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Mayor Victor H. Schiro

New Orleans in Transition, 1961–1970

By: Edward F. Haas

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Mayor Victor H. Schiro

New Orleans in Transition, 1961–1970

By: Edward F. Haas

During the turbulent 1960s, the city of New Orleans experienced unprecedented economic growth, racial tensions and desegregation, political realignment, and natural disaster. Presiding over this period of sweeping change was Mayor Victor H. Schiro (1904-1992), an unassuming, moderate Democrat who sought the best for his city and adhered strictly to the rule of law in a region where laissez faire was standard practice and hardened defiance was a social norm. Schiro sought fairness for all and navigated a gauntlet of conflicting pressures. African Americans sought their civil rights, and whites resisted the new racial environment. Despite vigorous opposition and an unfriendly press, Schiro won election twice. Under his direction, the city experienced numerous municipal reforms, the inclusion of African Americans in executive positions, and the broad extension of city services. The mayor, a businessman, recruited new corporations for his city, heralded the development of New Orleans East, and brought major professional sports to the Crescent City. He also initiated the plans for the construction of the Superdome. At the height of this activity, Hurricane Betsy devastated New Orleans. In response, Schiro coordinated with the federal government to initiate rescue and recovery at a rapid pace. In the aftermath, he lobbied Congress for relief funds that set the precedent for National Federal flood insurance.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1626741808

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9781626741805

Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism

The Historical Significance of a Judicial Icon

By: Edward A. Purcell, Jr.

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Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism

The Historical Significance of a Judicial Icon

By: Edward A. Purcell, Jr.

Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism is an in-depth study of Justice Antonin Scalia's jurisprudence, his work on the Supreme Court, and his significance in the history of American constitutionalism. After tracing Scalia's rise to Associate Justice and his subsequent emergence as a hero of the Republican Party and the political right, this book reviews and criticizes his general jurisprudential theory, arguing that he failed to produce either the objective method he claimed or the correct constitutional results he promised. Focusing on his judicial performance over his thirty years on the Court, it examines his decisions and opinions on virtually all of the constitutional issues he addressed from the fundamentals of structure (federalism, separation of powers, and the Article III judicial power) to specific interpretations of most major constitutional provisions involving governmental powers and the rights of individuals under the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment. This book argues that Scalia applied his jurisprudential theories in inconsistent and contradictory ways and often ignored, distorted, or abandoned the interpretive methods he proclaimed to reach the results he sought, results that were aligned with and supported by the post-Reagan Republican coalition. Scalia was far more consistent in enforcing such ideologically compatible results than he was in following his proclaimed jurisprudential theories. Finally, assessing Scalia's historical significance, Antonin Scalia and American Constitutionalism argues that his jurisprudence and career are particularly illuminating because they exemplify--contrary to his persistent claims--three paramount characteristics of American constitutionalism: the inherent inadequacy of originalism and other formal interpretive methodologies to produce consistent and correct answers to controverted constitutional questions; the close relationship that exists, particularly so in Scalia's case, between constitutional theories and interpretations on one hand and substantive political goals and values on the other; and the unavoidably living nature of American constitutionalism itself. All in all, Scalia stands as a towering figure of irony because his judicial career deconstructed the central claims of his own jurisprudence.

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329

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Oxford University Press

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0197508782

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9780197508787

History of Woodford County, Kentucky

By: William Edward Railey

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History of Woodford County, Kentucky

By: William Edward Railey

Woodford County, Kentucky was first surveyed and shaped in 1788. Railey's History takes the county through the nineteenth century. The book contains hundreds of family sketches, each with data on the original Kentucky immigrant, his wife and children, and their distinguished and numerous progeny. Also interspersed throughout the book are lists of marriage, census, and military records accounting for the names of an additional 5,000 early Woodford County residents.

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480

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806379995

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9780806379999

We Remember

U.S. Cavalry Association

By: Edward L. Daily

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We Remember

U.S. Cavalry Association

By: Edward L. Daily

The connection between racism and environmental quality is increasingly visible. People of color in urban and rural areas are the most likely victims of industrial dumping, toxic landfills, uranium mining, and dangerous waste incinerators. This groundbreaking anthology grows out of the National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit and brings together leading scholars, environmental leaders, and social justice activists of the emerging environmental justice movement.

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168

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Turner Publishing Company

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156311318X

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9781563113185

The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion

Nature and History Along Southwest Virginia's National Recreation Trail

By: Edward H. Davis,Edward B. Morgan

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The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion

Nature and History Along Southwest Virginia's National Recreation Trail

By: Edward H. Davis,Edward B. Morgan

The 34-mile-long Virginia Creeper Trailer, which runs from Abingdon, Virginia, to the North Carolina line near Whitetop Mountain, is the most poplar trail in Virginia. Each year the trail is visited by more than 25,000 bicyclers, hikers, horseback riders, fishermen, bird-watchers, railroad buffs, and folks just out for a Sunday stroll. The trail offers a convenient and scenic getaway from the stresses of modern life. This guidebook will enable the user to understand the trail's origin as an important railroad and the natural world encountered along this scenic route. With photos, old train schedules, detailed maps, and es-says on geology, trees, wildflowers, fish, birds, and mammals, the companion will enhance the trail experience for anyone who travels this route.

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120

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The Overmountain Press

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1570720657

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9781570720659

The Sharpshooters

A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

By: Edward G. Longacre

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The Sharpshooters

A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

By: Edward G. Longacre

Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide. The only New Jersey regiment to reenlist for the duration of the Civil War at the close of its initial three-year term, the Ninth saw action in forty-two battles and engagements across three states. Throughout the South, the regiment broke up enemy camps and supply depots, burned bridges, and destroyed railroad tracks to thwart Confederate movements. Members of the Ninth also suffered disease and starvation as POWs at the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia. Recruited largely from socially conservative cities and villages in northern and central New Jersey, the Ninth Volunteer Infantry consisted of men with widely differing opinions about the Union and their enemy. Edward G. Longacre unearths these complicated political and social views, tracing the history of this esteemed regiment before, during, and after the war—from recruitment at Camp Olden to final operations in North Carolina.

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428

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U of Nebraska Press

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1612348076

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9781612348070

Separated by a Common Language

The Roosevelt-Chamberlain Rivalry: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Anglo-American Relations 1933-1939

By: Edward M. Bennett

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The Roosevelt-Chamberlain Rivalry: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Anglo-American Relations 1933-1939

By: Edward M. Bennett

This study examines FDR's motives in confronting the Axis powers and especially Adolf Hitler. The author examines the Roosevelt-Chamberlain rivalry which got in the way of establishing early cooperation in confronting the Axis allies and places the major blame for this on the "Tory" element in Britain's leadership with Chamberlain bearing the prime responsibility. It also includes perceptive assessments of Roosevelt's foreign policy by two of the outstanding women of the 20th Century, Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins both of whom were interviewed by the author.

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316

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iUniverse

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0595222927

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9780595222926

The Civil War in Arizona

The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861-1865

By: Andrew Edward Masich

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The Civil War in Arizona

The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861-1865

By: Andrew Edward Masich

This narrative history includes firsthand accounts of the Civil War in the Far West, along with 54 b&w illustrations and 2 maps.

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394

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806137479

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9780806137476

Collards

A Southern Tradition from Seed to Table

By: Edward H. Davis,John T. Morgan

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Collards

A Southern Tradition from Seed to Table

By: Edward H. Davis,John T. Morgan

The definitive survey of collards, an iconic southern food

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236

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University of Alabama Press

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0817318348

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9780817318345

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The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion

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Separated by a Common Language

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The Civil War in Arizona

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