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From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt

Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South, 1938-1980

By: Bruce J. Schulman

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From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt

Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South, 1938-1980

By: Bruce J. Schulman

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt investigates the effects of federal policy on the American South from 1938 until 1980 and charts the close relationship between federal efforts to reform the South and the evolution of activist government in the modern United States. Decrying the South's economic backwardness and political conservatism, the Roosevelt Administration launched a series of programs to reorder the Southern economy in the 1930s. After 1950, however, the social welfare state had been replaced by the national security state as the South's principal benefactor. Bruce J. Schulman contrasts the diminished role of national welfare initiatives in the postwar South with the expansion of military and defense-related programs. He analyzes the contributions of these growth-oriented programs to the South's remarkable economic expansion, to the development of American liberalism, and to the excruciating limits of Sunbelt prosperity, ultimately relating these developments to southern politics and race relations. By linking the history of the South with the history of national public policy, Schulman unites two issues that dominate the domestic history of postwar America--the emergence of the Sunbelt and the expansion of federal power over the nation's economic and social life. A forcefully argued work, From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt, originally published in 1991(Oxford University Press), will be an important guide to students and scholars of federal policy and modern Southern history.

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Duke University Press

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0822315378

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9780822315377

Advocacy and Empowerment

Mental Health Care in the Community

By: Bruce L. Black,Stephen M. Rose

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Advocacy and Empowerment

Mental Health Care in the Community

By: Bruce L. Black,Stephen M. Rose

Relevant and thought-provoking, describes a new and imaginative approach to the needs of de-institutionalised people returning to care in the community. It shows that there is a challenging but dynamic contribution to be made by all community mental health workers in restoring dignity to the lives of those who have tragically been robbed of such a basic human need.

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240

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Routledge

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1134746733

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9781134746736

Wrong on Race

The Democratic Party's Buried Past

By: Bruce Bartlett

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Wrong on Race

The Democratic Party's Buried Past

By: Bruce Bartlett

In Wrong on Race, Bruce Bartlett sets the record straight on a hidden past that many Democrats would rather see swept under the carpet. Ranging from the founding of the Republic through to today, it rectifies the unfair perceptions of America's two national parties. While Nixon's infamous "Southern Strategy" is constantly referenced in the media, less well remembered are Woodrow Wilson's segregation of the entire Federal civil service; FDR's appointment of a member of the KKK to the Supreme Court; John F. Kennedy's apathy towards civil rights legislation; and the ascension of Robert Byrd, who is current President pro tempore of the Senate, third in line in the presidential line of succession, and a former member of the KKK. For the last seventy years, African Americans have voted en masse for one party, with little in the end to show for it. Is it time for the pendulum to swing the other way? With the Republican Party furiously engaged in pre-2008 soul searching, this exhaustively researched, incisively written exposé will be an important and compelling component of that debate as we head towards November.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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0230611389

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9780230611382

Shadow Nations

Tribal Sovereignty and the Limits of Legal Pluralism

By: Bruce Duthu

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Shadow Nations

Tribal Sovereignty and the Limits of Legal Pluralism

By: Bruce Duthu

American Indian tribes have long been recognized as "domestic, dependent nations" within the United States, with powers of self-government that operate within the tribes' sovereign territories. Yet over the years, Congress and the Supreme Court have steadily eroded these tribal powers. In some respects, the erosion of tribal powers reflects the legacy of an imperialist impulse to constrain or eliminate any political power that may compete with the state. These developments have moved the nation away from its early commitments to a legally plural society--in other words, the idea that multiple nations and their legal systems could co-exist peacefully in shared territories. Shadow Nations argues for redirecting the trajectory of tribal-federal relations to better reflect the formative ethos of legal pluralism that operated in the nation's earliest years. From an ideological standpoint, this means that we must reexamine several long-held commitments. One is to legal centralism, the view that the nation-state and its institutions are the only legitimate sources of law. Another is to liberalism, the dominant political philosophy that undergirds our democratic structures and situates the individual, not the group or a collective, as the bedrock moral unit of society. From a constitutional standpoint, establishing more robust expressions of tribal sovereignty will require that we take seriously the concerns of citizens, tribal and non-tribal alike, who demand that tribal governments operate consistently with basic constitutional values. From an institutional standpoint, these efforts will require a new, flexible and adaptable institutional architecture that is better suited to accommodating these competing interests. Argued with grace, humanity, and a peerless scholarly eye, Shadow Nations is a clarion call for a true and consequential rethinking of the legal and political relationship between Indigenous tribes and the United States government.

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Oxford University Press

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019987610X

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9780199876105

Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac

The True Story of a Man and the Dog Who Saved His Life

By: Bruce Goldstein

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Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac

The True Story of a Man and the Dog Who Saved His Life

By: Bruce Goldstein

To Bruce Goldstein-an edgy, twenty-something New Yorker trying to make his mark in advertising-just waking up in the morning was an ordeal. Underemployed and recently dumped, he was well into the downward spiral of bipolar disorder. Even with therapy, lithium, Paxil, Wellbutrin, and Prozac, he could not shake his rapid mood swings, his fear of dying, or the voice of Satan, who first visited him one sunny day in Central Park. Then came Ozzy, a black Labrador pup (named after metal's "Prince of Darkness") who leads Bruce toward recovery through complete, canine dependence. From the depths of his despair to a life remade, Bruce shows how learning to care for, train, and love the hilariously loyal Ozzy provided him with the structure and focus he needed to heal.

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306

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Da Capo Press

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0306817624

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9780306817625

Britannia - The Story of a Mine

By: Bruce Ramsey

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Britannia - The Story of a Mine

By: Bruce Ramsey

Since the presence of copper in the mountains behind Britannia Beach was discovered in 1898 it is estimated that about 60,000 men have been employed there. Some have worked for a grubstake, some have found Britannia a place for summer employment, some have worked off and on as they drifted from mine to mine and some came with their families and stayed until retirement. Many stories could be told of life in what for so long, were the isolated camps that comprised Britannia Mines. This book was first written by the well known historian, Bruce Ramsey, attempts, for the first time within our knowledge to collect and preserve the historical data and some of the anecdotal material. It will be a source of accurate information for the curious and interested and a stimulus to the recollection of happy memories for the legion of Britannia-ites.

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180

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Trafford Publishing

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1490740848

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9781490740843

Home Book of American Quotations

By: Bruce Bohle

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Home Book of American Quotations

By: Bruce Bohle

Over 9,000 quotations from 1,000 sources on distinctly American topics.

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Random House Value Publishing

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051760356X

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9780517603567

The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection

The Secret Political Activities of Two Supreme Court Justices

By: Bruce Allen Murphy

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The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection

The Secret Political Activities of Two Supreme Court Justices

By: Bruce Allen Murphy

This book examines the extrajudicial activities, such as advancement of political causes and covert intervention in national affairs, of two of the U.S. Supreme Court's most famous judges. "Murphy has done a first-class job of research...He has reconstructed episodes in the inner history of the Supreme Court, of the New Deal and of World War II (Washington sector), in new detail and with contagious relish...It is useful because it makes us think hard about standards of judicial behavior."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., New York Times Book Review Chronicles the political activities engaged by these two justices which exceeded by far the limits of propriety demanded of members of the Supreme Court.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195031229

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9780195031225

The Origins of the Southern Strategy

Two-party Competition in South Carolina, 1950-1972

By: Bruce H. Kalk

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The Origins of the Southern Strategy

Two-party Competition in South Carolina, 1950-1972

By: Bruce H. Kalk

The Origins of the Southern Strategy is a detailed study of the rise of two-party competition in South Carolina during the mid-twentieth century. In 1950, when the study begins, there was for all practical purposes no functioning Republican party in that state, nor was there much of one anywhere in the deep South. During the two decades covered by this study, the interplay between two clear factions--economic and racial conservatives--shaped the growth of the party. Bruce H. Kalk amply demonstrates the implications of these developments for the rightward shift in national politics and charts their effect on the resurgence of assertive economic conservativism, as a new southern base became the core of the Republican party's presidential strategies after 1968.

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188

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Lexington Books

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0739102427

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9780739102428

An Appalachian New Deal

West Virginia in the Great Depression

By: Jerry Bruce Thomas

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An Appalachian New Deal

West Virginia in the Great Depression

By: Jerry Bruce Thomas

The Depression had already begun in West Virginia before the stock market crash of November 1929 and lasted until the coming of war in 1941. In tracing the responses of the people and government of West Virginia during the Depression, historian Jerry Thomas not only deals with politics and institutions but also tells about ordinary people during the worst conditions in the state's history. 18 photos.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813120640

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9780813120645

In Situ and On-site Bioremediation

Papers from the Fourth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, New Orleans, April 28-May 1, 1997

By: Bruce C. Alleman,Andrea Leeson

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In Situ and On-site Bioremediation

Papers from the Fourth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, New Orleans, April 28-May 1, 1997

By: Bruce C. Alleman,Andrea Leeson

Topics include: Vol.

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1574770306

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9781574770308

Before the Next Attack

Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism

By: Bruce A. Ackerman

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Before the Next Attack

Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism

By: Bruce A. Ackerman

Also includes information on aftermath of terrorist attack, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, civil liberties, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, courts, detainees, detention, due process, emergency constitution, emergency powers, emergency regime, existential crisis, extraordinary powers, Founding Fathers, framework statutes, freedom, habeas corpus writ, Iraq war, Abraham Lincoln, Jose Padilla, panic reaction, precedents of presidential powers, presidency, president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, rule of law, second strike, Second World War, secrecy, seizure, September 11, 2001, state of emergency, supermajoritarian escalator, terrorist attack, torture, United Kingdom, etc.

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Yale University Press

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0300122667

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9780300122664

Approaching Democracy

Portfolio Edition

By: Larry Berman,Bruce Allen Murphy

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Approaching Democracy

Portfolio Edition

By: Larry Berman,Bruce Allen Murphy

0-13-144388-7, 4438U-6, Larry Berman, Approaching Democracy: Portfolio Edition, 1E //--> This concise paperback introduces the basics of American government, structured around democracy as an ideal toward which we continually strive. Thematically organized, it prepares readers to review events in the context of this goal. This book prepares readers to be good citizens, armed with the information they will need to follow politics and make educated choices about leaders, policies, and actions. Cases and real-world examples reflect current trends and events such as: Tom Ridge and the Homeland Security Council, the War on Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism Bill, Anthrax and the US Postal Service, Dick Cheney as the new VP, Census 2000, the Enron scandal, Military tribunals, Senator Jeffords party switch, the Supreme Court and the 2000 Presidential Election, 2002 Congressional elections, governments in the Islamic world, and much more. Topics also address the multiple processes of formulating, implementing, and evaluating public policy and the democratic ideal. For anyone wanting to arm themselves with the information needed to make educated political decisions and choices.

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Prentice Hall

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0131443887

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9780131443884

Book's by Bruce L. Black

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt

Advocacy and Empowerment

Advocacy and Empowerment

Wrong on Race

Wrong on Race

Shadow Nations

Shadow Nations

Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac

Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac

Britannia - The Story of a Mine

Britannia - The Story of a Mine

Home Book of American Quotations

Home Book of American Quotations

The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection

The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection

The Origins of the Southern Strategy

The Origins of the Southern Strategy

An Appalachian New Deal

An Appalachian New Deal

In Situ and On-site Bioremediation

In Situ and On-site Bioremediation

Before the Next Attack

Before the Next Attack

Approaching Democracy

Approaching Democracy

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