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The Lost Promise of Civil Rights

By: Risa L. Goluboff

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The Lost Promise of Civil Rights

By: Risa L. Goluboff

Listen to a short interview with Risa GoluboffHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane In this groundbreaking book, Risa L. Goluboff offers a provocative new account of the history of American civil rights law. The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education has long dominated that history. Since 1954, generations of judges, lawyers, and ordinary people have viewed civil rights as a project of breaking down formal legal barriers to integration, especially in the context of public education. Goluboff recovers a world before Brown, a world in which civil rights was legally, conceptually, and constitutionally up for grabs. Then, the petitions of black agricultural workers in the American South and industrial workers across the nation called for a civil rights law that would redress economic as well as legal inequalities. Lawyers in the new Civil Rights Section of the Department of Justice and in the NAACP took the workers' cases and viewed them as crucial to attacking Jim Crow. By the time NAACP lawyers set out on the path to Brown, however, they had eliminated workers' economic concerns from their litigation agenda. When the lawyers succeeded in Brown, they simultaneously marginalized the host of other harms--economic inequality chief among them--that afflicted the majority of African Americans during the mid-twentieth century. By uncovering the lost challenges workers and their lawyers launched against Jim Crow in the 1940s, Goluboff shows how Brown only partially fulfilled the promise of civil rights.

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Harvard University Press

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067426388X

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9780674263888

Vagrant Nation

Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s

By: Risa Goluboff

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Vagrant Nation

Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s

By: Risa Goluboff

In 1950s America, it was remarkably easy for police to arrest almost anyone for almost any reason. The criminal justice system-and especially the age-old law of vagrancy-served not only to maintain safety and order but also to enforce conventional standards of morality and propriety. A person could be arrested for sporting a beard, making a speech, or working too little. Yet by the end of the 1960s, vagrancy laws were discredited and American society was fundamentally transformed. What happened? In Vagrant Nation, Risa Goluboff answers that question by showing how constitutional challenges to vagrancy laws shaped the multiple movements that made "the 1960s." Vagrancy laws were so broad and flexible that they made it possible for the police to arrest anyone out of place: Beats and hippies; Communists and Vietnam War protestors; racial minorities and civil rights activists; gays, single women, and prostitutes. As hundreds of these "vagrants" and their lawyers challenged vagrancy laws in court, the laws became a flashpoint for debates about radically different visions of order and freedom. Goluboff's compelling account of those challenges rewrites the history of the civil rights, peace, gay rights, welfare rights, sexual, and cultural revolutions. As Goluboff links the human stories of those arrested to the great controversies of the time, she makes coherent an era that often seems chaotic. She also powerfully demonstrates how ordinary people, with the help of lawyers and judges, can change the meaning of the Constitution. The Supreme Court's 1972 decision declaring vagrancy laws unconstitutional continues to shape conflicts between police power and constitutional rights, including clashes over stop-and-frisk, homelessness, sexual freedom, and public protests. Since the downfall of vagrancy law, battles over what, if anything, should replace it, like battles over the legacy of the sixties transformations themselves, are far from over.

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481

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Oxford University Press

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0190262265

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9780190262266

Geriatric Secrets

By: Mary Ann Forciea,Risa Lavizzo-Mourey,Edna P. Schwab,Donna Brady Raziano

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Geriatric Secrets

By: Mary Ann Forciea,Risa Lavizzo-Mourey,Edna P. Schwab,Donna Brady Raziano

This best-seller in geriatrics is even better in an updated and completely revised new edition. Geriatric Secrets provides a substantial knowledge base in geriatric medicine and provides a wealth of insights into the art and practice of geriatrics, featuring all the most important "need to know” questions and answers in the proven format of the Secrets Series®. Thought-provoking questions that provide succinct answers Presentation of a vast amount of information, but not overly simplistic The most important "need-to-know" questions-and-answers in the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series® Concise answers that include the author's pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets" Bulleted lists, algorithms, and illustrations for quick review Thorough, highly detailed index

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348

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1560535970

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9781560535973

Creating Military Power

The Sources of Military Effectiveness

By: Risa Brooks

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Creating Military Power

The Sources of Military Effectiveness

By: Risa Brooks

Creating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organizations. Unlike most analyses of countries' military power, which focus on material and basic resources—such as the size of populations, technological and industrial base, and GNP—this volume takes a more expansive view. The study's overarching argument is that states' global environments and the particularities of their cultures, social structures, and political institutions often affect how they organize and prepare for war, and ultimately impact their effectiveness in battle. The creation of military power is only partially dependent on states' basic material and human assets. Wealth, technology, and human capital certainly matter for a country's ability to create military power, but equally important are the ways a state uses those resources, and this often depends on the political and social environment in which military activity takes place.

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276

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Stanford University Press

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0804768099

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9780804768092

Rioting for Representation

Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries

By: Risa J. Toha

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Rioting for Representation

Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries

By: Risa J. Toha

Ethnic riots are a costly and all too common occurrence during political transitions in multi-ethnic settings. Why do ethnic riots occur in certain parts of a country and not others? How does violence eventually decline? Drawing on rich case studies and quantitative evidence from Indonesia between 1990 and 2012, this book argues that patterns of ethnic rioting are not inevitably driven by inter-group animosity, weakness of state capacity, or local demographic composition. Rather, local ethnic elites strategically use violence to leverage their demands for political inclusion during political transition and that violence eventually declines as these demands are accommodated. Toha breaks new ground in showing that particular political reforms—increased political competition, direct local elections, and local administrative units partitioning—in ethnically diverse contexts can ameliorate political exclusion and reduce overall levels of violence between groups.

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325

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Cambridge University Press

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100900882X

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9781009008822

Shaping Strategy

The Civil-military Politics of Strategic Assessment

By: Risa Brooks

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Shaping Strategy

The Civil-military Politics of Strategic Assessment

By: Risa Brooks

Introduction: The significance of strategic assessment -- Explaining variation in strategic assessment -- Egypt in the mid-1960s -- Egypt in the 1970s -- Britain and Germany and the First World War -- Pakistan and Turkey in the late 1990s -- U.S. postconflict planning for the 2003 Iraq War -- Conclusion: Findings and implications.

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330

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Princeton University Press

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0691136688

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

An Adaptation by Risa Roberts

By: Risa Roberts

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

An Adaptation by Risa Roberts

By: Risa Roberts

This is a rendition of a folk tale with cats as the main characters. The themes of rejection, abandonment, redemption and love remain the same. The tale should capture the hearts of young and old alike.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664178104

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

An Adaptation by Risa Roberts

By: Risa Roberts

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

An Adaptation by Risa Roberts

By: Risa Roberts

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1796078298

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9781796078299

Tempting Fate

By: Risa Kirk

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Tempting Fate

By: Risa Kirk

Tempting Fate by Risa Kirk released on Oct 24, 1986 is available now for purchase.

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336

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Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Superromance 90s

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0373702388

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9780373702381

American Government, 73/74

Encyclopedia

By: Risa Solomon

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American Government, 73/74

Encyclopedia

By: Risa Solomon

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McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

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0879670088

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9780879670085

Worth the Wait

By: Risa Kirk

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Worth the Wait

By: Risa Kirk

Worth The Wait by Risa Kirk released on Feb 22, 1993 is available now for purchase.

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Harlequin Books

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0373705425

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9780373705429

Awakening Somatic Intelligence

The Art and Practice of Embodied Mindfulness

By: Risa F. Kaparo, Ph.D.

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Awakening Somatic Intelligence

The Art and Practice of Embodied Mindfulness

By: Risa F. Kaparo, Ph.D.

“A detailed operating manual for healing pain and awakening embodied joy” through body-oriented Somatic Learning practices that incorporate mindfulness, breathing, and more (Rick Hanson, author of Buddha’s Brain) Awakening Somatic Intelligence offers a guide to Somatic Learning, an innovative body-oriented approach that incorporates mindfulness, visualization, breathing exercises, postures, and stretches. Developed by author, psychotherapist, and award-winning songwriter and poet Risa Kaparo, PhD, Somatic Learning is based on leading-edge research demonstrating the power of the mind to activate physiological, mental, and emotional healing. Kaparo has successfully used her approach with patients suffering from chronic pain, high blood pressure, and mood disorders including depression and anxiety. Recounting her own struggle with chronic pain, Kaparo begins with a moving description of her journey from crippling pain to renewed health and aliveness. Kaparo introduces the concepts and characteristics of Somatic Learning, a method that grew out of her personal healing experience. Incorporating the latest brain research in mindfulness and neuroplasticity, the book presents breathing exercises; postures and stretches for morning and bedtime; instructions for integrating mindfulness practice into one's daily life; and ways of deepening the practice through touch and caring interaction with others. Enhanced with over 100 detailed instructional photos and illustrations, the book includes inspiring case stories and the author's own expressive poetry that illuminate the healing power of this practice.

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North Atlantic Books

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1583944176

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9781583944172

Send No Regrets

By: Risa Kirk

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Send No Regrets

By: Risa Kirk

Send No Regrets by Risa Kirk released on Dec 25, 1990 is available now for purchase.

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Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Superromance 90s

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0373704410

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9780373704415

Frommer's America on Wheels

California and Nevada, 1997

By: George McDonald,Risa Weinreb

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Frommer's America on Wheels

California and Nevada, 1997

By: George McDonald,Risa Weinreb

Now featuring complete coverage of the continental United States, Frommer's "America on Wheels" series is indispensable for every type of travel, from romantic weekend getaways to family vacations to cross-country tours. Four-color maps.

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MacMillan Publishing Company

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0028611098

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9780028611099

Frommer's Honeymoon Destinations

By: George McDonald,Risa Weintraub

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Frommer's Honeymoon Destinations

By: George McDonald,Risa Weintraub

Honeymoon travel expert Risa Weinreb shares her extensive knowledge of the hottest romantic destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, which account for nearly 80 percent of all honeymoon travel.

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Prentice Hall

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0133326772

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9780133326772

Honeymoon Vacations For Dummies

By: Reid Bramblett,Rachel Christmas Derrick,Echo Montgomery Garrett,Kevin Garrett,Fran Wenograd Golden,Cheryl Farr Leas,David Swanson,Risa R. Weinreb

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Honeymoon Vacations For Dummies

By: Reid Bramblett,Rachel Christmas Derrick,Echo Montgomery Garrett,Kevin Garrett,Fran Wenograd Golden,Cheryl Farr Leas,David Swanson,Risa R. Weinreb

Honeymoon Vacations for Dummies has everything you need to plan the perfect honeymoon from special honeymoon hotel deals to the most romantic restaurants..Our expert author has chosen a range of destinations and adventures to suit every taste and budget: relax on the pink sand beaches of Bermuda, dive the seas in Cozumel or linger over dessert at a Paris cafe. Filled with planning tips and worksheets, and brimming with candid, evocative restaurants and accommodation reviews, Honeymoon Vacations for Dummies will make planning your honeymoon a snap!

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For Dummies

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0764563130

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9780764563133

Book's by Risa Roberts

The Lost Promise of Civil Rights

The Lost Promise of Civil Rights

Vagrant Nation

Vagrant Nation

Geriatric Secrets

Geriatric Secrets

Creating Military Power

Creating Military Power

Rioting for Representation

Rioting for Representation

Shaping Strategy

Shaping Strategy

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Tempting Fate

Tempting Fate

American Government, 73/74

American Government, 73/74

Worth the Wait

Worth the Wait

Awakening Somatic Intelligence

Awakening Somatic Intelligence

Send No Regrets

Send No Regrets

Frommer's America on Wheels

Frommer's America on Wheels

Frommer's Honeymoon Destinations

Frommer's Honeymoon Destinations

Honeymoon Vacations For Dummies

Honeymoon Vacations For Dummies

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