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Crossing Over the Line

Author : David J. Langum
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226468709

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Crossing over the Line describes the folly of the Mann Act of 1910—a United States law which made travel from one state to another by a man and a woman with the intent of committing an immoral act a major crime. Spawned by a national wave of "white slave trade" hysteria, the Act was created by the Congress of the United States as a weapon against forced prostitution. This book is the first history of the Mann Act's often bizarre career, from its passage to the amendment that finally laid it low. In David J. Langum's hands, the story of the Act becomes an entertaining cautionary tale about the folly of legislating private morality. Langum recounts the colorful details of numerous court cases to show how enforcement of the Act mirrored changes in America's social attitudes. Federal prosecutors became masters in the selective use of the Act: against political opponents of the government, like Charlie Chaplin; against individuals who eluded other criminal charges, like the Capone mobster "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn; and against black men, like singer Chuck Berry and boxer Jack Johnson, who dared to consort with white women. The Act engendered a thriving blackmail industry and was used by women like Frank Lloyd Wright's wife to extort favorable divorce settlements. "Crossing over the Line is a work of scholarship as wrought by a civil libertarian, and the text . . . sizzles with the passion of an ardent believer in real liberty under reasonable laws."—Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times

Crossing the Line in Africa

Author : Ngwa, Canute Ambe,Funteh, Mark Bolak
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789956550890

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This book explores a collective understanding of the perception and treatment of borders in Africa. The notion of boundary is universal as boundaries are also an important part of human social organization. Through the ages, boundaries have remained the ‘container’ by which national space is delineated and ‘contained’. For as long as there has been human society based on territoriality and space, there have been boundaries. With their dual character of exclusivism and inclusivism, states have proven to adopt a more structural approach to the respect of the former in consciousness of the esteem of international law governing sovereignty and territorial integrity. However, frontier peoples and their realities have often opted for the latter situation, imposing a more functionalist perception of these imaginary lines and prompting a border opinion shift to a more blurring form of representation and meaning in most African communities. This collective multidisciplinary effort of understanding how tangible and intangible borders have influenced Africa’s attitude and existence for ages is worthy in its own rights. The difference between what borders are and what they are not to a people is the mere product of their own estimations and practices, a disposition that leads the contributors to this book to study borders beyond states or nations and how borders are crossed or transferred from one point to the other for the convenience of their histories and being.

Crossing the Line

Author : Kareem Rosser
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250270870

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"A marvelous addition to the literature of inspirational sports stories." - Booklist (Starred Review) "This remarkable and inspiring story shines." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Crossing the Line will not just leave you with hope, but also ideas on how to make that hope transferable” - New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore An inspiring memoir of defying the odds from Kareem Rosser, captain of the first all-black squad to win the National Interscholastic Polo championship. Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in “The Bottom”, a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly’s Fairmount Park, Kareem’s brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers’ fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons. What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding that leads the Rossers to discovering their passion for polo. Pursuing the sport with determination and discipline, Kareem earns his place among the typically exclusive players in college, becoming part of the first all-Black national interscholastic polo championship team—all while struggling to keep his family together. Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever is the story of bonds of brotherhood, family loyalty, the transformative connection between man and horse, and forging a better future that comes from overcoming impossible odds.

Crossing Over

Author : Thirteen O'Clock Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781326208035

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Crossing Over

Author : Ruben Martinez
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0606344438

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Both an award-winning journalist and a poet, Martnez tracks a migrant family from Mexico to the U.S., and shows how migrant culture is changing America. 13 illustrations.

Conkers – Over the Line

Author : Tom Palmer
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781781129739

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Conkers – Over the Line by Tom Palmer Pdf

Can Jack and his teammates survive the horrors of war to get the chance to play football again? A stunning new edition of Tom Palmer's bestselling novel based on the true story of WWI war hero and footballing legend Jack Cock..

Crossing Over

Author : Anna Kendall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101444337

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Roger Kilbourne has the ability to "cross over" into the land of the dead and speak with its residents. It is a startling gift, and not a pleasant one. Roger manages to escape his brutal uncle, who has exploited his talents for years; after he gets a job in the palace laundry, he thinks he will be safe. Instead, there are worse dangers. First, he falls hopelessly in love with the bewitching, willful Lady Cecilia; next, he is pulled into the midst of life-threatening court intigue. Soon Roger is using his gift as a way to get the life he dreams of-even if it means bringing the dead back to the land of the living.

Policing Cinema

Author : Lee Grieveson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520239661

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, PT. 1-39, Revised as of April 1. 2012

Author : U S Office of the Federal Register
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 0160907527

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, PT. 1-39, Revised as of April 1. 2012 by U S Office of the Federal Register Pdf

The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the United States Federal Government.

Crossing the Finish Line

Author : William G. Bowen,Matthew M. Chingos,Michael McPherson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781400831463

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Crossing the Finish Line by William G. Bowen,Matthew M. Chingos,Michael McPherson Pdf

Why so many of America's public university students are not graduating—and what to do about it The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line provides the most detailed exploration ever of college completion at America's public universities. This groundbreaking book sheds light on such serious issues as dropout rates linked to race, gender, and socioeconomic status. Probing graduation rates at twenty-one flagship public universities and four statewide systems of public higher education, the authors focus on the progress of students in the entering class of 1999—from entry to graduation, transfer, or withdrawal. They examine the effects of parental education, family income, race and gender, high school grades, test scores, financial aid, and characteristics of universities attended (especially their selectivity). The conclusions are compelling: minority students and students from poor families have markedly lower graduation rates—and take longer to earn degrees—even when other variables are taken into account. Noting the strong performance of transfer students and the effects of financial constraints on student retention, the authors call for improved transfer and financial aid policies, and suggest ways of improving the sorting processes that match students to institutions. An outstanding combination of evidence and analysis, Crossing the Finish Line should be read by everyone who cares about the nation's higher education system.

Crossing the Line

Author : Laura Castoro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786251085

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Thea Morgan has never fit in. The light-skinned African-American is the recent widow of a white man. Now, she must face questions of race as she returns to her roots with her daughter-and begins to fall for her first love all over again...

Interstate Commerce Commission Reports

Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Interstate commerce
ISBN : UCAL:B2910917

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