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Windows of the Soul

Physiognomy in European Culture 1470-1780

By: Martin Henry Porter

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Windows of the Soul

Physiognomy in European Culture 1470-1780

By: Martin Henry Porter

In early modern Europe there was a small group of books on the art of physiognomy which claimed to provide self-knowledge through an interpretation of external features.

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Oxford University Press

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0199276579

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9780199276578

Lincoln's Northern Nemesis

The War Opposition and Exile of Ohio's Clement Vallandigham

By: Martin Gottlieb

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Lincoln's Northern Nemesis

The War Opposition and Exile of Ohio's Clement Vallandigham

By: Martin Gottlieb

Clement Vallandigham, an Ohio opponent of the Civil War and of abolition, was thrown out of the country by Abraham Lincoln because of his political views. As a result of his banishment, Vallandigham became a martyr to his cause and was nominated for governor by the Democratic Party in 1863. He ran the race from exile. The stakes in this colorful campaign were enormous, and Lincoln was highly involved, worrying that a Vallandigham victory would be seen as a rejection of the war by voters. That could have been devastating to the Union cause. It also would likely have made Vallandigham--a former congressman from Dayton--a presidential prospect. This book tells the story of a unique event in American history: a president--significantly, Lincoln--banishing a leading opponent, with that opponent then being nominated by a major party for high office in an important state.

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279

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McFarland

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1476686297

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9781476686295

Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations

By: Martin Griffiths

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Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations

By: Martin Griffiths

A unique and comprehensive overview of the key thinkers in international relations in the twentieth century. From Lenin and Kissinger, to emerging thinkers in feminism, historical sociology and the study of nationalism.

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Psychology Press

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0415162270

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9780415162272

Hispanics in the U.S Criminal Justice System

Ethnicity, Ideology, and Social Control (Second Edition)

By: Martin Guevara Urbina,Sofía Espinoza Álvarez

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Hispanics in the U.S Criminal Justice System

Ethnicity, Ideology, and Social Control (Second Edition)

By: Martin Guevara Urbina,Sofía Espinoza Álvarez

This updated and expanded new edition resumes the theme of the first edition, and the findings reveal that race, ethnicity, gender, class, and several other variables continue to play a significant and consequential role in the legal decision-making process. The book is structured into three sections, each of which corresponds to a different body of work on Latinos. Section One explores the historical dynamics and influence of ethnicity in law enforcement, and focuses on how ethnicity impacts policing field practices, such as traffic stops, use of force, and the subsequent actions that police departments have employed to alleviate these problems. A detailed examination of critical issues facing Latino defendants seeks to better understand the law enforcement process. The history of immigration laws as it pertains to Mexicans and Latinos explains how Mexicans have been excluded from the United States through anti-immigrant legislation. Latino officers must cope with structural and political issues, the community, and media, as these practices and experiences within the American police system are explored. Section Two focuses on the repressive practices against Mexicans that resulted in executions, vigilantism, and mass expulsions. The topic of Latinos and the Fourth Amendment reveals that the constitutional right of people to be protected against unreasonable searches and seizures has been eviscerated for Latinos, and particularly for Mexicans. Possible remedies to existing shortcomings of the court system when processing indigent defendants are presented. Section Three studies the issue of Hispanics and the penal system. The ethnic realities of life behind bars, probation and parole, the legacy of capital punishment, and life after prison are discussed. Section Four addresses the globalization of Latinos, social control, and the future of Latinos in the U.S. Criminal justice system. Lastly, the race and ethnic experience through the lens of science, law, and the American imagination, are explored, concluding with policy recommendations for social and criminal justice reform, and ultimately humanizing differences. Written for professionals and students of law enforcement, this book will promote the understanding of the historical legacy of brutality, manipulation, oppression, marginalization, prejudice, discrimination, power and control, and white America's continued fear about racial and ethnic minorities.

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421

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Charles C Thomas Publisher

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0398092168

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9780398092160

Surrey Executions

A Complete List of Those Hanged in the County During the Nineteenth Century

By: Martin Baggoley

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Surrey Executions

A Complete List of Those Hanged in the County During the Nineteenth Century

By: Martin Baggoley

A record of crimes in Surrey during the nineteenth century for which the culprits paid the ultimate price.

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233

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445631237

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9781445631233

Journalism in Britain

A Historical Introduction

By: Martin Conboy

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Journalism in Britain

A Historical Introduction

By: Martin Conboy

This book teaches students that essential historical literacy, providing a full overview of how changes in the ownership, emphasis, and technologies of journalism in Britain have been motivated by social, economic, and cultural shifts among readerships and markets. Covering journalism’s enduring questions – political coverage, the influence of advertising, the sensationalization of news coverage, the popular market and the economic motives of the owners of newspapers – this book is a comprehensive, articulate, and rich account of how the mediascape of modern Britain has been shaped.

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SAGE Publications

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1847874959

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9781847874955

British Drama, 1533-1642: 1598-1602

By: Martin Wiggins,Catherine Teresa Richardson

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British Drama, 1533-1642: 1598-1602

By: Martin Wiggins,Catherine Teresa Richardson

This is the fourth volume of a detailed play-by-play catalogue of drama written by English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish authors during the 110 years between the English Reformation to the English Revolution, covering every known play, extant and lost, including some which have never before been identified. It is based on a complete, systematic survey of the whole of this body of work, presented in chronological order. Each entry contains comprehensive information about a single play: its various titles, authorship, and date; a summary of its plot, list of its roles, and details of the human and geographical world in which the fictional action takes place; a list of its sources, narrative and verbal, and a summary of its formal characteristics; details of its staging requirements; and an account of its early stage and textual history. Volume IV covers the period during which dramatic satire emerged, as well as the opening of the original Globe theatre in London.

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0199265747

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9780199265749

Dial M for Murdoch

News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

By: Tom Watson,Martin Hickman

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Dial M for Murdoch

News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

By: Tom Watson,Martin Hickman

Dial M for Murdoch uncovers the inner workings of one of the most powerful companies in the world: how it came to exert a poisonous, secretive influence on public life in Britain, how it used its huge power to bully, intimidate and cover up, and how its exposure has changed the way we look at our politicians, our police service and our press. Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers had been hacking phones and casually destroying people’s lives for years, but it was only after a trivial report about Prince William’s knee in 2005 that detectives stumbled on a criminal conspiracy. A five-year cover-up then concealed and muddied the truth. Dial M for Murdoch gives the first connected account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Murdochs’ News Corporation went to “put the problem in a box” (in James Murdoch’s words), how its efforts to maintain and extend its power were aided by its political and police friends, and how it was finally exposed. The book details the smears and threats against politicians, journalists and lawyers. It reveals the existence of brave insiders who pointed those pursuing the investigation towards pieces of secret information that cracked open the case. By contrast, many of the main players in the book are unsavory, but by the end of it you have a clear idea of what they did. Seeing the story whole, as it is presented here for the first time, allows the character of the organisation which it portrays to emerge unmistakably. You will hardly believe it.

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475

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Penguin

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110160137X

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9781101601372

Rock Music in American Fiction Writing, 1966-2011

By: Martin Moling

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Rock Music in American Fiction Writing, 1966-2011

By: Martin Moling

Can rock music help us understand literature? Rock Music in American Fiction Writing, 1966-2011 argues that a close analysis of the rock music incorporated into a literary text–an investigation of the lyrics, a musicological exploration of the sounds and rhythms, a cultural-historical inquiry into the production and reception of a song–may yield exciting new insight into and expand our understanding of American literary production from the mid-20th century onwards. Reading major works by Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Walker, Don DeLillo, Jeffrey Eugenides, Sherman Alexie and Jennifer Egan from such a rock-musicological vantage point, Rock Music in American Fiction Writing adds a new dimension to recent work in American literary criticism by seeking to establish rock music as an analytical tool for literary investigation. The book concentrates on the way these literary artists have struggled to come to terms with the dichotomies inherent in rock music–its liberating and revolutionary impulses as well as its adherence to the bleakest laws of consumer capitalism–in their work. By combining a musicological with a literary analysis, Rock Music in American Fiction Writing highlights the crucial and complex role rock music has played in shaping the artistic outlook and cultural sensibilities of literary artists since the 1960s in America and beyond.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793647240

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9781793647245

Shakespeare and the Drama of His Time

By: Martin Wiggins

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Shakespeare and the Drama of His Time

By: Martin Wiggins

Extremely informative... There are some nice touches here, and Wiggins is good on the effects of the cultural shifts that he describes, making telling comparisons such as: 'To the Elizabethans, Marlowe's plays must have had all the aural impact of a symphony orchestra taking over from a barrel-organ'.' -Modern Language Review'Oxford University Press offer a mix of engagingly written introductions to a variety of Topics intended largely for undergraduates. Each author has clearly been reading and listening to the most recent scholarship, but they wear their learning lightly.' -Ruth Morse, Times Literary Supplement'Provides a superb, concise, and approachable overview of Shakespeare's contextual place among the plays and playwrights of early modern London.' -Sixteenth Century JournalOxford Shakespeare Topics (General Editors Peter Holland and Stanley Wells) provide students, teachers, and interested readers with short books on important aspects of Shakespeare criticism and scholarship, including some general anthologies relating to Shakespeare. This book examines the plays of Shakespeare in their context as part of English Renaissance drama as a whole. Separate chapters deal with the origins of that drama; tragedy; comedy; the artistic conventions of play-writing in the period; and tragicomedy. Throughout, Shakespeare's plays are shown to be intimately associated with those of his contemporaries, notably Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston, and John Fletcher.

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Oxford Shakespeare Topics

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0198711603

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9780198711605

Renaissance Drama in Action

An Introduction to Aspects of Theatre Practice and Performance

By: Martin White

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Renaissance Drama in Action

An Introduction to Aspects of Theatre Practice and Performance

By: Martin White

Includes interviews with contemporary theatre practitioners, this book is a fascinating exploration of Renaissance theatre practice and staging, examining the history of the plays on the English stage from the seventeenth century to the present day.

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Psychology Press

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0415067383

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9780415067386

From Crockett to Custer

By: Mike Martin

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From Crockett to Custer

By: Mike Martin

Two legendary battles which sprang from the depths of history to shine as symbols of self sacrifice, heroism and glorious defeat. Encounters which took the lives of two of America's most famous figures: Davy Crockett and General Custer. What is the essential link between the battles of the Alamo and the Little Bighorn? Why did Crockett choose to leave a safe political career to throw in his lot with suicidal adventurers? What drove Custer to ignore common sense and ride to certain death? How could it be that the defenders of the Alamo were made up largely of lawyers and doctors? Or that the troopers of the 7th Cavalry numbered a majority of Irishmen and Germans? Did you know that Crockett kept his besieged comrades entertained with fiddle tunes or that Custer's devoted wife may have had a romantic fling with one of her husband's officers? These are just a few of the many questions answered by this new book which explores connections between these events. For the first time, the battles are linked, exploring reasons, causes, outcomes and personalities. Basing his viewpoint on years of research and travelling across the relevant areas of the USA, the author gives a detailed account which is accessible to anyone coming to the subject for the first time. Illustrated with the author's own photographs, maps and sketches, "From Crockett to Custer" takes the reader on an informative journey through the battlefields as they were and as they are today. An ideal introduction to the battles of the Alamo and Little Bighorn which will give a true understanding of what happened and the legacy which remains.

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Trafford Publishing

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141221999X

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9781412219990

Liberty and Union; Cyclopedia of Patriotism, Embracing the Best Oratory, Poetry and Music relating to the American Republic

By: Samuel Fallows,Thomas Martin Towne

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Liberty and Union; Cyclopedia of Patriotism, Embracing the Best Oratory, Poetry and Music relating to the American Republic

By: Samuel Fallows,Thomas Martin Towne

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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3385322480

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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy

By: Chris Carter,Stewart R Clegg,Martin Kornberger

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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy

By: Chris Carter,Stewart R Clegg,Martin Kornberger

′If strategy is the queen of business, then this book offers us the perfect introduction to her court! It is accessible, lively, and informative. The book repays the reader with wonderful account of how strategy works. It also lets the reader in on some of the darker secrets of strategy′ - André Spicer, Associate Professor of Organisation Studies, Warwick Business School Studying Strategy is a welcoming, lively and thought provoking account that helps students get to grips with strategy′s key issues and broad debates and introduce them to the latest ideas. Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap’ series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way. Suitable for students of strategy at Undergraduate, Masters and MBA level, professionals involved in strategic decision making and anyone interested in how strategy works.

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SAGE

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0857029975

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9780857029973

Atlanta and Environs

A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s

By: Harold H. Martin

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Atlanta and Environs

A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1940s-1970s

By: Harold H. Martin

Atlanta and Environs is, in every way, an exhaustive history of the Atlanta Area from the time of its settlement in the 1820s through the 1970s. Volumes I and II, together more than two thousand pages in length, represent a quarter century of research by their author, Franklin M. Garrett—a man called “a walking encyclopedia on Atlanta history” by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. With the publication of Volume III, by Harold H. Martin, this chronicle of the South's most vibrant city incorporates the spectacular growth and enterprise that have characterized Atlanta in recent decades. The work is arranged chronologically, with a section devoted to each decade, a chapter to each year. Volume I covers the history of Atlanta and its people up to 1880—ranging from the city's founding as “Terminus” through its Civil War destruction and subsequent phoenixlike rebirth. Volume II details Atlanta's development from 1880 through the 1930s—including occurrences of such diversity as the development of the Coca-Cola Company and the Atlanta premiere of Gone with the Wind. Taking up the city's fortunes in the 1940s, Volume III spans the years of Atlanta's greatest growth. Tracing the rise of new building on the downtown skyline and the construction of Hartsfield International Airport on the city's perimeter, covering the politics at City Hall and the box scores of Atlanta's new baseball team, recounting the changing terms of race relations and the city's growing support of the arts, the last volume of Atlanta and Environs documents the maturation of the South's preeminent city.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820339067

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9780820339061

Ohio, the Buckeye State

By: Michael A. Martin

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Ohio, the Buckeye State

By: Michael A. Martin

Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Ohio.

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Gareth Stevens

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0836851242

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Windows of the Soul

Windows of the Soul

Lincoln's Northern Nemesis

Lincoln's Northern Nemesis

Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations

Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations

Hispanics in the U.S Criminal Justice System

Hispanics in the U.S Criminal Justice System

Surrey Executions

Surrey Executions

Journalism in Britain

Journalism in Britain

British Drama, 1533-1642: 1598-1602

British Drama, 1533-1642: 1598-1602

Dial M for Murdoch

Dial M for Murdoch

Rock Music in American Fiction Writing, 1966-2011

Rock Music in American Fiction Writing, 1966-2011

Shakespeare and the Drama of His Time

Shakespeare and the Drama of His Time

Renaissance Drama in Action

Renaissance Drama in Action

From Crockett to Custer

From Crockett to Custer

Liberty and Union; Cyclopedia of Patriotism, Embracing the Best Oratory, Poetry and Music relating to the American Republic

Liberty and Union; Cyclopedia of Patriotism, Embracing the Best Oratory, Poetry and Music relating to the American Republic

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy

Atlanta and Environs

Atlanta and Environs

Ohio, the Buckeye State

Ohio, the Buckeye State

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