1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456981803321

Autore

King Desmond S

Titolo

Still a house divided [[electronic resource] ] : race and politics in Obama's America / / Desmond S. King & Rogers M. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16901-0

9786613169013

1-4008-3976-9

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Princeton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithRogers M. <1953->

Disciplina

323.1196/073

Soggetti

African Americans - Politics and government

Electronic books.

United States Race relations Political aspects History

United States Politics and government 2008-

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE. Obama's Inheritance -- Chapter 1. "That They May All Be One". America as a House Divided -- PART TWO. The Making and Unmaking of Racial Hierarchies -- Chapter 2. "That is the last speech he will ever make". The Antebellum Racial Alliances -- Chapter 3. "We of the North were thoroughly wrong". How Racial Alliances Mobilized Ideas and Law -- PART THREE. The Trajectory of Racial Alliances -- Chapter 4. "This backdrop of entrenched inequality". Affirmative Action in Work -- Chapter 5. To "affirmatively further fair housing". Enduring Racial Inequalities in American Homes and Mortgages -- Chapter 6. "To elect one of their own". Racial Alliances and Majority-Minority Districts -- Chapter 7. "Our goal is to have one classification-American". Vouchers for Schools and the Multiracial Census -- Chapter 8. "We can take the people out of the slums, but we cannot take the slums out of the people". How Today's Racial Alliances Shape Laws on Crime and Immigration -- PART FOUR. America's Inheritance -- Chapter 9. Prospects of the House Divided -- Notes --



Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why have American policies failed to reduce the racial inequalities still pervasive throughout the nation? Has President Barack Obama defined new political approaches to race that might spur unity and progress? Still a House Divided examines the enduring divisions of American racial politics and how these conflicts have been shaped by distinct political alliances and their competing race policies. Combining deep historical knowledge with a detailed exploration of such issues as housing, employment, criminal justice, multiracial census categories, immigration, voting in majority-minority districts, and school vouchers, Desmond King and Rogers Smith assess the significance of President Obama's election to the White House and the prospects for achieving constructive racial policies for America's future. Offering a fresh perspective on the networks of governing institutions, political groups, and political actors that influence the structure of American racial politics, King and Smith identify three distinct periods of opposing racial policy coalitions in American history. The authors investigate how today's alliances pit color-blind and race-conscious approaches against one another, contributing to political polarization and distorted policymaking. Contending that President Obama has so far inadequately confronted partisan divisions over race, the authors call for all sides to recognize the need for a balance of policy measures if America is to ever cease being a nation divided. Presenting a powerful account of American political alliances and their contending racial agendas, Still a House Divided sheds light on a policy path vital to the country's future.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143311803321

Titolo

Cardiovascular imaging [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for clinical practice / / edited by Jeroen J. Bax ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-280-74845-1

9786610748457

0-470-76257-8

1-4443-1289-8

1-4051-7172-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

The ESC educational series

Altri autori (Persone)

BaxJeroen J

Disciplina

616.10754

616.120754

Soggetti

Heart - Imaging

Cardiovascular system - Imaging

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

List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Section one: Valve disease; CHAPTER 1 Mitral stenosis; CHAPTER 2 Mitral regurgitation; CHAPTER 3 Aortic stenosis; CHAPTER 4 Aortic regurgitation; CHAPTER 5 Aortic dissection; CHAPTER 6 Evaluation of prosthetic heart valves; CHAPTER 7 Echocardiography in infective endocarditis; Section two: Coronary artery disease; CHAPTER 8 Coronary imaging and screening; CHAPTER 9 Diagnosis and prognosis in patients with chest pain; CHAPTER 10 Peripheral vascular disease; CHAPTER 11 Risk stratification post-infarction

CHAPTER 12 Risk stratification before non-cardiac surgerySection three: Heart failure; CHAPTER 13 Acute dyspnea (diastolic, systolic LV dysfunction, and pulmonary embolism); CHAPTER 14 Echocardiographic evaluation of patients with chronic dyspnea; CHAPTER 15 Resynchronization therapy; CHAPTER 16 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; CHAPTER 17 Viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy; Section four: Uncommon entities; CHAPTER 18 Cardiac tumors; CHAPTER 19



Evaluation of the transplanted heart; CHAPTER 20 Unusual cardiomyopathies - role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

CHAPTER 21 Myocarditis and pericardial diseaseCHAPTER 22 Congenital heart disease; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is focused on the use of non-invasive imaging in clinical cardiology. Its central theme is the use of different imaging modalities in the routine clinical problems that physicians encounter on a regular basis. Many different clinical issues are discussed, including valvular disease, coronary artery disease, and myocardial and pericardial disease. In these various pathologies, the applications of echocardiography, nuclear imaging, CMR and MSCT are highlighted.  The majority of chapters are illustrated with a clinical case study and with moving images, which are contained o