Crashing America

Author : Adam Cole
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595284283

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Crashing America by Adam Cole Pdf

Ever wish you could just go? Give up everything and hit the road? That's what Troy Paddock did. Following in the footsteps of Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, this Colorado college kid grabbed one willing best friend, Vinny del Sparrow, and shot off in every direction of the U.S. Their only purpose was to party like rock stars. A desert rave, New York clubs, Mardi Gras in the Big Easy were all part of the duo's wild ride. But such an adventure-filled romp does not go without a tiny bit of misadventure and mishap. Extreme weather, car troubles, and cash shortages make the search for the party interestingly challenging. Told through Paddock's eyes, the reader is let into the thoughts and insights of someone whirling through life without a single care for reality and an intense lust for excitement. At points the endless partying catches up with our spontaneous hero but only briefly before he is able to wrestle away from its grasp.

Author : Katia Noyes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Farm life
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122998672

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Crashing America by Katia Noyes Pdf

A debut novel about seeking stillness through ceaseless movement. Torn between restlessness and an overwhelming longing for a sense of home, Girl, the 17 year old street punk narrator leaves San Francisco for the heartland in search of a place where she can breathe.

Author : Scott Savitt
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781619028531

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Crashing the Party by Scott Savitt Pdf

It’s 1983. Scott Savitt, one of the first American exchange students in Beijing, picks up his guitar and begins strumming Blackbird. He’s soon surrounded by Chinese students who know every word to every Beatles song he plays. Scott stays on in Beijing, working as a reporter for Asiaweek Magazine. The city’s first nightclubs open; rock ‘n’ roll promises democracy. Promoted to foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times then United Press International, Scott finds himself drawn into China’s political heart. Later, at 25 years old, Scott is the youngest accredited foreign correspondent in China with an intimate knowledge of Beijing’s backstreets. But as the seven week occupation of Tiananmen Square ends in bloodshed on June 4, 1989, his greatest asset is his flame-red 500 cc. Honda motorcycle—giving Scott the freedom to witness first-hand what the Chinese government still denies ever took place. After Tiananmen, Scott founds the first independent English language newspaper in China, Beijing Scene. He knows that it’s only a matter of time before the authorities move in, and sure enough, in 2000 he’s arrested, flung into solitary confinement and, after a month in jail, deported. Scott Savitt’s memoir turns this complex political-historical subject into an extraordinary adventure story.

Author : Paul Street,Anthony R. Dimaggio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317261926

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Crashing the Tea Party by Paul Street,Anthony R. Dimaggio Pdf

The Tea Party has been the most high profile and controversial social movement in the US of recent times. But real analysis of the Tea Party remains slim - is it a genuine social movement or a topdown interest group created by the Republican Party and corporate funding? Crashing the Tea Party is based on first-hand observation of local Tea Party chapters, and undertakes a critical journalistic and scholarly examination from the national and local level. Paul Street and Anthony DiMaggio provide a carefully documented account which challenges conventional wisdoms. Crashing the Tea Party fills the gap in public understanding about this particular social movement, and how social movements in general relate today to the ideologies of left and right and the mass media.

Author : Sam Blowsnake
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472086324

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Crashing Thunder by Sam Blowsnake Pdf

A brotherly companion to Nancy Lurie's Mountain Wolf Woman

Author : Mark Goshdigian
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483410012

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Beyond the Talking Points: Taking a Deeper Look At America’s Issues by Mark Goshdigian Pdf

Even before the election of Barack Obama, Americans were beginning to notice that the country had changed direction. Five years into his presidency, neither he nor the legislators in Congress are willing to do the work necessary to solve our problems. Critical thinking may not be sexy, but it's what will enable us to overcome our most formidable challenges. Author Mark Goshdigian, an everyday American concerned about the nation's future, bucks the trend in a series of essays that pose tough questions: Can the federal government and Federal Reserve continue to turbo-charge the economy by spending so much money? How has globalization affected the United States? What can we do to fight an entitlement culture? Can we still learn from our failures and dare to be great? Whether you're a government worker, politician, voter, or student, you owe it to yourself to examine the economy, the nation's social issues, and the political process so we can move beyond the talking points.

Author : James Ciment
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3552 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317462347

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Postwar America by James Ciment Pdf

From the outbreak of the Cold War to the rise of the United States as the last remaining superpower, the years following World War II were filled with momentous events and rapid change. Diplomatically, economically, politically, and culturally, the United States became a major influence around the globe. On the domestic front, this period witnessed some of the most turbulent and prosperous years in American history. "Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History" provides detailed coverage of all the remarkable developments within the United States during this period, as well as their dramatic impact on the rest of the world. A-Z entries address specific persons, groups, concepts, events, geographical locations, organizations, and cultural and technological phenomena. Sidebars highlight primary source materials, items of special interest, statistical data, and other information; and Cultural Landmark entries chronologically detail the music, literature, arts, and cultural history of the era. Bibliographies covering literature from the postwar era and about the era are also included, as are illustrations and specialized indexes.

Author : Scott H. Ainsworth Ph.D.,Brian M. Harward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1005 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216129424

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Political Groups, Parties, and Organizations That Shaped America [3 volumes] by Scott H. Ainsworth Ph.D.,Brian M. Harward Pdf

This three-volume set explores the multiple roles that parties and interest groups have played in American politics from the nation's beginnings to the present. This set serves as an essential resource for analyzing the emergence and impact of parties and interest groups in the American political system and for understanding the systematic and structural bases for interest group and party behavior. Volume One opens with an introduction by the editors that provides a general overview of the eras and identifies important themes and events, laying a foundation on which the subsequent essays and primary documents for each interest group or political party builds. Narrative essays focus on how specific parties or interest groups have shaped or reflect a particular set of events or general themes in each of the eras in American political history. Topical entries reflect key themes developed throughout the volumes. Entries range from important founding groups and parties to contemporary political action committees and policy advocacy groups. The set also includes primary source documents (e.g., letters, platform documents, court decisions, flyers, etc.) that reveal important dimensions of the corresponding group's political influence.

Author : Ralph Nader
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312284330

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Crashing the Party by Ralph Nader Pdf

Ralph Nader is one of America's most passionate and effective social critics. He has been called a muckraker, a consumer crusader, and America's public defender. The cars we drive, the food we eat, the water we drink-their safety has been enhanced largely due to Ralph Nader. His inspiration and example have rallied consumer advocates, citizen activists, public interest lawyers, and government officials into action, and in the 2000 election, nearly three million people voted for him. An inspiring and defiant memoir, Crashing the Party takes us inside Nader's campaign and explains what it took to fight the two-party juggernaut; why Bush and Gore were really afraid to let him in on their debates; why progressive Democrats have been left behind and ignored by their party; how Democrat and Republican interests have been lost to corporate bankrolling; and what needs to happen in the future for people to take back their political system.

Author : Edward L. Jackiewicz,Fernando J. Bosco
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538126318

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Placing Latin America by Edward L. Jackiewicz,Fernando J. Bosco Pdf

Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region. This comprehensive text focuses on the dynamic connections between people, places, and environments rather than on predefined notions about the region. The book’s well-rounded and accessible analysis includes discussions of borders and migration, transnationalism and globalization, urbanization and landscapes of cities, the connections between economic development and political change, the physical environment and human-environmental interactions, and natural resources in the context of a global economy. The authors also explore social and cultural themes such as the illegal drug trade, social movements, tourism, and children and young people. Providing a nuanced and clear perspective, this book will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly changing continent.

Author : George Michael
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813048543

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Extremism in America by George Michael Pdf

The American Republic was born in revolt against the British crown, and ever since, political extremism has had a long tradition in the United States. To some observers, the continued presence of extremist groups--and the escalation of their activities--portends the fragmentation of the country, while others believe such is the way American pluralism works. The word extremism often carries negative connotations, yet in 1964 Barry Goldwater famously said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." Extremism in America is a sweeping overview and assessment of the various brands of bigotry, prejudice, zealotry, dogmatism, and partisanship found in the United States, including the extreme right, the antiglobalization movement, Black Nationalism, Chicano separatism, militant Islam, Jewish extremism, eco-extremism, the radical antiabortion movement, and extremist terrorism. Many of these forms of single-minded intolerance are repressed by both the state and society at large, but others receive significant support from their constituencies and enjoy a level of respectability in some quarters of the mainstream. The essays in this volume, written by area specialists, examine the relationship between these movements and the larger society, dissect the arguments of contemporary American anarchist activists, look at recent trends in political extremism, and suggest how and why such arguments resonate with a considerable number of people.

Author : E. R. Frank
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780689857720

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America by E. R. Frank Pdf

America, a not-black, not-white, not-anything teenage boy who has spent many years in institutions for disturbed, antisocial behavior, tries to piece his life together.

Author : Miles Huntley Hodges
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781973681038

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America’s Rise to Greatness Under God’s Covenant by Miles Huntley Hodges Pdf

This book is part of a three-part series on America as a Covenant Nation. This volume covers from the rise of America’s industrial revolution in the late 1800s to America’s taking the position in the Cold-War 1950s as the leader of the “Free World.” It is a typical social (political, economic, and military) history of America—untypical however in how it connects the intellectual, moral and spiritual character of America with those same social events. It takes the reader through the days of Western imperialism, World War One, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War Two, the beginning of the Cold War, and finally the age of Middle-America’s grand success (the 1950s). It focuses heavily on the leaders (most frequently the country’s presidents) and how their own personal spirituality shaped their times—and the way the Christian community in particular responded to both the social challenges facing it and the spiritual leadership attempting to inspire and guide it. It seeks to give the Christian reader (or Secular reader if he or she is willing to be challenged) a highly-detailed knowledge of the historical path—social and spiritual—that has brought us to today’s world ... and its enormous challenges.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119592983

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1988 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 5135 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351765206

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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English by Tom Dalzell Pdf

The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.