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UNINA9910461889903321 |
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Autore |
RoseĢn Hannah |
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Titolo |
Terror in the heart of freedom : citizenship, sexual violence, and the meaning of race in the postemancipation South / / Hannah Rosen |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
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0-8078-8856-7 |
1-4696-0571-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (420 pages) |
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Collana |
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Gender and American culture |
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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 |
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Southern States Race relations History 19th century |
Southern States History 1865-1877 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-379) and index. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910457879703321 |
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Titolo |
Blindside [[electronic resource] ] : how to anticipate forcing events and wild cards in global politics / / Francis Fukuyama, editor |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2007 |
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1-281-02963-7 |
9786611029630 |
0-8157-2989-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Emergency management - United States |
International relations |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"An American Interest Book." |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and index. |
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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 |
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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. |
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"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. |
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