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Civil Justice Reconsidered
Toward a Less Costly, More Accessible Litigation System
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Prosecutes the civil litigation system and proposes practical reforms to increase access to the courts and reduce costs.
Civil litigation has come under fire in recent years. Some critics portray a system of dishonest lawyers and undeserving litigants who prevail too often, and are awarded...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Three documents about the American Civil War are reproduced in this unique ebook. The anchor document, U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War: The Civil War in the Western Theater 1862, is a 2014 release of the Army Center of Military History. Topics and subjects covered include Lincoln, Jefferson Davis,...
by Richard D. Kahlenberg, Moshe Z. Marvit
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
American society has grown dramatically more unequal over the past quarter century. The economic gains of American workers after World War II have slowly been eroded—in part because organized labor has gone from encompassing one-third of the private sector workers to less than one-tenth. One reason...
The Higher Law, In Its Relations To Civil Government
With Particular Reference To Slavery, And The Fugitive Slave Law.
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Penned in 1859, this work was written in response to slavery in America. It is written to highlight the fact that governments act under the authority of God's ultimate government, and that they ought to line up with His statutes. Slavery falls outside of that, and this book seeks to, among other...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Discover the stories and history of the saddest era in American history, the Civil War from 1861 through 1865. With nineteen chapters and over 1500 pages of text, this unique compilation provides a stunning overview of the military strategies, campaigns, battles, and personalities of the war.
Chapter...
Winning While Losing
Civil Rights, The Conservative Movement and the Presidency from Nixon to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
"Explor[es] the paradoxical nature of racial politics in the post–civil rights period. . . . Does us the service of detailing how different presidential administrations handled civil rights, complicating our understanding of the major themes that defined the era."--American Historical...
by PK
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2017
Civil Engineering Objective Questions (MCQ) and Answers
Civil Engineering Objective Questions (MCQ) and Answers. What is the answer of this question?
(A) Civil Engineering answer
(B) Civil Engineering answer
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by James Marten
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2000
Children--white and black, northern and southern--endured a vast and varied range of experiences during the Civil War. Children celebrated victories and mourned defeats, tightened their belts and widened their responsibilities, took part in patriotic displays and suffered shortages and hardships,...
Civil War Memories
Contesting the Past in the United States since 1865
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
At a cost of at least 800,000 lives, the Civil War preserved the Union, aborted the breakaway Confederacy, and liberated a race of slaves. Civil War Memories is the first comprehensive account of how and why Americans have selectively remembered, and forgotten, this watershed conflict since its conclusion...
Challenges of Command in the Civil War
Generalship, Leadership, and Strategy at Gettysburg, Petersburg, and Beyond, Volume I: Generals and Generalship
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Dr. Richard Sommers’ Challenges of Command in the Civil War distills six decades of studying the Civil War into two succinct, thought-provoking volumes. This first installment focuses on “Civil War Generals and Generalship.” The subsequent volume will explore “Civil War Strategy, Operations,...
Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers
Reflections from the Deep South, 1964–1980
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
“Fascinating. . . . The kind of book you can open anywhere, maybe thumb back or forth a few pages, and settle into a good story.”—USA Today "One of the great, largely unknown stories of American history. This volume is a wonderfully evocative demonstration of something often discounted--how...
American Society of Civil Engineers - Los Angeles Section
100 Years of Civil Engineering Excellence 1913- 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
In 2013, the Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers celebrated its 100th anniversary. The Centennial year is highlighted herein with photos of the many celebratory activities held by the ASCE Los Angeles Section, its Branches, Younger Member Forums, Life Member Forums and Student...
The New Civil War Handbook
Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2009
“This book triumphs on several levels . . . This is going to be my answer to the question ‘Where should I start looking at the Civil War?’ from now on.” —TOCWOC–A Civil War Blog
The New Civil War Handbook is a complete up-to-date guide for American Civil War enthusiasts of all ages....
Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War
Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Many thousands of books have been written about the Civil War, but only a handful cover the story of the Southern soldiers and sailors who wore the gray uniform and fought for the Confederacy.
Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War offers a complete guide for Civil War enthusiasts of...