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Permissible Dose
How much radiation is too much? J. Samuel Walker examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety …
Civil Liberties in America
A concise, authoritative guide to civil liberties issues in American society, from freedom of speech and religious liberty to due process, equal protection, and privacy.Written for …
Most of 14th Street Is Gone
"e;Left behind were hundreds of burned-out buildings, whole blocks that looked as though they had been bombed into oblivion."e; These words, written by the Washington …
Rights Revolution
The most dramatic change in American society in the last forty years has been the explosive growth of personal rights, a veritable "e;rights revolution"e; that is perceived …
Road to Madness
The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the iconic events in American sports. In this fast-paced, in-depth account, J. Samuel Walker and Randy Roberts identify the 197374 …
Prompt and Utter Destruction, Third Edition
In this concise account of why America used atomic bombs against Japan in 1945, J. Samuel Walker analyzes the reasons behind President Truman's most controversial decision. …
Three Mile Island
Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released The China Syndrome, featuring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas as a TVnews crew who witness what appears to be a serious accident at a …
American Civil Liberties Union
Since its founding after World War I, the American Civil Liberties Union has become an integral part of American society. The history of the ACLU parallels the extension of civil …
Day That Shook America
On September 11, 2001, author J. Samuel Walker was far from home when he learned of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Stricken by incredulity and …
Taming the System
It is a truism that the administration of criminal justice consists of a series of discretionary decisions by police, prosecutors, judges, and other officials. Taming the System is …
Universities, Employability and Human Development
The book makes a significant contribution to critical higher education studies, specifically to graduate employability research and to capabilities and education research. The book …
ACC Basketball
Since the inception of the Atlantic Coast Conference, intense rivalries, legendary coaches, gifted players, and fervent fans have come to define the league's basketball history. In …