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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
x, 282 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A thoughtful analysis of how our world's borders came to be and why we may be emerging from a lengthy period of "cartographical stasis" What is a country? While certain basic tenets-such as the clear demarcation of a country's borders, and the acknowledgment of its sovereignty by other countries and by international governing bodies like the United Nations-seem applicable, journalist Joshua Keating's book explores exceptions to these rules, including...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Months before publication, William R. Forstchen's One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. Hundreds of thousands of people have read the tale. The thrilling follow-up to that novel, One Year After, will be published this September. This third novel in the series will pick up a month after One Year After ends, emersing readers once more in this story of our nation's struggle to rebuild itself after an...
3) Typhoon
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
397 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xi, 281 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"With one eye on Washington and the other on flashpoints across the West, Dangerous Ground tracks squatters from the Mississippi Valley and cotton lands of Texas, to Oregon, Gold Rush-era California, and, finally, Bleeding Kansas. The sweeping narrative reveals how claiming western domains became stubbornly intertwined with partisan politics and fights over the extension of slavery. While previous generations of statesmen had maligned and sought to...
8) GMO OMG
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
[xix], 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Reconstituting Whiteness, sociologist Jenny Irons explores the tactics and legacy of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, an agency of the state that existed from 1956 to 1977 and was devoted primarily to defending and supporting the institution of segregation. Using a myriad of surveillance and public relations efforts, the commission was unique in its expanse and resistance during a time of change." "Going far beyond a mere institutional...
11) The legal ideology of removal: the southern judiciary and the sovereignty of Native American nations
Author
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
xiii, 331 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
viii, 410 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the landmark 1978 case Oliphant v. Suquamish, the Supreme Court ruled that no Indian tribe can lawfully prosecute non-Indians. This decision had far-reaching effects in subsequent disputes about the jurisdiction of American Indian tribes, the terms of their relationship to the United States, their powers as political entities, and the significance of Indian reservations. Yet, even though few developments have highlighted the tensions, hopes, and...
15) Celebrating the Republic: presidential ceremony and popular sovereignty, from Washington to Monroe
Author
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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