In 2010, the governor of Arizona signed a controversial immigration bill (SB 1070) that led to a news media frenzy, copycat bills in twenty-two states, and a U.
Known by mobsters as "e;the man who couldn't be bought,"e; Brendan Byrne led New Jersey into a new era when he won the state's gubernatorial election by a landslide in the wake of political corruption scandals.
In the lead-up to the Civil War, Virginia, like other southern states, amassed a large public debt while striving to improve transportation infrastructure and stimulate economic development.
In the lead-up to the Civil War, Virginia, like other southern states, amassed a large public debt while striving to improve transportation infrastructure and stimulate economic development.
Rise, Decline and Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party - how it suddenly rose from irrelevance in 1954 with the election of Governor Ed Muskie, successfully challenged the ruling Republican Party over the next two decades, and initiated a creative period of wide-ranging reforms that produced a model government for a state long perceived as a cultural and economic backwater.
Presidents and Their Pens: The Story of White House Speechwriters explores 23 presidencies through the detailed analysis of speeches including Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Teddy Roosevelt's "e;Big Stick"e; speech, Eisenhower's farewell to the nation, and Bill Clinton's compassionate words in the wake of tragedy.
From Poverty to History Maker is the story of how Robert "e;Bob"e; Holmes, a former juvenile delinquent, rose from humble beginnings to become an influential voice in academics and politics.
During 2008, the Democrats achieved in Florida a goal that had eluded them in all but three of the national elections since 1964: victory in the presidential race.
In deciding the abortion and physician assisted suicide cases, a majority of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court drew on medical knowledge to inform their opinions while dismissing the distinctively different knowledge offered by patients.
An examination of how the (hyper)local is the locus of real changeMany of America's downtowns, waterfronts, and innovation districts have experienced significant revitalization and reinvestment in recent years, but concentrated poverty and racial segregation remain persistent across thousands of urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods.
This is the story of a self-educated, charismatic, gifted leader who overcame personal tragedy in childhood and was elected the youngest mayor of a major city in America at age twenty-six.
An examination of how the (hyper)local is the locus of real changeMany of America's downtowns, waterfronts, and innovation districts have experienced significant revitalization and reinvestment in recent years, but concentrated poverty and racial segregation remain persistent across thousands of urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods.
Proposing an entirely new governance model to unleash innovation throughout local governmentAt a time when trust is dropping precipitously and American government at the national level has fallen into a state of long-term, partisan-based gridlock, local government can still be effective indeed more effective and even more responsive to the needs of its citizens.
In the 1980s, a nationwide reform movement sprang up in opposition to "e;"e;tracking,"e;"e; the controversial practice of schools grouping students by ability and organizing curriculum by level of difficulty.
In the 1980s, a nationwide reform movement sprang up in opposition to "e;"e;tracking,"e;"e; the controversial practice of schools grouping students by ability and organizing curriculum by level of difficulty.
"Con paciencia de coleccionista hemos recogido uno a uno los textos de doce investigadores, politólogos, sociólogos, antropólogos, de siete países (Estados Unidos, Australia, Francia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador y, por supuesto México) y trece universidades diferentes entre las que se cuentan, en el caso de México, casi todas las más prestigiosas.
"Entre hábitos y escapularios, charreteras y fusiles, transcurrió la radical transformación experimentada por el pueblo shuar durante los siglos XIX y XX.
"El imaginario de la Independencia del país continua siendo, paradójicamente, parte del legado colonial blanco mestizo, según el cual las élites criollas y los ejércitos liberadores fueron los únicos actores de la llamada "revolución de Quito", desconociendo la intervención indígena, o minimizándola al reclutamiento de las tropas libertarias obligadas por los hacendados.
"Paula Daza sube a las mujeres indígenas al escenario patriarcal de la colonia… Cuando los cambios desencadenados por las reformas borbónicas debilitaron los cacicazgos y a los hombres indígenas que se desempeñaban como caciques en sus comunidades, se abrió un espacio a las cacicas en ciertos lugares de la Audiencia de Quito.
This title examines the multifaceted role of traditional leadership in South African education, addressing governance, development, safety, and community partnerships in rural schools.
This title examines the multifaceted role of traditional leadership in South African education, addressing governance, development, safety, and community partnerships in rural schools.
Justice at the Boundaries offers a powerful ethnographic account of the transformative potential and structural limitations of Taiwan's system of ad hoc Chambers of Indigenous Courts.
Justice at the Boundaries offers a powerful ethnographic account of the transformative potential and structural limitations of Taiwan's system of ad hoc Chambers of Indigenous Courts.
Indigenous Archaeology in Two Hemispheres: Approaches to Inuit and First Nations Pasts in Canada, Australia and Greenland examines the history and current experiences of Inuit and Australian First Nations peoples in archaeology.
Indigenous Archaeology in Two Hemispheres: Approaches to Inuit and First Nations Pasts in Canada, Australia and Greenland examines the history and current experiences of Inuit and Australian First Nations peoples in archaeology.
This book examines the social, environmental, and political sustainability of Peru's mining industry as it seeks to garner the benefits of the energy transition between now and 2050.
This book examines the social, environmental, and political sustainability of Peru's mining industry as it seeks to garner the benefits of the energy transition between now and 2050.
