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Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Doreen Rappaport Gary Kelley Kadir NelsonFrom the time he was a young boy roaming the forests of the unsettled Midwest, Abraham Lincoln knew in his heart that slavery was deeply wrong. A voracious reader, Lincoln spent every spare moment of his days filling his mind with knowledge, from history to literature to mathematics, preparing himself to one day lead the country he loved towards greater equality and prosperity. Despite the obstacles he faced as a self-educated man from the back woods, Lincoln persevered in his political career, and his compassion and honesty gradually earned him the trust of many Americans. As president, he guided the nation through a long and bitter civil war and penned the document that would lead to the end of slavery in the United States. The passion for humanity that defined Lincoln's life shines through in this momentous follow-up to Martin's Big Words and John's Secret Dreams. Told in Doreen Rappaport's accessible, absorbing prose, and brought to life in powerful illustrations by Kadir Nelson, Abe's Honest Words is an epic portrait of a truly great American president.
Abe's Youth: Shaping the Future President
by William E. Bartelt Joshua A. Claybourn&“A fascinating, in-depth examination&” of Abraham Lincoln&’s life between the ages of seven and twenty-one (Johnson County Historical Society). Although Lincoln&’s adult life as president, statesman, and savior of the Union has been well documented and analyzed, most biographers have regarded his early years as inconsequential to his career and accomplishments. But in 1920, a group of historians known as the Lincoln Inquiry were determined to give Lincoln&’s formative years their due.Abe&’s Youth takes a look into their writings, which focus on Lincoln&’s life between seven and twenty-one years of age. By filling in the gaps on Lincoln&’s childhood, these authors shed light on how his experiences growing up influenced the man he became. As the first fully annotated edition of the Lincoln Inquiry papers, Abe&’s Youth offers indispensable reading for anyone hoping to learn about Lincoln&’s early life.
Abgeordnete und ihr Beruf: Von wahren Vorurteilen und falschen Vorverurteilungen (essentials)
by Werner J. PatzeltÜber Abgeordnete meint man viel zu wissen - und weiß oft vor allem Falsches. Also werden zunächst die häufigsten Vorurteile über Parlamentarier zusammengestellt und sodann mit Befunden aus der empirischen Abgeordnetenforschung konfrontiert. Anschließend werden die wichtigsten Quellen von parlamentsbezogenen Vorurteilen und Missverständnissen erörtert, von denen einige Deutschlands politischen Erfahrungen, andere unserer aktuellen politischen Praxis geschuldet sind. Einige Hinweise auf Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten unserer Demokratie runden die Analyse ab.
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
by Natalie S. BoberThis biography, written for teens but good for adults as well, tells the story of Abigail Adams, often using the letters she wrote to family and friends as resources. It reviews Abigail's growing up years, her courtship with John Adams and what she saw during the American Revolution, along with much more.
Abigail Adams: First Lady Of The American Revolution
by Patricia Lakin Bob Dacey Debra BandelinWhen Abigail Adams was born, women were expected to be just wives and mothers. But Abigail turned out to be so much more. Read all about the fascinating life of our nation's second First Lady -- a woman who helped shape the early history of the United States. Level 3 Ready to Read, 48 pages, limited picture descriptions.
Abigail Adams: First Lady And Patriot (Historical American Biographies)
by Pat MccarthyABIGAIL ADAMS First Lady and Patriot "Remember the ladies," Abigail Adams wrote. "If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion." This warning was given to Abigail's husband, John Adams, and other politicians who were working to create a new government for the colonies that would soon become the United States. Abigail Adams, a well-educated woman, was determined to make her voice--and the voices of fellow American women--heard as the nation was being formed. In Abigail Adams: First Lady and Patriot, author Pat McCarthy examines the life of the woman who is sometimes referred to as America's first feminist. From her youth in Massachusetts to her active role as advisor to John Adams, Abigail Adams showed future First Ladies how much of an influence a woman could have on the government of the United States.
Abigail Adams
by Kem Knapp SawyerHighlights the life and accomplishments of the wife of the second president of the United States, a dedicated wife and mother who spoke up against slavery and for women's rights.
Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days
by Jean Brown WagonerA biography focusing on the early years of the parson's daughter who became the wife of our second president.
Abigail Adams: First Lady of Faith and Courage
by Evelyn WitterAbigail Adams relates the story of her life from childhood to the end of her husband's term as second President of the United States.
Abigail Adams and the Women Who Shaped America (Social Studies: Informational Text Ser.)
by Torrey MaloofThe Primary Source Readers series will ignite students' interest in history through the use of intriguing primary sources. This nonfiction reader features purposefully leveled text to increase comprehension for different learner types. Students will learn about the life and times of Abigail Adams. Text features include captions, a glossary, and an index to help build academic vocabulary and increase reading comprehension and literacy. This book prepares students for college and career readiness and aligns with state standards including NCSS/C3, McREL, and WIDA/TESOL.
Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage
by Edith Belle GellesAn intimate biography of the second U.S. president, his wife, and their relationship, based on their personal letters.Married in 1764, Abigail and John Adams worked side by side for a decade, raising a family while John became one of the most prosperous, respected lawyers in Massachusetts. When his duties as a statesman and diplomat during the Revolutionary War expanded, Abigail and John endured lengthy separations. But their loyalty and love remained strong, as their passionate, forthright letters attest. It’s in this correspondence that Abigail comes into her own as an independent woman. It's also in these exchanges that we learn about the familial tragedies that tested them: the early deaths of their son Charles from alcoholism and their daughter Nabby from breast cancer.As much a romance as it is a lively chapter in early American history, Abigail and John is an inspirational portrait of a couple who endured the turmoil and trials of a revolution, and in so doing paved the way for the birth of a nation.
Abkehr von den Parteien?: Parteiendemokratie und Bürgerprotest
by Oskar Niedermayer Uwe Jun Benjamin Höhne,,Wutbürger" wurde von der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache zum ,,Wort des Jahres 2010" gewählt. Offenkundig gibt es in Deutschland ungewohnten und scheinbar parteiübergreifenden Bürgerprotest. Dieser Band betrachtet das Thema ,,Parteien in der Gesellschaft" und deren Rolle im Zuge der Protestbewegungen umfassend und deshalb auch aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Perspektiven. Dazu gehören eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme und Diagnose des gegenwärtigen Zustands der Parteiendemokratie, die Suche nach Ursachen für die aktuelle Situation mit ihren Wirkungen auf Parteien bis hin zu Parteienverdrossenheit. Nicht zuletzt wird auch der Blick auf alternative oder partizipationsakzentuierte Formen der Organisation von Parteien, aber auch von Staatlichkeit geworfen.
Able Archer 83: The Secret History of the NATO Exercise That Almost Triggered Nuclear War
by Nate Jones Thomas S. BlantonIn November 1983, Soviet nuclear forces went on high alert. After months nervously watching increasingly assertive NATO military posturing, Soviet intelligence agencies in Western Europe received flash telegrams reporting alarming activity on U.S. bases. In response, the Soviets began planning for a countdown to a nuclear first strike by NATO on Eastern Europe. And then Able Archer 83, a vast NATO war game exercise that modeled a Soviet attack on NATO allies, ended.What the West didn't know at the time was that the Soviets thought Operation Able Archer 83 was real and were actively preparing for a surprise missile attack from NATO. This close scrape with Armageddon was largely unknown until last October when the U.S. government released a ninety-four-page presidential analysis of Able Archer that the National Security Archive had spent over a decade trying to declassify. Able Archer 83 is based upon more than a thousand pages of declassified documents that archive staffer Nate Jones has pried loose from several U.S. government agencies and British archives, as well as from formerly classified Soviet Politburo and KGB files, vividly recreating the atmosphere that nearly unleashed nuclear war.
Ableism at Work: Disablement and Hierarchies of Impairment (Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series)
by Paul David HarpurThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities promotes ability equality, but this is not experienced in national laws. Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK and the US all have one thing in common: regulatory frameworks which treat workers with psychosocial disabilities less favorably than workers with either physical or sensory disabilities. Ableism at Work is a comprehensive and comparative legal, practical and theoretical analysis of workplace inequalities experienced by workers with psychosocial disabilities. Whether it be denying anti-discrimination protection to people with episodic disabilities, addictions or other psychological impairments, failing to make reasonable accommodations/adjustments for workers with psychosocial disabilities, or denying them workers' compensation or occupational health and safety protections, regulatory interventions imbed inequalities. Ableism, sanism and prejudice are expressly stated in laws, reflected in judgments, and perpetuated by workplace practices and this book enables advocates, policy makers and lawmakers to understand the wider context in which systems discriminate workers with psychosocial disabilities.
Ableism in Education: Rethinking School Practices And Policies (Equity and Social Justice in Education #0)
by Gillian ParekhHow we organize children by ability in schools is often rooted in ableism. Ability is so central to schooling—where we explicitly and continuously shape, assess, measure, and report on students’ abilities—that ability-based decisions often appear logical and natural. However, how schools respond to ability results in very real, lifelong social and economic consequences. Special education and academic streaming (or tracking) are two of the most prominent ability-based strategies public schools use to organize student learning. Both have had a long and complicated relationship with gender, race, and class. In this down-to-earth guide, Dr. Gillian Parekh unpacks the realities of how ability and disability play out within schooling, including insights from students, teachers, and administrators about the barriers faced by students on the basis of ability. From the challenges with ability testing to gifted programs to the disability rights movement, Parekh shows how ableism is inextricably linked to other forms of bias. Her book is a powerful tool for educators committed to justice-seeking practices in schools.
Abnormal Psychology (Collins College Outlines)
by Sarah SifersThe Collins College Outline for Abnormal Psychology examines the symptoms, causes, and common treatments of the most frequently noted disorders, including personality, mood, psychotic, anxiety, gender, and organic conditions. This comprehensive guide also provides essential information on the history of abnormal psychology, legal issues, social policies, and major advances in research, as well as detailed explanations of behavioral, cognitive, biogenic, and sociocultural perspectives. Completely revised and updated byDr. Sarah Sifers, this book includes a test yourself section with answers and complete explanations at the end of each chapter. Also included are bibliographies for further reading, as well as numerous graphs, charts, and examples.The Collins College Outlines are a completely revised, in-depth series of study guides for all areas of study, including the Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science, Language, History, and Business. Featuring the most up-to-date information, each book is written by a seasoned professor in the field and focuses on a simplified and general overview of the subject for college students and, where appropriate, Advanced Placement students. Each Collins College Outline is fully integrated with the major curriculum for its subject and is a perfect supplement for any standard textbook.
El abogado de la mafia
by Martha SotoLos secretos de las negociaciones y acercamientos de la justicia de Estados Unidos con Salvatore Mancuso, Carlos Castaño, 'Jorge 40' y otros criminales y capos de la mafia La oficina del abogado cubanoamericano Joaquín Pérez, ubicada en Coral Gables, Miami, ha sido el escenario de decenas de negociaciones secretas que han adelantado con la justicia de Estados Unidos temidos y poderosos jefes paramilitares y capos del narcotráfico desde la década de los ochenta hasta nuestros días. Este libro revela la verdad detrás de esos procesos y acercamientos, protagonizados por Salvatore Mancuso, Carlos Castaño, 'Jorge 40', la esposa de 'Megateo', Víctor Patiño Fómeque y otro gran puñado de clientes que terminaron rindiéndoles cuentas a fiscales y jueces del "Tío Sam" o intentaron llegar a ellos. Todos tienen algo en común: su apoderado, el abogado de la mafia. Con el rigor investigativo y la destreza narrativa que la caracterizan, Martha Elvira Soto Franco hila la historia de los secretos mejor guardados de la mafia colombiana, escondidos hasta ahora en archivos federales y en la memoria del abogado Joaquín Pérez. El abogado de la mafia revela la historia criminal de muchos de los delincuentes que terminaron entregando a agencias estadounidenses información clave sobre episodios de corrupción, narcotráfico y violencia que, en algunos casos, aún desconocen Colombia y su justicia. Aquella época en la que se afirmaba que era "mejor una tumba en Colombia que una cárcel en Estados Unidos" ya quedó atrás.
El abogado del narco
by Harel Farfán MejíaUn libro que retrata la realidad del mundo de los cárteles de la droga en México y de las corrupciones de las autoridades. La lealtad es una ilusión, la traición se parece al amor y la riqueza es una sentencia de muerte. <p><p>¿Qué trascurre en una atmósfera de negocios millonarios, drogas, poder, jets privados, yates y fiestas a las que acuden los más influyentes de todas las esferas políticas y sociales de México: gobernadores, diputados y los capos más fuertes del momento? <p><p> José Lorenzana, el abogado, asciende al poder de manera vertiginosa haciéndose cargo de los asuntos de hombres importantes como Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alias el Señor de los Cielos, jefe del cártel de Ciudad Juárez. Amado fue considerado en sus tiempos como el hombre más rico del país y también el más buscado internacionalmente. La muerte de Amado Carrillo siempre ha estado cubierta de un halo de misterio. <p><p>El abogado tiene que recuperar elcuerpo del capo del SEMEFO y entregarlo a la familia, quien confía en él. Hacerlo no será cosa fácil, Lorenzana tendrá que utilizar todas las artimañas y contactos para lograr esa tarea, y sabe que de no entregar el cadáver, él es hombre muerto.
Abolish Social Work (As We Know It)
by Craig Fortier Edward Hon-Sing Wong Mj RwigemaAbolish Social Work (As We Know It) responds to the timely and important call for police abolition by analyzing professional social work as one alternative commonly proposed as a ready-made solution to ending police brutality. Drawing on both historical analysis and lessons learned from decades of organizing abolitionist and decolonizing practices within the field and practice of social work (including social service, community organizing, and other helping fields), this book is an important contribution in the discussion of what abolitionist social work could look like. This edited volume brings together predominantly BIPOC and queer/trans* social work survivors, community-based activists, educators, and frontline social workers to propose both an abolitionist framework for social work practice and a transformative framework that calls for the dissolution and restructuring of social work as a profession. Rejecting the practices and values encapsulated by professional social work as embedded in carceral and colonial systems, Abolish Social Work (As We Know It) moves us towards a social work framework guided by principles of mutual aid, accountability, and relationality led by Indigenous, Black, queer/trans*, racialized, immigrant, disabled, poor and other communities for whom social work has inserted itself into their lives.
Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
by Sophie LewisWhat if we could do better than the family? We need to talk about the family. For those who are lucky, families can be filled with love and care, but for many they are sites of pain: from abandonment and neglect, to abuse and violence. Nobody is more likely to harm you than your family. Even in so-called happy families, the unpaid, unacknowledged work that it takes to raise children and care for each other is endless and exhausting. It could be otherwise: in this urgent, incisive polemic, leading feminist critic Sophie Lewis makes the case for family abolition. Abolish the Family traces the history of family abolitionist demands, beginning with nineteenth century utopian socialist and sex radical Charles Fourier, the Communist Manifesto and early-twentieth century Russian family abolitionist Alexandra Kollontai. Turning her attention to the 1960s, Lewis reminds us of the anti-family politics of radical feminists like Shulamith Firestone and the gay liberationists, a tradition she traces to the queer marxists bringing family abolition to the twenty-first century. This exhilarating essay looks at historic rightwing panic about Black families and the violent imposition of the family on indigenous communities, and insists: only by thinking beyond the family can we begin to imagine what might come after.
Abolish the Monarchy: Why we should and how we will
by Graham Smith'A crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself' OWEN JONES'Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege. Read and rebel!' POLLY TOYNBEEWe're constantly told the same things about the monarchy:But the monarchy is good for tourism..It isn't! Evidence points to some royal weddings actually having a negative impact on inbound tourism.But the monarchy makes a big difference to charity..Of the approx. 1,200 charities with a royal patron, 74% had no contact with their patron during the preceding year.But everyone loves the monarchy..A January 2023 poll showed support for the monarchy is down 55 percent.It's wrong in principle and it doesn't work in practice. It doesn't have to be this way.They say Britain should be proud to have the mother of parliaments, to be a shining beacon of democracy and an example to other nations. But there's an elephant in the room.At the heart of power is a single family. They weren't elected but they live off the public purse. They aren't accountable to anyone, and yet between them they are privy to more government secrets than many cabinet ministers. Divinely appointed using a special hat, the head of the family is your superior, you his subject. Apparently he is guardian of our constitution - but we're also told he wouldn't dream of interfering in politics.If you accept the monarchy, you must accept the moral compromise that comes with it, from its erosion of the principle of equality to the secret interference in our laws. But the good news is that we don't have to accept it. True democracy is within our reach.
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (Open Media Series)
by Angela Y. DavisRevelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world's leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela Davis, one of America's most remarkable political figures, gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics and prison. Davis talks about her own incarceration, as well as her experiences as "enemy of the state," and about having been put on the FBI's "most wanted" list. She talks about the crucial role that international activism played in her case and the case of many other political prisoners.Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and institutions. Discussing the most recent disclosures about the disavowed "chain of command," and the formal reports by the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human rights and the laws of war in Guantánamo, Afghanistan and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States.
Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation
by Ruth Wilson GilmoreThe first collection of writings from one of the foremost contemporary critical thinkers on racism, geography and incarcerationGathering together Ruth Wilson Gilmore&’s work from over three decades, Abolition Geography presents her singular contribution to the politics of abolition as theorist, researcher, and organizer, offering scholars and activists ways of seeing and doing to help navigate our turbulent present. Abolition Geography moves us away from explanations of mass incarceration and racist violence focused on uninterrupted histories of prejudice or the dull compulsion of neoliberal economics. Instead, Gilmore offers a geographical grasp of how contemporary racial capitalism operates through an &“anti-state state&” that answers crises with the organized abandonment of people and environments deemed surplus to requirement. Gilmore escapes one-dimensional conceptions of what liberation demands, who demands liberation, or what indeed is to be abolished. Drawing on the lessons of grassroots organizing and internationalist imaginaries, Abolition Geography undoes the identification of abolition with mere decarceration, and reminds us that freedom is not a mere principle but a place. Edited with an introduction by Brenna Bhandar and Alberto Toscano.
The Abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate, 1924: Debates and Implications (Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series)
by Elisa GiunchiThis book explores the decision by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1924 to abolish the caliphate. The Ottoman sultans had long borne the title of caliphs of Islam, with all the prestigious authority throughout the Muslim world that went with it, and in the aftermath of the First World War the caliphate still retained great symbolic relevance.The book considers the questions that arose with its abolition, including whether or not the caliphate should be revived, reformed or replaced by other forms of political affiliation and organization. It also assesses more general issues concerning identity and legitimate authority, and how to reconcile time-honoured religious institutions and concepts with modernity, the nation-state and affiliations of an ethnic and religious nature. The book additionally addresses the debates within the pan-Islamic congresses concerning the fate of the caliphate, and the implications of its abolition for Kurdish–Turkish relations and for the British and French Empires with their large Muslim populations.
Abolitionism and the Persistence of Slavery in Italian States, 1750–1850 (Italian and Italian American Studies)
by Giulia BonazzaThis volume offers a pioneering study of slavery in the Italian states. Documenting previously unstudied cases of slavery in six Italian cities―Naples, Caserta, Rome, Palermo, Livorno and Genoa―Giulia Bonazza investigates why slavery survived into the middle of the nineteenth century, even as the abolitionist debate raged internationally and most states had abolished it. She contextualizes these cases of residual slavery from 1750–1850, focusing on two juridical and political watersheds: after the Napoleonic period, when the Italian states (with the exception of the Papal States) adopted constitutions outlawing slavery; and after the Congress of Vienna, when diplomatic relations between the Italian states, France and Great Britain intensified and slavery was condemned in terms that covered only the Atlantic slave trade. By excavating the lives of men and women who remained in slavery after abolition, this book sheds new light on the broader Mediterranean and transatlantic dimensions of slavery in the Italian states.