itinerant peddlers and canvassers in the early part of the 19th century...With Birth of a Salesman, he has certainly gone a long way toward fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of this often-maligned profession. -- Thomas J. Brady * Philadelphia Inquirer *This is a carefully researched and closely contextualized study of a relatively neglected, though central, character in American capitalist society during a period when the economy underwent a transformation. An archive-based study of the role of salesmen in business and the evolution of the system of selling which determined their activities contributes much to an understanding of the history of business...A lively narrative describes the development of the selling function in America, beginning with the activities of peregrinating "hawkers and walkers" to the burdensome role imposed by the aggressive marketing regimes introduced by the large, bureaucratically managed companies. -- Roy Church * Business History *[A] systematic, yet lively and energetic history...Friedman has written a fine book and it deserves a wide reading. -- Burton Folsom * Indiana Magazine of History *Table of ContentsPrologue, 1916 The First World's Salesmanship Congress Introduction The Science of Selling 1. Hawkers and Walkers The Independent Peddler 2. Selling Ulysses S. Grant The Art of the Canvasser 3. Forging a National Marketplace The Traveling Salesman 4. Fifty-Seven Varieties Sales Managers and Branded Goods 5. The Pyramid Plan John H. Patterson and the Pursuit of Efficiency 6. Salesology Psychologists, Economists, and Other Sales Experts 7. Instincts and Emotions Walter Dill Scott and the Bureau of Salesmanship Research 8. A Car for Her Selling Consumer Goods in the 1920s 9. Selling Salesmanship Public Relations and the Great Depression 10. Beyond Willy Loman American Salesmanship Today Appendix Illustration Credits Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThe U.S. has always been a nation of immigrants, shaped by successive waves of new arrivals. This comprehensive guide provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants. Based on the latest U.S. Census data and scholarly research, this book is an essential reference for anyone curious about the changing face of America.Trade ReviewAn exhaustive new work by more than two dozen American scholars...It's a careful, learned work aimed at educating us all as to who Americans really are these days...For those reporting on, working with or leading this increasingly diverse nation, The New Americans will serve as a thorough primer to the nuances, challenges and opportunities at hand. -- Robert Behre * Charleston Post and Courier *The book is a useful primer; at once a wealth of information and a telling snapshot of current academic opinion on that all-important topic, assimilation. -- Tamar Jacoby * New York Post *There is not a weak or disappointing essay in the book...Waters and Ueda have succeeded in their goal of updating The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. My copy of The New Americans now sits next to that venerable old guide, as it should for any scholar of the American immigrant experience. -- Peter Kivisto * Ethnic and Racial Studies *

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Book SynopsisThe Gates Unbarred traces the evolution of University Extension at Harvard from the Lyceum movement in Boston to its creation by the newly appointed president A. Lawrence Lowell in 1910. For a century University Extension has provided community access to Harvard, including the opportunity for women and men to earn a degree.Table of Contents* Image Credits * Acknowledgments * Introduction: Harvard After Dark * Genesis: The Benefactor, John Lowell, Jr. * The Lowell Institute of Boston: John Amory Lowell, the First Trustee *Pro Bono Publico: President A. Lawrence Lowell and the Creation of the Commission on Extension Courses * The Formative Years of University Extension: James Hardy Ropes, Dean (1910-22) * University Extension at Steady State under Arthur F. Whittem, Director (1922-46) and George W. Adams, Director (1946-49) * A New Beginning for University Extension: The Early Years of Reginald H. Phelps, Director (1949-60) * The Commission on Extension Courses, WGBH-TV and the US Navy Create Collegiate Programs: From "Polaris University" to PACE (Program for Afloat College Education), (1960-72) * University Extension's Community Outreach in a Time of Crisis (1968-75) * The Second Half-Century: The Later Years of Reginald H. Phelps, Director (1960-75) * University Extension Unbound and Transformed: The Early Years * University Extension Unbound and Transformed: The Early Years of Michael Shinagel, Director and Dean (1975-85) * A Passage to India: Creation of the Indian Computer Academy in Bangalore, India * University Extension Courses Go Online: From Teleteaching to Distance Education (1984 to the Present) * Harvard University Extension in the Twenty-First Century: New Professional Degree Programs (2000 to the Present) * Conclusion: A Century of Service * Appendix A. Lowell Lecturers and Their Topics (1980-2009) * Appendix B. Text of Public Statement regarding Harvard University's Division of Continuing Education's Cessation of Affiliation with the Indian Computer Academy, Bangalore, India * Endnotes * Index

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Book SynopsisTakes the reader from the late nineteenth century to the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, from slavery and the electric chair to electrotorture in American inner cities, and from French and British colonial prison cells and the Spanish-American War to the fields of Vietnam, the wars of the Middle East, and the democracies of Latin America and Europe.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2009 Lemkin Award, Institute for the Study of Genocide Winner of the 2008 Best Book, Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association "Rejali's approach is to track the different behaviors, trends and traditions in torture throughout history to see who influenced whom and what they did...Rejali, a leading expert on government interrogation techniques, reaches key conclusions. First, monitoring by human rights groups doesn't stop torture, it simply causes torturers to resort to techniques that don't scar...Second, most contemporary torture traditions were passed on like crafts from teacher to apprentice...Third, Rejali writes, a person being tortured is likely to say whatever he thinks his captors want to hear, making it one of the poorest methods of gathering reliable information."--Laurel Maury, Los Angeles Times "Torture and Democracy immediately lays claim to be the most compendious and the most rigorous treatment of the subject yet written. Saul Bellow used to say that we are constantly looking for the book it is necessary to read next. On torture, this is it...Torture and Democracy is the anatomy of sneaky. Rejali regales us with tales of every technique of torture known to man...Rejali's analysis of efficacy is exemplary: at once prudent and trenchant, historically alert and morally sentient."--Alex Danchev, Times Higher Education "[A] magisterial study of torture and how it has developed as a social and moral issue with a focus on developments through the last century."--Scott Horton, Harper's Magazine "An exhaustive study of...'clean tortures,' or tortures that leave no permanent scars. Electrotorture, water tortures, stress and duress positions, beating, noise, drugs and forced exercises all make an appearance. The book is a towering achievement, a serious work of social science on an urgent topic that is too frequently surrounded by assumption and myth. It should be read and disseminated widely...The book is devoted to exploding one myth in particular: that clean tortures can casually and reliably be traced to the ancients, or, failing that, to the Nazis. Rejali's provocative thesis is that most clean tortures were actually born in democracies, especially imperial Britain and France."--Michael O'Donnell, San Francisco Chronicle "Torture and Democracy is a much-needed attempt to put our discussions on a firmer historical and conceptual footing while showing us the realities of what torture is and what it does. Based on a decade of research and approximately 2,000 sources in 14 languages, Torture and Democracy is really several books in one. It is a methodical history of what Rejali calls 'clean' or 'stealth' torture (torture that leaves no marks) in the 20th century; a sociological examination of torture's relationship to democracies; a psychological exploration of torture's impact on societies and individuals; a practical consideration of torture's effectiveness; a philosophical musing on the ethics of torture and interrogation in general; an exhaustive cataloguing of tortures used throughout the ages; and what Rejali calls 'a reliable sourcebook' for those who speak out against torture anywhere."--Michael McGregor, The Oregonian "[Creates] what essentially amounts to an epidemiology of torture. Just as scientists were able to show how HIV traveled around the world by mapping the locatino and date of each outbreak of AIDS, Rejali similarly documents the global transmission of major torture techniquest by drawing up a chronology of their occurrence ... Rejali's accomplishment--and it's a considerable one--is to lay out this vast amount of information to demonstrate patterns few had noticed before."--Brian Zabcik, American Lawyer "Documenting modern torture techniques, [Torture and Democracy] is both horrifying and compelling. The consequences of torture are always unpredictable and Rejali argues that torture fails when it's needed most--in last-minute, ticking bomb scenarios."--Karen J. Greenberg, Financial Times "Dozens of books about torture have been published over the last five years. But none compare to Torture and Democracy for its richly detailed comparative analysis, and its synthesis of historical, psychological, medical, forensic, sociological, and political information to explain what torture is, what it does to victims and perpetrators, and why and how it spreads... Rejali has earned the right to speak authoritatively about the most important question of all: Does torture work? His answer, like his book, is profound, complex, and supported by a wealth of empirical detail."--Lisa Hajjar, Arab Studies Journal "Torture and Democracy, the fruit of a lifetime's study should dispel much ignorance and frequently facile assumptions about the subject."--David Bentley, World Today "Darius Rejali's Torture and Democracy, a decade in the making, will be the canonical source text for information on, and the historical confirmation of, the democratic pedigree of tortures that leave no mark."--Aziz Z. Huq. World Policy Journal "Sprawling, essential... A massive dictionary of the unspeakable."--Gary Bass, Dissent "Rejali's consolidation of the available data on torture is certainly an admirable and relevant task. What is especially provocative and essential about Rejali's scholarship is that he forces readers to retreat from the minutiae of political debates surrounding torture and asks us to examine the larger contextual picture."--Shana Tabak, Democracy & Society "This book is quite simply the most authoritative study of torture ever written. Twenty-five years of painstaking research in the making, it will serve the human rights movement for decades to come."--George Hunsinger, Theology Today "The book suits well as an introduction to the topic of torture (techniques) throughout the world from the 20th century until today... [T]he first two parts of the opus offer a vast amount of information on the historical and technical development of torture across many different states."--Daniela Kaschel, Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict "Torture and Democracy by Darius Rejali is arguably the most impressive and most important book to be published on torture in the past few years. A monumental achievement of meticulous documentation, theoretical testing, and reasoned argumentation, it is certain to become the yardstick against which future research on torture will be measured... It should be required reading for any scholar or student of torture, and more importantly, for every policy-maker and counter-terrorism practitioner considering whether torture could or should be used to deal with the current terrorist threat."--Richard Jackson, Critical Studies on Terrorism "A brave and disturbing book, this is the benchmark against which all future studies of modern torture will be measured."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsPreface xv Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Historical Claims 3 Puzzles and Cautions 5 The Priority of Public Monitoring 8 Variations among States 11 Variations within States 15 National Styles of Stealth Torture 16 Torture and Democracy 21 Does Torture Work? 23 Who Cares? 25 Part I: Torture and Democracy 33 Chapter 1: Modern Torture and Its Observers 35 Defining Torture 36 Monitoring Torture 39 Chapter 2: Torture and Democracy 45 The National Security Model 46 The Juridical Model 49 The Civic Discipline Model 55 Hell Is in the Details 60 Part II: Remembering Stalinism and Nazism 65 Introduction 67 Chapter 3: Lights, Heat, and Sweat 69 Sweating and Stealth in America 70 British Psychological Techniques 74 Interrogation Elsewhere in Europe 76 Sweating and Stealth in Russia 79 The Spread of the Russian Style 83 Remembering Pavlov 87 Chapter 4: Whips and Water 91 Labussie're's List 92 Documenting Nazi Torture 93 Torture in Germany 95 Torture in Nazi-Occupied Europe 97 Remembering the War 104 Chapter 5: Bathtubs 108 Masuy's Bathtub 109 Marty's Magneto 111 The French Gestapo and Electric Torture 112 The Decline of Sweating and Stealth 115 The German Gestapo and Modern Torture 117 Remembering Nuremberg 117 The Search for Electric Torture 118 Part III: A History of Electric Stealth 121 Chapter 6: Shock 123 The AC/DC Controversy and the Electric Chair 124 The Mystery of Electric Death 126 Early Police Devices 128 The Mystery of Shock 132 Early Medical Devices 135 Transmitting Shock 138 Later Medical Devices 139 Remembering the Animals 141 Chapter 7: Magnetos 144 What Is a Magneto? 145 Indochina, 1931 146 Out of Indochina 149 Korea, 1931 150 Out of Korea 152 The Lost History of the Magneto 155 French and British Electrotorture after World War II 157 The Colonial Police and Wuillaume's List 160 The Triumph of the Ge'ge'ne 161 Algeria, 1960 163 Remembering the Gestapo 165 Chapter 8: Currents 167 South Vietnamese Torture 170 Vietnam, 1968 172 Bell Telephone Hour 174 Out of Vietnam Again 178 Variation within the French Style 183 Cattle Prods 185 The Electric Cornucopia 186 Remembering Vietnam 188 Chapter 9: Singing the World Electric 190 When Electrotorture Was New 190 Explaining Clean Electrotorture 194 Crafting Electrotorture 197 Surging Forward 201 The Americas 203 Middle East and North Africa 207 Asia 209 Sub-Saharan Africa 211 Europe and Central Asia 214 Explaining the Surge 216 Remembering the Cold War 222 Chapter 10: Prods, Tasers, and Stun Guns 225 Electric Utopia 225 Electric-Free Protest 227 Stun Technology 229 Covering America 230 Remembering Eutopia 237 Chapter 11: Stun City 239 Magneto Torture in Chicago 240 Stun and Torture 242 Tasers and Torture 245 Burning Issues 248 Stun and Democracy 249 But No One Died 252 Civic Shock 253 Welcome to Stun City 255 Part IV: Other Stealth Traditions 259 Introduction 261 Chapter 12: Sticks and Bones 269 Clean Whipping 269 Paddles 271 Beating Feet 273 Remembering Slaves and Sailors 277 Chapter 13: Water, Sleep, and Spice 279 Pumping 280 Choking 281 Showers and Ice 285 Salt and Spice 287 Deprivation of Sleep 290 Remembering the Inquisition 292 Chapter 14: Stress and Duress 294 Great and Lesser Stress Traditions 295 British Stress Tortures 296 French Stress Tortures 301 American Stress Tortures 306 Authoritarian Adaptations 311 Remembering the Eighteenth Century 314 Chapter 15: Forced Standing and Other Positions 316 Old Users after the War 317 Positional Tortures in the Communist World 322 Positional Tortures in the Non-Communist World 324 The Universal Distributor Hypothesis Revisited 329 Remembering the Hooded Men 332 Chapter 16: Fists and Exercises 334 Clean Beating 335 Adapting "the Necktie" 341 Exhaustion Exercises 342 Remembering the Grunts and the Cops 345 Chapter 17: Old and New Restraints 347 Bucking (the Parrot's Perch) 347 The Crapaudine 349 Standing Handcuffs 350 Sweatboxes 351 Adapting Old Restraints 353 The Shabeh 354 Remembering the Allied POWs 357 Chapter 18: Noise 360 Low-Technology Noise 360 High-Technology Noise 363 The CIA and Sensory Deprivation Boxes 368 Beyond the Laboratory 371 Principles and Guinea Pigs 373 Remembering Evil 384 Chapter 19: Drugs and Doctors 385 Police and Drugs 386 The CIA and Drugs 388 The Decline of Pharmacological Torture 390 Soviet Pharmacological Torture 392 Communist Pyschoprisons 394 Lines of Defense 397 Remembering the Prison Doctors 401 V Politics and Memory 403 Chapter 20: Supply and Demand for Clean Torture 405 Historical Claims 406 The Priority of Public Monitoring 409 Variations among and within States 414 National Styles of Stealth Torture 419 The Strength of Low Technology 423 The Power of Whispers 426 Why Styles Change 434 Disciplinary Interventions 439 The Demand for Torture 444 Chapter 21: Does Torture Work? 446 Can Torture Be Scientific? 447 Can Torture Be Restrained? 450 Does Technology Help? 453 Can Torture Be Professionally Conducted? 454 Works Better Than What? 458 Is Anything Better Than Nothing? 460 How Well Do Interrogators Spot the Truth? 463 How Well Do Cooperative Prisoners Remember? 466 How Good Is the Intelligence Overall? 469 Even When Time Is Short? 474 Remembering the Questions 478 Chapter 22: What the Apologists Say 480 Remembering the Battle of Algiers 481 Information in the Battle of Algiers 482 French Interrogation Units 485 Coerced Information in the Algerian War 487 Saving Innocents, Losing Wars 492 Gestapo Stories 493 Stories from the Resistance 495 CIA Stories 500 The Interrogation of Al Qaeda 503 Abu Ghraib and Guanta'namo 508 Afghanistan 511 Testimonial Literature from Other Conflicts 513 Remembering Abu Ghraib 518 Chapter 23: Why Governments Don't Learn 519 How Knowledge Does Not Accumulate 520 How Knowledge Is Not Analyzed 521 How Torture Warrants Might Help 523 Regulating Torture 526 Variations in Regulative Failure 529 Stealth and the Regulation of Torture 532 How Knowledge Does Not Matter 533 Remembering the Soldiers 535 Chapter 24: The Great Age of Torture in Modern Memory 537 The Great Rift 538 The Architecture of Amnesia 540 The Designs of Genius 542 Demons in the City 543 Algerian Souvenirs 545 Caring for the Memories 550 Appendixes A: A List of Clean Tortures 553 B: Issues of Method 557 C: Organization and Explanations 566 D: A Note on Sources for American Torture during the Vietnam War 581 Notes 593 Selected Bibliography 781 Index 819

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in History""Persuasive."---James Romm, New York Review of Books"Magness vividly describes the archaeological evidence for life on the mountaintop [of Masada]."---Josephine Quinn, London Review of Books"[Jodi Magness is] fascinating on the conflation of archaeology and nationalism in modern Israel’s use of the ‘Masada myth’."---Justin Marozzi, The Spectator"Filled with fascinating details; [Masada] is informative and judicious."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Jerusalem Post"Fascinating. . . . The overall high quality of [Masada] and its author’s personal acquaintance with both the archaeological and literary source material cannot be questioned."---Daniel Sugarman, Jewish Chronicle"All those interested in [Masada], or planning a visit, will find their understanding enriched by [Magness’s] clear and readable guide."---Matti Friedman, Mosaic"The appealing narrative launches itself in time-honoured fashion in medias res, with an account of the Roman siege that took place three years after the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70."---Claire Gruzelier, Classics for All Reviews"Archaeologist Jodi Magness succeeds in producing a rewarding and stimulating book that is accessible and up to date."---Michaël Girardin, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Jodi Magness’s new book, Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth, is an important contribution to our understanding of Masada and its historical context. Not only is it well-written, including personal experiences, her own research, and her association with the famous Israeli archeologists who supervised excavations at Masada; it also is a thorough presentation of what was discovered there, the historical period, and a comprehensive review of the literature and various theories about what happened there, and why. It is, therefore, an essential read."---Moshe Dann, The Jerusalem Report"Magness’s conversational style will inform and entertain both the general and specialist reader."---Lindsay Powell, Ancient History"Jodi Magness takes her readers on a whistle-stop tour of the excavations [at Masada]."---Michael Squire, Greece and Rome"[In Masada] Magness provides the reader with a panoptic overview of the context in which Masada was built, occupied and defended and draws together the latest archaeological research to elucidate the biography of the site itself . . . Magness . . . [gives] us a clear account integrating the latest scholarship with her intimate personal knowledge of the site. Her balanced and judicious tone throughout makes this book indispensable to anyone interested in understanding Masada’s contested past (and present)."---Gwyn Davies, Strata: Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society"[Masada] will surely stimulate further discussion, at both the academic and popular level, on the archaeological evidence behind the myth as well as the general contribution of archaeology to our understanding of and relationship to cultural history."---Eyal Regev, Review of Biblical Literature"[Magness'] balanced and judicious tone throughout makes this book indispensable to anyone interested in understanding Masada’s contested past (and present)."---Gwyn Davies, Strata"[Magness is] a rare field archaeologist skilled in transforming technical findings into riveting and thoroughly readable historiography . . revealing why Masada has mattered to so many people throughout history and continues to do so today."---Karen B. Stern, American Journal of Archaeology"Mag­ness has man­aged the dif­fi­cult feat of writ­ing for both the schol­ar and the inter­est­ed non-spe­cial­ist read­er."---Gila Wertheimer, Jewish Book Council"[Masada is a] splendid book, which not only offers a cogent analysis of the controversy itself, but also furnishes a superb overview of both the Hasmonean and Herodian eras, a particularly tangled stretch of Jewish history . . .[Magness] expresses no firm opinion about whether Josephus is a trustworthy source of information about the siege of Masada – but instead is out to make accessible to the interested layperson not only the broader story of the fortress, but also the turbulent history of the two centuries that preceded the siege . . . Magness’ book is certain to be the ‘go to’ work about Masada for a long time to come."---David Rodman, Israel Affairs"This is a special book. . . . Masada is discussed from various angles in an enjoyable way."---Jan Willem van Henten, Journal for the Study of Judaism"Magness in her distinctive way has given us a wonderful presentation to supplement the huge literature on the archaeology of Masada. Her book is a perfect read for undergraduates, continuing education students, and the general reader."---Eric M. Meyers, Dead Sea Discoveries"The best single volume for understanding [Masada’s] remains in the context of both the first Jewish Revolt and the modern myth."---Michael Press, Palestine Exploration Quarterly

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Pfizer Award, History of Science Society""Winner of the Cheiron Book Prize, Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral & Social Sciences""One of Science News' Favorite Science Books of 2018"

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Book SynopsisOn August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. Examining the Canal's influence on Panama, the United States, and the world, this title chronicles the economic and political history of the Canal.Trade Review"The history of the Panama Canal's construction, operation, and eventual transfer to the Panamanian government offers a fascinating window on US imperialism in the 20th century. Maurer and Yu provide a deeply researched and highly readable economic history of the canal." * Choice *"This book teaches us important lessons on the global consequences of imperial ventures with particular insights on institutional development, economic and political constraints and power."---Leticia Arroyo Abad, EH.Net"The authors' sophisticated and persuasive analysis helps illuminate the economic history—and consequences—of the Panama Canal. This book brings new questions and answers to the study of U.S. imperialism and simultaneously demonstrates the usefulness of economic history for a field often dominated by cultural and social methodologies."---Julie Greene, Journal of American History"The Big Ditch strikes an interesting balance in addressing both the political and economic dimensions of imperialism and the practices of empire, and fills a gap by providing a comprehensive analysis of the Panama Canal through a century of its history."---Joseph Michael Gratale, European Journal of American Studies

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Book SynopsisFrom Abilene to Wichita and beyond, a constellation of cities glitters across the fertile plains of Kansas. Their story is entwined with that of the state as a whole, and their size and status are rarely questioned. This text relates the history of Kansas' larger communities from the 1850s to the present.

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Book SynopsisWith electoral votes disputed in three states, a Democrat winning the popular vote, and the Supreme Court stepping in to overrule Florida court decisions, the presidential election of 1876 was an eerie precursor to that of 2000. This offers a fresh interpretation of this disputed election, not merely to rehash claims of fraud but to explain why it was so close.

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Book SynopsisThe first balanced academic study to analyse the entirety of George W. Bush’s presidency, as well as the administration's response to 9/11 and the subsequent ‘War on Terror’. In so doing, John Robert Greene argues that the judgment of most scholars has been made in haste and without the benefit of primary sources.Trade ReviewJohn Robert Greene has produced an exceptional work of scholarship. This sweeping examination of the presidency of Bush 43 is likely to remain the seminal account of a controversial and remarkably significant administration. Strikingly fair-minded, Greene’s book challenges the conventional narrative of those on the Right and the Left regarding the Bush presidency. This is a gem of a book—a must-read for all those interested in contemporary history and the American presidency." - Stephen F. Knott, author of The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal"John Robert Greene’s biography of George W. Bush hits all the high notes—the good and the bad—of a straightforward life but complicated presidency. Neither friend nor foe of the forty-third president, and based on archival records only recently available, Greene’s well-written presidential biography makes a strong case that, like him or hate it, the presidency of George W. Bush mattered, and we ignore it at our (scholarly) peril." - Charles L. Zelden, author of Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy, Third Expanded Edition"The Presidency of George W. Bush is a perceptive, richly documented, and thoroughly fair analysis of a controversial chief executive. Anybody who wants to understand the momentous events of the Bush administration should read this excellent book." - John J. Pitney Jr, author of After Reagan: Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election"We live in a world forged by the George W. Bush administration. That is John Robert Greene’s thoughtful conclusion to his insightful new assessment of the nation’s forty-third president, one in which new records and evidence provides a clearer picture of this tumultuous time in American history and a more nuanced, more balanced, and ultimately indispensable assessment of a man whose eight years in office continue to reverberate now two full decades later. Future historians will be thanking Greene for his diligence and judgment for generations to come." - Jeffrey A. Engel, director, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University"This study presents a comprehensive and judicious analysis of the highly consequential George W. Bush presidency. It evaluates leadership choices, initiatives, and challenges from the start of Bush’s political career through his two-term presidency, from elections to domestic policy to war and combating terrorism to economic crisis. With detailed scrutiny of the archival record, memoirs, interviews, and other research sources, the book deftly explains the philosophy of governance that informed Bush’s decisions and their enduring influence on US and world politics in the twenty-first century. The lucid and engaging evaluation is essential reading for scholars of the American presidency and well-suited for course instruction on presidents and American politics." - Meena Bose, Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies and professor of political science, Hofstra University

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Book SynopsisHere, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of drama, intrigue and humour, it also captures, through well-authenticated primary material, the colour and manner of the times. Remarkable women abound in this book, from the wealthy and eccentric Margaret Damer Dawson to the excitement-hungry ex-suffragette Mary Allen; and from the alluring but ill-starred Mrs Stanley to the tireless Mrs Peto. A few famous faces like Winston Churchill, Lady Astor and Adolf Hitler also feature, as does the women police''s arch-enemy: the magistrate Frederick Mead. The pressure for the appointment of women police began well before World War I. Anti-white-slave traffic organizations felt they would help to stem the flow of prostitutes to and from Europe and suffragettes wanted them to ensure fairer treatment for women from the police and courts of law. But it was the Great War that gave them a launching pad forTrade Review'Joan Lock has produced another winner, one that cannot fail to fascinate.' London Police Pensioner Magazine 'An intriguing read for anyone interested in social history and those who value the sacrifices that were made by those early pioneers of policing.' Friends of the Metropolitan Police Collection The first real attempt at providing a chronological account of the complicated events and stories behind those working to get women involved in police work from the early years of the twentieth century...this new edition was planned to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of women in the Metropolitan Police. Police History Society newsletter 83 - March 2015

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Book SynopsisThe soap opera is a major form of media art and popular culture. Revered and reviled by fans and critics, its history spans and reflects social change and plays a vital role in the development of broadcasting. This book traces the genre from its beginnings on American radio in the 1930s to the international television genre it has become today.Trade Review"This book achieves what media studies researchers have spent two decades striving for: a comprehensive study for a television text plus on in-depth account of the audience’s relation to the text, solidly grounded in empirical evidence, and in the context of the economics of broadcasting. It is the best book I’ve ever read about soap opera, and one of the best I’ve ever read about television." Ellen Seiter, University of California, San Diego "Dorothy Hobson understands soap opera’s power to involve TV viewers better than any-one alive. This remarkable study is of compelling interest to the soap addict, to the general reader and to the student of mass media’s money magic. A rewarding read." Jeremy Isaacs, Founding Chief Executive, Channel 4 "The art of TV soap opera has finally come of age and is recognized by audience and critics as quality drama. This book is the definitive to the genre, and will prove indis-pensable to fans and academics alike." Mal Young, BBC Controller, Drama SeriesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface: Why Soap Opera?. Introduction: History and Theories. Part I: The Soap Business. 1. Soap Opera and the Broadcasting Industry. 2. Elements of Production: Features of the Form. Part II: The Content of Soap Operas. 3. Soap Stars: Actors and Icons. 4. Soap Opera and Everyday Life: Decades of Domestic Drama. 5. The Big Issues. Part III: Soap Opera and its Audiences. 6. A Universal Form. 7. The Cultural History of Soap Opera and the Audience. References. Index

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Book Synopsis* The unique perspective of this book comes from its comparative approach. It deals with material from 5 different countries, whereas the competition focuses purely on either the UK or US. * Includes coverage of every main media industry, including the music and advertising industries, which have been neglected in other studies.Trade Review"The user-friendly text—with ‘summaries’ and ‘conclusions’ at intervals—will help students to think for themselves. Meanwhile, general readers will find this a clear introduction to a field of history too significant to be left solely to the specialists." Donald Read, English Historical Review "In a feat of compression and erudite conciseness, Comparative Media History ranges across several continents and over two centuries of media history to trace the emergence of current international media institutions from past historical traditions. A brilliant textbook for media students, to be ranked alongside Asa Briggs and Peter Burke’s A Social History of the Media as a key introduction to comparative media studies." David Finkelstein, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh "Comparing developments in seven media industries, five countries and across time, this invaluable book's depth and scope seem unmatched in its field. The book promises to reshape thinking and become a touchstone for future research in media history. Indeed, rarely has a book come across my desk that seemed so likely to so profoundly affect scholarship in a field". Hazel Dicken-Garcia, University of MinnesotaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. PART 1. ANTECEDENTS, CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES. Chapter 1: Newspapers, Radicalism, Repression and Economic Change, 1789-1847. Chapter 2: The Focusing of Political Communications and Newspaper Business, 1848-81. PART 2. POPULARIZATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE TRIUMPH OF TECHNOLOGY, 1881-1918. Chapter 3: Commercialization, Consumerism and Technology, 1881-1914. Chapter 4: Politics, New Forms of Communication and the Globalizing Process, 1881-1918. PART 3. DISCOVERY AND EXPLOITATION OF THE MASSES FORMULA, 1918-1947. Chapter 5: The Business and Ideology of Mass Culture, 1918-1939. Chapter 6: War and Beyond, 1939-1947. PART 4. THE GLOBAL AGE, 1948-2002. Chapter 7: Cold War and the Victory of Commercialism, 1948-1980. Chapter 8: Continuity and Change since 1980. Notes. References and Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisIn this new important book, Geraldine Muhlmann provides a comparative history of the rise of modern journalism, from the revolution of the late nineteenth century, with its new concern for facts, through to the present day. Her account is structured around the tension between what she calls the unifying and decentring tendencies in modern journalism - that is, the concern to give readers a truth that is acceptable to all, on the one hand, and the concern to resist dominant representations and give voice to alternative views, on the other. She illustrates her account with a wide range of case studies, from Sverine, who covered the trial of Dreyfus in late nineteenth-century France, to the great Vietnam War reporters, Seymour M. Hersh and Michael Herr. In between are fascinating new readings of famous figures like George Orwell and Norman Mailer as well as some less well-known writers, such as the great American muckraker, Lincoln Steffens, and the French crusading journalist, Trade Review"At last! A truly intelligent and well-written book on this most elusive subject ? what, indeed, is at the heart of that matter we call journalism?" Norman Mailer "An immensely thoughtful book (that) brilliantly achieves the author's ambition to 'have meaning for those who practise journalism or wish to do so'." Tim Luckhurst, Times Higher Education "Its engagement with journalism as a developing set of practices is very refreshing." Australian Journalism Review "This is a stimulating and deeply intelligent book, full of striking insights into landmarks in the journalistic history of Britain, France, and the US. A Political History of Journalism is the most sophisticated inquiry I know into the complexity of a serious journalist's two enduring problems: how to find a relation to events in which they are not flattened into false familiarity, and a relation to readers in which they are not seduced into false consensus." Todd Gitlin, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University "Géraldine Muhlmann's A Political History of Journalism is a fascinating and carefully argued account of how journalism can create and challenge democratic community. It is a highly original contribution to the history of journalism and to the study of the processes that constitute the public sphere." Daniel C. Hallin, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. INTRODUCTION, 1. CHAPTER 1 / Unifying and decentring in modern journalism. 1. Unifying journalisms: the triumph of the witness-ambassador. ‘Facts’ acceptable to all, The truth is visible, The figure of the witness-ambassador,. 2. Journalisms that decentre: acts of daring, difficulties and pitfalls. The dilemma of the decentring journalist, Making us see otherness and connecting it to us,. CHAPTER 2 / An archetype of the witness-ambassador: Séverine, reporter at the trial of Captain Dreyfus (La Fronde, 6 August-15 September 1899). 1. The truth of the senses. The ‘witness’ against the ‘rhetoricians’, A radical sensualism,. 2. The body of the reporter. Woman-as-the-people, The heritage of Jules Vallés,. 3. Unifying by orchestrating a conflict. CHAPTER 3 / Unifying through a test: Nelly Bly, Albert Londres and Edward R. Murrow. 1. Nelly Bly or the test of the hidden. Stunt journalism, Making us see what is hidden and making us see ourselves, ‘We’ and ‘the others’,. 2. Albert Londres or the test of strangeness. The gaze as emergence of the strange, From ‘I don’t understand’ to ‘”it” makes an appeal to us’, Au Bagne (1923),. 3. Edward R Morrow or the test of the usurpation of the centre. ‘See it now’ versus McCarthyism: ‘Americanness’ at stake, ‘Un-American’: the situation reversed, Exposure to the public,. CHAPTER 4 / The limitations of the position of witness-ambassador: the case of Lincoln Steffens. 1. The ease of the recourse to ‘I saw’. 2. The itinerary of a Muckraker in crisis. The Muckrakers, Lincoln Steffens: from ‘the facts’ to ‘the system’, The public, a prison,. 3. Saying good-bye to the witness-ambassador?. CHAPTER 5 / The difficulties of decentrement: the New Journalism and the early years of Libération. 1. The New Journalism and the temptation of ubiquity. A journalism in the first person, The ‘chameleon’ journalism of Tom Wolfe and its ambivalence, Misunderstandings, the incommunicable and the questioning of reality in the New Journalism: a reading of Norman Mailer’s The Armies of the. Night (1968),. 2. Libé 1 and the temptation to unify the dominated. Multiplicity of voices or common voice of the dominated? The double discourse of the early years of ‘Libération’, The search for the ‘wandering crowd’: Marc Kravetz reporter in Iran,. CHAPTER 6 / An archetype of decentring: George Orwell. 1. The question of the other gaze. The desire for metamorphosis: ‘Down and out in Paris and London (1933)’, ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ (1937) or self-criticism, Shooting an elephant’ (1936). 2. The solitude of the decentrer in the reportages of 1936-1937. The double exteriority in ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’, ‘Homage to Catalonia’ or the reporter as exile,. 3. The gaze as decentring. A reading of 1984. Winston or the birth of a gaze, The stages in the annihilation of the gaze,. CHAPTER 7 / Seeing violence. Seymour M. Hersh, Michael Herr: two decentring reporters in the Vietnam War. 1. The ‘other Americans’: Seymour M. Hersh and the My Lai massacre. From the facts to the intimacy of violence, The witnesses speak: those others we once were,. 2. Michael Herr in Vietnam: Violence as an impossible spectacle. The alternatives: the protected gaze or the death of the gaze, The blindness of journalists, Making the ‘I am unable to see’ visible,. CONCLUSION. NOTES. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED

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Book SynopsisThe story of the brave and visionary men and women who fought to raise the age of consent.Trade Review“A real pleasure to read. A wonderfully honest retelling of a story that involves politics, law, intrigue, sex, scandal, and media coverage as well as a cast of compelling characters motivated by faith to change their world. The gripping story not only brings history to life but makes it impossible not to recognize parallels with our own society.” -- Lt Colonel Eirwen Pallant, The Salvation Army“Over a century later and the Eliza Armstrong Case is still relevant today. A story of what happens when individuals get a `fire in their bellies’ and as a result, the world is changed. As the author points out, there are still millions of `Elizas’ around the world and the fight still goes on. Thanks Cathy for relighting the fire in my head and soul again.” -- Estelle Blake, Anti-Human Trafficking Co-ordinator, The Salvation Army Italy“My role in anti human trafficking in The Salvation Army means that I have told the story of The Maiden Tribute many time and know it well - or at least I thought I did until I read this book. The author’s attention to detail, use of primary sources, and careful compilation of the facts gives the account real authenticity and the reader new insight into the horror of the exploitation and abuse of vulnerable girls and women in what might have been termed “very proper” Victorian England. In much the same way that Stead’s nineteenth century account of women and girls being bought and sold into the sex trade kept the Gazette’s readers impatient for the next day’s instalment, I found myself propelled from chapter to chapter in anticipation of some new revelation. The question that must be asked is why is it that this account of lust, greed, and exploitation resulting in the brutalisation of innocent girls and women resonates so profoundly with the experience of those of us working with victims of human trafficking and modern day slavery today? My hope is that this compelling account of an extraordinary campaign will encourage many to once again join the battle to end this heinous crime against humanity once and for all.” -- Anne Read, Anti Trafficking Response Co-ordinator, The Salvation Army“This is more than a piece of social history or a compelling cautionary tale. It has a grim resonance with the experience today of those who work with the child victims of human trafficking. As in Victorian Britain, modern slavery in the UK is connected with extreme poverty and the power of transnational organised crime. Le Feuvre’s gripping account is a sober reminder that this is no time for complacency.” * Reform Magazine *Table of ContentsContentsChapter 1: Eliza in the Witness Box 9Chapter 2: Sex and Victorian Society 15Chapter 3: Rebecca Jarrett’s Story 21Chapter 4: Rebecca Meets The Salvation Army 29Chapter 5: The Age of the Innocents 39Chapter 6: Introducing William Thomas Stead 47Chapter 7: Mr Stead, the Editor 55Chapter 8: Getting the Girl 67Chapter 9: The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon 79Chapter 10: “A Child of 13 Bought for £5” 87Chapter 11: An International Sensation 97Chapter 12: “Filth and Obscenity” 109Chapter 13: Getting Personal 121Chapter 14: A Two-and-a-Half-Mile-Long Petition 129Chapter 15: A Case of Abduction 139Chapter 16: The Road to the Old Bailey 151Chapter 17: On Trial 159Chapter 18: Mother and Father in Court 165Chapter 19: The Case for the Prosecution 177Chapter 20: The Defence Begins 191Chapter 21: Stead on the Stand 197Chapter 22: The Defence Wraps Up 211Chapter 23: Verdict 225Chapter 24: Prison 233Epilogue 247A Note from the Author 257Endnotes 261Bibliography 279

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Book SynopsisFrom rape and pillage to exploration and piety - the whole story of the VikingsTrade Review"This is a stimulating and accessible approach to the Viking Age. Focusing on Vikings as Christian rulers and their followers opens up the question of just what we mean when we think of 'Vikings'. Violent barbarians of legend have their place in this book but the authors look deeper at what it meant to live and prosper in early medieval societies, taking the 'end' of the Viking Age beyond where it is often assumed to be and ensuring that the story is told in terms which make it a truly international one." Dr Ryan Lavelle, Reader in Early Medieval History, University of WinchesterTable of ContentsContentsMap viiiTimeline of Key Events xKey People xviiiGlossary xxvIntroduction 1Chapter 1: The Pagan Vikings 8Chapter 2: Storm from the North 23Chapter 3: The Viking Conversion in England 39Chapter 4: The Cross and the Hammer: Christians and Pagans 54in the North of EnglandChapter 5: The Other Island… 69Chapter 6: The Duchy of the Northmen 83Chapter 7: The Christian Vikings of Denmark 95Chapter 8: The Christian Vikings of Norway 111Chapter 9: The Christian Vikings of Sweden 126Chapter 10: Vikings in the East: Christian Vikings 140in Russia and the Byzantine EmpireChapter 11: Christian Vikings of the North Atlantic 159Chapter 12: The First American Christians 175Chapter 13: A Christian Viking King of England 189Chapter 14: Christian Jarls of the Northern and Western Isles 203A Final Thought: The Viking World in 1150 218About the authors 222Notes 223Bibliography 248Index 251

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Book SynopsisIn the late 18th century, the English jurist William Blackstone famously described property as that sole and despotic dominion. What Blackstone meant was that property was an absolute right, inherent in every Englishman . . . which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all acquisitions without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land. In light of the intervening 250 years of colonization, Blackstone's despotic dominion has assumed new and more ambiguous meanings. It is the ambiguity of the meanings of property and the tensions that were and still are evident in property disputes with which this book is concerned.Despotic Dominion brings together the work of scholars whose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes the value in locating property law and rights within the broader political, economic, and intellectual contexts of those societies. The stimulus for this new interdisciplinary scholarship has emergedTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Property Rights in the Colonial Imagination and Experience / John McLaren, A.R. Buck and Nancy E. Wright2 Encountering the Spirit in the Land: “Property” in a Kinship-based Legal Order / Richard Overstall3 Paper Empires: The Legal Basis of French and English Ventures in North America / Brian Slattery4 Concepts of Economic Improvement and the Social Construction of Property Rights: Highlights from the English-speaking World / John C. Weaver5 Warm Reception in a Cold Climate: English Property Law and the Suppression of the Canadian Legal Identity / Bruce Ziff6 Land Law, Liberalism, and the Agrarian Ideal: British North America, 1750-1920 / Philip Girard7 When Private Rights Become Public Wrongs: Property and the State in Prince Edward Island in the 1830s / Rusty Bitterman and Margaret McCallum8 “This Remnant of Feudalism”: Primogeniture and Political Culture in Colonial New South Wales, with Some Canadian Comparisons / A.R. Buck9 “The Lady Vanishes”: Women and Property Rights in Nineteenth-Century New South Wales / Nancy E. Wright10 The Establishment and Preservation of Hutterite Communalism in North America: 1870-1925 / Alvin J. Esau11 The Failed Experiments: The Demise of Doukhobor Systems of Communal Property Land Holding in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, 1899-1999 / John McLaren12 Co-existence and Colonization on Pastoral Leaseholds in South Australia, 1851-99 / Robert Foster13 Indian Reserves, Aboriginal Fisheries, and the Public Right to Fish in British Columbia, 1876-82 / Douglas HarrisAfterword / John McLaren, A.R. Buck, and Nancy E. WrightIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book brings to light the activities and influence of the anti-draft groups that sprang up to build support for American Vietnam war resisters in Canada.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: War Resisters in Context 1 We Help Them Because Their Need Is Great: The CanadianAnti-Draft Movement 2 Transnational Connections: US Groups and OtherCanadian Groups 3 Deserters: Treatment, Tactics, Identity 4 Opening the Border: 1969 5 The Limits of Left Nationalism: The Campaign to Openthe Border 6 Hegemonic Reflections: Inside and Outside theMovement 7 Last Chance to Get Landed: Immigration DepartmentStrategies, Anti-Draft Movement Responses, 1971-73 Conclusion: A Contested Refuge from Militarism Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisBecoming Bourgeois traces the fortunes of three French families in the municipality of Vannes, in Brittany—Galles, Jollivet, and Le Ridant—who rose to prominence in publishing, law, the military, public administration, and intellectual pursuits over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Trade ReviewJohnson's latest book, in my opinion, represents his supreme intellectual achievement. Since the turn of the century, his method of studying economic history—culling data, facts, and testimony from archives; synthesizing and interpreting them by means of theories of development and crisis—has been overtaken by studies of the writings on political economy. -- Stephen Miller * H-France Review *The book chips away at our assumptions about a period and a class thatseem to epitomize 'separate spheres.' It convincingly demonstrates the importance of studying the inner life of a family—its taken-for-granteds, its habitus, and within the grid of kinship that provides the bedrock of class solidarity. It is also a delight to read. -- Denise Z. Davidson * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Following an interconnected set of families in the western French city of Vannes from the end of the seventeenth to the middle of the nineteenth centuries, Christopher H. Johnson argues that kinship—especially marital strategies and the cultivation of intense familial affection—made the modern bourgeoisie.... Becoming Bourgeois is a model for combining social and cultural history. Johnson knows the traditional materials of social history—tax rolls, property transactions, and voter lists—inside and out. He is also fully in command of the état-civil and the details of the marriages, births, and deaths on the Jollivet-Galles family trees. His sympathetic and meticulous readings of the family correspondence make the archive of social and demographic history come to life. -- Carol E. Harrison, University of South Carolina * Journal of Modern History *Becoming Bourgeois joins the vibrant scholarship on the history of emotions, particularly on love and family in the modern era. It is as engaging as it is significant for the history of modern France and of the European bourgeoisie by a preeminent scholar of the history of social class formation. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction Correspondence and Its Limits Kinship, Class, Sociability, and the Interior History of the Bourgeoisie Love, Interest, and the Sibling Archipelago GenderPART I. THE ASCENT (1670–1800)CHAPTER 1. The Way of Print Talent and Marriage Cultural Capital Printers, IntellectualsCHAPTER 2. Bourgeois de Vannes, Bourgeois de Paris Kinsmen (and Women) to the Rescue: The Saga of Jean-Nicolas Galles Kin and Connection in the Book Trade Love and Agony in ParisCHAPTER 3. The Revolutions of the Galles Economic Establishment: Veuve Galles and the Articulation of Power Expanding Horizons Cultural Leadership and Bourgeois Ascent Political Establishment: Three Families Merge Surviving the French Revolution (If Not Childbed Fever)PART II. BOURGEOIS CULTURE (1800–1880)CHAPTER 4. The Sibling Archipelago Talented Royalists Accommodate Bonaparte A New Generation and a Renewed Polity A Sibling Courtship Cousin Marriage and the Political Integration of Vannes's BourgeoisieCHAPTER 5. "Mon Adèle" Fulfillment and the Firstborn Establishment: A Joint Venture Public ServiceCHAPTER 6. Notre Adèle Settling In The Great Crisis Affairs Military and Domestic Living ClassCHAPTER 7. GuadeloupeCHAPTER 8. The Chosen: Educating René Pont Sal Exile and Redemption: A Mother’s Will Family MattersCHAPTER 9. Into the World La vie d’un polytechnicien breton Aunt Marie: Power and Betrayal The Kinship Elite Career and Guidance Weathering Revolution, Again: Adèle, femme politique Fulfillment: René WedCHAPTER 10. The Legacy: Bourgeois Nation Building and Civic Leadership Nation Building by Kinship Civic Leadership The National Stage: Combating le BretonismeBibliographical Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFollowing the abolition of slavery in New England, white citizens seemed to forget that it had ever existed there. Drawing on a wide array of primary sources—from slaveowners' diaries to children's daybooks to racist broadsides—Joanne Pope...Trade ReviewDisowning Slavery brims with ideas: it is an exciting and argumentative book. * Journal of American History *Fifteen years in the making, this is an unusually mature and finished first book. It is also a major contribution to the study of the construction of American national identity. * Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science *In this ambitious and often compelling study, Joanne Pope Melish seeks to explore in detail, and then to reconfigure, our sense of the meaning of 'gradual' emancipation in New England.... Her relentless vision of New England Americans 'disowning' the enslaved history, and displacing it on the South, illuminates in a new and important way the history of race and regionalism that we must rethink again. * Journal of Southern History *Joanne Pope Melish argues that the need to portray a virtuous North battling the slave-holding South during the Civil War resulted in the creation of a 'mythology of a free New England' in the antebellum period and that the notion persists to this day.... She makes the case that slavery was far more important to New England's economy than is commonly recognized by historians. * New York Times *Melish's book makes an important contribution to the literature on slavery and abolition and fills a significant gap in our understanding of how slavery in New England affected both that region and the nation.... This is a terrific book, one that all scholars of slavery, abolition, and the early republic absolutely must read. * H-Net Reviews *Melish's determination to put the history of local slavery at the core of New England racial attitudes has produced a highly nuanced picture of the gradual emancipation process that goes well beyond anything of its kind.... A tremendous achievement that will have an impact across a wide historiographical spectrum. * Connecticut History *Melish's searching analysis compels a reconsideration of many aspects of the conventional narrative of antislavery within both white and African-American communities.... This is an important book, one that commands a reconsideration of many of our assumptions about the meaning of emancipation, the development of racial ideologies, and also about antislavery itself. * Reviews in American History *Melish's work is original, important... a fascinating work that opens new interpretations of emancipation and race in New England. * William and Mary Quarterly *Painstakingly researched, filled with new information and astute analysis, this book is a major contribution to our knowledge of New England slavery and a valuable addition to the understanding of race relations in the United States. * American Historical Review *The work is an invaluable contribution to the emerging picture of slavery and emancipation in the American North. Pope Melish has made it difficult for New Englanders ever to see their history quite the same way again. * Law and History Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. New England Slavery"Short of the Truth": Slavery in the Lives of WhitesAnother Truth: Enslavement in the Lives of People of Color2. The Antislavery ImpulseTo "Clear Our Spirits": Whites' Expectations of Freedom from SlaveryThe "Privilage of Freemen": Blacks' Expectations of Freedom from Slavery3. "Slaves of the Community": Gradual Emancipation in Practice4. A "Negro Spirit": Em-bodying Difference5. "To Abolish the Black Man": Enacting the Antislavery Promise6 "A Thing Unknown": The Free White Republic as New England Writ Large7. "We Are the Alphabet": Free People of Color and the Discourse of "Race"Index

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Book SynopsisInterpreting the path of the future is made easier by understanding the past. In light of this adage, Capitalizing Knowledge examines the history of Canadian business faculties in their search for professional legitimacy. As the title suggests, this volume is an overview of the development of business schools in Canadian universities. Business faculties have different characteristics; some are noted for generating management research, while others generate interaction with the business community. Some programs are famous for their MBA graduates, others for their undergraduate students. This collection of essays describes the critical events that have defined the character of these faculties and societies of business education in Canada over the course of the twentieth century. Eight universities are profiled, including Queen''s, York, and the University of Toronto. In addition, the development of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) is traced.The Table of ContentsIntroduction / Barbara Austin -- Culture of utility : the development of business education in Canada / Barry E.C. Boothman -- The founding of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montr eal / Pierre Harvey -- Business education at Queen's, 1889-1988 / Mervin Daub and P. Bruce Buchan -- From commerce to management : the evolution of business education at the University of Toronto / John A. Sawyer -- From the Faculty of Administrative Studies to the Schulich School of Business : the origin and evolution of professional education for managers at York University / James Gillies and Colin Dickinson -- The evolution of management education in a small Canadian university : the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University / Robert Ellis and John McCutcheon -- Development by design : a history of the Faculty of Management at the University of Calgary, 1967-1991 / Vernon Jones and George S. Lane -- Busines studies at Saint Mary's University : progress with a human touch / Harold J. Ogdenand Cathy Driscoll -- Tracking history and strategy at Memorial's Faculty of Business / Robert W. Sexty and Gina Pecore -- The Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 1957-1999 / Barbara Austin -- Canadian management education at the millennium / Barry E.C. Boothman.

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Book SynopsisDocumentaries have dominated Canada's film production and have been crucial to the formation of Canada's cinematic identity. This volume will be an indispensable companion for anyone seriously interested in Canadian film studies.

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Book SynopsisBeginning in 1922, when Robert Flaherty filmed 'Nanook of the North' in Canada's Arctic, and encouraged by John Grierson and the federal government in 1939 when they created the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), documentaries have dominated Canada's film production and, more than any other form, have been crucial to the formation of Canada's cinematic identity.Surprisingly, there has been very little critical writing on this distinguished body of work. Candid Eyes: Essays on Canadian Documentaries not only addresses this oversight in the scholarly literature, but in doing so, it presents an exceptional collection of essays by some of Canada's best known film scholars. Focusing on works produced in French and English under the NFB umbrella, the fourteen essays discuss and critique such landmark documentaries as 'Lonely Boy' (1962), 'Pour la suite du monde' (1963), and 'Kanehsatake' (1993). Long awaited and much needed, this volume will be an indispensable companion

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Book SynopsisHelleiner's study documents anti-Traveller racism in Ireland and explores the ongoing realities of Traveller life as well as the production and reproduction of contemporary Traveller collective identity and culture.

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Book SynopsisWhat has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin? What propelled its unprecedented growth? Contributors from business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology examine the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley.Trade Review"This book is an example of excellent empirical research, deep scholarship, tested and testable hypotheses, all conducted with a substantial cross-disciplinary flavor. Its deep engagement with the subject has provided evidence to support some of my theories, challenged others, and directed me to new grounds for speculation. I think it will do this for anyone prepared to read it closely."—from the foreward by John Seely Brown"This is an impressive and useful collection of essays, and certainly one of the best academic treatments of the evolution of Silicon Valley."—Enterprise & Society"A unifying introduction by Martin Kenney plus an up-to-date 15-page bibliography make this book an outstanding contribution to the literature on Silicon Valley."—Business HistoryTable of ContentsContents Seely-Brown John 1. KENNEY MARTIN Part I: 2. STURGEON TIMOTHY J. 3. LESLIE STUART W. Part II: 4. SUCHMAN MARK C. 5. KENNEY MARTIN FLORIDA RICHARD 6. ANGEL DAVID P. 7. SAXENIAN ANNALEE Part III: 8. BAHRAMI HOMA EVANS STUART 9. COHEN STEPHEN S. FIELDS GARY 10. KENNEY MARTIN VON BURG URS

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Book SynopsisAnalysing qualitative and quantative data from 1950 to 1999, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers to international conglomerates. The theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in all professional service industries.Trade Review" . . . The most rigorous and theoretically sophisticated book available for those interested in the sociology of the book publishing industry." -- Canadian Journal of Sociology Online

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Book SynopsisTerritories of Profit compares Dell Computer, the dominant computer manufacturer of the late 20th century, and G. F. Swift, the leading meatpacking firm of the late 19th century, to reveal how communications revolutions in different periods enable businesses to innovate their operations, reorganize the structure of the firm, and reshape the geography of profit-making.Trade Review"This remarkable book, besides being timely, sophisticated, penetrating, informative, and well researched, also provides significant additional evidence that the hype surrounding the so-called information revolution of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries is just that." -- Economic Geography"Territories of Profit is a welcome addition to the literature on learning, innovation and regional development." -- Regional Studies"In this interesting and thoughtful book, Gary Fields pursues the analogy with exceptional sophistication and rigor." -- The Journal of Economic HistoryTable of ContentsTable of Contents for Territories of Profit 1. Introduction: Communications and Innovation, Business Organization and Territory Part 1. Theory 2. From Communications and Innovation to Business Organization and Territory: A Synthesis Part 2. Rails, Telegraphy, and the Business Enterprise of G.F. Swift and Company 3. The Railroad and Telegraph as Commerce System and Market Space 4. Continental Divide: The Business Enterprise of G.F. Swift and Company Part 3. The Internet and the Business Organization of Dell Computer 5. The Internet as Commerce System and Market Space 6. Global Reach: The Business Organization of Dell Computer 7. Conclusion: The Rhyme of History Notes Reference Index

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Book SynopsisLincoln's heritage is as rich as that of any car built anywhere in the world, and more impressive than all but a few. This volume tells the story of the Lincoln in the years following the war.Trade Review“This is a very readable, pratical, and enjoyable book about the only American automobile named after a president.”—Choice"Author Thomas Bonsall regales readers to far more than facts; his unique style of research brings us a superbly mesmerizing tale that deserves a place on your book shelf. Bonsall keeps readers on the edge of their seats as he chauffeurs them through an astonishing half-century and more of the Lincoln legend. This automotive historian has an uncanny knack for interviewing folks who helped to make history firsthand, and that inside scoop is guaranteed to delight Lincoln lovers."—Old Cars

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Book SynopsisThis is the story of the Cadillac car company. The American automobile industry, which, as much as any industry, drove America's growth in the 20th century and defined the American people: mobile and prosperous.

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Book SynopsisOne January day in 1923, a young boy came across the dead body of a woman on a San Diego beach. When the police arrived, they found the woman’s calling card, which read simply, ‘I am Fritzie Mann.’ Yet Fritzie’s identity, as revealed in this compelling history, was anything but simple, and her death captured public attention for months.Trade Review“In this gripping account and analysis, historian Amy Absher skillfully exposes the perilous path of a woman who ventured to claim public space and take control of her destiny in an ostensibly new era. Instead, she faced a tsunami of male domination, and even after her murder, misogyny and journalistic sensationalism enveloped her body, her death, and her public memory. A woeful parable set in 1922, its lessons continue to ripple outward a century later.”—Peter Boag, author of Pioneering Death: The Violence of Boyhood in Turn-of-the-Century Oregon

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the Vieux Carre cocktail against the evolving backdrop of the ever-rich cocktail culture of New Orleans. Mixologist Walter Bergeron created this distinctive drink in the 1930s. John DeMers tells all that is known of Bergeron’s early life and examines the ingredients and how each of them made its way to the Crescent City.

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Book SynopsisMilitary uniforms, badges, flags, and other material objects have been used to represent the identity of Americans throughout history. In The Fabric of Civil War Society, Shae Smith Cox examines the material culture of America’s bloodiest conflict, offering a deeper understanding of the war and its commemoration.Trade Review“With an inventive use of sources and a strikingly original analysis, Shae Smith Cox shows that uniforms, flags, and insignia did more than express individual or group identity in the Civil War era. They provided the means to connect people to broader political ideas and social organizations, with sometimes surprising results. By centering material objects and their power in people's lives, Cox discloses new elements of this oft-covered period in U.S. history.” - Laura F. Edwards, author of Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States

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Book SynopsisCovers the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany. This work presents an assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly ubiquitous in the history of Europe.Trade Review"Léon Poliakov's work on antisemitism is of enormous importance. As a work of scholarship it is almost without peer. One could have imagined that Poliakov's study might have given a long overdue burial to the longest hatred. Sadly-tragically-it has taken on a new urgency in our time as the images and issues have been resurrected at the beginning of the twenty-first century." * Michael Berenbaum, Director, Sigi Ziering Institute *"Poliakov has demonstrated how widely and deeply versed he is in his subject." * Economist *"Poliakov has shown that anti-Semitism is no chance phenomenon but an emanation of European culture." * Times Literary Supplement *"A scholarly but eminently readable tracing of the sources and recurring themes of anti-Semitism." * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisJacksonville, Florida, was the king of the infant film industry. By 1914, fifteen major companies - including Fox and Metro Pictures - had set up shop there. This book uses first-person accounts, filmmaker biographies, newspaper reports, and city and museum archives to present a little-known aspect of film history.Trade ReviewA compelling story of the rise and fall of Jacksonville, Florida, as a major motion picture studio rival to Hollywood. Along the way you'll meet visionaries, film pioneers, and famous names, as well as grifters and con men. - Richard Alan Nelson, author of Lights! Camera! Florida! ""Although nonfiction, at times it reads like a fast-paced novel, telling the story of how it was Jacksonville - not Hollywood - that served as this country's first film capital. A fascinating read."" - Patrick D. Smith, Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize - nominated author, Florida Artists Hall of Fame inductee

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Book SynopsisHeralded by Brazilians as the 'Father of Flight', Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first of several spectacular flights in his lighter-than-air dirigible in France in 1901, two years before the Wright brothers' first fixed-wing flight in North Carolina. This illustrated book tells their story.

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Book SynopsisOffers an insightful look at the origins and influence of dance in American universities, focusing on Margaret H'Doubler, who established the first university courses and the first degree program in dance. Janice Ross shows how H'Doubler changed the way Americans thought, not just about female physicality but also about higher education for women.Trade ReviewPraise for the previous edition:"This detailed portrait of a singular woman will be of interest to dance, education, and women's studies collections." —Library Journal"Ross sketches the end of the constraints of the Victorian age and the feminist liberation through changes in fashion, health practices and physical education for women." —Dance Magazine"Highly recommended reading for its breadth of research and depth of analysis. Ross's scholarship is impressive." —Journal of Dance Education"Mak[es] the case that H'Doubler's life work led to an educational environment where empowerment of body, creative vision, and their synthesis through movement became a real option for American students. . . . A provocative and thoroughly engaging book." —Dance Research Journal"Engaging and well-researched. . . . The book is not only a history and biography but also a testimonial to Margaret H'Doubler's determination and tenacity." —Theatre Journal

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Book SynopsisThis biography of educational activist and Black studies pioneer Bertha Maxwell-Roddey examines a life of remarkable achievements and leadership in the early years of the desegregated South. Sonya Ramsey describes how Maxwell-Roddey and her peers turned hard-won civil rights and feminist milestones into tangible accomplishments.

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Book SynopsisExamines the pan-Africanism of Mary McLeod Bethune through her work, which internationalized the scope of Black women’s organisations to create solidarity among Africans throughout the diaspora.

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Book SynopsisExamines the pan-Africanism of Mary McLeod Bethune through her work, which internationalized the scope of Black women’s organisations to create solidarity among Africans throughout the diaspora.

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Book SynopsisThe palmetto, also known as the cabbage palm or Sabal palmetto, is an iconic part of the southeastern American landscape and the state tree of Florida and South Carolina. In The Palmetto Book, Jono Miller offers surprising facts and dispels common myths about an important native plant that remains largely misunderstood.Trade ReviewA love letter to the cabbage palm."—Sarasota Magazine "The palmetto is the subject of a multitude of myths and truths. Miller separates one from the other in this tome filled with research and emotion."—Tampa Bay Magazine"With a droll wit, Miller takes on the raging debate over the palmetto’s classification, longevity and desirability. . . . Miller takes us on field trips from Key West to the Panhandle and up the Atlantic coast onto Virginia in search of cabbage palms."—The Gabber"The narrative is lively and brings the author’s curiosity and natural history knowledge vividly to the reader."—Choice

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Book SynopsisDetails how African American women used literacy lessons to crack white supremacy and sow seeds for collective action during the civil rights movement. Deanna Gillespie traces the history of the Citizenship Education Program, an initiative that taught people to read and write in preparation for literacy tests required for voter registration.

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Book SynopsisPresents the history of the Gregorian chant restoration. This book describes the strenuous efforts of personalities like Dom Joseph Pothier, Dom Andre Mocquereau, Fr Angelo de Santi, and Peter Wagner to carry out the wishes of the pope.

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