Prison Area, Independence Valley : American Paradoxes in Political Life and Popular Culture / by Kroes, Rob

Table of Contents: “…Bush administration and European anti-Americanism -- The ascent of the falling man : an iconic image of 9/11 -- Cool hand luck : how America played its hand entertaining the world -- Musical America : staging the U.S.A. to the sounds of music -- A spaghetti southern : landscapes of fear in Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained -- Freaks on display : a tale of empathy and ostracism -- American responses to the Holocaust : atrocity photographs as nomadic objects -- Barack Hussein Obama : two portrait sketches -- Obama and the paradox of American global power : dreams of democracy and the imperial imperative -- Taking exception.…”
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Street Politics in the Age of Austerity : From the Indignados to Occupy /

Table of Contents: “…Figure 4.5 -- Passive and active support for the Israeli protests by sociopolitical blocFigure 4.6 -- Passive support for the Israeli protests by sociopolitical bloc and fear of future economic distress; Figure 4.7 -- The joint effects of religiosity and leftism on support and participation in the Spanish 15M protests; Figure 4.8 -- The joint effects of regional identity and leftism on support and participation in the 15M demonstrations; Figure 4.9 -- OLS regressions predicting high passive support or active participation in the 15M and 14J protests.…”
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Short Leash : A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance / by Gary, Janice

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