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Conventional Wisdom

The Alternate Article V Mechanism for Proposing Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

By: John R. Vile

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Conventional Wisdom

The Alternate Article V Mechanism for Proposing Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

By: John R. Vile

Vile surveys more than two centuries of scholarship on Article V and concludes that the weight of the evidence indicates that states and Congress have the legal right to limit the scope of such conventions to a single subject and that political considerations would make a runaway convention unlikely.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820349003

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9780820349008

Merseypride

Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism

By: John Belchem

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Merseypride

Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism

By: John Belchem

Once the second city of empire, now descended by seemingly irreversible economic and demographic decline into European Union Objective One status, Liverpool defies historical categorization. Located at the intersection of competing cultural, economic and geo-political formations, it stands outside the main narrative frameworks of modern British history, the exception to general norms. What was it that established Liverpool as different or apart? In exploring this proverbial exceptionalism, these essays by a leading scholar of the history of Liverpool and of the Irish show how a sense of apartness has always been crucial to Liverpool’s identity. While repudiated by some as an external imposition, an unmerited stigma originating from the slave trade days or the Irish famine influx, Liverpool’s ‘otherness’ has been upheld (and inflated) in self-referential myth, a ‘Merseypride’ that has shown considerable ingenuity in adjusting to the city’s changing fortunes. The first stage towards an urban biography of Liverpool, these essays in cultural history reconstruct the city’s past through changes in image, identity and representation. Among the topics considered are Liverpool’s problematic projection of itself through history and heritage; the belated emergence of ‘scouse’, an accent ‘exceedingly rare’, as cultural badge and signifier; the origins and dominance of Toryism in popular political culture, the deepest and most enduring political ‘deviance’ among Victorian workers, at odds with present-day perceptions of Merseyside militancy; and an investigation of the crucial sites—the Irish pub and the Catholic parish—where the Liverpool-Irish identity was constructed, contested and continued, seemingly immune to the normal processes of ethnic fade. The final section offers comparative methodological and theoretical perspectives embracing North America, Australia and other European ‘second cities’.

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Liverpool University Press

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1781387648

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9781781387641

Before the Windrush

Race Relations in Twentieth-century Liverpool

By: John Belchem

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Before the Windrush

Race Relations in Twentieth-century Liverpool

By: John Belchem

Before the Windrush' is a fascinating study that enriches our understanding of how the empire 'came home'. By drawing attention to Liverpool's mixed population in the first half of the 20th century and its approach to race relations, it provides historical context and perspective to debates about Britain's experience of empire in the 20th century.

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321

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Oxford University Press

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1846319676

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9781846319679

The CIA and the Culture of Failure

U.S. Intelligence from the End of the Cold War to the Invasion of Iraq

By: John M. Diamond

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The CIA and the Culture of Failure

U.S. Intelligence from the End of the Cold War to the Invasion of Iraq

By: John M. Diamond

The CIA and the Culture of Failure follows the CIA through a series of crises from the Soviet collapse to the war in Iraq and explains the political pressures that helped lead to the greatest failures in U.S. intelligence history.

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Stanford University Press

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0804756015

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9780804756013

100 Irish Rugby Greats

By: John Scally

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100 Irish Rugby Greats

By: John Scally

Bursting with humour and full of amusing anecdotes, 100 Irish Rugby Greats is a unique celebration of the most significant stars of the sport from the 1930s to the present day. A veritable who’s who of Irish rugby, it takes in all of the true greats, including Jack Kyle, Tony O’Reilly, Mike Gibson, Willie John McBride, Moss Keane, Keith Wood, Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell. Many of the in-depth and revealing profiles are based on interviews with the legends themselves, as well as with those who have lined up against them. The result offers remarkable insights into the myriad controversies, epic matches, thrilling contests and pivotal events on and off the field in which each player has been involved. Written with an insider’s knowledge, 100 Irish Rugby Greats will prove to be a thrilling read for all fans of the sport.

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Random House

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1780571429

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9781780571423

Languages of Labour

By: John Belchem,Neville Kirk

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Languages of Labour

By: John Belchem,Neville Kirk

This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language in relation to the subject of history. The British and American contributors put forward the idea that language is a broadly based means of communication with contested and consensual meanings, and that such meanings must be revealed and evaluated by precise historical contextualisation of language and proper attention to established rules of historical method. The essays contend that the connections between the linguistic and the social must be rethought. The book aims to move beyond the unproductive fragmentation and relativism, the narrow textual range and the literal and anti-realist readings of the postmodern ’linguistic turn’ to offer a rigorous approach to the study of language and the subject of history.

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Routledge

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135192320X

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9781351923200

The Bitter End

The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy

By: John Sides,Chris Tausanovitch,Lynn Vavreck

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The Bitter End

The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy

By: John Sides,Chris Tausanovitch,Lynn Vavreck

What an intensely divisive election portends for American politics The year 2020 was a tumultuous time in American politics. It brought a global pandemic, protests for racial justice, and a razor-thin presidential election outcome. It culminated in an attack on the U.S. Capitol that attempted to deny Joe Biden’s victory. The Bitter End explores the long-term trends and short-term shocks that shaped this dramatic year and what these changes could mean for the future. John Sides, Chris Tausanovitch, and Lynn Vavreck demonstrate that Trump’s presidency intensified the partisan politics of the previous decades and the identity politics of the 2016 election. Presidential elections have become calcified, with less chance of big swings in either party’s favor. Republicans remained loyal to Trump and kept the election close, despite Trump’s many scandals, a recession, and the pandemic. But in a narrowly divided electorate even small changes can have big consequences. The pandemic was a case in point: when Trump pushed to reopen the country even as infections mounted, support for Biden increased. The authors explain that, paradoxically, even as Biden’s win came at a time of heightened party loyalty, there remained room for shifts that shaped the election’s outcome. Ultimately, the events of 2020 showed that instead of the country coming together to face national challenges—the pandemic, George Floyd’s murder, and the Capitol riot—these challenges only reinforced divisions. Expertly chronicling the tensions of an election that came to an explosive finish, The Bitter End presents a detailed account of a year of crises and the dangerous direction in which the country is headed.

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Princeton University Press

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0691253986

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9780691253985

1000 Questions About Canada

Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture

By: John Robert Colombo

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1000 Questions About Canada

Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture

By: John Robert Colombo

What are "snow worms"? Are there more moose than people in the Yukon? What is the meaning of the word "Niagara"? Where will you find the world’s largest perogy? Does Elvis have a street in Ottawa named after him? What was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s favourite snack food? Which province was the last to shift traffic from the left-hand side of the road to the right? These are some of the questions that are asked - and answered - in 1000 Questions About Canada. Every reader with an ounce (or a gram) of curiosity will find these intriguing questions and thoughtful answers fascinating to read and ponder. This book is for people who love curious lore and who want to know more about the country in which they live.

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Dundurn

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1550029533

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9781550029536

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

By: John Henry Brown

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Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

By: John Henry Brown

The book leads the reader through the past to the present and here leaves him amid active and progressive men who are advancing, along with him, toward the future. Including, as it does, lives of men now living, it constitutes a connecting link between what has gone before and what is to come after. It is therefore fitting that it should be dedicated to a prominent man of our day in preference to one of former times. The matter presented, in the nature of things, is largely biographical. There can be no foundation for history without biography. History is a generalization of particulars. It presents wide extended views. To use a paradox, history gives us but a part of history. That other part which it does not give us, the part which introduces us to the thoughts, aspirations and daily life of a people, is supplied by biography. The men whose deeds are recorded in this book were or are deeply identified with Texas, and the preservation in this volume in enduring form of some remembrance of them—their names, who and what they were—has been a pleasant task to one who feels a deep interest and pride in Texas—its past history, its heroes and future destiny.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849674452

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9783849674458

Bodenplatte

The Luftwaffe's Last Hope

By: John Manrho,Ron Pütz

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Bodenplatte

The Luftwaffe's Last Hope

By: John Manrho,Ron Pütz

One of our goals was to describe, as accurately as possible, the events taking place in the morning of January 1st, 1945... We had to refrain from going into the nightfighter attacks of December 31st, 1944, and for reasons of brevity we also had to let go of any other bomber or escort missions of the Allied air forces on January 1st. The contents of the book have been divided into chapters dealing with the individual attacks of the Luftwaffe Geschwader. As a result, the subject matter is dealt with primarily from a Luftwaffe point of view. After all, it was a Luftwaffe operation. However, we have endeavoured to create a balanced view of each attack, showing in just as much detail the Allied perspective. At the end of each chapter, we have drawn our conclusions, carefully evaluating all available Luftwaffe and Allied points of view"--P. ix.

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Stackpole Books

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0811706869

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9780811706865

Joyce's Grand Operoar

Opera in Finnegans Wake

By: Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart,Ruth Bauerle

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Joyce's Grand Operoar

Opera in Finnegans Wake

By: Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart,Ruth Bauerle

In Joyce's Grand Operoar, two internationally respected Joyce scholars join forces to present over 3,000 of Joyce's opera allusions as they appear in Finnegans Wake. Ruth Bauerle's long, richly detailed, and often amusing introduction critically interprets Joyce's life and work in terms of its operatic and literary interconnections. The resulting volume will delight both opera lovers and Joyceans.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252065573

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9780252065576

The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform

By: John Samples

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The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform

By: John Samples

At first glance, campaign finance reform looks like a good idea. McCain-Feingold, for instance, regulates campaigns by prohibiting national political parties from accepting soft money contributions from corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals. But are such measures, or any of the numerous and similarly restrictive proposals that have circulated through Washington in recent years, really good for our democracy? John Samples says no, and here he takes a penetrating look into the premises and consequences of the long crusade against big money in politics. How many Americans, he asks, know that there is little to no evidence that campaign contributions really influence members of Congress? Or that so-called negative political advertising actually improves the democratic process by increasing voter turnout and knowledge? Or that limits on campaign contributions make it harder to run for office, thereby protecting incumbent representatives from losing their seats of power? Posing tough questions such as these, Samples uncovers numerous fallacies beneath proposals for campaign finance reform. He argues that our most common concerns about money in politics are misplaced because the ideals implicit in our notion of corruption are incoherent or indefensible. The chance to regulate money in politics allows representatives to serve their own interests at a cost to their constituents. And, ironically, this long crusade against the corruption caused by campaign contributions allows public officials to reduce their vulnerability by suppressing electoral competition. Defying long-held ssumptions and conventional political wisdom, The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform is a provocative and decidedly nonpartisan work that will be essential for anyone concerned about the future of American government.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226734633

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9780226734637

Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, held in 1860, at Charleston and Baltimore

By: John Gibson Parkhurst

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Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, held in 1860, at Charleston and Baltimore

By: John Gibson Parkhurst

Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375106599

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9783375106591

Creativity and the Roots of Liturgy

By: John B. Foley

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Creativity and the Roots of Liturgy

By: John B. Foley

The liturgy is a symbolic dialogue with God representing the highest form of aesthetic experience. John Foley presents a systematic vision of the liturgy as it relates to aesthetics. He demonstrates that liturgy is itself an art form that unites the various liturgical arts under its broad umbrella. 334 pages

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1569290156

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9781569290156

Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book

By: Charles J. Yeo,David W McFadden,John H. Pemberton,Jeffrey H. Peters,Jeffrey B. Matthews

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Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book

By: Charles J. Yeo,David W McFadden,John H. Pemberton,Jeffrey H. Peters,Jeffrey B. Matthews

Comprehensive and complete, Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract delivers the definitive, clinically oriented, cutting-edge guidance you need to achieve optimal outcomes managing the entire spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders. Make effective use of the latest endoscopic, robotic, and minimally invasive procedures as well as medical therapies with unbeatable advice from a "who’s who" of international authorities! Find expert answers to any clinical question in gastrointestinal surgery, from the esophagus to the colon. See exactly what to look for and how to proceed from an abundance of beautifully detailed intraoperative and laparoscopic photographs.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455738077

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9781455738076

Diseases of the Small Intestine in Childhood, Fourth Edition

By: John Walker-Smith,Simon Murch

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Diseases of the Small Intestine in Childhood, Fourth Edition

By: John Walker-Smith,Simon Murch

Provides a review of diseases of the small intestine in children, with an emphasis upon a discussion of their causes, clinical manifestations and the newer techniques which are used in diagnosis as well as modern methods of management. The book will be of value to the consultant paediatrician and paediatric surgeon as well as to the paediatric registrar and house officer as a practical guide to their understanding of these diseases. It is also intended for adult physicians, gastroenterologists and surgeons who wish to survey the clinical spectrum of disease of the small intestine in childhood.

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CRC Press

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1901865053

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9781901865059

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Conventional Wisdom

Conventional Wisdom

Merseypride

Merseypride

Before the Windrush

Before the Windrush

The CIA and the Culture of Failure

The CIA and the Culture of Failure

100 Irish Rugby Greats

100 Irish Rugby Greats

Languages of Labour

Languages of Labour

The Bitter End

The Bitter End

1000 Questions About Canada

1000 Questions About Canada

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

Bodenplatte

Bodenplatte

Joyce's Grand Operoar

Joyce's Grand Operoar

The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform

The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform

Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, held in 1860, at Charleston and Baltimore

Official Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, held in 1860, at Charleston and Baltimore

Creativity and the Roots of Liturgy

Creativity and the Roots of Liturgy

Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book

Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book

Diseases of the Small Intestine in Childhood, Fourth Edition

Diseases of the Small Intestine in Childhood, Fourth Edition

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