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Blevins Don |
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A priest, a prostitute, and some other early Texans : the lives of fourteen Lone Star State pioneers / / Don Blevins |
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Guilford, Connecticut ; ; Helena, Montana : , : Lone Star Books, , 2016 |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Pioneers - Texas |
Frontier and pioneer life - Texas |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A Priest, A Prostitute, And Some Other Early Texans; Contents; PREFACE; 1. FATHER MICHAEL MULDOON: Muldoon's Catholics; 2. SARAH BOWMAN: She Gave Solace to Many-in Many Ways; 3. AYLETT C. BUCKNER: They Called Him "Strap"; 4. SOPHIA PORTER: Paul Revere in a Dress; 5. MOLLIE BAILEY: She Played the Center Ring; 6. BASS OUTLAW: Ranger Little Wolf; 7. LIZZIE JOHNSON WILLIAMS: Educator, Trail Boss, Rancher, Miser; 8. WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD: "The Thing That Comes"; 9. ADAH ISAACS MENKEN: Was She Really Naked?; 10. THREE-LEGGED WILLIE: Justice and Independence Above All |
11. MADAM CANDELARIA: Was She at the Alamo-or Wasn't She?12. JAMES BRITON BAILEY: He's Still Looking for His Jug; 13. MARTHA WHITE MCWHIRTER: She Who Was Sanctified; 14. MILTON FAVER: The Baron of West Texas; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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This unique collection of short biographies of the Lone Star State's most colorful characters includes headliners Father Miguel Muldoon, the Irish-Spanish Catholic priest and diplomat who helped convert Protestants in order to settle Austin, and six-foot-two prostitute and hotelkeeper Sarah Bowman, who fought as bravely as a man among the Rangers and was buried with full military honors. These are just two of the pioneers who helped build the state amidst wars with Seminoles and Mexicans, gold rushes, and cavalry formations. These fourteen |
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vivid accounts of extraordinary lives are like no othe |
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UNINA9910825272903321 |
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Autore |
Coburn Noah |
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Derailing democracy in Afghanistan : elections in an unstable political landscape / / Noah Coburn and Anna Larson ; Bryce Scimanski, jacket design |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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LarsonAnna |
ScimanskiBryce |
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Elections - Afghanistan |
Democracy - Afghanistan |
Democratization - Afghanistan |
Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-2021 |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- DEMOCRACY DERAILED? -- Map of Afghanistan -- 1. UNDERSTANDING ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN -- 2. OF BALLOTS AND BOUNDARIES -- 3. ELECTING THE PEACE? -- 4. A HOUSE OF SAND -- 5. ENGINEERING ELECTIONS LOCALLY -- 6. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT -- 7. VIOLENCE AND VOTING -- 8. "THEY MAKE THEIR ABLUTIONS WITH BOTTLED WATER" -- 9. INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION AND ASPIRATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNANCE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
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Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, researchers, policymakers, and the media have failed to consider the long-term implications of the country's post-conflict elections. Based on fieldwork in provinces across the country and interviews with more than seven hundred |
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candidates, officials, community leaders, and voters, this book builds an in-depth portrait of Afghanistan's recent elections as experienced by individuals and communities, while revealing how the elections have in fact actively contributed to instability, undermining the prospects of democracy in Afghanistan. Merging political science with anthropology, Noah Coburn and Anna Larson document how political leaders, commanders, and the new ruling elite have used elections to further their own interests and deprive local communities of access to political opportunities. They retrace presidential, parliamentary, and provincial council elections over the past decade and expose the role of international actors in promoting the polls as one-off events, detached from the broader political landscape. This approach to elections has allowed existing local powerholders to solidify their grip on resources and opportunities, derailing democratization processes and entrenching a deeper disengagement from central government. Western powers, Coburn and Larson argue, need to reevaluate their most basic assumptions about elections, democracy, and international intervention if they hope to prevent similar outcomes in the future. |
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