1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461889903321

Autore

Rosén Hannah

Titolo

Terror in the heart of freedom : citizenship, sexual violence, and the meaning of race in the postemancipation South / / Hannah Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8078-8856-7

1-4696-0571-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 pages)

Collana

Gender and American culture

Disciplina

323.1196/073075

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - Southern States - History - 19th century

African American women - Crimes against - Southern States - History - 19th century

Rape - Southern States - History - 19th century

Rape - Political aspects - Southern States - History - 19th century

Slaves - Emancipation - Social aspects - Southern States

Citizenship - Social aspects - Southern States - History - 19th century

Sex role - Southern States - History - 19th century

Racism - Southern States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Southern States Race relations History 19th century

Southern States History 1865-1877

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 (pages [355]-379) and index.

Nota di contenuto

I: A city of refuge: emancipation in Memphis, 1862-1866 -- City streets and other public spaces -- A riot and massacre -- II: A state of mobilization: politics in Arkansas, 1865-1868 -- The capitol and other public spheres == A constitutional convention -- III: A region of terror: violence in the South, 1865-1876 -- Houses, yards, and other domestic domains -- Testifying to violence.

Sommario/riassunto

The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male). These traditional



definitions of race were radically disrupted after emancipation, when citizenship was granted to all persons born in the United States and suffrage was extended to all men. Hannah Rosen persuasively argues that in this critical moment of Reconstruction, contests over the future meaning of race were often fought on the terrain of gender.Sexual violence--specifically, white-on-black rape--e

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457879703321

Titolo

Blindside [[electronic resource] ] : how to anticipate forcing events and wild cards in global politics / / Francis Fukuyama, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-02963-7

9786611029630

0-8157-2989-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FukuyamaFrancis

Disciplina

363.34/7

Soggetti

Emergency management - United States

International relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An American Interest Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The challenges of uncertainty: an introduction / Francis Fukuyama -- Thinking about catastrophe / Richard A. Posner -- Cases: looking back -- Slow surprise: the dynamics of technology synergy / David Landes -- U.S. intelligence estimates of Soviet collapse: reality and perception / Bruce Berkowitz -- Econoshocks: the East Asian crisis case / David Hale -- Cases: looking ahead -- The once and future DARPA / William Bonvillian -- Fueled again? In search of energy security / Gal Luft and Anne Korin -- Emerging infectious diseases: are we prepared? / Scott Barrett -- Forecasting -- Ahead of the curve: anticipating strategic surprise / Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall -- Can scenarios help policymakers be both bold and careful? / Robert Lempert -- Innovation



and adaptation: IT examples / Mitchell Waldrop -- What could be -- Cassandra vs. Pollyanna : a debate between James Kurth and Gregg Easterbrook -- Global discontinuities : a discussion with Owen Harries, Itamar Rabinovich, Niall Ferguson, and Scott Barrett -- American scenarios -- A discussion with Walter Russell Mead, Eliot Cohen, Anne Applebaum, Ruth Wedgwood, Bernard-Henry Levy, Peter Schwartz, Josef Joffe, and Francis Fukuyama -- Afterword / Francis Fukuyama -- Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Focuses on developing analytical tools to anticipate and manage low-probability events. Addresses psychological and institutional obstacles preventing planning for low-probability tragedies and allocating necessary resources. Pinpoints failures---institutional and personal---that allowed events to surprise leaders and examines philosophies and methodologies of forecasting. Discusses low-probability, high-impact contingencies in various sectors"--Provided by publisher.