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Taiwan and the Sino-Soviet Dispute. - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby James B. Stockdale (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is imp...

Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Cedric J. Robinson (Author), Robin D. G. Kelley (Foreword by), Tiffany Willoughby-Herard (Preface by)In this ambitious work, first published in 1983, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand Black people's history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplete and inaccurate. Marxist analyses tend to presuppose European models of history and experience that downplay the significance of Black people and Black communities a...

The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics from Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Eamon (Author)The story of modern politics in North Carolina is very much one of American democracy, with all its grand ambitions, limitations, and pitfalls. So argues Tom Eamon in his probing narrative of the state's political path since the 1940s. He charts the state's political transformation into a modern democratic society to show that this change was more than an evolution--it was a revolution, one that largely came about through political means, driv...

Historical Notes: Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Warren E. Booker (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

Women of the Grassfields; a Study of the Economic Position of Women in Bamenda, British Cameroons - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Phyllis Mary 1910- Kaberry (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is...

Marx Against Keynes; a Reply to Mr. Morrison's

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Report copyright infringementby John 1909- Eaton (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robin D. G. Kelley (Author)A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the "long Civil Rights movement," Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality. The Alabama Communist Party was made up of working people without a Euro-American radical political tradition: devoutly religious and semiliterate bla...

Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church - Paperback

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by Edward Gilbreath (Author)From time to time prophetic Christian voices rise to challenge our nation's "original sin." In the twentieth century, compelled by the Spirit of God and a yearning for freedom, the African American church took the lead in heralding the effort. Like almost no other movement before or since, Christian people gave force to a social mission. And, remarkably, they did it largely through nonviolent actions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words and historic efforts as the M...

Embracing Democracy in Modern Germany: Political Citizenship and Participation, 1871-2000 - Paperback

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by Michael L. Hughes (Author)Across the modern era, the traditional stereotype of Germans as authoritarian and subservient has faded, as they have become (mostly) model democrats. This book, for the first time, examines 130 years of history to comprehensively address the central questions of German democratization: How and why did this process occur? What has democracy meant to various Germans? And how stable is their, or indeed anyone's, democracy? Looking at six German regimes across thirte...

Year Zero: The Five-Year Presidency - Paperback

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by Christopher P. Liddell (Author)Designing and operating an effective White House are critical to the success of any presidency--and to democracy in the United States. Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Christopher Liddell offers a strategic approach to building a strong and successful presidency. An astute and experienced operative, he demonstrates persuasively that action must be taken early, comprehensively, and visibly, starting in what he calls Year Zero, the year before governing...

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World - Paperback

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by William J. Bernstein (Author)A sweeping narrative history of world trade--from Sumer in 3000 BC to the firestorm over globalization today--that brilliantly explores trade's colorful and contentious past and provides fresh insights into social, political, cultural, and economic history, as well as a timely assessment of trade's future. Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." But how did trade evolve to the point where we ...

The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West - Hardcover

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by Alexander C. Karp (Author), Nicholas W. Zamiska (Author)From the Palantir co-founder, one of tech's boldest thinkers and The Economist's "best CEO of 2024," and his deputy, a sweeping indictment of the West's culture of complacency, arguing that timid leadership, intellectual fragility, and an unambitious view of technology's potential in Silicon Valley have made the U.S. vulnerable in an era of mounting global threats. "Fascinating and important."--Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bests...

Return of the Junta: Why Myanmar's Military Must Go Back to the Barracks - Hardcover

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by Oliver Slow (Author), Paul French (Editor)On the first day of February 2021, Myanmar's military grabbed power in a coup d'etat, ending a decade of reforms that were supposed to break the shackles of military rule in Myanmar. Protests across the country were met with a brutal crackdown that shocked the world but were a familiar response from an institution that has ruled the country with violence and terror for decades. Return of the Junta is a detailed account of the ways that Myanmar's m...

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by Gerry Stoker (Author), Mark Evans (Author)Democracy is in crisis. Is there still time to save it?Democracies face external threat from aggressive authoritarian states. Internally, citizens have grown increasingly distrustful of politicians and more cynical about national and global governance institutions. The time is ripe for democracy to renew itself. This text offers a state-of-the art overview of democratic innovations today, moving beyond cries of the 'death' or 'end' of democracy to ...

Contesting Africa's New Green Revolution: Biotechnology and Philanthrocapitalist Development in Ghana - Paperback

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by Jacqueline A. Ignatova (Author)Genetically modified crops have become a key element of development strategies across the Global South, despite remaining deeply controversial. Proponents hail them as an example of 'pro-poor' innovation, while critics regard them as a threat to food sovereignty and the environment. The promotion of biotechnology is an integral part of 'new Green Revolution for Africa' interventions and is also intimately linked to the rise of 'philanthrocapitalism, ' which a...

The Politics of Fear in South Sudan: Generating Chaos, Creating Conflict - Paperback

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by Daniel Akech Thiong (Author)When asked in 2016 if he would step down as President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir replied 'my exit could spark genocide.' Kiir's words exemplify how fear and the threat of mass violence have become central to the politics of South Sudan. As South Sudanese analyst Daniel Akech Thiong shows, it is this politics that lies at the heart of the country's seemingly intractable civil war.In this book, Akech Thiong explores the origins of South Sudan's politics of fear. W...

Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy - Paperback

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by Jamie Raskin (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the 45 days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life—and his family’s—as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence “Unthinkable is not a work of emotional austerity; rather, it...

Judges & Generals in Pakistan: Volume I - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Inam R. Sehri (Author)'Judges & Generals in Pakistan-I' by Inam R Sehri is a collection of mostly his published articles; explaining diverse scenarios. This book evaluates certain conflicting news, editorials, opinions and criticisms on historical issues. No misleading intelligence story, no distracting investigative re-port, no concocted interview and no feed from the 'concerned ones' yet everything seems innovative; no fiction in this book but simple narr...

Remembering Histories of Trauma: North American Genocide and the Holocaust in Public Memory - Hardcover

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by Gideon Mailer (Author)Remembering Histories of Trauma compares and links Native American, First Nation and Jewish histories of traumatic memory. Using source material from both sides of the Atlantic, it examines the differences between ancestral experiences of genocide and the representation of those histories in public sites in the United States, Canada and Europe. Challenging the ways public bodies have used those histories to frame the cultural and political identity of regions, states,...

Cold War Berlin: Confrontations, Cultures, and Identities - Paperback

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by Scott H. Krause (Editor), Stephanie Eisenhuth (Editor), Konrad H. Jarausch (Editor)A wide range of transatlantic contributors addresses Berlin as a global focal point of the Cold War, and also assess the geopolitical peculiarity of the city and how citizens dealt with it in everyday life. They explore not just the implications of division, but also the continuing entanglements and mutual perceptions which resulted from Berlin's unique status. An essential contribution to the study of Berli...

The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet - Hardcover

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by James Griffiths (Author)China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. Updated throughout and available in paperback for the first time, The Great Firewall of China draws on James Griffiths' unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politi...

Action 1936 a Crucial Year in British Politics - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Oswald Mosley (Editor), Bob Carruthers (Introduction by), William Joyce (Contribution by)Action was published in 222 editions between February 1936 and June 1940 under the direction of Oswald Mosley. Action was one of a small group of ultra-nationalist publications produced in Britain in the thirties; only one complete set of Action survives today. The six complete editions reproduced here are all from 1936 and are taken from the master copy set retained by the...

No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Anderson (Author)The most comprehensive and gripping account of the Afghan war, by a BBC journalist. The war in Afghanistan is over ten years old. It has cost countless lives and hundreds of billions of pounds. Politicians talk of progress, but the violence is worse than ever. In this powerful and shocking expos from the front lines in Helmand province, leading journalist and documentary-maker Ben Anderson (HBO, Panorama, and Dispatches) shows just how ba...

The Political Representation of Kurds in Turkey: New Actors and Modes of Participation in a Changing Society - Paperback

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by Cengiz Gunes (Author)Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Turkey relentlessly persecuted any form of Kurdish dissent. This led to the radicalisation of an increasing number of Kurds, the rise of the Kurdish national movement and the PKK's insurgency against Turkey. Political activism by the Kurds or around Kurdish-related political demands continues to be viewed with deep suspicions by Turkey's political establishment and severely restricted. Despite this, the pro-Kurdish democratic movement ha...

Industry, War and Stalin's Battle for Resources: The Arctic and the Environment - Paperback

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by Lars Rowe (Author)In this book the territory of Pechenga, located well above the Arctic circle between Russia, Finland and Norway, holds the key to understanding the geopolitical situation of the Arctic today. With specific focus on the local nickel industry of the region, Lars Rowe explores the interaction between commercial and state security concerns in the Soviet Union. Through the lens of this local industry a larger historical context is unravelled - the nature of Soviet-Finnish rela...

Putin's Russia and the Falsification of History: Reasserting Control over the Past - Paperback

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by Anton Weiss-Wendt (Author)This book provides a bold examination of the political use of history in contemporary Russia. Anton Weiss-Wendt argues that history is yet another discipline misappropriated by the Kremlin for the purpose of rallying the population. He explains how, since the pro-democracy protests in 2011-12, the Russian government has hamstrung independent research and aligned state institutions in the promotion of militant patriotism. The entire state machinery has been mobiliz...

The Origins of the Modern Japanese Bureaucracy - Paperback

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by Yuichiro Shimizu (Author), Christopher Gerteis (Editor), Amin Ghadimi (Translator)What is a bureaucracy, from where does it come, and how does it develop? Japanese have long described their nation as a "kingdom of bureaucrats", but until now, no historian has fully explained the historical origins of the mammoth Japanese executive state. In this ground-breaking study, translated into English for the first time, Yuichiro Shimizu traces the rise of the modern Japanese bureaucracy from the Me...

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples - Hardcover

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by Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Author)To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument present...

The End of Empire in the Gulf: From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates - Paperback

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by Tancred Bradshaw (Author)With the end of the British Raj in 1947, the Foreign Office replaced the Government of India as the department responsible for the Persian Gulf, and would proceed to manage relations with the Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates, UAE) until British withdrawal in 1971. This work is a comprehensive history of British policy in the region during that period, situated for the first time in its broad historical and political context. Tancred Bradshaw - an academ...

On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Paperback

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by Timothy Snyder (Author), Nora Krug (Illustrator)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug "Nora Krug has visualized and rendered some of the most valuable lessons of the twentieth century, which will serve all citizens as we shape the future."--Shepard Fairey, artist and activist Timothy Snyder's New York Ti...

The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You - Paperback

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by Dina Nayeri (Author)A Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction "Nayeri combines her own experience with those of refugees she meets as an adult, telling their stories with tenderness and reverence." --The New York Times Book Review "Nayeri weaves her empowering personal story with those of the 'feared swarms' . . . Her family's escape from Isfahan to Oklahoma, which involved waiting in Dubai and Italy, is wildly fascinating . . . Using energetic prose, Nayeri is an excellent condui...

The New Imperialism: Crisis and Contradictions in North/South Relations - Paperback

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by Robert Biel (Author)This major intellectual exploration seeks to deepen our understanding of the way in which modern capitalism works. The author argues, in particular, that it has always rested in part on the unremunerated labour of women, the non-sustainable extraction of natural resources and the racist exploitation of the non-European periphery. Robert Biel explains and illuminates how it has integrated the South into a Western-dominated system of exploitation and prevented it from mak...