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In 1867, at the spot where the Union Pacific Railroad crossed Crow Creek, the city of Cheyenne was born. Since then, the Magic City of the Plains has had a long history of hauntings. Drop into the Shadows Pub and Grill, and you may find yourself sharing a drink with a spectral patron from another era. Spend a night at the Historic Plains Hotel, and you may run into one of the many ghostly guests who refuse to check out. Even the Wrangler store...

A compilation of oral histories and unpublished photographs that narrate the history of the Japantown neighborhood in Sacramento, California"--

This book addresses the body of statutory and case law covering both the military and military conduct. Four chapters discuss the relationship between the Supreme Court and military justice, covering the Civil War era, World War II, the post-war period from 1956 to 1987, and developments since the September 11, 2001, attacks. Each chapter also includes a set of documents that shed light on these periods of U.S. history. Excerpts from key Supre...

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By tracing the shadow of the epidemic over the last 30 years in Uganda and more broadly in the region, this book investigates the impact of the epidemic on people¿s lives and livelihoods, placing the epidemic within the context of the social, political and economic changes that have occurred over the last three decades.

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Advancing Equity and Achievement in Americäs Diverse Schools illustrates how educators, students, families and community partners can work in strategic ways to build on social, cultural, and ethnic diversity to advance educational equity and achievement.

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Dominant theorists of globalization take on the assumptions of a 'Washington Consensus' which presumes the centrality of neo-liberal American individualism. This book analyzes China as a 'risk culture', embracing the boundless opportunity and adventure of Beijing's Olympic architecture.

While professional courses and how-to manuals can prepare us for expected events that will occur in the course of our careers, there remains an untapped reservoir of life experience that cannot be prepared for in training or study. Filled with stories of courage and inspiration, this volume looks at experiences encountered by public safety and military professionals that were not necessarily encompassed in their training or realistically portr...

Environmental devastation, a significant consequence of industrial activity in Soviet times, continues to be a major problem in Russia. Specific problems include radioactive pollutants from inadequately monitored nuclear plants, illegal logging and wildlife poaching which have grown into hugely profitable businesses for criminal gangs, and toxic waste from unsanctioned and poorly controlled metallurgical, petroleum and agricultural chemical in...

This study examines the conditions for the viability of ethnic democracy by comparing the relations between three ethno-democratic states and their minority groups over time.

Based on in-depth interviews with a group of men under probation supervision, Sam King investigates the factors associated with making a decision to desist from crime. The book examines strategies for desistance, and explores the factors that individuals consider when they are thinking about how they will desist.

This book examines the transformations in form, genre, and content of contemporary Chinese print media. It describes and analyses the role of post-reform social stratification in the media, focusing particularly on how the changing practices and institutions of the industry correspond to and accelerate the emergence of a relatively affluent urban leisure-reading market. It argues that this reinvention of Chinese print media vis- -vis the creat...

This text offers a novel approach to studying the political impact of refugees. It centres on the political incentives and reactions that arise in countries from hosting refugees.

The book critically discusses climate-resilient development in the context of current deficiencies of multilateral climate management strategies and processes. It analyses innovative climate policy options at national, (inter-)regional, and local levels from a mainly Southern perspective, thus contributing to the topical debate on alternative climate governance and resilient development models.

Das Stück spielt in einer nicht näher bestimmten Zeit in Andorra, - "gemeint ist natürlich nicht der wirkliche Kleinstaat dieses Namens (...) Andorra ist der Name für ein Modell." (Max Frisch). Hier begegnet der Zuschauer dem jungen Andri, dem Pflegesohn des Lehrers Can. Der Lehrer brachte ihn nach seiner Darstellung als Judenkind aus dem Nachbarland, dem Land der "Schwarzen", wo es der lebensbedrohenden Verfolgung dieses Volkes ausgesetzt gew...

Move over, Thomas Edison! Nikola Tesla takes the spotlight in a biography of the man who pioneered modern electrical engineering — and changed the course of history.When a Serbian boy named Nikola Tesla was three, he stroked his cat and was enchanted by the electrical sparks. By the time he was a teenager, he had made a vow: Someday I will turn the power of Niagara Falls into electricity. Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brough...