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Expressive Politics : Issue Strategies of Congressional Challengers / by Boatright, Robert G.

Table of Contents: “…Parallel histories : the incumbency advantage and electoral competition -- The rational candidate and the hopeless cause -- Incumbents and challengers compared -- "It's not like rocket science" : how candidates understand public opinion -- "Like throwing golf balls against the wall" : the candidates talk about issues and ideology -- "You don't know me, but here I am" : candidate perceptions of party strength -- Expressive campaigning in 2000 and beyond -- Conclusions : expressive politics and invisible politics.…”
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Not dead things : the dissemination of popular print in England and Wales, Italy, and the Low Countries, 1500-1820 /

Table of Contents: “…Koopmans -- 'All the world is led and rul'd by opinion' : the relationship between printed news and public opinion / Roeland Harms -- The development and distribution of the first educational print series in the Netherlands, 1800-1820 / Jo Thijssen.…”
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Not dead things : the dissemination of popular print in England and Wales, Italy, and the Low Countries, 1500-1820 /

Table of Contents: “…Koopmans -- 'All the world is led and rul'd by opinion' : the relationship between printed news and public opinion / Roeland Harms -- The development and distribution of the first educational print series in the Netherlands, 1800-1820 / Jo Thijssen.…”
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Saving Eagle Mitch one good deed in a wicked world / by Chepaitis, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…-- I found the culprit -- .Out of luck -- Just my opinion -- Something remarkable -- Best POC -- The eagle plunged -- Cannot hold out any hope -- I know I can count on you -- Almost impossible -- The smell of hearts and brains -- One negative test--ready to proceed -- First port of entry -- We will get this bird home -- Thirty days in the hole -- Asking toward the light.…”
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Saving Eagle Mitch one good deed in a wicked world / by Chepaitis, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…-- I found the culprit -- .Out of luck -- Just my opinion -- Something remarkable -- Best POC -- The eagle plunged -- Cannot hold out any hope -- I know I can count on you -- Almost impossible -- The smell of hearts and brains -- One negative test--ready to proceed -- First port of entry -- We will get this bird home -- Thirty days in the hole -- Asking toward the light.…”
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The rise of the Tea Party political discontent and corporate media in the age of Obama / by Dimaggio, Anthony R., 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: manufacturing dissent in a time of public distrust -- Don't call it a movement: the Tea Party as a mass uprising -- The Tea Party does not exist: observations on the ground in Chicago -- The counter-revolution will be televised: the Tea Party as a mediated rebellion -- Mediated populism: the Tea Party captivates public opinion -- The plot to kill grandma: the Tea Party, mass media, and health care reform -- Manufacturing dissent: fostering resistance to health care from the top down.…”
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'To be truly British we must be anti-German' New Zealand, enemy aliens, and the Great War experience, 1914-1919 / by Francis, Andrew, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…: European settlement and the rise of anti-alienism -- "The red strand of kinship": New Zealand's response to war -- "Proof of loyalty": naturalization, enemy aliens and the public response -- "Out of harm's way": internment and the camp experience -- "The red hot poker of public indignation": public opinion and the Von Zedlitz Affair, 1915 -- "Practical patriotism": wartime economy and the German trade boycott -- "When the empire is in danger": enemy aliens and the great war in Canada and New Zealand -- The aftermath of war.…”
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The prison system and its effects by Taylor, Antony

Table of Contents: “…The aetiology of present-day prisons and other places of captivity : from banishment and slavery to brutality and transportation : Britsh and American creations : Russian, Nazi, Japanese, and Chinese places of control -- The mounting consensus of informed opinion about the need for change -- Prison overcrowding -- Conceptualizing the prison as a social system -- Assessing the general effects of long-term imprisonment -- Pathological reactions to imprisonment -- The management of captives -- The development of prisons in New Zealand -- Recent official inquiries into the prison system in New Zealand -- Overview and conclusions.…”
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The politics of irony in American modernism by Stratton, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Irony and How It Got That Way -- Chapter 1: The Eye in Irony: New York, Nietzsche, and the 1910s -- Chapter 2: Gendering Irony and Its History: Ellen Glasgow and the Lost 1920s -- Chapter 3: The Focus of Satire: Irony and Public Opinions of Propaganda in the U.S.A. of John Dos Passos Page -- Chapter 4: Visible Decisions : Irony, Law, and the Political Constitution of Ralph Ellison -- Beyond Hope and Memory: A Conclusion -- Bibliography.…”
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The rise of the Tea Party political discontent and corporate media in the age of Obama / by Dimaggio, Anthony R., 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: manufacturing dissent in a time of public distrust -- Don't call it a movement: the Tea Party as a mass uprising -- The Tea Party does not exist: observations on the ground in Chicago -- The counter-revolution will be televised: the Tea Party as a mediated rebellion -- Mediated populism: the Tea Party captivates public opinion -- The plot to kill grandma: the Tea Party, mass media, and health care reform -- Manufacturing dissent: fostering resistance to health care from the top down.…”
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'To be truly British we must be anti-German' New Zealand, enemy aliens, and the Great War experience, 1914-1919 / by Francis, Andrew, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…: European settlement and the rise of anti-alienism -- "The red strand of kinship": New Zealand's response to war -- "Proof of loyalty": naturalization, enemy aliens and the public response -- "Out of harm's way": internment and the camp experience -- "The red hot poker of public indignation": public opinion and the Von Zedlitz Affair, 1915 -- "Practical patriotism": wartime economy and the German trade boycott -- "When the empire is in danger": enemy aliens and the great war in Canada and New Zealand -- The aftermath of war.…”
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The prison system and its effects by Taylor, Antony

Table of Contents: “…The aetiology of present-day prisons and other places of captivity : from banishment and slavery to brutality and transportation : Britsh and American creations : Russian, Nazi, Japanese, and Chinese places of control -- The mounting consensus of informed opinion about the need for change -- Prison overcrowding -- Conceptualizing the prison as a social system -- Assessing the general effects of long-term imprisonment -- Pathological reactions to imprisonment -- The management of captives -- The development of prisons in New Zealand -- Recent official inquiries into the prison system in New Zealand -- Overview and conclusions.…”
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The politics of irony in American modernism by Stratton, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Irony and How It Got That Way -- Chapter 1: The Eye in Irony: New York, Nietzsche, and the 1910s -- Chapter 2: Gendering Irony and Its History: Ellen Glasgow and the Lost 1920s -- Chapter 3: The Focus of Satire: Irony and Public Opinions of Propaganda in the U.S.A. of John Dos Passos Page -- Chapter 4: Visible Decisions : Irony, Law, and the Political Constitution of Ralph Ellison -- Beyond Hope and Memory: A Conclusion -- Bibliography.…”
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The Bloomberg way a guide for reporters and editors / by Winkler, Matthew

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The Bloomberg way a guide for reporters and editors / by Winkler, Matthew

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Perfect motherhood science and childrearing in America / by Apple, Rima D. (Rima Dombrow), 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Redefining motherhood -- "Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the late nineteenth century -- "Mamma's scientific--she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the early twentieth century -- "Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to mothers in the interwar period and during World War II -- "The modern way": Mothers, circa 1920-1945 -- "Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the postwar period -- "Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the late twentieth century -- Conclusion: "I wanted to do it right".…”
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Perfect motherhood science and childrearing in America / by Apple, Rima D. (Rima Dombrow), 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Redefining motherhood -- "Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the late nineteenth century -- "Mamma's scientific--she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the early twentieth century -- "Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to mothers in the interwar period and during World War II -- "The modern way": Mothers, circa 1920-1945 -- "Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the postwar period -- "Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the late twentieth century -- Conclusion: "I wanted to do it right".…”
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American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition / by Daynes, Byron W.

Table of Contents: “…The American political setting and the environment -- American federalism and environmental politics -- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida -- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions -- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment -- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions -- Case study : climate change and public opinion -- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr -- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment -- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill -- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender -- The environmental presidency -- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age" -- Case study : leaving a legacy -- Barack Obama and climate change -- Executive agencies and the environment -- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge -- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions -- The environmental court -- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent" -- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. …”
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American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition / by Daynes, Byron W.

Table of Contents: “…The American political setting and the environment -- American federalism and environmental politics -- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida -- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions -- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment -- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions -- Case study : climate change and public opinion -- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr -- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment -- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill -- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender -- The environmental presidency -- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age" -- Case study : leaving a legacy -- Barack Obama and climate change -- Executive agencies and the environment -- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge -- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions -- The environmental court -- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent" -- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. …”
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Boundaries of discourse in the International Court of Justice mapping arguments in Arab territorial disputes / by Burgis, Michelle L.

Table of Contents: “…Listening for silences in and beyond the courtroom : methodological tools for understanding ICJ territorial disputes -- Between faith and place : Arab-Islamic approaches to authority and territory in theory and practice -- Sanctioning colonial legacies in the Sahara : the construction of postcolonial selfhood in the Libya/Chad territorial dispute -- (De)limiting the past for future gain : the relationship between statehood, colonialism, and oil in the Qatar v Bahrain territorial dispute -- Determining the limits of law in the Western Sahara case -- Discourses of division : law, politics, and the ICJ advisory opinion on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory.…”
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