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Author : WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : William O Douglas
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1354732952
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Osterhout Free Library (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Public services (Libraries)
ISBN : UOM:39015033947568
Author : Joan Quigley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199371518
"The author describes and investigates his obsession with North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens"--
Author : W. George Lovell,Lovell W George Swezey William R Kramer Wendy Lutz Christopher,Christopher H. Lutz,Wendy Kramer,William R. Swezey
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806151168
Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these “rich and strange lands,” as Hernán Cortés called them, and their “many different peoples” was brutal and prolonged. “Strange Lands and Different Peoples” examines the myriad ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it and the changes that took place in native life because of it. The studies assembled here, focusing on the first century of colonial rule (1524–1624), discuss issues of conquest and resistance, settlement and colonization, labor and tribute, and Maya survival in the wake of Spanish invasion. The authors reappraise the complex relationship between Spaniards and Indians, which was marked from the outset by mutual feelings of resentment and mistrust. While acknowledging the pivotal role of native agency, the authors also document the excesses of Spanish exploitation and the devastating impact of epidemic disease. Drawing on research findings in Spanish and Guatemalan archives, they offer fresh insight into the Kaqchikel Maya uprising of 1524, showing that despite strategic resistance, colonization imposed a burden on the indigenous population more onerous than previously thought. Guatemala remains a deeply divided and unjust society, a country whose current condition can be understood only in light of the colonial experiences that forged it. Affording readers a critical perspective on how Guatemala came to be, “Strange Lands and Different Peoples” shows the events of the past to have enduring contemporary relevance.
Author : Pierre Oberling
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110819304
Author : Michael E. Bonine
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1981-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780791497067
Author : Mary Margaret McKeown
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781640125544
U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was a giant in the legal world, even if he is often remembered for his four wives, as a potential vice-presidential nominee, as a target of impeachment proceedings, and for his tenure as the longest-serving justice from 1939 to 1975. His most enduring legacy, however, is perhaps his advocacy for the environment. Douglas was the spiritual heir to early twentieth-century conservation pioneers such as Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir. His personal spiritual mantra embraced nature as a place of solitude, sanctuary, and refuge. Caught in the giant expansion of America's urban and transportation infrastructure after World War II, Douglas became a powerful leader in forging the ambitious goals of today's environmental movement. And, in doing so, Douglas became a true citizen justice. In a way unthinkable today, Douglas ran a one-man lobby shop from his chambers at the U.S. Supreme Court, bringing him admiration from allies in conservation groups but raising ethical issues with his colleagues. He became a national figure through his books, articles, and speeches warning against environmental dangers. Douglas organized protest hikes to leverage his position as a national icon, he lobbied politicians and policymakers privately about everything from logging to highway construction and pollution, and he protested at the Supreme Court through his voluminous and passionate dissents. Douglas made a lasting contribution to both the physical environment and environmental law--with trees still standing, dams unbuilt, and beaches protected as a result of his work. His merged roles as citizen advocate and justice also put him squarely in the center of ethical dilemmas that he never fully resolved. Citizen Justice elucidates the why and how of these tensions and their contemporary lessons against the backdrop of Douglas's unparalleled commitment to the environment.
Author : John Foran
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0816624887
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117684238
Author : M. Margaret McKeown
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781640123007
Citizen Justice highlights William O. Douglas’s dual role in fulfilling his constitutional duty as U.S. Supreme Court Justice while advancing his personal passion to serve the public as a citizen advocate for the environment.
Author : J. Alterman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403976000
From the ground up the story of missed opportunities, mixed messages, and mutual frustrations in American relations with Egypt at a seminal time. Unprecedented in its drawing on Egyptian official sources, Hopes Dashed sheds new light on the difficulties and challenges of a nascent relationship characterized by missed opportunities, mixed messages, and mutual frustrations. However beneficial the intentions of those on the ground, their desire for Egyptian economic development was stymied by bureaucratic obstacles both in Egypt and the United States. And as Egypt became embroiled in the Cold War, policy decisions increasingly were made at higher levels by officials more concerned with geopolitical and Arab-Israeli issues and less how U.S. assistance could help the domestic political economy of Egypt. Alterman compellingly shows how the interests of both countries diverged to eventually undermine an early American attempt at economic assistance.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015022428182
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Libraries
ISBN : MINN:31951000760517R
Author : Mehrdad Izady
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135844974
First Published in 1993. Since before the dawn of recorded history the mountainous lands of the northern Middle East have been home to a distinct people whose cultural tradition is one of the most authentic and original in the world. Some vestiges of Kurdish life and culture can actually be traced back to burial rituals practiced over 50,000 years ago by people inhabiting the Shanidar Caves near Arbil in central Kurdistan. In this book, the author has tried to identify and delineate the heritage of the Kurds, now thoroughly submerged in the accepted and standard models for subdividing Middle Eastern civilization, none of which is designed to accommodate the stateless Kurds.
