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Rape and Sexual Power in Early America

By: Sharon Block

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Rape and Sexual Power in Early America

By: Sharon Block

In a comprehensive examination of rape and its prosecution in British America between 1700 and 1820, Sharon Block exposes the dynamics of sexual power on which colonial and early republican Anglo-American society was based. Block analyzes the legal, social, and cultural implications of more than nine hundred documented incidents of sexual coercion and hundreds more extralegal commentaries found in almanacs, newspapers, broadsides, and other print and manuscript sources. Highlighting the gap between reports of coerced sex and incidents that were publicly classified as rape, Block demonstrates that public definitions of rape were based less on what actually happened than on who was involved. She challenges conventional narratives that claim sexual relations between white women and black men became racially charged only in the late nineteenth century. Her analysis extends racial ties to rape back into the colonial period and beyond the boundaries of the southern slave-labor system. Early Americans' treatment of rape, Block argues, both enacted and helped to sustain the social, racial, gender, and political hierarchies of a New World and a new nation.

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UNC Press Books

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0807838934

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9780807838938

Misery Traps

The American Family

By: Sharon Washington

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Misery Traps

The American Family

By: Sharon Washington

I believe that the Family Safety Net Act could be to raising kids in America what the Civil Rights Movement is to minorities. The legislation will mandate that every fit parent have equal access to their kids—automatic joint custody, co-parenting is insufficient—with the best interests of the child at the heart of the legislation, regardless of the status of the relationship of the parents, with primary custody initially granted to the mother. No more fathers begging to see their kids. It’s time. The key is fit. The adults must have the capacity to parent free of drug abuse, emotional abuse, and physical abuse and to establish a home that is free of such maltreatment. It is time. In addition, since America is about enterprise—working to support self and family and fulfilling dreams within the legal framework of this country—the parents and our educational institutions must model that behavior so every student steps into adulthood with a plan to support themselves, for the only way we will triumph over this nebulous future is to launch with the genuine love and support of as many friends and family we can muster together and to have the confidence from preparation to work and/or pursue dreams. I am for kids.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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1646543041

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9781646543045

The Arctic Guide

Wildlife of the Far North

By: Sharon Chester

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The Arctic Guide

Wildlife of the Far North

By: Sharon Chester

The definitive full-color field guide to Arctic wildlife The Arctic Guide presents the traveler and naturalist with a portable, authoritative guide to the flora and fauna of earth's northernmost region. Featuring superb color illustrations, this one-of-a-kind book covers the complete spectrum of wildlife—more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals—that inhabit the Arctic’s polar deserts, tundra, taiga, sea ice, and oceans. It can be used anywhere in the entire Holarctic region, including Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, Siberia, the Russian Far East, islands of the Bering Sea, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, and Greenland. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, size, habitat, range, scientific name, and the unique characteristics that enable these organisms to survive in the extreme conditions of the Far North. A color distribution map accompanies each species account, and alternative names in German, French, Norwegian, Russian, Inuit, and Inupiaq are also provided. Features superb color plates that allow for quick identification of more than 800 species of plants, fishes, butterflies, birds, and mammals Includes detailed species accounts and color distribution maps Covers the flora and fauna of the entire Arctic region

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Princeton University Press

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1400865964

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9781400865963

A Wildlife Guide to Chile

Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández Archipelago

By: Sharon Chester

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A Wildlife Guide to Chile

Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández Archipelago

By: Sharon Chester

This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández, and San Félix y San Ambrosio. From bats to butterflies, lizards to llamas, and ferns to flamingos, A Wildlife Guide to Chile covers the country's common plants and animals. The color plates depict species in their natural environments with unmatched vividness and realism. The combination of detailed illustrations and engaging, succinct, and authoritative text make field identification quick, easy, and accurate. Maps, charts, and diagrams provide information about landforms, submarine topography, marine environment, climate, vegetation zones, and the best places to view wildlife. This is an essential guide to Chile's remarkable biodiversity. The only comprehensive English-language guide to Chile's common flora and fauna The first guide to cover Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández, and San Félix y San Ambrosio 120 full-color plates allow quick identification of more than 800 species Accompanying text describes species size, shape, color, habitat, and range Descriptions list size, distribution, and English, Spanish, and scientific names Information on the best spots to view wildlife, including major national parks Compact and lightweight--a perfect field guide

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Princeton University Press

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1400831504

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Subterranean Fire

A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States

By: Sharon Smith

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Subterranean Fire

A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States

By: Sharon Smith

“A concise, well-written history of U.S. working-class struggle and radicalism” from the author of Women and Socialism: Class, Race, and Capital (Solidarity). Smith explores how the connection between the U.S. labor movement and the Democratic Party, with its extensive corporate ties, has repeatedly held back working-class struggles. And she closely examines the role of the labor movement in the 2004 presidential election, tracing the shrinking electoral influence of organized labor and the failure of labor-management cooperation, “business unionism,” and reliance on the Democrats to deliver any real gains. “Sharon Smith brings that history to life once again, blasting through the myths of the working class that Trump-era narratives cling to in order to connect us once again to the possibility of building broad solidarity.” —Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won’t Love You Back “A veteran worker-intellectual brilliantly addresses the crisis of the labor movement, skewering those who believe that renewal can come from the top down, and encouraging those who are fighting to rebuild it from the bottom up.” —Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums

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Haymarket Books

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1608469182

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9781608469185

The 1st Florida Union Cavalry Volunteers in the Civil War: The Men and Regimental History and What That Tells Us About the Area During the War

By: Sharon D. Marsh

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The 1st Florida Union Cavalry Volunteers in the Civil War: The Men and Regimental History and What That Tells Us About the Area During the War

By: Sharon D. Marsh

The 1st Florida Union Cavalry was formed in 1863 from men primarily from south Alabama and northwest Florida. These men were both deserters from the Confederate Army and men who had avoided conscription or turned eighteen during the war. The regiment was stationed at Fort Barrancas in Pensacola, Florida and served along the upper Gulf Coast with other Union regiments and participated in the Battle of Marianna, FL, the Mobile Campaign and the occupation of Montgomery, AL. The book explores the history of the area before and during the early years of the war and the history of the regiment including information on any engagements the 1st Florida Union Cavalry participated in (locations - then and now, regimental opponents, victors and summaries of the engagements). In addition, it includes data on the individual men who served in the regiment (detailed military data-Union and Confederate, 1860 census, birth and death, burial, and pension information). Together the information provides a glimpse of this area of the deep South during the Civil War.

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Lulu.com

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0998817007

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9780998817002

Everyday Discoveries

Amazingly Easy Science and Math Using Stuff You Already Have

By: Sharon MacDonald

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Everyday Discoveries

Amazingly Easy Science and Math Using Stuff You Already Have

By: Sharon MacDonald

Self-directed science activities to answer the how, the why, and the what happens next?

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Gryphon House, Inc.

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0876591969

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9780876591963

Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice

Issues of Power in Theory and Practice

By: Sharon Thompson

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Prenuptial Agreements and the Presumption of Free Choice

Issues of Power in Theory and Practice

By: Sharon Thompson

This book provides an alternative perspective on an issue fraught with difficulty – the enforcement of prenuptial agreements. Such agreements are enforced because the law acknowledges the rights of spouses to make autonomous decisions about the division of their property on divorce. Yet this book demonstrates that, in the attempt to promote autonomy, other issues, such as imbalance of power between the parties, become obscured. This book offers an academic and practical analysis of the real impact of prenuptial agreements on the relationships of those involved. Using a feminist and contractual theoretical framework, it attempts to produce a more nuanced understanding of the autonomy exercised by parties entering into prenuptial agreements. This book also draws on an empirical study of the experiences and views of practitioners skilled in the formation and litigation of prenuptial agreements in New York. Lastly, it explores how the court might address concerns regarding power and autonomy during the drafting and enforcement processes of prenuptial agreements, which in turn may enhance the role that 'prenups' can play in the judicial allocation of spousal property on the breakdown of marriage.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782255583

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9781782255581

Huck Finn's "hidden" Lessons

Teaching and Learning Across the Color Line

By: Sharon Rush

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Huck Finn's "hidden" Lessons

Teaching and Learning Across the Color Line

By: Sharon Rush

Huck Finn's 'Hidden' Lessons questions the educational suitability of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' in the classroom. The author argues that the book teaches misguided lessons about race relations. Huck Finn's 'Hidden' Lessons challenges the more typical understanding of Huck Finn and guides readers through an analysis that demonstrates how racism functions in the book and the classroom.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742545202

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9780742545205

Raising Mixed Race

Multiracial Asian Children in a Post-Racial World

By: Sharon H Chang

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Raising Mixed Race

Multiracial Asian Children in a Post-Racial World

By: Sharon H Chang

Research continues to uncover early childhood as a crucial time when we set the stage for who we will become. In the last decade, we have also seen a sudden massive shift in America’s racial makeup with the majority of the current under-5 age population being children of color. Asian and multiracial are the fastest growing self-identified groups in the United States. More than 2 million people indicated being mixed race Asian on the 2010 Census. Yet, young multiracial Asian children are vastly underrepresented in the literature on racial identity. Why? And what are these children learning about themselves in an era that tries to be ahistorical, believes the race problem has been “solved,” and that mixed race people are proof of it? This book is drawn from extensive research and interviews with sixty-eight parents of multiracial children. It is the first to examine the complex task of supporting our youngest around being “two or more races” and Asian while living amongst “post-racial” ideologies.

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Routledge

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1317330498

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9781317330493

Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe, The

By: Sharon Pajka

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Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe, The

By: Sharon Pajka

Journey to the burial places of the people who lived in Poe's world. Edgar Allan Poe considered himself a Virginian. Credited with originating the modern detective story, developing Gothic horror tales, and writing the precursor to science fiction, Poe worked to elevate Southern literature. He lived in the South most of his life, died in Baltimore and made his final home in Richmond. His family and many of his closest associates were southerners. Visit the graves of the people with whom he worked and socialized, who he loved and at times loathed and gain a fuller understanding of Poe's life. These were individuals who supported, inspired, and challenged him, and even a few who attempted to foil his plans. Professor and cemetery historian Sharon Pajka tells their stories.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467154547

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9781467154543

Best of Barbie

Four Decades of America's Favorite Doll

By: Sharon Korbeck

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Best of Barbie

Four Decades of America's Favorite Doll

By: Sharon Korbeck

Featuring striking photographs and lively, insightful commentary and histories, The Best of Barbie is a full-color visual feast that novice and experienced collectors alike will treasure. Scattered throughout the book are trivia facts that test the reader's knowledge of America's favorite doll. Plus, accompanying each photo is a handy identification and value info bar - facts readers need at a glance. With complete descriptions, 300 magnificent color photos and more than 1,200 price listings, collectors, appraisers, buyers and fans will have the tools to identify the most influential Barbie Dolls including Barbie #1 Ponytail Style, Bubblecut Barbie, Barbie Fashion Queen, American Girl and many more.

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Penguin

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1440225141

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9781440225147

Leaving Prostitution

Getting Out and Staying Out of Sex Work

By: Sharon S. Oselin

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Leaving Prostitution

Getting Out and Staying Out of Sex Work

By: Sharon S. Oselin

While street prostitutes comprise only a small minority of sex workers, they have the highest rates of physical and sexual abuse, arrest and incarceration, drug addiction, and stigmatization, which stem from both their public visibility and their dangerous work settings. Exiting the trade can be a daunting task for street prostitutes; despite this, many do try at some point to leave sex work behind. Focusing on four different organizations based in Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Hartford that help prostitutes get off the streets, Sharon S. Oselin’s Leaving Prostitution explores the difficulties, rewards, and public responses to female street prostitutes’ transition out of sex work. Through in-depth interviews and field research with street-level sex workers, Oselin illuminates their pathways into the trade and their experiences while in it, and the host of organizational, social, and individual factors that influence whether they are able to stop working as prostitutes altogether. She also speaks to staff at organizations that aid street prostitutes, and assesses the techniques they use to help these women develop self-esteem, healthy relationships with family and community, and workplace skills. Oselin paints a full picture of the difficulties these women face in moving away from sex work and the approaches that do and do not work to help them transform their lives. Further, she offers recommendations to help improve the quality of life for these women. A powerful ethnographic account, Leaving Prostitution provides an essential understanding of getting out and staying out of sex work.

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NYU Press

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0814785883

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9780814785881

Colonial Complexions

Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America

By: Sharon Block

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Colonial Complexions

Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America

By: Sharon Block

How did descriptions of individuals' appearance reinforce emergent categories of race? In Colonial Complexions, more than 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and servants reveal how colonists transformed seemingly observable characteristics into racist reality.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812250060

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9780812250060

Spirits of the Border IV

The History and Mystery of New Mexico

By: Ken Hudnall,Sharon Hudnall

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Spirits of the Border IV

The History and Mystery of New Mexico

By: Ken Hudnall,Sharon Hudnall

The fourth book in the Spirits of the Border series. This one deals with unsolved mysteries, lost treasures, mysterous disappearances and hauntings in the State of New Mexico.

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Omega Press

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0975492349

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9780975492345

Original Horse Bible, 2nd Edition

The Definitive Source for All Things Horse

By: Moira C. Reeve,Sharon Biggs

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Original Horse Bible, 2nd Edition

The Definitive Source for All Things Horse

By: Moira C. Reeve,Sharon Biggs

The most comprehensive single volume dedicated to horses, Original Horse Bible, 2nd Edition is a celebration of the long relationship that humans and horses enjoy, written by two highly regarded horsewomen, the late Moira C. Allen and Sharon Biggs. Covering an array of topics that span the world of horses, from evolution and domestication to horseback riding, training, competing, and more, this complete guide is a must-have for any avid horse-lover! With detailed profiles of 175 horse breeds, over 100 training and behavior tips, more than 50 riding, grooming, and health takeaways, and so much more, the Original Horse Bible belongs on the shelves of anyone who admires these magnificent creatures. This second edition includes new sections on advances in imaging technology and medications, as well as updated information on saddles, bits, poisonous plants, deworming practices, and natural horsemanship.

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Fox Chapel Publishing

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1637410484

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9781637410486

Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson

A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work

By: Sharon Leiter

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Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson

A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work

By: Sharon Leiter

Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson is an encyclopedic guide to the life and works of Emily Dickinson, one of the most famous and widely studied American poets of the 19th century.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438108435

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9781438108438

Cohabitation Nation

Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships

By: Sharon Sassler,Amanda Miller

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Cohabitation Nation

Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships

By: Sharon Sassler,Amanda Miller

“We have fun and we enjoy each other’s company, so why shouldn’t we just move in together?”—Lauren, from Cohabitation Nation Living together is a typical romantic rite of passage in the United States today. In fact, census data shows a 37 percent increase in couples who choose to commit to and live with one another, forgoing marriage. And yet we know very little about this new “normal” in romantic life. When do people decide to move in together, why do they do so, and what happens to them over time? Drawing on in-depth interviews, Sharon Sassler and Amanda Jayne Miller provide an inside view of how cohabiting relationships play out before and after couples move in together, using couples’ stories to explore the he said/she said of romantic dynamics. Delving into hot-button issues, such as housework, birth control, finances, and expectations for the future, Sassler and Miller deliver surprising insights about the impact of class and education on how relationships unfold. Showcasing the words, thoughts, and conflicts of the couples themselves, Cohabitation Nation offers a riveting and sometimes counterintuitive look at the way we live now.

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Univ of California Press

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0520286987

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9780520286986

Through Sunshine and Shadow

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Evangelicalism, and Reform in Ontario, 1874-1930

By: Sharon Anne Cook

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Through Sunshine and Shadow

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Evangelicalism, and Reform in Ontario, 1874-1930

By: Sharon Anne Cook

The Ontario Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) quickly evolved from an organization established to eradicate the consumption of alcohol to become concerned with broader social problems. Sharon Cook shows that the WCTU nurtured a distinct feminist culture that promoted the family, children, and an important public role for women.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773513051

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9780773513051

Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis

By: Sharon D. Wright

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Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis

By: Sharon D. Wright

Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis examines black political behavior and empowerment strategies in the city of Memphis. Each chapter of the text focuses on three themes-mobilization, emergence, and incorporation. By analyzing the effects of race on black political development in Memphis, scholars will be able to examine broader questions about its effects in other cities. How do political machines use substantial black electorates to their advantage? What forms of protest do black communities conduct to rebel against machine rule? What primary mobilization tactics have black citizens used during the different periods of their political development? Why do blacks mobilize more quickly in some cities? In cities with large and predominantly black populations, what elements prevent black candidates from winning citywide races? What constraints do newly elected black mayors face? What benefits do black citizens gain from their representation? After a predominantly black governing coalition is elected, what obstacles remain? Can black citizens translate proportional representation into strong political incorporation? How much power can African Americans realistic expect to gain in cities? This book is the most comprehensive case study of the city's political scene written to date. The text primarily shows that white racism is not the only obstacle to black political development. Black citizens can have population majorities, but lose elections for other reasons. Their ability to win elections and gain full incorporation depends heavily on whether they minimize internal conflict and establish coalitions with middle-class citizens and the business establishment.

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Routledge

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1000526755

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9781000526752

Timetables of African-American History

A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American History

By: Sharon Harley

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Timetables of African-American History

A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American History

By: Sharon Harley

From the first African communities in North America to the days of slavery, from the aesthetic achievements of the Harlem Renaissance to the political triumphs of the civil rights movement, from Harriet Tubman's creation of the Underground Railroad to the election of Carol Moseley Braun -- the first black woman senator -- in 1992, this comprehensive book illuminates African Americans both famous and little known. Thousands of entries document historical moments, laws and legal actions, and noteworthy events in the areas of religion, the arts, sports, education, and science and technology. The varied accomplishments of black Americans come to life in brief profiles of Louis Armstrong, Salt-N-Pepa, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Joe Louis, Wilma Rudolph, Paul Robeson, General Colin Powell, and hundreds of others.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684815788

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9780684815787

The Freedom of the Streets

Work, Citizenship, and Sexuality in a Gilded Age City

By: Sharon E. Wood

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The Freedom of the Streets

Work, Citizenship, and Sexuality in a Gilded Age City

By: Sharon E. Wood

Gilded Age cities offered extraordinary opportunities to women--but at a price. As clerks, factory hands, and professionals flocked downtown to earn a living, they alarmed social critics and city fathers, who warned that self-supporting women were just steps away from becoming prostitutes. With in-depth research possible only in a mid-sized city, Sharon E. Wood focuses on Davenport, Iowa, to explore the lives of working women and the prostitutes who shared their neighborhoods. The single, self-supporting women who migrated to Davenport in the years following the Civil War saw paid labor as the foundation of citizenship. They took up the tools of public and political life to assert the respectability of paid employment and to confront the demon of prostitution. Wood offers cradle-to-grave portraits of individual girls and women--both prostitutes and "respectable" white workers--seeking to reshape their city and expand women's opportunities. As Wood demonstrates, however, their efforts to rewrite the sexual politics of the streets met powerful resistance at every turn from men defending their political rights and sexual power.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807876534

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9780807876534

Crossing the Border

A Free Black Community in Canada

By: Sharon A. Roger Hepburn

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Crossing the Border

A Free Black Community in Canada

By: Sharon A. Roger Hepburn

How formerly enslaved people found freedom and built community in Ontario In 1849, the Reverend William King and fifteen once-enslaved people he had inherited founded the Canadian settlement of Buxton on Ontario land set aside for sale to Blacks. Though initially opposed by some neighboring whites, Buxton grew into a 700-person agricultural community that supported three schools, four churches, a hotel, a lumber mill, and a post office. Sharon A. Roger Hepburn tells the story of the settlers from Buxton’s founding of through its first decades of existence. Buxton welcomed Black men, woman, and children from all backgrounds to live in a rural setting that offered benefits of urban life like social contact and collective security. Hepburn’s focus on social history takes readers inside the lives of the people who built Buxton and the hundreds of settlers drawn to the community by the chance to shape new lives in a country that had long represented freedom from enslavement.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252047117

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9780252047114

Brave Black Women

From Slavery to the Space Shuttle

By: Ruthe Winegarten,Sharon Kahn

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Brave Black Women

From Slavery to the Space Shuttle

By: Ruthe Winegarten,Sharon Kahn

Brave black women have played important roles in American history. Before the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, black women bore the bonds of slavery with courage and strength. Since Emancipation, black women have supported schools, churches, and civic organizations, entered many professions, and helped to build strong communities. This book dramatizes their impressive story and celebrates their achievements. Writing especially for students in grades four through eight, Ruthe Winegarten and Sharon Kahn trace the history of black women from slavery until today. Their story includes many heroines, from Emily Morgan, "the Yellow Rose of Texas," to pioneer aviator Bessie Coleman, astronaut Mae Jemison, opera singer Barbara Conrad, actresses Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen, and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, whose life story forms the final chapter. In addition to these famous black women, the book also profiles teachers, businesswomen, civil rights leaders, community activists, doctors, nurses, athletes, musicians, artists, and political leaders. Adapted from the award-winning Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph, it will be fascinating reading for children and their parents and grandparents, teachers, and librarians.

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University of Texas Press

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0292791070

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9780292791077

The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book

By: Sharon Steuer

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The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book

By: Sharon Steuer

Designed to dazzle and inspire but not leave you in the dust, this beautifully designed volume lets you follow along as it dissects real-world projects from some of today's top Illustrator artists. In the process it teaches you how to use Illustrator in ever more creative ways for your own projects. Best-selling author and award-winning artist Sharon Steuer uses four-color pictures of real Illustrator projects to show what's possible and then employs simple, step-by-step instructions to explain the techniques that will produce those effects. You'll find comprehensive ground-up coverage of all of Illustrator CS' most important capabilities. Veteran users will be grateful to explore Illustrator CS' new features: powerful new tools for creating 3D graphics on the fly, a new Scribble Effect that lets you add a loose, hand-drawn look to your artwork, a redesigned text engine, enhanced PDF support, and more. On the CD, you'll find artwork from the book, technical documents, third-party software, clip art, and more.

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Peachpit Press

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0321168925

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9780321168924

Vanished Gardens

Finding Nature in Philadelphia

By: Sharon White

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Vanished Gardens

Finding Nature in Philadelphia

By: Sharon White

New to living and gardening in Philadelphia, Sharon White begins a journey through the landscape of the city, past and present, in Vanished Gardens. In prose now as precise and considered as the paths in a parterre, now as flowing and lyrical as an Olmsted vista, White explores Philadelphia's gardens as a part of the city's ecosystem and animates the lives of individual gardeners and naturalists working in the area around her home. In one section of the book, White tours the gardens of colonial botanist John Bartram; his wife, Ann; and their son, writer and naturalist William. Other chapters focus on Deborah Logan, who kept a record of her life on a large farm in the late eighteenth century, and Mary Gibson Henry, twentieth-century botanist, plant collector, and namesake of the lily Hymenocallis henryae. Throughout White weaves passages from diaries, letters, and memoirs from significant Philadephia gardeners into her own striking prose, transforming each place she examines into a palimpsest of the underlying earth and the human landscapes layered over it. White gives a surprising portrait of the resilience and richness of the natural world in Philadelphia and of the ways that gardening can connect nature to urban space. She shows that although gardens may vanish forever, the meaning and solace inherent in the act of gardening are always waiting to be discovered anew.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820339733

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Wound Care Essentials

Practice Principles

By: Sharon Baranoski,Elizabeth A. Ayello

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Wound Care Essentials

Practice Principles

By: Sharon Baranoski,Elizabeth A. Ayello

Written by two well-known wound care specialists and an interdisciplinary team of experts, this handbook is essential for all professionals involved in wound care, including nurses, physical therapists, physicians, podiatrists, and long-term care professionals. The book provides practical, comprehensive guidelines for assessment and management of both common and atypical wound problems and covers many topics not sufficiently addressed in other texts, such as sickle cell wounds, amputation, gene therapy, and the specific wound care needs of special populations. Features include more than 100 photographs and illustrations, recurring icons such as Evidence-Based Practice and Practice Points, case studies, and review questions.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1582554692

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Tears of a Tiger

By: Sharon M. Draper

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Tears of a Tiger

By: Sharon M. Draper

Andy tackles his guilt and grief in the first book of Sharon M. Draper’s award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. Tigers don’t cry—or do they? After the death of his longtime friend and fellow Hazelwood Tiger in a car accident, Andy, the driver, blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain. While his other friends have managed to work through their grief and move on, Andy allows death to become the focus of his life. In the months that follow the accident, the lives of Andy and his friends are traced through a series of letters, articles, homework assignments, and dialogues, and it becomes clear that Tigers do indeed need to cry.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416928316

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A Simple Matter of Belief

What Is Belief?

By: Reverend Sharon M. White

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A Simple Matter of Belief

What Is Belief?

By: Reverend Sharon M. White

There is a difference between knowledge and belief. Knowledge is necessary in our lives. Without knowledge there would be allot of things we could not do. However, belief is likewise significant. An example of this is when we see dark clouds in the atmosphere we know it is going to rain, so our belief is dark clouds mean it will rain. When we base your belief on truths, beliefs will become firm. This is why our beliefs are influenced by the knowledge we have. When we say we have a belief in the Creator of the universe; what is our knowledge of that belief? Gathering together weekly or reading texts as a group? No, it is getting to know Jesus Christ personally and experience His character. Religious beliefs are a substitute, with ceremony and rituals, for a genuine relationship with God. The knowledge we must seek is true value of the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of that Word and our spirituality. Jesus is the One to who we need to join with. If you are truly interested in discovering the true Knowledge of Creator of the universe, join me on the journey through a Simple Matter of Belief.

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WestBow Press

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1973636328

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9781973636328

Schroeder's Collectible Toys

Antique to Modern Guide

By: Collector Books,Sharon Huxford

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Antique to Modern Guide

By: Collector Books,Sharon Huxford

Toys are the happening collectible for the '90s. To meet the market explosion, this monumental value guide devoted entirely to toys has been created. Providing identification and values for more than 20,000 collectible toys of all kinds, this easy-to-use book puts buyers in touch with sellers, magazines, clubs, and newsletters that cover specific fields of collector interest.

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0891456619

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Garage Sale and Flea Market Annual

By: Collector Books,Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford,Collector Books Staff

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Garage Sale and Flea Market Annual

By: Collector Books,Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford,Collector Books Staff

This reference is packed with descriptions and current values for nearly 25,000 collectibles, representing virtually every category on today's market: books, sports cards, ornaments, toys, cookie jars, fifties glassware, and movie memorabilia, to name just a few. 750+ photos.

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0891457860

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9780891457862

1997 Toys and Prices

By: Sharon Korbeck

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1997 Toys and Prices

By: Sharon Korbeck

Toys are fun, but prices are for real when it comes to the toys you want to buy or sell. When values are on the line, collectors can rely on this accurate, newly updated price guide. The book features up to three grades of value for toys from the 1840s to the present, including banks, action figures, classic tin, toy guns, model kits, and Marx, Barbie and character toys. 500 b&w photos. 20 color photos.

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0873414470

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The Ultimate Bridal Shower Idea Book

How to Have a Fun, Fabulous, and Memorable Party

By: Sharon Naylor Toris

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The Ultimate Bridal Shower Idea Book

How to Have a Fun, Fabulous, and Memorable Party

By: Sharon Naylor Toris

Want to plan the perfect—and most original—shower for the bride-to-be? Or maybe you're having a co-ed shower for the future newlyweds! Either way, inside this must-have party guide, you'll discover fabulous ideas for everything from creating the perfect guest list and invitations to great party games, unique themes, and fun favors, as well as basic essentials for any kind of shower. You'll also learn how to incorporate elements of the bride's or couple's life to make the shower more personal. Your shower will be talked about for years to come when . . . -Guests dress like their favorite diva at the DIVA PARTY -The bride gets a newly decorated room during PICK A ROOM, ANY ROOM -Everyone enjoys a day of pampering at the LAP OF LUXURY shower -Guys and gals experience "Bourbon Street" at the MARDI GRAS shower -And so much more!

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Crown

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030749845X

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Huxford's Old Book

Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

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Huxford's Old Book

Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

25,000 listings of old books with current values.

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1574320572

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Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

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Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

This totally new fourth edition is intended to be a companion volume. Over 25,000 listings are included with current values. More than just a price guide, you'll also find scores of buyers listed by the type of subject matter they are looking for, so it's a selling guide as well.

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0891455035

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Schroeder's Collectible Toys

Antique to Modern

By: Bob Schroeder,Sharon Huxford,Bob Huxford

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Schroeder's Collectible Toys

Antique to Modern

By: Bob Schroeder,Sharon Huxford,Bob Huxford

This large-format book contains values for more than 24,000 toys in every category imaginable--action figures, cast-iron and paper lithographed toys, windups, Barbie dolls, model kits, diecast banks, games, playsets, character toys, and many more dating from the 19th century to the present day. Also included are coded dealer listings, plus information on clubs and newsletters and a bibliography of other books of interest.

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1574320262

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9781574320268

Schroeder's Collectible Toys Antique to Modern Price Guide

Identification and Values of Over 20,000 Collectible Toys

By: Collector Books,Sharon Huxford

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Identification and Values of Over 20,000 Collectible Toys

By: Collector Books,Sharon Huxford

Of the many toy books on the market today, only one tackles the enor- mous and varied field head-onSchroeders Collectible Toys, Antique to Modern! This book has been highly acclaimed and enthusiastically accepted by toy collectors and dealers all over the country. Backing the editors is a fantastic team of researchers and advisors who carefully check every line for up-to-the-minute accuracy. Though primarily a price guide, the book also contains coded dealer listings devised to help the reader track down and purchase those hard-to-find items.

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