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Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

By: David Darmofal,Ryan Strickler

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Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

By: David Darmofal,Ryan Strickler

This book examines the geography of partisan polarization, or the Reds and Blues, of the political landscape in the United States. It places the current schism between Democrats and Republicans within a historical context and presents a theoretical framework that offers unique insights into the American electorate. The authors focus on the demographic and political causes of polarization at the local level across space and time. This is accomplished with the aid of a comprehensive dataset that includes the presidential election results for every county in the continental United States, from the advent of Jacksonian democracy in 1828 to the 2016 election. In addition, coverage applies spatial diagnostics, spatial lag models and spatial error models to determine why contemporary and historical elections in the United States have exhibited their familiar, but heretofore unexplained, political geography. Both popular observers and scholars alike have expressed concern that citizens are becoming increasingly polarized and, as a consequence, that democratic governance is beginning to break down. This book argues that once current levels of polarization are placed within a historical context, the future does not look quite so bleak. Overall, readers will discover that partisan division is a dynamic process in large part due to the complex interplay between changing demographics and changing politics.

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Springer

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3030040011

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“One Minute to Ditch!”

By: Cornelius Ryan

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“One Minute to Ditch!”

By: Cornelius Ryan

Prize-winning True Stories of the Supreme Moment—When Men Suddenly Face Death Some of these true stories are already famous because they have been dramatized on television. All of them take you straight to the heart of great moments of crisis. You’ll know what it’s like to look down at the wide Pacific and realize that your plane is going to ditch there. You’ll twist the wheel of your racing car as it takes a narrow turn at Indianapolis. You’ll struggle in cabin 56 of the S.S. Andrèa Doria during its five last frantic hours. In these and other stories, Cornelius Ryan, ace journalist, has caught the essence of that split-second that may be a man’s last. Two of these pieces have won Benjamin Franklin Magazine awards. “One Minute To Ditch!”—Thirty-one men, women and children high over the mid-Pacific in a failing plane. (Dramatized on TV.) Five Desperate Hours in Cabin 56—A story of the sinking of the S.S. Andrèa Doria told in gripping minute-by-minute detail. (Dramatized on TV.) The Major of St. Lô—A classic of the Normandy invasion, an unforgettable true story of quiet heroism. (Dramatized on TV.) These and other factual accounts are moving documents of crisis: of courage against the sudden fact of very possible death.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786258145

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The Nightly Act of Dreaming

Cognitive Narratology and the Shared Identity of Myth

By: Ryan Curtis Friesen

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The Nightly Act of Dreaming

Cognitive Narratology and the Shared Identity of Myth

By: Ryan Curtis Friesen

The search for a shared practice of storytelling around which a popular study of cognitive narratology might form need look no further than our nightly experience of dreams. Dreams and memories are inseparable, complicating and building upon one another, reminding us that knowledge of ourselves based on our memories relies upon fictionalized narratives we create for ourselves. Psychologists refer to confabulation, the creation of false or distorted memories about oneself and the world we inhabit, albeit without any conscious intention to deceive. This process and narrative, inherent in the dreamlife of all people, is at odds with the daily menu of cultural myths and politicized fictions fed to the Western world through print and social media, and for which there is constant divisiveness and disagreement. Cognitive Narratology and the Shared Identity of Myth uses insights gained from the scientific study of dreaming to explain how the shared experience of dreamlife can work in service to the common good. Primary texts and literary works, chosen for their influence on contemporary thinking, provide a rationale and historical background: From Artemidorus (a professional diviner) and Aristotle; to the Church fathers Tertullian, St. Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, Sinesius of Cyrene; to The Wanderer (Old English poem) and Chaucers Book of the Duchess; to Coleridges writings and R. L. Stevensons A Chapter on Dreams; and to twentieth-century dream theory, and dream use in film. The purpose is to enable readers through subjective self-analysis to recognize what they share with their fellow dreamers; shared identity in formation of a shared act of dreaming creation is a universal across centuries and throughout Western culture, albeit currently misrepresented and rarely acted upon.

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Liverpool University Press

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178284659X

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9781782846598

A Carceral Ecology

Ushuaia and the History of Landscape and Punishment in Argentina

By: Ryan C. Edwards

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A Carceral Ecology

Ushuaia and the History of Landscape and Punishment in Argentina

By: Ryan C. Edwards

Closer to Antarctica than to Buenos Aires, the port town of Ushuaia, Argentina is home to a national park as well as a museum that is housed in the world’s southernmost prison. Ushuaia’s radial panopticon operated as an experimental hybrid penal colony and penitentiary from 1902 to 1947, designed to revolutionize modern prisons globally. A Carceral Ecology offers the first comprehensive study of this notorious prison and its afterlife, documenting how the Patagonian frontier and timber economy became central to ideas about labor, rehabilitation, and resource management. Mining the records of penologists, naturalists, and inmates, Ryan C. Edwards shows how discipline was tied to forest management, but also how inmates gained situated geographical knowledge and reframed debates on the regeneration of the land and the self. Bringing a new imperative to global prison studies, Edwards asks us to rethink the role of the environment in carceral practices as well as the impact of incarceration on the natural world.

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Univ of California Press

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0520381823

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9780520381827

Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides

By: David C. Morrison,John L. Ryan

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Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides

By: David C. Morrison,John L. Ryan

Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides provides an up-to-date, two-volume review of the latest information regarding bacterial lipopolysaccharide structure and activities. These volumes cover the biochemistry, pharmacology, and pathophysiologic properties of endotoxins. The volumes also thoroughly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of new therapies for septic shock that are based on an immunological attack on endotoxins and the cytokines induced by endotoxins. All scientists involved in endotoxin research, clinical infectious disease specialists, and medical students interested in the pathogenesis of septic shock will find Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides invaluable as a reference resource.

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CRC Press

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0849367883

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9780849367885

Unsettled

How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis

By: Ryan Hampton

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Unsettled

How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis

By: Ryan Hampton

A shocking inside account of reckless capitalism and injustice in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case. In September 2019, Purdue Pharma—the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family—filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from 2,600 lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Author and activist Ryan Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process, one of only four victims appointed among representatives of big insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmacies. He entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the scales of justice. But he soon learned that behind closed doors, justice had plenty of other competition—and it came with a hefty price tag. Unsettled is the inside story of Purdue’s excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company’s eventual restructuring, and the Sackler family’s evasion of any true accountability. It’s also the untold story of how a group of determined ordinary people tried to see justice done against the odds—and in the face of brutal opposition from powerful institutions and even government representatives. Although America was envisioned as an equitable place, where the vulnerable are protected from the greed of the powerful, the corporate-bankruptcy process betrays those values. In its heart of hearts, this system is built to shield the ultra-wealthy, exploit loopholes for political power, promote gross wealth inequality, and allow companies such as Purdue Pharma to run amok. The real story of the Purdue bankruptcy wasn’t that the billion-dollar corporation was a villain, a serial federal offender. No matter what the media said, Purdue didn’t do this alone. They were aided and abetted by the very systems and institutions that were supposed to protect Americans. Even on-your-side elected officials worked against Purdue’s victims—maintaining the status quo at all costs. Americans deserve to know exactly who is responsible for failing to protect people over profits—and what a human life is worth to corporations, billionaires, and lawmakers. Unsettled is what happened behind closed doors—the story of a sick, broken system that destroyed millions of lives and let the Sacklers off almost scot-free.

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249

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St. Martin's Press

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125027317X

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9781250273178

The Marshal Takes a Bride & Second Chance Bride

A 2-in-1 Collection

By: Renee Ryan,Jane Myers Perrine

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The Marshal Takes a Bride & Second Chance Bride

A 2-in-1 Collection

By: Renee Ryan,Jane Myers Perrine

A chance for redemption The Marshal Takes a Bride by Renee Ryan US marshal Trey Scott is fixin’ to walk down the aisle just as soon as schoolteacher Katherine Taylor agrees to say “I do.” Katherine needs to wed to save her reputation, but Trey is bent on avenging his first wife’s murder and Katherine thinks he should leave vengeance to a higher power. Will the sacrifice demanded by the woman he loves be too great to bear…or will it be Trey’s ultimate redemption? Second Chance Bride by Jane Myers Perrine Second chances are rare in Annie MacAllister’s life, and the opportunity to pose as a respectable schoolteacher is too good to pass up. She can stay in Trail’s End, Texas, just long enough to earn money for a new start. She never dreams that in helping herself, she’ll help her students—and upright rancher John Sullivan. But they will both need some divine forgiveness to reignite their faith and find a future together…

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Harlequin

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148803592X

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9781488035920

The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz

Portrait Painter of the Early Republic

By: Thomas R. Ryan

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The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz

Portrait Painter of the Early Republic

By: Thomas R. Ryan

The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz explores the life and times of an oft-overlooked figure in early American art. Jacob Eichholtz (1776&–1842) began his career in the metal trades but with much practice, some encouragement from his friend Thomas Sully, and a few weeks instruction from America&’s preeminent portraitist, Gilbert Stuart, he transformed himself into one of the nation&’s most productive portrait painters. Eichholtz worked primarily in the Middle Atlantic region from his homes in Lancaster and Philadelphia. While Stuart and Sully concentrated on the elite of American society, Eichholtz captured the images of a rising middle class with its craftsmen, merchants, doctors, lawyers, and their families. From a lifetime that spanned the American Revolution to the Industrial Revolution, and a career that produced more than 800 paintings, Eichholtz offers a collective portrait of early American culture in the first half of the nineteenth century. The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz begins with four insightful essays by Thomas Ryan, David Jaffee, Carol Faill, and Peter Seibert that examine Eichholtz&’s life and work. The second part of the book&—a visual essay&—brings together for the first time more than 100 color reproductions of Eichholtz&’s work. These images include over 60 oil-on-canvas portraits, more than 30 profiles on panel, and seven of the landscape, historical, or biblical paintings he produced. Also illustrated are artifacts associated with Eichholtz and his family, examples of the tinsmith&’s and coppersmith&’s trade, and the work of artists who influenced his career. The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz promises to be the finest color catalog of Eichholtz&’s oeuvre for years to come. This book, made possible by the Richard C. von Hess Foundation, accompanies a major three-part exhibition that will run concurrently at the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County, and the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin && Marshall College from April through December 2003.

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Penn State Press

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0974016217

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9780974016214

Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

By: David Darmofal,Ryan Strickler

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Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

By: David Darmofal,Ryan Strickler

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“One Minute to Ditch!”

By: Cornelius Ryan

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By: Cornelius Ryan

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Book's by Ryan Strickler

Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

“One Minute to Ditch!”

“One Minute to Ditch!”

The Nightly Act of Dreaming

The Nightly Act of Dreaming

A Carceral Ecology

A Carceral Ecology

Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides

Bacterial Endotoxic Lipopolysaccharides

Unsettled

Unsettled

The Marshal Takes a Bride & Second Chance Bride

The Marshal Takes a Bride & Second Chance Bride

The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz

The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz

Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

“One Minute to Ditch!”

“One Minute to Ditch!”

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