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The Syntax of Class

Writing Inequality in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Amy Schrager Lang

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The Syntax of Class

Writing Inequality in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Amy Schrager Lang

The Syntax of Class explores the literary expression of the crisis of social classification that occupied U.S. public discourse in the wake of the European revolutions of 1848. Lacking a native language for expressing class differences, American writers struggled to find social taxonomies able to capture--and manage--increasingly apparent inequalities of wealth and power. As new social types emerged at midcentury and, with them, new narratives of success and failure, police and reformers alarmed the public with stories of the rise and proliferation of the "dangerous classes." At the same time, novelists as different as Maria Cummins, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frank Webb, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and Horatio Alger Jr. focused their attention on dense engagements across the lines of class. Turning to the middle-class idea of "home" as a figure for social harmony and to the lexicons of race and gender in their effort to devise a syntax for the representation of class, these writers worked to solve the puzzle of inequity in their putatively classless nation. This study charts the kaleidoscopic substitution of terms through which they rendered class distinctions and follows these renderings as they circulated in and through a wider cultural discourse about the dangers of class conflict. This welcome book is a finely achieved study of the operation of class in nineteenth-century American fiction--and of its entanglements with the languages of race and gender.

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Princeton University Press

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1400825636

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Representing Difference in the Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance

By: Amy Burge

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Representing Difference in the Medieval and Modern Orientalist Romance

By: Amy Burge

This book, the first full-length cross-period comparison of medieval and modern literature, offers cutting edge research into the textual and cultural legacy of the Middle Ages: a significant and growing area of scholarship. At the juncture of literary, cultural and gender studies, and capitalizing on a renewed interest in popular western representations of the Islamic east, this book proffers innovative case studies on representations of cross-religious and cross-cultural romantic relationships in a selection of late medieval and twenty-first century Orientalist popular romances. Comparing the tropes, characterization and settings of these literary phenomena, and focusing on gender, religion, and ethnicity, the study exposes the historical roots of current romance representations of the east, advancing research in Orientalism, (neo)medievalism and medieval cultural studies. Fundamentally, Representing Difference invites a closer look at medieval and modern popular attitudes towards the east, as represented in romance, and the kinds of solutions proposed for its apparent problems.

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Springer

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1137593563

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Milledgeville

By: Amy E. Clark-Davis

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Milledgeville

By: Amy E. Clark-Davis

Images of America: Milledgeville is a study into Milledgeville's past events as they directly defined and shaped the future of the city. Milledgeville has been greatly impacted by the founding of what is now Georgia College & State University and Georgia Military College, as well as by notable persons like great American writer Flannery O'Connor, distinguished chemist Charles Holmes Herty, and Congressman Carl Vinson. The city also has less flattering history, including the removal of the Creek Indians to acquire land and the Georgia Lunatic Asylum, which inspired the phrase "Gone to Milledgeville" to suggest a person had gone crazy. This compilation of images traces the history of Milledgeville from its founding in 1804 and declaration as the new capital of Georgia through more than 100 years of development and transition.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738587931

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Literary Connecticut

The Hartford Wits, Mark Twain and the New Millennium

By: Eric D. Lehman,Amy Nawrocki

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Literary Connecticut

The Hartford Wits, Mark Twain and the New Millennium

By: Eric D. Lehman,Amy Nawrocki

A tour through this New England state and the many writers who have lived and worked there. Connecticut has produced and inspired a dazzling array of literary talent. Helen Keller’s adult stomping grounds were the woods and gardens of Easton, while Eugene O’Neill’s childhood home in New London found its way into the pages of his greatest work. In this book you’ll discover the secret passage to James Merrill’s study in Stonington, and navigate Hartford’s Nook Farm neighborhood—a home and hub of inspiration to Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, and William Gillette. With illustrations and photos, this local literary history discusses the poets, playwrights, novelists, and others who drove the same roads, frequented the same taverns, and read the same books as many citizens of the Constitution State today.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625845723

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Contracts

Cases, Discussion and Problems

By: Brian A. Blum,Amy C. Bushaw

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Contracts

Cases, Discussion and Problems

By: Brian A. Blum,Amy C. Bushaw

Contracts: Cases, Discussion, and Problems, Fourth Edition is known for its strikingly clear, straightforward text that illuminates cases as well as concepts and theory. The book focuses on modern cases to expose students to contemporary contract law, but it also includes many important or iconic older cases. The cases are set in context by extensive author-written explanatory text. Insightful questions draw attention to difficult and crucial aspects of the law and prompt vigorous class discussion. Numerous problems, ranging from simple to complex, supplement cases and introduce topics taught most effectively through problems. The casebook’s traditional organization begins with formation and then corresponds to the sequence followed by the Restatement (2nd) of Contracts and treatises. Its concise, efficient presentation results in an optimum length for the course. Procedural issues are highlighted when presented by the cases and transactional issues such as drafting, client counseling, and negotiation are raised through the use of questions and small exercises throughout the text. Strengthening the text’s focus on contemporary methods of contracting, modern issues in standard contracts are explored along with contracts entered into electronically. International and comparative material offers alternative approaches for students to consider, such as those taken by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts.

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Aspen Publishing

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1454887141

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Millicent Fenwick

Her Way

By: Amy Schapiro

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Millicent Fenwick

Her Way

By: Amy Schapiro

Amy Schapiro offers a biography of the pipe-smoking grandmother from New Jersey who took Congress by storm in the 1960s when she became involved in the civil rights movement. 18 black-and-white photos.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813532310

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When Dissents Matter

Judicial Dialogue through US Supreme Court Opinions

By: Pamela C. Corley,Amy Steigerwalt,Artemus Ward

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When Dissents Matter

Judicial Dialogue through US Supreme Court Opinions

By: Pamela C. Corley,Amy Steigerwalt,Artemus Ward

The ability of US Supreme Court justices to dissent from the majority, to formally register and explain their belief that a case has been wrongly decided, represents a time-honored tradition of perhaps the most august American institution. Yet the impact of these dissents, which allow justices to engage in a dialogue over law and policy, has seldom, if ever, been the focus of dedicated study. Analyzing the influence of past dissents on later Supreme Court majority opinions, this book presents the first comprehensive study of the effects of dissenting opinions and illuminates which types of dissents successfully influence legal and policy debates, which ones fail to make a difference, and why. Drawing on the private papers of the justices and original data, this book demonstrates that court majorities engage with dissents posing a particular threat to their opinions, and that they can be persuaded by thoughtful and careful dissenting arguments.

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University of Virginia Press

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081395018X

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Flawed by Design

The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC

By: Amy B. Zegart

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Flawed by Design

The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC

By: Amy B. Zegart

Challenging the belief that national security agencies work well, this book asks what forces shaped the initial design of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council in ways that meant they were handicapped from birth.

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Stanford University Press

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080474131X

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Microbiology of the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface

By: Penny S. Amy

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Microbiology of the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface

By: Penny S. Amy

Obtaining and analyzing samples is challenging in subsurface science. This first-of-its-kind reference book addresses accomplishments in this field-from drilling to sample work-up. A collaborative approach is taken, involving the efforts of microbiologists, geochemists, hydrologists, and drilling and mining experts to present a comprehensive view of subsurface research. The text provides practical information about obtaining, analyzing, and evaluating subsurface materials; the current status of subsurface microbial ecology; and describes several applications that will interest a variety of readers, including engineers, physical, and life scientists.

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CRC Press

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1351083015

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Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 1

By: Rachel Cope,Amy Harris,Jane Hinckley

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Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 1

By: Rachel Cope,Amy Harris,Jane Hinckley

This four-volume collection of primarily newly transcribed manuscript material brings together sources from both sides of the Atlantic and from a wide variety of regional archives. It is the first collection of its kind, allowing comparisons between the development of the family in England and America during a time of significant change. Volume 1: Many Families The eighteenth-century family group was a varied one. Documents attest to religious and racial diversity, as well as the hardships endured by the poor and working classes, such as widows, orphans and those born outside wedlock. Fictive families are also examined alongside more traditional family units bound by blood or law.

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Routledge

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1000558819

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How Do You Know He's Real?

By: Amy Hammond Hagberg

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How Do You Know He's Real?

By: Amy Hammond Hagberg

Here is a book that will warm your heart and make you smile all day! How Do You Know He's Real? contains 34 real-life stories about celebrities who know God is real because of their personal relationship with Him. Well-known sports, film,TV, and music celebri-ties talk candidly about: Miracles & Prayer Marriage & Healing Success & Despair Abortion & Sex Addiction & Death Forgiveness & Salvation Joy & Love These "happily-eternally-after" stories read in stark contrast to today’s depressing, tragedy-focused headlines that feature some athletes and movie stars. In this encouraging and uplifting book, Chris-tians blessed with professional career success share their very personal stories about life in the spotlight—and love in God’s light. How Do You Know He’s Real? is a testimonial treas-ure that will warm your heart and your reality. You are not the only one who believes the wya you do. In fact, some very famous and influential people share your faith in Jesus!

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768495199

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Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology E-Book

A Textbook of Skin Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

By: Amy S. Paller,Anthony J. Mancini

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Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology E-Book

A Textbook of Skin Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

By: Amy S. Paller,Anthony J. Mancini

Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, by Amy S. Paller, MD and Anthony J. Mancini, MD, gives you easy access to the practical, definitive guidance you need to expertly identify and manage all types of skin disorders seen in children. Continuing the legacy of Dr. Sidney Hurwitz’s beloved reference, it covers all pediatric dermatoses in a thorough, yet efficient and accessible way, enabling you to get the answers you need quickly and provide your patients with the most effective care. This edition brings you up to date on the latest classification schemes, the molecular basis for genetic skin disorders, atopic dermatitis, hemangiomas, viral disorders, bites and infestations, hypersensitivity disorders, collagen vascular disorders, bacterial and fungal infections, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, and much more. A thousand full-color photographs help you to recognize the characteristic manifestations of every type of skin disease. Hurwitz remains the indispensable pediatric dermatology resource you need for optimal practice. Efficiently locate the answers you need with a remarkably concise, practical, clinically focused reference that minimizes redundancy and offers an ideal ratio of text to figures and tables. Overcome challenges in pediatric dermatology with confidence with a wealth of clinical "pearls" from Amy S. Paller, MD and Anthony J. Mancini, MD - esteemed leaders in the field who possess significant experience in both research and clinical practice. Stay on the cutting edge of the latest diagnostic, therapeutic, and research advances with updated and expanded coverage of the most recent classification schemes, the molecular basis for genetic skin disorders, atopic dermatitis, hemangiomas, viral disorders, bites and infestations, hypersensitivity disorders, collagen vascular disorders, bacterial and fungal infections, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, and much more. Recognize a wide range of pediatric diseases thanks to a completely revised image library with over 370 new clinical images – more than 1,000 in all.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437736130

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Never Married

Singlewomen in Early Modern England

By: Amy M. Froide

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Never Married

Singlewomen in Early Modern England

By: Amy M. Froide

Never Married: Singlewomen in Early Modern England investigates a paradox in the history of early modern England: although one third of adult women were never married, these women have remained largely absent from historical scholarship. Amy Froide reintroduces us to the category of difference called marital status and to the significant ways it shaped the life experiences of early modern women. By de-centring marriage as the norm in social, economic, and cultural terms, her book critically refines our current understanding of people's lives in the past and adds to a recent line of scholarship that questions just how common 'traditional' families really were. This book is both a social-economic study of singlewomen and a cultural study of the meanings of singleness in early modern England. It focuses on never-married women in England's provincial towns, and on singlewomen from a broad social spectrum. Covering the entire early modern era, it reveals that this was a time of transition in the history of never-married women. During the sixteenth century life-long singlewomen were largely absent from popular culture, but by the eighteenth century they had become a central concern of English society. As the first book of original research to focus on singlewomen on the period, it also illuminates other areas of early modern history. Froide reveals the importance of kinship in the past to women without husbands and children, as well as to widows, widowers, single men, and orphans. Examining the contributions of working and propertied singlewomen, she is able to illustrate the importance of gender and marital status to urban economies and to notions of urban citizenship in the early modern era. Tracing the origins of the spinster and old maid stereotypes she reveals how singlewomen were marginalized as first the victims and then the villains of Protestant English society.

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OUP Oxford

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019153370X

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American Hybrid Poetics

Gender, Mass Culture, and Form

By: Amy Moorman Robbins

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American Hybrid Poetics

Gender, Mass Culture, and Form

By: Amy Moorman Robbins

American Hybrid Poetics explores the ways in which hybrid poetics—a playful mixing of disparate formal and aesthetic strategies—have been the driving force in the work of a historically and culturally diverse group of women poets who are part of a robust tradition in contesting the dominant cultural order. Amy Moorman Robbins examines the ways in which five poets—Gertrude Stein, Laura Mullen, Alice Notley, Harryette Mullen, and Claudia Rankine—use hybridity as an implicitly political strategy to interrupt mainstream American language, literary genres, and visual culture, and expose the ways in which mass culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has had a powerfully standardizing impact on the collective American imagination. By forcing encounters between incompatible traditions—consumer culture with the avant-garde, low culture forms with experimental poetics, prose poetry with linguistic subversiveness—these poets bring together radically competing ideologies and highlight their implications for lived experience. Robbins argues that it is precisely because these poets have mixed forms that their work has gone largely unnoticed by leading members and critics in experimental poetry circles.

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081357272X

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Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles

By: Amy Lotson Roberts,Patrick J. Holladay PhD

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Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles

By: Amy Lotson Roberts,Patrick J. Holladay PhD

The Golden Isles are home to a long and proud African American and Gullah Geechee heritage. Ibo Landing was the site of a mass suicide in protest of slavery, the slave ship Wanderer landed on Jekyll Island and, thanks to preservation efforts, the Historic Harrington School still stands on St. Simons Island. From the Selden Normal and Industrial Institute to the tabby cabins of Hamilton Plantation, authors Amy Roberts and Patrick Holladay explore the rich history of the region's islands and their people, including such local notables as Deaconess Alexander, Jim Brown, Neptune Small, Hazel Floyd and the Georgia Sea Island Singers.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439667640

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The First Amendment Bubble

How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press

By: Amy Gajda

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The First Amendment Bubble

How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press

By: Amy Gajda

For decades, privacy took a back seat to the public’s right to know. But as the Internet and changing journalism have made it harder to distinguish news from titillation, U.S. courts are showing new resolve in protecting individuals from invasive media scrutiny. As Amy Gajda shows, this judicial backlash is now impinging on mainstream journalists.

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Harvard University Press

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0674368320

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Hell on Two Wheels

An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme Endurance Race in the World

By: Amy Snyder

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Hell on Two Wheels

An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme Endurance Race in the World

By: Amy Snyder

Contestants have died, been maimed, and spiraled down into the nightmarish realm of madness. Half of them don't finish--in fact, only 200 racers have ever made it to the end. "Outside" magazine calls it "the toughest test of endurance in the world." RAAM (the Race Across America) is a bicycle race like no other. This epic race is the most brutal organized sporting event you've never heard of and one of the best-kept secrets in the sports world. Author Amy Snyder follows a handful of athletes before, during, and after the 2009 event, the closest and most controversial in history. "Hell on Two Wheels" is a thrilling and remarkably detailed account of their ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies. By experiencing the race from the perspective of the racers themselves, "Hell on Two Wheels" breaks new ground in helping us appreciate how such a grueling effort can be so cleansing and self-revelatory. This is more than just a race; it's a monster, a crucible, an unforgettable allegory about the human experience of pain and joy and self-discovery.

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Triumph Books

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1617495190

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Ghosts of War

Meeting Spirits of the Fallen

By: Glynis Amy Allen,Graham Adrian

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Ghosts of War

Meeting Spirits of the Fallen

By: Glynis Amy Allen,Graham Adrian

Many brave men and women have given their lives in armed conflicts so that we may live in freedom today. A great debt is owed to these soldiers, sailors and flyers, both men and women, and they must never be forgotten. Glynis Amy Allen has met quite a few of their spirits, while walking the battlefields of World War I, during her nursing career and when giving personal readings as a medium. This book is a tribute to them. Inspired by her experiences, Glynis has researched others’ similar spiritual and ghostly accounts throughout history and across other cultures. These eye-opening stories - more than two hundred of them - told by ordinary people, of honesty and integrity, are a huge contribution to our understanding of human consciousness and the far-reaching power of our minds.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1910027626

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Joliet Prison Blues: A Century of Stories

By: Amy Steidinger

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Joliet Prison Blues: A Century of Stories

By: Amy Steidinger

Named warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary in 1913, Edmund Allen arrived with a glamorous new wife and ambitious plans of reform that did away with years of striped uniforms and humiliating practices. Two years later, his wife was found murdered in her bed, shocking the country and throwing the prison into chaos. Over the past century, life behind bars at Joliet has often been a national spectacle. Infamous inmates like Leopold and Loeb, John Wayne Gacy, Baby Face Nelson and James Earl Ray drew headlines, and iconic scenes in movies like The Blues Brothers ensured that the prison walls themselves were instantly recognizable. From overlooked prisoner profiles to the kind of dramatic incidents that incited riots or inspired Hollywood, Amy Steidinger's stories cover the modern era of Old Joliet Prison.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467147354

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Yarmouth Revisited

By: Amy Aldredge

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Yarmouth Revisited

By: Amy Aldredge

The Yarmouth area has always had a strong maritime history with a legacy of shipbuilding and those who chose the seafaring life. On land, Yarmouth had a diverse industrial history with goods produced in mills located on the four falls of the Royal River. As the town expanded in the late-19th century, civic leaders recognized the need to modernize its infrastructure. A library and central grammar school were built, sewer lines were laid, and telephone service and electricity became available. The railroads allowed for goods to be shipped in and out of the town, and new trolley lines promoted tourism in the area. The automobile changed the direction of the town literally as Route 1, built in 1948, became the primary road north and south to Portland, replacing coastal Route 88. By the 20th century, the shipbuilding era had come to a close and the mills were soon to follow. Despite these setbacks, the town of Yarmouth has consistently grown while maintaining the character of a small New England village.

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0738599034

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The American Poet Laureate

A History of U.S. Poetry and the State

By: Amy Paeth

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The American Poet Laureate

A History of U.S. Poetry and the State

By: Amy Paeth

The American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate, highlighting the careers of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Pinsky, Tracy K. Smith, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Joy Harjo at the nation’s Capitol. It is also a history of how these state poets participated in national arts programming during the Cold War. Drawing on previously unexplored archival materials at the Library of Congress and materials at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Amy Paeth describes the interactions of federal bodies, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with literary organizations and with private patrons, including “Prozac heiress” Ruth Lilly. The consolidation of public and private interests is crucial to the development of state verse culture, recognizable at the first National Poetry Festival in 1962, which followed Robert Frost’s “Mission to Moscow,” and which became dominant in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The American Poet Laureate contributes to a growing body of institutional and sociological approaches to U.S. literary production in the postwar era and demonstrates how poetry has played a uniquely important, and largely underacknowledged, role in the cultural front of the Cold War.

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Columbia University Press

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0231550790

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9780231550796

From Bondage to Contract

Wage Labor, Marriage, and the Market in the Age of Slave Emancipation

By: Amy Dru Stanley

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From Bondage to Contract

Wage Labor, Marriage, and the Market in the Age of Slave Emancipation

By: Amy Dru Stanley

In the era of slave emancipation no ideal of freedom had greater power than that of contract. The antislavery claim was that the negation of chattel status lay in the contracts of wage labor and marriage. Signifying self-ownership, volition, and reciprocal exchange among formally equal individuals, contract became the dominant metaphor for social relations and the very symbol of freedom. This 1999 book explores how a generation of American thinkers and reformers - abolitionists, former slaves, feminists, labor advocates, jurists, moralists, and social scientists - drew on contract to condemn the evils of chattel slavery as well as to measure the virtues of free society. Their arguments over the meaning of slavery and freedom were grounded in changing circumstances of labor and home life on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. At the heart of these arguments lay the problem of defining which realms of self and social existence could be rendered market commodities and which could not.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521635268

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9780521635264

Dear Editor: Poems

By: Amy Newman

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Dear Editor: Poems

By: Amy Newman

Amy Newman is one of the most gifted and original poets writing in America today."—Martha Collins Each prose poem in this extraordinary volume is an impassioned letter to a nameless editor from a poet seeking publication for her collection about chess, sainthood, and the poet's lonely childhood. Taken individually, the poems display a dazzling originality; together, they form an exquisite exploration of memory and longing.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393245675

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Disinfection By-Products in Water TreatmentThe Chemistry of Their Formation and Control

By: Roger A. Minear,Gary Amy

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Disinfection By-Products in Water TreatmentThe Chemistry of Their Formation and Control

By: Roger A. Minear,Gary Amy

Disinfection By-Products in Water Treatment describes new government regulations related to disinfection by-products. It explains the formation of microorganism by-products during water treatment and the methods employed to control them. The book includes several chapters on chlorine by-products and discusses techniques for the removal of chloroform from drinking water. It also describes gamma radiation techniques for removing microorganic by-product precursors from natural waters and the removal of bromate from drinking water.

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CRC Press

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1351454854

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The Trials of Academe

The New Era of Campus Litigation

By: Amy Gajda

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The Trials of Academe

The New Era of Campus Litigation

By: Amy Gajda

As Amy Gajda shows in this witty yet troubling book, litigation is now common on campus, and perhaps even more commonly feared. This book explores the origins and causes of the litigation trend, its implications for academic freedom, and what lawyers, judges, and academics themselves can do to limit the potential damage.

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Harvard University Press

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0674035674

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Southbound

Interviews with Southern Poets

By: Ernest Suarez,T. W. Stanford,Amy Verner

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Southbound

Interviews with Southern Poets

By: Ernest Suarez,T. W. Stanford,Amy Verner

There's a real flowering, I think, of southern poetry right now, ... assembling at the edges of everything. "This observation by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Wright reflects upon the continuing vibrancy and importance of the southern poetic tradition. Although the death of James Dickey in 1997 left southern poetry without a recognizably dominant voice, an array of other vibrant voices continue to be heard and recognized. Southbound: Interviews with Southern Poets provides a glimpse of the many poets who promise to keep southern poetry vital into the twenty-first century.

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Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical

By: Amy Swiffen

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Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical

By: Amy Swiffen

Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical explores the idea that legal authority is no longer related to national sovereignty, but to the ‘moral’ attempt to nurture life. The book argues that whilst the relationship between law and ethics has long been a central concern in legal studies, it is now the relationship between law and life that is becoming crucial. The waning legitimacy of conventional conceptions of sovereignty is signalled the renewal of a version of natural law, evident in discourses of human rights, that de-emphasises the role of a divine law-giver in favour of an Aristotelian conception of the natural purpose of life and the ‘common good’. Synthesising elements of legal scholarship on sovereignty, theories of biopolitics and biopower, as well as recent developments in the domains of ethics, Amy Swiffen examines the invocation of ‘life’ as a foundation for legal authority. The book documents the connection between law, life and contemporary forms of biopolitical power by critically analysing the fundamental principles of the bioethical paradigm. Unique in its critical and cross-disciplinary approach, Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical will be of interest to students and teachers in the areas of law and society, law and literature, critical legal studies, social theory, bioethics, psychoanalysis, and biopolitics.

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Routledge

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1136851674

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Emerging Technologies for Business Professionals

A Nontechnical Guide to the Governance and Management of Disruptive Technologies

By: Nishani Vincent,Amy Igou

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Emerging Technologies for Business Professionals

A Nontechnical Guide to the Governance and Management of Disruptive Technologies

By: Nishani Vincent,Amy Igou

Embrace emerging technology in your own organization with jargon-free and practical guidance In Emerging Technologies for Business Professionals: A Nontechnical Guide to the Governance and Management of Disruptive Technologies, a team of accomplished accounting systems experts and educators delivers a straightforward and jargon-free management and governance blueprint of emerging technologies ideal for business professionals. In this book you will learn how to use cutting-edge technologies, including AI, analytics, robotic process automation, blockchain, and more to maintain competitive advantage while managing risks. The authors provide real-world examples and case studies of each of the discussed technologies, allowing readers to place the technical details in the context of identifiable business environments. Each chapter offers simple and useful insights in new technology that can be immediately applied by business professionals. Readers will also find: Discussions of a host of new computing technologies, including edge, cloud, and quantum computing Exploration of how the disruptive technologies such as metaverse and non-fungible tokens will impact business operations Easy-to-understand explanations of the latest, most relevant technologies with applications in accounting, marketing, and operations An essential resource for Certified Public Accountants, CPA candidates, and students of accounting and business, Emerging Technologies for Business Professionals will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone interested in adopting emerging technologies in their own organizations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119987377

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The Channels of Student Activism

How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today

By: Amy J. Binder,Jeffrey L. Kidder

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The Channels of Student Activism

How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today

By: Amy J. Binder,Jeffrey L. Kidder

An eye-opening analysis of collegiate activism and its effects on the divisions in contemporary American politics. The past six years have been marked by a contentious political atmosphere that has touched every arena of public life, including higher education. Though most college campuses are considered ideologically progressive, how can it be that the right has been so successful in mobilizing young people even in these environments? As Amy J. Binder and Jeffrey L. Kidder show in this surprising analysis of the relationship between political activism on college campuses and the broader US political landscape, while liberal students often outnumber conservatives on college campuses, liberal campus organizing remains removed from national institutions that effectively engage students after graduation. And though they are usually in the minority, conservative student groups have strong ties to national right-leaning organizations, which provide funds and expertise, as well as job opportunities and avenues for involvement after graduation. Though the left is more prominent on campus, the right has built a much more effective system for mobilizing ongoing engagement. What’s more, the conservative college ecosystem has worked to increase the number of political provocations on campus and lower the public’s trust in higher education. In analyzing collegiate activism from the left, right, and center, The Channels of Student Activism shows exactly how politically engaged college students are channeled into two distinct forms of mobilization and why that has profound consequences for the future of American politics.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226819868

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North by 2020

Perspectives on Alaska’s Changing Social-Ecological Systems

By: Amy Lauren Lovecraft,Hajo Eicken

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North by 2020

Perspectives on Alaska’s Changing Social-Ecological Systems

By: Amy Lauren Lovecraft,Hajo Eicken

Originating from a series of workshops held at the Alaska Forum of the Fourth International Polar Year, this interdisciplinary volume addresses a host of current concerns regarding the ecology and rapid transformation of the arctic. Concentrating on the most important linked social-ecological systems, including fresh water, marine resources, and oil and gas development, this volume explores opportunities for sustainable development from a variety of perspectives, among them social sciences, natural and applied sciences, and the arts. Individual chapters highlight expressions of climate change in dance, music, and film, as well as from an indigenous knowledge–based perspective.

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University of Alaska Press

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1602231427

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Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 3

By: Rachel Cope,Amy Harris,Jane Hinckley

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Family Life in England and America, 1690–1820, vol 3

By: Rachel Cope,Amy Harris,Jane Hinckley

This four-volume collection of primarily newly transcribed manuscript material brings together sources from both sides of the Atlantic and from a wide variety of regional archives. It is the first collection of its kind, allowing comparisons between the development of the family in England and America during a time of significant change. Volume 3: Managing Families, I The sources included here document the economics of running a household, the experience of being a sibling and information on family inheritance and genealogy. Specifics on home economics include information on food and cooking, washing laundry, insurance inventories and plantation accounts.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000561127

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9781000561128

Becoming Right

How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives

By: Amy J. Binder,Kate Wood

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Becoming Right

How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives

By: Amy J. Binder,Kate Wood

Conservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones. Yet not enough attention has actually been paid to young conservatives to test these claims-until now. In Becoming Right, Amy Binder and Kate Wood carefully explore who conservative students are, and how their beliefs and political activism relate to their university experiences.Rich in interviews and insight, Becoming Right illustrates that the diverse conservative movement evolving among today's college students holds important implications for the direction of American politics.

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Princeton University Press

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0691145377

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Storytelling Rights

The Uses of Oral and Written Texts by Urban Adolescents

By: Amy Shuman

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Storytelling Rights

The Uses of Oral and Written Texts by Urban Adolescents

By: Amy Shuman

Based on intensive fieldwork in an urban American junior high school, this original study explores the relationship between oral and written texts in everyday life by analysing tellings and retellings of local events, diaries, writings and discussions.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521328462

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The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication

By: Susan Dente Ross,Amy Reynolds,Robert Trager

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The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication

By: Susan Dente Ross,Amy Reynolds,Robert Trager

This is the best all-around media law text for undergraduate and graduate students alike. The clear, nonthreatening writing style of the authors, by itself, sets this book apart. And yet, it does so by not leaving out any important areas of inquiry. That’s why my colleagues and I continue to adopt this for all of our media law classes." —Jonathan Kotler, University of Southern California In The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, authors Susan Dente Ross, Amy Reynolds, and Robert Trager present a lively, up-to-date, and comprehensive introduction to media law that brings the law to life for future professional communicators. The book is grounded in the traditions and rules of law but also contains fresh facts and relevant examples that keep readers engaged. Tightly focused breakout boxes highlight contemporary examples of the law in action or emphasize central points of law as well as intersections with international law and policy. The thoroughly updated Seventh Edition contains a wealth of new content that is as timely as possible—from the U.S. Supreme Court, federal and state courts, Congress, executive agencies, federal and state policymakers and advisory groups, and media organizations and allies. A refreshed look, feel, and flow of chapters provide readers an understanding of fast-expanding areas of the law and legal complexities.

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CQ Press

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1544377614

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Lady Cop Makes Trouble

By: Amy Stewart

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Lady Cop Makes Trouble

By: Amy Stewart

“A colorful and inventive adventure tale.”—Washington Post “It’s True Grit, New York style.”—New York Post “One of the best mystery novels of the year: wonderful and very entertaining.” —New York Journal of Books “Stewart deftly combines the rough-and-tumble atmosphere of early twentieth-century New York City with the story of three women who want to live life on their own terms.” —Library Journal, starred review In 1915, lady cops were not expected to chase down fugitives on the streets of New York City. But Constance Kopp never did what anyone expected. Constance and her sisters aren’t living the quiet life anymore. They’ve made headlines fighting back against a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs. After Sheriff Heath sees Constance in action, he appoints her as one of the nation’s first female deputies. But when a German-speaking con man threatens her position—and puts the honorable sheriff at risk for being thrown in his own jail—Constance will be forced to prove herself again. Based on the Kopp sisters’ real-life adventures, Girl Waits with Gun introduced the sensational lives of Constance Kopp and her sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. This second installment, also ripped from the headlines, takes us farther into the riveting story of a woman who defied expectations, forged her own path, and tackled crime along the way. “A fast-moving, craftily written novel.”—BookPage “[An] irresistible madcap adventure.”—PopSugar “Stewart leaves the reader wondering about one mystery still developing unsolved . . . Readers will just have to wait—impatiently, no doubt—for book No. 3.”—Boston Globe

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HarperCollins

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0544409620

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