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The urban voter group conflict and mayoral voting behavior in American cities / by Kaufmann, Karen M., 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Constructing a theory of local voting behavior -- Group interest theory and local elections -- From rioting to Watergate: Los Angeles, 1969 and 1973 -- Tough enough to turn L.A. around :Los Angeles, 1973 to 1993 -- Vote your hopes, not your fears : New York, 1965 to 1993 -- Racial conflict and retrospective voting -- Down but not out : A liberal revival in 2001 -- Changing urban politics in the new millennium.…”
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Frank L. McVey and the University of Kentucky a progressive president and the modernization of a southern university / by Moyen, Eric Anthony, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: a northern progressive and a southern university -- The making of a progressive president: 1869-1917 -- A southern university and a northern progressive: 1917-1920 -- McVey's darkest days: 1920-1922 -- McVey's era of great aspirations: 1922-1931 -- Surviving the great depression and reforming the south: 1932-1936 -- Building a legacy: 1936-1940 -- Turning the page: 1940-1953 -- Conclusion: McVey in retrospect.…”
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Surge : my journey with General David Petraeus and the remaking of the Iraq War / by Mansoor, Peter R., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Maps -- Prologue Baghdad, February 11, 2007 -- A war almost lost -- Designing the surge -- Fardh Al-Qanoon -- Tower 57 -- The awakening -- Turning the tide -- Testimony -- Power politics -- Charge of the knights -- The surge in retrospect -- Appendix 1: Report to Congress on the situation in Iraq -- Appendix 2: Multi-national force -- Iraq commander's counterinsurgency guidance -- Appendix 3: Anaconda strategy versus Al-Qaeda in Iraq -- Appendix 4: Security incidents in Iraq.…”
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Frank L. McVey and the University of Kentucky a progressive president and the modernization of a southern university / by Moyen, Eric Anthony, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: a northern progressive and a southern university -- The making of a progressive president: 1869-1917 -- A southern university and a northern progressive: 1917-1920 -- McVey's darkest days: 1920-1922 -- McVey's era of great aspirations: 1922-1931 -- Surviving the great depression and reforming the south: 1932-1936 -- Building a legacy: 1936-1940 -- Turning the page: 1940-1953 -- Conclusion: McVey in retrospect.…”
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Surge : my journey with General David Petraeus and the remaking of the Iraq War / by Mansoor, Peter R., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Maps -- Prologue Baghdad, February 11, 2007 -- A war almost lost -- Designing the surge -- Fardh Al-Qanoon -- Tower 57 -- The awakening -- Turning the tide -- Testimony -- Power politics -- Charge of the knights -- The surge in retrospect -- Appendix 1: Report to Congress on the situation in Iraq -- Appendix 2: Multi-national force -- Iraq commander's counterinsurgency guidance -- Appendix 3: Anaconda strategy versus Al-Qaeda in Iraq -- Appendix 4: Security incidents in Iraq.…”
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Cultural passions : fans, aesthetes and tarot readers / by Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…. -- Part 3: The future we have lost. Austerity in retrospect: The glamour of masochism ; Post-war perverts ; Bethnal green. -- Part 4: Magic moments. …”
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Cultural passions : fans, aesthetes and tarot readers / by Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…. -- Part 3: The future we have lost. Austerity in retrospect: The glamour of masochism ; Post-war perverts ; Bethnal green. -- Part 4: Magic moments. …”
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A more conservative place intellectual culture in the Bush era / by Bové, Paul A., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…A retrospective introduction -- American universalism and its democracy -- Area studies revisited -- The American state allegorizes the ruins -- Can American studies be "area studies"? …”
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A more conservative place intellectual culture in the Bush era / by Bové, Paul A., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…A retrospective introduction -- American universalism and its democracy -- Area studies revisited -- The American state allegorizes the ruins -- Can American studies be "area studies"? …”
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Water and American government the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / by Pisani, Donald J.

Table of Contents: “…Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance.…”
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Water and American government the Reclamation Bureau, national water policy, and the West, 1902-1935 / by Pisani, Donald J.

Table of Contents: “…Saving lost lives : irrigation and the ideology of homemaking -- The perils of public works : Federal reclamation, 1902-1909 -- Case studies in irrigation and community : Twin Falls and Rupert -- An administrative morass : Federal reclamation, 1909-1917 -- Boom, bust and boom : Federal reclamation, 1917-1935 -- Uneasy allies : the Reclamation Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Case studies in water and power : the Yakima and the Pima -- Wiring the new West : the strange career of public power -- Gateway to the hydraulic age : water politics, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion : retrospect and significance.…”
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The Blackwell guide to Kant's ethics

Table of Contents: “…Kerstein -- Why Kant needs the second-person standpoint / Stephen Darwall -- Justice : private, public, and international right -- Kant on law and justice / Arthur Ripstein -- Kant on punishment / Nelson Potter -- Kant's vision of a just world order / Thomas Pogge -- Virtue : love, respect, and duties to oneself -- Beneficence and other duties of love in The metaphysics of morals / Marcia Baron and Melissa Seymour Fahmy -- Duties to oneself, duties of respect to others / Allen Wood -- Retrospective -- Reflections on the enduring value of Kant's ethics / Arnulf Zweig.…”
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When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / by King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Congressional authority and voting rights enforcement -- pt. 1. A retrospective and prospective look at the Voting Rights Act: Why discretion matters in voting rights enforcement ; Obama's inheritance: the Johnson framework, the VRA, and faith in federal power -- pt. 2. …”
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European Union diplomacy coherence, unity and effectiveness /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction --European Union diplomacy: changes and challenges / Dieter Mahncke -- The Lisbon Treaty: answering the call for greater coherence in EU external relations / Paul Quinn -- The emergence of the EEAS: a retrospective on the institutional wrangling for the soul of European diplomacy / Benjamin Barton --Personification of diplomacy? …”
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The Blackwell guide to Kant's ethics

Table of Contents: “…Kerstein -- Why Kant needs the second-person standpoint / Stephen Darwall -- Justice : private, public, and international right -- Kant on law and justice / Arthur Ripstein -- Kant on punishment / Nelson Potter -- Kant's vision of a just world order / Thomas Pogge -- Virtue : love, respect, and duties to oneself -- Beneficence and other duties of love in The metaphysics of morals / Marcia Baron and Melissa Seymour Fahmy -- Duties to oneself, duties of respect to others / Allen Wood -- Retrospective -- Reflections on the enduring value of Kant's ethics / Arnulf Zweig.…”
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When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / by King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Congressional authority and voting rights enforcement -- pt. 1. A retrospective and prospective look at the Voting Rights Act: Why discretion matters in voting rights enforcement ; Obama's inheritance: the Johnson framework, the VRA, and faith in federal power -- pt. 2. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

European Union diplomacy coherence, unity and effectiveness /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction --European Union diplomacy: changes and challenges / Dieter Mahncke -- The Lisbon Treaty: answering the call for greater coherence in EU external relations / Paul Quinn -- The emergence of the EEAS: a retrospective on the institutional wrangling for the soul of European diplomacy / Benjamin Barton --Personification of diplomacy? …”
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Ohio and the World, 1753-2053 : Essays Toward a New History of Ohio /

Table of Contents: “…Asher -- Ohio 2053 : a retrospective on Ohio's quality of life and a consideration of roads taken and not taken in the twenty-first century / William E. …”
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