1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455644603321

Autore

Davies Sharon L. <1960->

Titolo

Rising road [[electronic resource] ] : a true tale of love, race, and religion in America / / Sharon Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-46582-1

9786612465826

0-19-970190-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

306.84

306.84/60976178109042

306.846

306.8460976

306.8460976178109042

Soggetti

Interracial marriage - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century

Anti-Catholicism - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century

Murder - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; ONE: Resistance; TWO: A Parish to Run; THREE: Until Death Do Us Part; FOUR: A City Reacts; FIVE: A Killer Speaks; SIX: The Building of a Defense; SEVEN: The Engines of Justice Turn; EIGHT: Black Robes, White Robes; NINE: Trials and Tribulations; TEN: Shadow Boxing; ELEVEN: A Jury's Verdict; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It was among the most notorious criminal cases of its day. On August 11, 1921, in Birmingham, Alabama, a Methodist minister named Edwin Stephenson shot and killed a Catholic priest, James Coyle, in broad daylight and in front of numerous witnesses. The killer's motive? The priest had married Stephenson's eighteen-year-old daughter Ruth--who had secretly converted to Catholicism three months earlier--to Pedro Gussman, a Puerto Rican migrant and practicing Catholic. Having



all but disappeared from historical memory, the murder of Father Coyle and the trial of Rev. Stephenson that followed are vi

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910219962803321

Autore

Wu Felicia

Titolo

The future of genetically modified crops : lessons from the Green Revolution / / Felicia Wu, William P. Butz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2004

ISBN

0-8330-4051-0

1-59875-262-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ButzWilliam P

Disciplina

631.5233

Soggetti

Transgenic plants

Crops - Genetic engineering

Green Revolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MG-161."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; The Agricultural Revolutions of the 19th and20th Centuries; The "Gene Revolution"; The Gene Revolution in Light of the Earlier GreenRevolution; ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT; CHAPTER TWO- The Green Revolution; Science and Technology; Funding; Where the Green Revolution Occurred; Policies and Politics; Where the Green Revolution Fell Short: Remaining Challenges; Lessons from the Green Revolution; CHAPTER THREE- The Gene Revolution: Genetically Modified Crops; Science and Technology; Funding

Where the Gene Revolution Is OccurringPolicies and Politics; CHAPTER FOUR- Lessons for the Gene Revolution from the Green Revolution; Agricultural Biotechnology Is Just One of Several Optionsfor the Future; Broadening the Impact of the GM Crop Movement:Applying Lessons from the Green Revolution; Implications for Relevant Stakeholders; Bibliography



Sommario/riassunto

Investigates the circumstances and processes required to establish the new Gene Revolution in which genetically modified crops are tailored to address chronic agricultural problems in specific regions of the world.