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Creating Old World Wisconsin

The Struggle to Build an Outdoor History Museum of Ethnic Architecture

By: John D. Krugler

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Creating Old World Wisconsin

The Struggle to Build an Outdoor History Museum of Ethnic Architecture

By: John D. Krugler

Visionaries, researchers, curators, and volunteers launched a massive preservation initiative to salvage fast-disappearing immigrant and migrant architecture. Dozens of historic buildings in the 1970s were transported from various locations throughout the state to the Kettle Moraine State Forest. These buildings created a backdrop against which twenty-first-century interpreters demonstrate nineteenth- and early twentieth-century agricultural techniques and artisanal craftsmanship." --Back cover.

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University of Wisconsin Pres

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0299292630

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9780299292638

The Minority Rights Revolution

By: John David Skrentny

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The Minority Rights Revolution

By: John David Skrentny

In the wake of the black civil rights movement, other disadvantaged groups of Americans began to make headway--Latinos, women, Asian Americans, and the disabled found themselves the beneficiaries of new laws and policies--and by the early 1970s a minority rights revolution was well underway. In the first book to take a broad perspective on this wide-ranging and far-reaching phenomenon, John D. Skrentny exposes the connections between the diverse actions and circumstances that contributed to this revolution--and that forever changed the face of American politics. Though protest and lobbying played a role in bringing about new laws and regulations--touching everything from wheelchair access to women's athletics to bilingual education--what Skrentny describes was not primarily a bottom-up story of radical confrontation. Rather, elites often led the way, and some of the most prominent advocates for expanding civil rights were the conservative Republicans who later emerged as these policies' most vociferous opponents. This book traces the minority rights revolution back to its roots not only in the black civil rights movement but in the aftermath of World War II, in which a world consensus on equal rights emerged from the Allies' triumph over the oppressive regimes of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, and then the Soviet Union. It also contrasts failed minority rights development for white ethnics and gays/lesbians with groups the government successfully categorized with African Americans. Investigating these links, Skrentny is able to present the world as America's leaders saw it; and so, to show how and why familiar figures--such as Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and, remarkably enough, conservatives like Senator Barry Goldwater and Robert Bork--created and advanced policies that have made the country more egalitarian but left it perhaps as divided as ever.

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Harvard University Press

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0674043731

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9780674043732

Winning the Peace

The Strategic Implications of Military Civic Action

By: John W. De Pauw,George Luz

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Winning the Peace

The Strategic Implications of Military Civic Action

By: John W. De Pauw,George Luz

Military Civic Action--U.S. troops working on nation-building tasks with troops of another country--is traced from its formal beginning under President Eisenhower and enthusiastic reception under President Kennedy, through its successes and failures during the Vietnam years, to its present status as a strategic tool. Contributing authors debate the future role of Military Civic Action as a way to retain a U.S. military presence around the world, bolster emergent democracies, assist other militaries in their transition to democratic military professionalism, reinforce the humanitarian efforts of USAID and private volunteer organizations, train U.S. units for worldwide flexible missions, and protect the world from environmental degradation and the scourge of drug abuse. Although this volume draws on the history of U.S. Military Civic Action around the world, special emphasis is placed on Latin America as the ideal focus for Military Civic Action during the 1990s. The authors argue that Military Civic Action is among the most cost effective ways of achieving U.S. strategic objectives while retaining and justifying the expense of a skilled, professional U.S. military force. Military Civic Action incorporates some of the deepest-held U.S. values and is a tool that can win the support of liberals and conservatives alike. Nonetheless, in order for it to be successful, Military Civic Action must be integrated into a fully articulated national strategy in which the Congress, the President, and the appropriate federal bureaucracies have reached consensus. This book will be of interest to military professionals and political scientists interested in foreign and defense policy.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1573568309

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9781573568302

Frick*

Baseball's Third Commissioner

By: John P. Carvalho

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Frick*

Baseball's Third Commissioner

By: John P. Carvalho

Ford Frick is best known as the baseball commissioner who put the "asterisk" next to Roger Maris's record. But his tenure as commissioner carried the game through pivotal changes--television, continued integration, West Coast expansion and labor unrest. During those 14 years, and 17 more as National League president, he witnessed baseball history from the perspective of a man who began as a sportswriter. This biography of Frick, whose tenure sparked lively debate about the commissioner's role, provides a detailed narrative of his career and the events and characters of mid-20th century baseball.

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McFarland

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0786495324

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9780786495320

The Wisconsin Historical Society

Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Stories Since 1846

By: John Zimm

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The Wisconsin Historical Society

Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Stories Since 1846

By: John Zimm

Explore the storied history of this grand Wisconsin treasure – the Wisconsin Historical Society, older than the state itself. From the Society’s earliest days as pioneers worked to record history even as it was happening, to its struggles to weather the Great Depression, and its landmark efforts to record the most important social and political movements of our times. From its very start, the Society has worked to “treasure up” the stories of people from every walk of life, in every corner of the state. The story behind the Wisconsin Historical Society is a uniquely Wisconsin story – one that belongs to all who call Wisconsin home.

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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0870206923

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9780870206924

Black Power Ideologies

An Essay in African American Political Thought

By: John Mccartney

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Black Power Ideologies

An Essay in African American Political Thought

By: John Mccartney

Tracing the course of Black Power Movements from the 18th century to the present.

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Temple University Press

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1439903778

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9781439903773

Anson's Law of Contract

By: J. Beatson,Andrew Burrows,John Cartwright

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Anson's Law of Contract

By: J. Beatson,Andrew Burrows,John Cartwright

Anson's Law of Contract' offers exceptional detail, precision and clarity on contract law. It is a classic text in the field providing a stimulating account of the law. With comprehensive coverage of all topics covered on contract law courses, this definitive work is essential reading for anyone interested in the law of contract, whether as a student, practitioner or academic.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198829973

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9780198829973

Pinkertons, Prostitutes and Spies

The Civil War Adventures of Secret Agents Timothy Webster and Hattie Lawton

By: John Stewart

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Pinkertons, Prostitutes and Spies

The Civil War Adventures of Secret Agents Timothy Webster and Hattie Lawton

By: John Stewart

Hattie Lawton was a young Pinkerton detective who with her partner, Timothy Webster, spied for the U.S. Secret Service during the Civil War. Working in Richmond, the two posed as husband and wife. A dazzling blonde from New York and a handsome Englishman, both with checkered pasts, they were matched in charm, cunning, duplicity and boldness. Betrayed by their own spymaster, Allan Pinkerton, they fell into the hands of the dictator of Richmond, the notorious General John H. "Hog" Winder. This lively history, scrupulously researched from all available sources, corrects the record on many points and definitively answers the long-standing question of Hattie Lawton's true identity.

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McFarland

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147667907X

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9781476679075

The Invitational Champions

By: John P. Russell

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The Invitational Champions

By: John P. Russell

In 1940, a group of sportsmen of the first rank, members of the Southern Amateur Field Trial Club of Albany, Georgia, undertook to design a field trial format that would provide a more comprehensive and rigorous test of the qualities of high class bird dogs. Dubbed the Òdream trialÓ by William F. Brown at its inaugural offering, the trial, the Quail Championship, was contested in 1941, and 1942 in the quail-rich plantation country in the Albany, Georgia area. Interrupted by World War II, the trial remained as only a bright and shining memory until 1964 when it was resurrected as the Quail Championship Invitational in 1964 at Paducah, Kentucky. Limited to twelve invited contestants, the best of the previous yearÕs major circuit competition, the trial seeks to identify a bird dog with strength, courage, intelligence, and character at the highest level, the Òbest of the best.Ó True to its origin, the trial provides the most comprehensive and equitable test of the major circuit dogs of the field trial sport.

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Lulu.com

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1483486826

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9781483486826

One Nation Under Baseball

How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime

By: John Florio,Ouisie Shapiro

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One Nation Under Baseball

How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime

By: John Florio,Ouisie Shapiro

One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America's pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport--fairness, competition, and mythology--came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team owners by Curt Flood. One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the seminal figures of the era--including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom Seaver, and Dick Young--richly portraying their roles during a decade of flux and uncertainty.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496200802

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9781496200808

Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996

By: John Gerring

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Party Ideologies in America, 1828-1996

By: John Gerring

This book, first published in 1998, presents historical analysis of the ideologies of major American parties from the early-nineteenth century onwards.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521785901

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9780521785907

Mössbauer Effect Data Index

Covering the 1973 Literature

By: John Gehret Stevens

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Mössbauer Effect Data Index

Covering the 1973 Literature

By: John Gehret Stevens

This year's issue is again exciting not only because People with common goals establish communities. Usually, in the natural sciences, communities originate it lists the 1 OOth excited resonance state, but also be around fields because institutions, conferences, and cause it contains extensive new information and addi 197 the literature are normally field oriented. In excep tional interesting articles on Au by Louis Roberts, 151 tional cases, communities have a method as the com Eu by Chris Barton and Norman Greenwood, and 129 mon bond, for instance, Mossbauer spectroscopy. The I by Hendrick deWaard. One innovation might be minimum requirement to be a "Mossbauer woman or suggested: for our irreproducible results we have the man" seems to be the possession of a Mossbauer sys International Journal of Irreproducible Results; how tem and the MEDI. Every member of the M6ssbauer ever, there is no literature for our reproducible nega community must have realized our extremely fortunate tive results. Sometimes nature's hidden tricks are un situation: before we put a drive system into motion known to us and experiments with some isotopes are we know within minutes if similar work has been pub tried unsuccessfully again and again. A chapter for lished somewhere in the world.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475759061

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9781475759068

Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States

Vol. 4

By: John W. Moore

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Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States

Vol. 4

By: John W. Moore

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385412897

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9783385412897

The War Against Japan, 1941-1945

An Annotated Bibliography

By: John J. Sbrega

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The War Against Japan, 1941-1945

An Annotated Bibliography

By: John J. Sbrega

With over 5,200 entries, this volume remains one of the most extensive annotated bibliographies on the USA’s fight against Japan in the Second World War. Including books, articles, and de-classified documents up to the end of 1987, the book is organized into six categories: Part 1 presents reference works, including encyclopedias, pictorial accounts, military histories, East Asian histories, hisotoriographies. Part 2 covers diplomatic-political aspects of the war against Japan. Part 3 contains sources on the economic and legal aspects of the war against Japan. Part 4 presents sources on the military apsects of the war – embracing land, air and sea forces. Religious aspects of the war are covered in Part 5 and Part 6 deals with the social and cultural aspects, including substantial sections on the treatment of Japanese minorities in the USA, Hawaii, Canada and Peru.

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Routledge

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1317431790

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9781317431794

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

A Comprehensive Record

By: John W. Busey,Travis W. Busey

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Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

A Comprehensive Record

By: John W. Busey,Travis W. Busey

This reference book provides information on 24,000 Confederate soldiers killed, wounded, captured or missing at the Battle of Gettysburg. Casualties are listed by state and unit, in many cases with specifics regarding wounds, circumstances of casualty, military service, genealogy and physical descriptions. Detailed casualty statistics are given in tables for each company, battalion and regiment, along with brief organizational information for many units. Appendices cover Confederate and Union hospitals that treated Southern wounded and Federal prisons where captured Confederates were interned after the battle. Original burial locations are provided for many Confederate dead, along with a record of disinterments in 1871 and burial locations in three of the larger cemeteries where remains were reinterred. A complete name index is included.

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McFarland

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078646450X

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9780786464500

American National Security Policy

Authorities, Institutions, and Cases

By: John T. Fishel

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American National Security Policy

Authorities, Institutions, and Cases

By: John T. Fishel

Security policy is a key factor not only of domestic politics in the U.S., but also of foreign relations and global security. This text sets to explain the process of security policy making in the United States by looking at all the elements that shape it, from institutions and legislation to policymakers themselves and historical precedents. To understand national security policy, the book first needs to address the way national security policy makers see the world. It shows that they generally see it in realist terms where the state is a single rational actor pursuing its national interest. It then focuses on how legislative authorities enable and constrain these policy makers before looking at the organizational context in which policies are made and implemented. This means examining the legal authorities that govern how the system functions, such as the Constitution and the National Security Act of 1947, as well as the various governmental institutions whose capabilities either limit or allow execution, such as the CIA, NSA, etc. Next, the text analyzes the processes and products of national security policy making, such as reports, showing how they differ from administration to administration. Lastly, a series of case studies illustrate the challenges of implementing and developing policy. These span the post-Cold war period to the present, and include the Panama crisis, Somalia, the Balkans Haiti, the Iraq wars, and Afghanistan. By combining both the theory and process, this textbook reveals all aspects of the making of national security policy in United States from agenda setting to the successes and failures of implementation.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442248394

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9781442248397

Source Control

A Guide to the Management of Surgical Infections

By: Moshe Schein,John C. Marshall

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Source Control

A Guide to the Management of Surgical Infections

By: Moshe Schein,John C. Marshall

Source control is the key to the management of surgical infections. Surgical decision making is based on the marriage of evidence from clinical studies, inferences from biology, and the elusive component of surgical experience; this book combines these three elements. We have recruited an international group of authors who are acknowledged leaders in the field of surgical infectious diseases. We have challenged them to integrate evidence with experience and an understanding of biology so as to create overviews that will help the clinician who must make the difficult decisions. And we have kept them honest by asking a second group of equally eminent commentators to provide supporting or alternative views - in essence, to recreate the kind of dialogue that takes place between clinicians discussing a difficult problem. This is THE manual for the authoritative management of surgical infections!

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Springer Science & Business Media

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364255914X

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9783642559143

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