Local Government category: 1701 books
Archipelagoes of My South
Episodes in the Shaping of a Region, 1830–1965
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
"The tourist archipelagoes of my South / are prisons, too, corruptible" writes the poet Derek Walcott. While Walcott refers to the islands of the Caribbean, the analogous idea of a land made into solitary islands by an imprisoned and inherited corruption is historian J. Mills Thornton III’s...
by Ronald H. Bayor
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Atlanta is often cited as a prime example of a progressive New South metropolis in which blacks and whites have forged "a city too busy to hate." But Ronald Bayor argues that the city continues to bear the indelible mark of racial bias. Offering the first comprehensive history of Atlanta...
Killing Time in Saudi Arabia
An American Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
In the third book of the autobiographical American Experiences in Arabia series, the author takes a job in Saudi Arabia, biding his time until he can return to Oman and keep a promise he has made to his Omani students as well as a local interest.
In 2003, following the Invasion of Iraq, Saudi...
Before Jim Crow
The Politics of Race in Postemancipation Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Long before the Montgomery bus boycott ushered in the modern civil rights movement, black and white southerners struggled to forge interracial democracy in America. This innovative book examines the most successful interracial coalition in the nineteenth-century South, Virginia's Readjuster Party,...
by David Bollier, Silke Helfrich
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
We are poised between an old world that no longer works and a new one struggling to be born. Surrounded by centralized hierarchies on the one hand and predatory markets on the other, people around the world are searching for alternatives. The Wealth of the Commons explains how millions of commoners...
The New Politics of the Old South
An Introduction to Southern Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Now in its sixth edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America’s southern states. Edited by leading scholars Charles S. Bullock III and Mark J. Rozell, this book has been updated through...
Rio de Janeiro
The Complete Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Rio de Janeiro is a city of many wonders. Nicknamed the "Marvelous City" by Brazilians, it has plenty to offer its guests. From sun-drenched beaches to majestic mountains, from lush tropical forests to stunning monumental landmarks, from exuberant samba dancing to soothing bossa nova music,...
Rotten Boroughs, Political Thickets, and Legislative Donnybrooks
Redistricting in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Every ten years, the Texas legislature redistricts itself and the state’s congressional districts in an attempt to ensure equality in representation. With a richly textured cultural fabric, Texas often experiences redistricting battles that are heated enough to gain national attention. Collecting a...
by Donna P. Hope
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
In Jamaica, dancehall music and culture has become perhaps the most prominent expression of Jamaican popular culture. Taking its name from the dance halls in which popular local recordings were played by sound systems, the concept of Dancehall as a cultural space has rapidly gained momentum in the...
The Mississippi Secession Convention
Delegates and Deliberations in Politics and War, 1861-1865
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
The Mississippi Secession Convention is the first full treatment of any secession convention to date. Studying the Mississippi convention of 1861 offers insight into how and why southern states seceded and the effects of such a breech. Based largely on primary sources, this book provides a unique...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
The 2016 presidential election was one of the most dramatic upsets in US political history. Virtually all pre-election polls indicated Democrat Hillary Clinton ahead of Republican Donald Trump in the popular vote and Electoral College. The Atlas of the 2016 Elections explains the surprising Trump...
Urban Neighborhoods in a New Era
Revitalization Politics in the Postindustrial City
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
For decades, North American cities racked by deindustrialization and population loss have followed one primary path in their attempts at revitalization: a focus on economic growth in downtown and business areas. Neighborhoods, meanwhile, have often been left severely underserved. There are, however,...
Redistricting
The Most Political Activity in America
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
This book will prepare readers for the redistricting of congressional, state legislative, and local collegial bodies that will follow the 2010 Census. Almost every state legislature will devote extensive time to redrawing its own districts along with the state's congressional districts during 2011-2012....
Storm Lake
A Chronicle of Change, Resilience, and Hope from a Heartland Newspaper
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
"A reminder that even the smallest newspapers can hold the most powerful among us accountable." --The New York Times Book Review
**“[The Storm Lake Times has an] unwavering commitment to elevating the community… Not the enemy of the people but a voice for the people.” --Beto O’Rourke,...