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Ghost Towns of Arizona

By: James E. Sherman,Barbara H. Sherman

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Ghost Towns of Arizona

By: James E. Sherman,Barbara H. Sherman

A pictorial survey of the past history of more than one hundred former mining towns in Arizona

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806108436

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9780806108438

The Gillioz "Theatre Beautiful"

Remembering Springfield's Theatre History, 1926-2006

By: James S. Baumlin

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The Gillioz "Theatre Beautiful"

Remembering Springfield's Theatre History, 1926-2006

By: James S. Baumlin

Recounting the many live vaudeville acts and films that graced the theatre’s stage and screen, The Gillioz "Theatre Beautiful” presents a social history of entertainment through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, the Sixties and the Seventies. Of note is the Springfield theatre’s hosting of three movie world premieres--with future U. S. president Ronald Reagan appearing in each.

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100

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University of Arkansas Press

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0913785059

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9780913785058

Crimes against the State

Sedition, Rebellion, and Treason since America's Founding

By: James A. Beckman,Eric Merriam

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Crimes against the State

Sedition, Rebellion, and Treason since America's Founding

By: James A. Beckman,Eric Merriam

This work provides an authoritative survey of America's long and turbulent history of rebellions against laws and institutions of the state, ranging from violent acts of sedition and terrorism to acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against discriminatory or unjust laws. Crimes against the State is an even-handed and illuminating one-stop resource for understanding acts of rebellion against legal authorities and institutions and the motivations driving them. Special care is taken to differentiate between hostile acts and actors that seek to overthrow or otherwise damage the state and/or targeted demographic groups through violence (such "bad actors" as the January 6 Capitol mob and bombers of abortion clinics) and acts and actors that seek to defy, reform, or improve laws and institutions of the state through nonviolent action (such "good actors" as activists in the civil rights movement). Within these pages, readers will 1) learn how to differentiate between sedition, insurrection, treason, domestic terrorism, espionage, and other acts meant to injure or overthrow the government; 2) gain a deeper understanding of laws, policies, and events that have aroused violent or nonviolent opposition; 3) gain insights into perspectives and motivations of individuals and organizations; and 4) learn about state responses to these challenges and threats, from martial law to criminal prosecutions to new laws and reforms.

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510

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216171188

Analyzing Media

Communication Technologies as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems

By: James W. Chesebro,Dale A. Bertelsen

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Analyzing Media

Communication Technologies as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems

By: James W. Chesebro,Dale A. Bertelsen

For the past 25 years, critics of communication have focused on the content and form of verbal and nonverbal communication, while for the most part neglecting what traditionally has been considered a technical rather than a critical issue - the impact of how messages are produced or formatted in the various media. Topics such as the sexual and violent content of television and films, the meaning of pornography, and the persuasive efforts of advertisers largely have been examined with the use of social science methodologies that ignore the behavioral and message-generating implications of specific media systems themselves. Filling a significant void in the literature, this volume eschews the notion of communication technologies as neutral conduits, and instead depicts them as active and creative determinants of meaning. In doing so, it offers an illuminating examination of the dynamic relationships among communication, cognition, and social organization. Providing a framework for the chapters that follow, the first section of the book presents a history of human communication from a technological perspective, explores the integral role of communication technologies in everyday life, and isolates the ways in which criticism can function as an assessment system. Three specific technological cultures that define human communication are identified: the oral, the literate, and the electronic. The authors identify structural features and discuss the social implications of each. They also provide descriptions, interpretations, and evaluations of these technological cultures, and show how criticism changes when the media of transmission is taken into account. The book concludes with a cogentdiscussion of a range of topics surrounding media criticism, such as its pedagogical implications, how multiple selves can exist in a world of varied communication technologies, the integration of communication technologies, and how media studies should be incorporated into the disc

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244

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Guilford Press

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1572304197

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9781572304192

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium

By: Val Staples,James Eatock,Josh de Lioncourt,Danielle Gelehrter

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium

By: Val Staples,James Eatock,Josh de Lioncourt,Danielle Gelehrter

This is the most comprehensive guide ever published, covering all things Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power from 1982 through today! The universe of He-Man and She-Ra is full of mystery. And thanks to over four thousand individual entries covering characters, beasts, vehicles, locations, weapons and magic, you can learn the secrets of this entire universe!

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708

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506701426

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9781506701424

Sourcebook on Rhetoric

By: James Jasinski

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Sourcebook on Rhetoric

By: James Jasinski

Please update SAGE UK and SAGE INDIA addresses on imprint page.

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684

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SAGE

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0761905049

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9780761905042

An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law

Readings, Cases, Materials

By: James Gordley,Hao Jiang,Arthur Taylor von Mehren

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An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law

Readings, Cases, Materials

By: James Gordley,Hao Jiang,Arthur Taylor von Mehren

Original sources illustrate and compare the principal doctrines of private law in the United States, England, France, Germany and China.

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735

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Cambridge University Press

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1108835848

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9781108835848

Same Time, Same Station

Creating American Television, 1948–1961

By: James L. Baughman

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Same Time, Same Station

Creating American Television, 1948–1961

By: James L. Baughman

Outstanding Academic Title for 2007, Choice Magazine Ever wonder how American television came to be the much-derided, advertising-heavy home to reality programming, formulaic situation comedies, hapless men, and buxom, scantily clad women? Could it have been something different, focusing instead on culture, theater, and performing arts? In Same Time, Same Station, historian James L. Baughman takes readers behind the scenes of early broadcasting, examining corporate machinations that determined the future of television. Split into two camps—those who thought TV could meet and possibly raise the expectations of wealthier, better-educated post-war consumers and those who believed success meant mimicking the products of movie houses and radio—decision makers fought a battle of ideas that peaked in the 1950s, just as TV became a central facet of daily life for most Americans. Baughman’s engagingly written account of the brief but contentious debate shows how the inner workings and outward actions of the major networks, advertisers, producers, writers, and entertainers ultimately made TV the primary forum for entertainment and information. The tale of television's founding years reveals a series of decisions that favored commercial success over cultural aspiration.

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472

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JHU Press

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080189607X

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9780801896071

Lost Rights

The Destruction of American Liberty

By: James Bovard

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Lost Rights

The Destruction of American Liberty

By: James Bovard

From Justice Department officials seizing people's homes based on mere rumors to the IRS and its master plan to prohibit the nation's self-employed from working for themselves to the perpetrators of the Waco siege, government officials are tearing the Bill of Rights to pieces. Today's citizen is now more likely than ever to violate some unknown law or regulation and be placed at the mercy of an administrator or politician hungering for publicity. Unfortunately, the only way many government agencies can measure their "public service" is by the number of citizens they harass, hinder, restrain, or jail. James Bovard's Lost Rights provides a highly entertaining analysis of the bloated excess of government and the plight of contemporary Americans beaten into submission by a horrible parody of the Founding Fathers' dream.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250109647

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9781250109644

Agenda-Setting

By: James W. Dearing,Everett M. Rogers

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Agenda-Setting

By: James W. Dearing,Everett M. Rogers

Agenda-Setting asks who sets the agenda that brings social problems into the public arena, on to the policy agenda and, finally, to a change of policy. It provides important practical and theoretical insight into the agenda-setting process.

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156

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SAGE

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0761905634

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9780761905639

Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963

By: James B. Murphy

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Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963

By: James B. Murphy

They were almost The Pendletones--after the Pendleton wool shirts favored on chilly nights at the beach--then The Surfers, before being named The Beach Boys. But what separated them from every other teenage garage band with no musical training? They had raw talent, persistence and a wellspring of creativity that launched them on a legendary career now in its sixth decade. Following the musical vision of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys blended ethereal vocal harmonies, searing electric guitars and lush arrangements into one of the most distinctive sounds in the history of popular music. Drawing on original interviews and newly uncovered documents, this book untangles the band's convoluted early history and tells the story of how five boys from California formed America's greatest rock 'n' roll band.

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McFarland

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1476618534

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9781476618531

Book's by James Weaver

Ghost Towns of Arizona

Ghost Towns of Arizona

The Gillioz "Theatre Beautiful"

The Gillioz "Theatre Beautiful"

Crimes against the State

Crimes against the State

Analyzing Media

Analyzing Media

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: A Character Guide and World Compendium

Sourcebook on Rhetoric

Sourcebook on Rhetoric

An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law

An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law

Same Time, Same Station

Same Time, Same Station

Lost Rights

Lost Rights

Agenda-Setting

Agenda-Setting

Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963

Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963

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