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Author: Lee Leonard Publisher: The University of Akron Press ISBN: 1931968691 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 346
Book Description
Lee Leonard covered Ohio politics for thirty-six years. This collection brings together his columns about the major figures, seminal events, and legends from the early 1970s through 2005. The historical digest covers the key issues and trends in Ohio politics and government including coverage of major campaigns, national political conventions, the governor's mansion, the Ohio legislature, and lobbying efforts. A must read for students of Ohio history and politics, and those who are interested in the inner workings of democracy.
Author: Lee Leonard Publisher: The University of Akron Press ISBN: 1931968691 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 346
Book Description
Lee Leonard covered Ohio politics for thirty-six years. This collection brings together his columns about the major figures, seminal events, and legends from the early 1970s through 2005. The historical digest covers the key issues and trends in Ohio politics and government including coverage of major campaigns, national political conventions, the governor's mansion, the Ohio legislature, and lobbying efforts. A must read for students of Ohio history and politics, and those who are interested in the inner workings of democracy.
Author: Nelson Lankford Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0142003107 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 337
Book Description
Nelson Lankford draws upon Civil War-era diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports to vividly recapture the experiences of the men and women, both black and white, who witnessed the tumultuous fall of Richmond. In April 1865 General Robert E. Lee realized that his army must retreat from the Confederate capital and that Jefferson Davis's government must flee. As the Southern soldiers moved out they set the city on fire, leaving a blazing ruin to greet the entering Union troops. The city's fall ushered in the birth of the modern United States. Lankford's exploration of this pivotal event is at once an authoritative work of history and a stunning piece of dramatic prose.
Author: Wendell Bird Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009092995 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 421
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In the secular, contemporary world, many people question the relevance of religion. Many also wonder whether religiously-informed speech and beliefs should be tolerated in the public square, and whether religions hinder freedom. In this volume, Wendell Bird reminds us that our basic freedoms are the important legacies of religious speech arising from the Judeo-Christian tradition. Bird demonstrates that religious speech, rather than secular or irreligious speech based on other belief systems, historically made the demands and justifications for at least six critical freedoms: speech and press, rights for the criminally accused, higher education, emancipation from slavery, and freedom from discrimination. Bringing an historically-informed approach to the development of some of the most important freedoms in the Anglo-American world, this volume provides a new framework for our understanding of the origins of crucial freedoms. It also serves as a powerful reminder of an aspect of history that is steadily being forgotten or overlooked-that many of our basic freedoms are the historical legacies of religious speech arising from Judeo-Christian faiths.
Author: Jeff Thomas Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1439658285 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 223
Book Description
The modern political landscape of Virginia bears little resemblance to the past. The commonwealth is a nationally influential swing state alongside stalwarts like Florida or Ohio. But with increased power comes greater scrutiny--and corruption. Governor Bob McDonnell received a jail sentence on federal corruption charges, later vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Corporate influence on the state legislature and other leaders resulted in numerous ethics violations. Scandal erupted at the prestigious University of Virginia when the school ousted its president amid political drama and intrigue. Author Jeff Thomas reveals the intersection of money, power and politics and the corrosive effect on government in a new era.
Author: Celeste González de Bustamante Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 1477323694 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 305
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Since 2000, more than 150 journalists have been killed in Mexico. Today the country is one of the most dangerous in the world in which to be a reporter. In Surviving Mexico, Celeste González de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly examine the networks of political power, business interests, and organized crime that threaten and attack Mexican journalists, who forge ahead despite the risks. Amid the crackdown on drug cartels, overall violence in Mexico has increased, and journalists covering the conflict have grown more vulnerable. But it is not just criminal groups that want reporters out of the way. Government forces also attack journalists in order to shield corrupt authorities and the very criminals they are supposed to be fighting. Meanwhile some news organizations, enriched by their ties to corrupt government officials and criminal groups, fail to support their employees. In some cases, journalists must wait for a “green light” to publish not from their editors but from organized crime groups. Despite seemingly insurmountable constraints, journalists have turned to one another and to their communities to resist pressures and create their own networks of resilience. Drawing on a decade of rigorous research in Mexico, González de Bustamante and Relly explain how journalists have become their own activists and how they hold those in power accountable.
Author: Lee Leonard
Author: Lee Leonard
Author: James Wood Davidson
Author: Nelson Lankford
Author: Elbert Peets
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Author: Wendell Bird
Author: Jeff Thomas
Author: Don Faber
Author: Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Author: Celeste González de Bustamante