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Correspondence, Jan Comfort Sep 1997

Correspondence, Jan Comfort

Jan Comfort

No abstract provided.


The Futility Of Campaign Finance Reform: A Historical Perspective, Christopher H. Hoebeke Jul 1997

The Futility Of Campaign Finance Reform: A Historical Perspective, Christopher H. Hoebeke

Christopher H Hoebeke

No abstract provided.


Autobiographies By Americans Of Color 1980-1994: An Annotated Bibliography, Rebecca Stuhr Dec 1996

Autobiographies By Americans Of Color 1980-1994: An Annotated Bibliography, Rebecca Stuhr

Rebecca A Stuhr

This book compiles and provides a brief summary of autobiographies published or reissued during the last decades of the 20th century. This is an excellent source for finding personal accounts of growing up just after the end of slavery through the civil rights movement, experiences for Japanese Americans during World War II, the American Indian Movement, and the growing movement for rights for immigrant labor in the United States. Many of these autobiographies were written to provide an account of family history, hardship endured, and accomplishments achieved for the next generation.


Legal Rhetoric And Revolutionary Change, Richard Kay Dec 1996

Legal Rhetoric And Revolutionary Change, Richard Kay

Richard Kay

If we define revolutionary change as the alteration of fundamental political arrangements in ways inconsistent with accepted understandings of law, we would not expect to find the invocation of law in justification of that change. In fact, however, such justification is not uncommon. This paper examines three cases exposing differing attitudes to legal justification of revolution-- the English Revolution of 1688-89, the secession of the Southern states at the beginning of the American Civil War and the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. In each case the paper describes the revolutionaries' use of legal language. It then shows how the use or …


Review Of Soulfires: Young Black Men On Love And Violence, Amilcar Shabazz Dec 1996

Review Of Soulfires: Young Black Men On Love And Violence, Amilcar Shabazz

Amilcar Shabazz

A review of a literary and cultural anthology on African American males on love and violence.


American Studies And Studies Of America, Randall Knoper Dec 1996

American Studies And Studies Of America, Randall Knoper

Randall Knoper

No abstract provided.


South Carolina Inventors And Inventions 1790-1873, Jan Comfort Dec 1996

South Carolina Inventors And Inventions 1790-1873, Jan Comfort

Jan Comfort

No abstract provided.


Political Culture And Suffrage In An Anglo-American Women's West, Karen M. Morin Dec 1996

Political Culture And Suffrage In An Anglo-American Women's West, Karen M. Morin

Karen M. Morin

No abstract provided.


"A Contagious Ecstasy”: May Sinclair’S War Journals, Suzanne Raitt Dec 1996

"A Contagious Ecstasy”: May Sinclair’S War Journals, Suzanne Raitt

Suzanne Raitt

No abstract provided.