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UNINA9910466101703321 |
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Autore |
Wei William <1948-> |
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Asians in Colorado : A History of Persecution and Perseverance in the Centennial State / / William Wei |
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Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (395 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies |
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Soggetti |
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Race relations |
Asian Americans |
Americains d'origine asiatique - Colorado - Histoire |
Asian Americans - Colorado - History |
History |
Ressources Internet |
Electronic books. |
Colorado |
Colorado Histoire |
Colorado Relations raciales Histoire |
Colorado History |
Colorado Race relations History |
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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 and index. |
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Prologue: once upon a time in the west -- Imperialism, nationalism, and the coming of Asians to Colorado -- Chinese pioneers: looking for work, finding violence instead -- Exotic oasis in the Queen City of the west -- Importing Chinese prostitutes, excluding Chinese wives -- The Denver Race Riot and its aftermath -- Japanese immigrants: from feudal peasants to independent farmers -- Yellow Peril: from threatening Chinamen to treacherous Japan -- A concentration camp in the Centennial State -- Loyalty and betrayal on the home front -- Asian Colorado's greatest generation -- Epilogue: coming to America, again. |
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UNINA9910787683203321 |
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Autore |
Forsythe Clarke D. <1958-> |
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Abuse of discretion : the inside story of Roe v. Wade / / Clarke D. Forsythe |
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New York : , : Encounter Books, , 2013 |
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[First American edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (497 p.) |
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Abortion - Government policy - United States |
Abortion - Law and legislation - United States |
Political questions and judicial power - United States |
Trials (Abortion) - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"New revelations from the justices' papers"--Jacket. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-468) and index. |
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The road to Roe : inside the Supreme Court -- The road to Roe : taking abortion into the courts -- The red flags the justices ignored : the embarrassing arguments in the abortion cases -- The abrupt expansion to viability (and beyond) -- The medical myth that drove the outcome in Roe (and its continuing impact) -- The American experience the justices overlooked -- The public health vacuum the justices created -- Detrimental reliance : the international data on the risks to women -- The costs of schizophrenia -- The public is not "polarized" over abortion : what most Americans can agree on -- Has Roe solved the problems it was supposed to solve for women? -- What will happen on the day after Roe? |
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Based on 20 years of research, including an examination of the papers of eight of the nine Justices who voted in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, Abuse of Discretion is a critical review of the behind-the-scenes deliberations that went into the Supreme Court's abortion decisions and how the mistakes made by the Justices in 1971-1973 have led to the turmoil we see today in legislation, politics, and public health. The first half of the book looks at the mistakes made by the Justices, based on the case files, the oral arguments, and the Justices' papers. The second half of the book critically ex |
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