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The white nationalist movement in the United States is nothing new.
Yet, prior to the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville,
Virginia, many Americans assumed that it existed only on the
fringes of our political system, a dark cultural relic pushed out
of the mainstream by the victories of the Civil Rights Movement.
The events in Charlottesville made clear that we had underestimated
the scale of the white nationalist movement; Donald Trump's
reaction to it brought home the reality that the movement had
gained political clout in the White House. Yet, as this book
argues, the mainstreaming of white nationalism did not begin with
Trump, but began during the Obama era. Hard White explains how the
mainstreaming of white nationalism occurred, pointing to two major
shifts in the movement. First, Barack Obama's presidential tenure,
along with increases in minority representation, fostered white
anxiety about Muslims, Latinx immigrants, and black Americans.
While anti-Semitic sentiments remained somewhat on the fringes,
hostility toward Muslims, Latinos, and African Americans bubbled up
into mainstream conservative views. At the same time, white
nationalist leaders shifted their focus and resources from protest
to electoral politics, and the book traces the evolution of the
movement's political forays from David Duke to the American Freedom
Party, the Tea Party, and, finally, the emergence of the Alt-Right.
Interestingly it also shows that white hostility peaked in 2012-not
2016. Richard C. Fording and Sanford F. Schram also show that the
key to Trump's win was not persuading economically anxious voters
to become racially conservative. Rather, Trump mobilized racially
hostile voters in the key swing states that flipped from blue to
red in 2016. In fact, the authors show that voter turnout among
white racial conservatives in the six states that Trump flipped was
significantly higher in 2016 compared to 2012. They also show that
white racial conservatives were far more likely to participate in
the election beyond voting in 2016. However, the rise of white
nationalism has also mobilized racial progressives. While the book
argues that white extremism will have enduring effects on American
electoral politics for some time to come, it suggests that the way
forward is to refocus the conversation on social solidarity,
concluding with ideas for how to build this solidarity.
Western societies today are coming unmoored in the face of
earth-shaking ethical and cultural paradigm shift. At its core is
the question of what it means to be human and how we are meant to
live. The old answers are no longer accepted; a dizzying array of
options are offered in their stead. Underpinning this smorgasbord
of lifestyles is a thicket of unquestioned assumptions, such as the
separation of gender from biological sex, which not so long ago
would have been universally rejected as radical notions. In the
spring of 2019, a group of Orthodox Christian scholars drawn from a
wide variety of academic disciplines met together to offer
responses to the moral crisis our generation faces, elaborating
upon its various forms and facilitating a fuller understanding of
some of its theological and philosophical foundations. In doing so
they offer support to all those who question the claims that are so
forcefully insisted upon today - a clarity that will aid them in
standing up and resisting trends that have already shown to be the
cause of great suffering and unhappiness. Among the contributors to
this volume are NY Times bestselling author Rod Dreher, Frederica
Matthewes-Green, Dr David Bradshaw, Fr Chad Hatfield, and Fr Peter
Heers. Collectively, these scholars remind us that it is only
through our participation in the life of Christ, God who became
man, that we can find the healing of our humanity through the
restoration in us of His image, in which we were formed at the
beginning of time.
While women are succeeding in historically male professions,
stereotypes of their lack of competence persist as obstacles to
their advancement, with popular media urging women to improve their
language skills if they hope to advance in traditionally male
professions.
In "Women Speaking Up: Getting and Using Turns in Workplace
Meetings," Cecilia E. Ford rejects popular notions of gender
difference and even deficiency in women's language use. She uses
careful analysis of interaction to counter negative myths, focusing
on women's turns as exemplars skills required by men and women
alike to contribute to workplace meetings. Based on videotaped
meetings in a variety of settings the author offers new insights
into vocal and non-vocal practices for getting and using turns in
these common workplace events. The book introduces conversation
analytic methods and presents new findings on turn taking, the use
of questions to present challenges and open participation, and the
interactional skills required to effectively raise issues that go
counter to ideas of higher ranking co-workers. For any one who
wants to understand meeting interaction, Women Speaking Up offers a
wealth of well-grounded new perspectives, while celebrating women's
demonstrated competence.
The Art of Winold Reiss brings to light the creative and
forward-thinking work of this German-born artist. Winold Reiss
(1886-1953) arrived in New York in 1913, the year of the
ground-breaking Armory Show. The exhibition shook the American art
scene to its core and ushered in a radically new artistic
sensibility, whilst Reiss's exuberant, dynamic designs anticipated
the American passion for the new European avant-garde art. Steeped
in a German aesthetic, Reiss brought his unique brand of modernism
to the United States, and established a reputation and material
presence in New York's cultural and commercial landscape. This
vibrantly illustrated volume showcases over 140 examples of Reiss's
work, ranging from his early graphic creations for advertisements,
menus, packaging, calendars, and books, to his architectural and
interior designs. Reiss's portraits of African Americans include
leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance as well as members of the
professional and working classes. Essays by leading specialists
provide an overview of Reiss's life and artistic achievements,
examining his interior designs of iconic New York restaurants and
bars, his portraits and his decorative arts, including his work in
new 20th-century materials.
This is the first scholarly monograph on ancient Greek atheism. It
demonstrates that atheism was actually embedded in the Greek
religious environment, taking an interdisciplinary approach by
drawing upon philosophy, theology, sociology, and other subjects,
and carefully analysing source material in modern English
translation.
Powerful portraits from the 1960s "Black Is Beautiful" movement. In
the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used his
photography to popularize the political slogan "Black Is
Beautiful." This monograph-the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite's
remarkable career-tells the story of a key, but under-recognized,
figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. Inspired by the writings
of activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey, Brathwaite, along
with his older brother, Elombe Brath, founded the African Jazz Arts
Society and Studios (AJASS) and the Grandassa Models (1962). AJASS
was a collective of artists, playwrights, designers, and dancers;
Grandassa Models was a modeling agency for black women, founded to
challenge white beauty standards. From stunning studio portraits of
the Grandassa Models to behind-the-scenes images of Harlem's
artistic community, including Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, and Miles
Davis, this book offers a long-overdue exploration of Brathwaite's
life and work.
Comprehensive in its coverage, Modelling the Southern Region - 1948
to the Present presents an historical overview of the post-war
Southern Region of British Railways before guiding the reader
through a series of detailed modelling projects, illustrating all
of the techniques and equipment required, from building freight,
locomotives and architecture, to modernization, electrification and
the third rail. These projects make use of the best available
commercial model-making products and provide an introduction to
scratch-building your own lineside items. Each project is supported
by a short historical background section and suggestions as to how
each project could be further developed. The result will be a set
of models that sets the modeller on track for a first-class model
of the Southern Region.
Nothing could be more valuable than creating a new paradigm in
economics, particularly in the field of agricultural development. A
notable example is T. W. Schultz's (1964) thesis regarding
"efficient but poor" small-scale farmers in low-income or
developing countries. No less influential is Vernon Ruttan and
Yujiro Hayami's thesis concerning the role of induced technical and
institutional innovation; arguing that as the scarcity of a factor
of production (e.g. labor) increases, technology that saves on the
use of the factor is induced to develop, along with supportive
institutions, including property rights systems, public-sector
research and extension systems, and marketing institutions. In
Chapter 2 of this volume, they note that "it became clear that the
induced technical change theme could provide the structure needed
to integrate a large body of theoretical and empirical research on
agricultural development." In fact, their research provided a
consistent and effective framework to analyze how markets,
technology development and institutional changes interact to
facilitate agricultural development. Their perspectives are wide,
covering large geographical areas and a thorough analysis of the
historical development of agriculture in the United States, Japan,
and many other Asian countries. The book collects the most
influential papers of Ruttan and Hayami in order to aid readers in
understanding how these highly influential agricultural economists
developed their perspectives.
Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the
Middle Ages, This volume continues the theme of its predecessor,
addressing how the Middle Ages have been invoked to score political
points, particularly with reference to the rise of populism fueled
by recent recessions and a pandemic. The nine essays in the first
portion of the volume directly address political medievalism in
Tariq Ali's 2005 novel on Mideast instability, A Sultan in Palermo;
attempts by twentieth-century Czech politicians to anchor their
causes in the fifteenth-century Czech hero Petr Chelcicky;
far-right deployment of Robin Hood memes to slander Hillary Rodham
Clinton and Barack Obama; the ways Rory Mullarkey's 2017 play Saint
George and the Dragon comments onEnglish national identity relative
to Brexit; how national stereotypes have come into play amid
cross-channel reporting on Brexit; nationalism in the medievalizing
German monument to their fallen at the 1942 Battle of El
Alamein;the English-speaking world's reception of Anthony Munday's
1589 book on conduct, Palmendos; nationalism in the
self-characterization of two contemporary British Pagan movements;
and how various communities in the television series Game of
Thrones comment on medieval and/or contemporary nations. Nor are
politics entirely absent from the final four articles in the
volume, as they examine attempts to promote such particular agendas
as toxic masculinity in Game of Thrones; misogyno-feminism there
and in the George R.R. Martin book series on which the television
program is based, A Song of Ice and Fire; the potential for
audience self-realization amid the tension between the individual
and the collective in The Mere Wife, Maria Dahvana Headley's 2018
adaptation of Beowulf; and ideal individual and collective behavior
as modeled in the Ringling Brothers' 1912-13 spectacles about Joan
of Arc.
Biomedical Applications of Inorganic Photochemistry, Volume 80 in
the Advances in Inorganic Chemistry series, highlights new advances
in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters
written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this new
release include Photochemical bio-signaling with Ruthenium
complexes, Adventures in the photo-uncaging of small molecule
bioregulators, Challenges in medicinal inorganic chemistry and best
practices to ensure rigor and reproducibility, Strategic Design of
Photo-functional Transition Metal Complexes for Targeted Bioimaging
and Therapy, Photoactive Manganese carbonyl Complexes with
fac-{Mn(CO)3} Moiety: Design, Application, and Potential as
Prodrugs in CO Therapy, Mitochondrial Targeting Metal Complexes,
and more. Other chapters cover Photoactive Organometallic Compounds
with Antimicrobial Properties, Photoactivated platinum anticancer
complexes, New ruthenium phthalocyanines liposomal-encapsulated in
modulation of nitric oxide and singlet oxygen release: Selectivity
cytotoxicity effect on cancerous cell lines, Inorganic
Nanoparticles Engineered for Light-Triggered Unconventional
Therapies, Mechanistic insight into phot-activation of small
inorganic molecules from the biomedical application perspectives,
Ruthenium Complexes for Photoactivated Dual Activity: Drug Delivery
and Singlet Oxygen Generation, and Leveraging the Photophysical
Properties of Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes for Biomedical
Applications.
Catalysis in Biomass Conversion, Volume 77 in the Advances in
Inorganic Chemistry series, presents timely and informative
summaries on current progress in a variety of subject areas. This
acclaimed serial features reviews written by experts in the field,
serving as an indispensable reference to advanced researchers that
empowers readers to pursue new developments in each field. Users
will find this to be a comprehensive overview of recent findings
and trends from the last decade that covers various kinds of
inorganic topics, from theoretical oriented supramolecular
chemistry, to the quest for accurate calculations of spin states in
transition metals.
"Beautifully written, searingly honest, and deeply affecting ...
when the book ended, I only wanted more" - Roxane Gay "Ford is a
writer for the ages, and Somebody's Daughter will be a book of the
year" - Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed "Truly a classic in the
making" - John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars An Oprah
book Throughout her adolescence, Ashley Ford doesn't know how to
deal with the worries that keep her up at night. If only she could
turn to her father for his advice and support. But he's in prison,
and she doesn't know what he did to end up there. After being raped
by her ex-boyfriend, Ashley desperately searches for her sense of
self. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father's
incarceration... and Ashley's world is turned upside down. Ashley
embarks on a powerful journey to find the connections between who
she is and what she was born into, discovering that, however much
we might try to untether ourselves from a painful past, the ties
that bind families together are the strongest ones of all. "Sure to
be one of the best memoirs of 2021" - Kirkus Reviews "A
heart-wrenching coming-of age story" - Time "Her coming-of-age
story gets at how to both acknowledge and break away from what
we're born into" - Cosmopolitan "A beautiful, delicate memoir... a
journey toward true and powerful selfhood" - Elle
The second title in Thomas Telford's ground breaking ICE Manuals
series. This essential two volume work is a single stop,
comprehensive reference for practicing engineers. Written and
edited by a wide selection of leading specialists in each field,
the ICE manual of construction materials covers each of the key
materials used in construction, detailing their properties and
application in a civil and structural engineering context, and
referencing the most up-to-date standards governing their use in
construction.
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Recon (Paperback)
Devon C. Ford
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R342
Discovery Miles 3 420
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Hope (Paperback)
Devon C. Ford
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R345
Discovery Miles 3 450
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The white nationalist movement in the United States is nothing new.
Yet, prior to the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville,
Virginia, many Americans assumed that it existed only on the
fringes of our political system, a dark cultural relic pushed out
of the mainstream by the victories of the Civil Rights Movement.
The events in Charlottesville made clear that we had underestimated
the scale of the white nationalist movement; Donald Trump's
reaction to it brought home the reality that the movement had
gained political clout in the White House. Yet, as this book
argues, the mainstreaming of white nationalism did not begin with
Trump, but began during the Obama era. Hard White explains how the
mainstreaming of white nationalism occurred, pointing to two major
shifts in the movement. First, Barack Obama's presidential tenure,
along with increases in minority representation, fostered white
anxiety about Muslims, Latinx immigrants, and black Americans.
While anti-Semitic sentiments remained somewhat on the fringes,
hostility toward Muslims, Latinos, and African Americans bubbled up
into mainstream conservative views. At the same time, white
nationalist leaders shifted their focus and resources from protest
to electoral politics, and the book traces the evolution of the
movement's political forays from David Duke to the American Freedom
Party, the Tea Party, and, finally, the emergence of the Alt-Right.
Interestingly it also shows that white hostility peaked in 2012-not
2016. Richard C. Fording and Sanford F. Schram also show that the
key to Trump's win was not persuading economically anxious voters
to become racially conservative. Rather, Trump mobilized racially
hostile voters in the key swing states that flipped from blue to
red in 2016. In fact, the authors show that voter turnout among
white racial conservatives in the six states that Trump flipped was
significantly higher in 2016 compared to 2012. They also show that
white racial conservatives were far more likely to participate in
the election beyond voting in 2016. However, the rise of white
nationalism has also mobilized racial progressives. While the book
argues that white extremism will have enduring effects on American
electoral politics for some time to come, it suggests that the way
forward is to refocus the conversation on social solidarity,
concluding with ideas for how to build this solidarity.
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