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New Media, Campaigning and the 2008 Facebook Election
Some political observers dubbed the 2008 presidential campaign as 'the Facebook Election'. Barack Obama, in particular, employed social media such as blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, …
Harry Van Arsdale, Jr.
Harry Van Arsdale (1905-1986) was a towering figure in the New York labor scene. After being initiated into the Local 3 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1925 and …
From the Jaws of Victory
From the Jaws of Victory:The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous …
Disputed Ground
Farmers suffering the effects of drought and depression in the 1930s were looking for relief from what they felt were unfair prices for their crops, and reform of the entire …
Musical Mobilities
How do musical practices move? Though technology increasingly plays a great part in establishing different degrees of spatial proximity, music making still seems to be tied to …
Football Development Index
This book provides a systematic overview of football development from a scientific perspective. The proposed multidimensional framework of assessing the concept of sports …
Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
This book integrates research and theoretical findings from multiple disciplines to present a holistic approach to conflict resolution. It highlights the wide-ranging and …
Israel, the United States, and the Antagonistic Identification of Iran
This book explores how Iran has come to occupy a uniquely antagonized position in US foreign policy by tracing the role of a dominant pro-Israel identification within American …
American Bison
A behavioral ecologist details the history of the American bison, covering such topics as bison physiology, conservation efforts, and the relationship of bison to neighbors …
Cinema of Yorgos Lanthimos
From the critical and commercial fanfare his films generate, it is largely understood that Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the more interesting filmmakers to have emerged out of the new …
Oil Prices
High oil prices affect nearly every household and business in the United States. During the course of 2008, oil prices doubled to over $145 per barrel and then fell by 80 per cent. …