How Congress Suppresses Constitutional Rights After Wars
A sobering and eyeopening indictment that Congress has consistently been the most dangerous branch of government when it comes to protecting, and undermining, civil liberties-particularly in the wake of military conflict. Why do wartime restrictions on civil liberties outlive their original justifications? Scholars have long argued that the ......
Soldiers Who Refused to Fight in the American Civil War
From renowned Civil War historian Earl J. Hess comes a study of Union and Confederate soldiers as never seen before. Shattered Courage examines the experience of the men who refused to fight on the day of battle. When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of presidential office on March 4, 1865, he urged the country to care for those "who shall have ......
1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance
In the presidential elections of 1980, 1984, and 1988, the three Democratic nominees won an average of about 10 percent of the Electoral College vote-a smaller share than any party in any three consecutive presidential elections in US history. In the next seven elections, Democrats won the popular vote in all but one (2004), a feat not achieved by ......
All-American City investigates the recent history of Wichita, Kansas, and illuminates the challenges-and opportunities-facing midsize cities throughout the nation. Distinctive. Unique. Authentic. These were the watchwords in the 2020 campaign to revitalize Wichita, Kansas, and to set it apart in the perpetual competition among American urban ......
How New York City Saved Grand Central Terminal and Preserved Urban Spaces
The dramatic story of how New Yorkers saved Grand Central Terminal and established the precedent for preserving urban landmarks. No Ordinary Landmark tells the legal story of how Grand Central Terminal became a landmark. This is the fascinating, littleknown history of the railroad company that owned Grand Central, the architects and engineers ......
How New York City Saved Grand Central Terminal and Preserved Urban Spaces
The dramatic story of how New Yorkers saved Grand Central Terminal and established the precedent for preserving urban landmarks. No Ordinary Landmark tells the legal story of how Grand Central Terminal became a landmark. This is the fascinating, littleknown history of the railroad company that owned Grand Central, the architects and engineers ......
State Politics and the Fractured US Response to HIV/AIDS
Patchwork Pandemic is the first ever history of how individual American states responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis-and an eyeopening look at how a fragmented federalist system creates disparities in public health policy. Public health in the United States has long been rife with inequity due to a federalist system that relies on state and local ......
State Politics and the Fractured US Response to HIV/AIDS
Patchwork Pandemic is the first ever history of how individual American states responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis-and an eyeopening look at how a fragmented federalist system creates disparities in public health policy. Public health in the United States has long been rife with inequity due to a federalist system that relies on state and local ......
For William Allen White, the ideal Midwestern community was a utopian vision of what America could be: a prosperous, happy community built on equality, opportunity, and neighborly generosity. This anthology collects White's famous and obscure writings and presents him as the iconic voice of the Midwestern small town. William Allen White, the ......
