1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788063803321

Autore

Holloway Vanessa A.

Titolo

Getting away with murder : the twentieth-century struggle for civil rights in the U.S. Senate / / Vanessa A. Holloway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-7618-6433-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Disciplina

323.1196073

Soggetti

Civil rights - United States - History

Racism - United States - 20th century

Hate crimes - United States

Murder - United States

United States Politics and government 20th century

Southern States Politics and government 20th century

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Conduit to Getting Away with Murder; 2 "No" with Authority, the Solid South in Congress; 3 Blaming Racism and the Democratic Solidarity in the Senate; 4 White Supremacy, the Unwritten Law of the Land; 5 The Disappointment, Stymied by Old Southern Politics; Appendix A; Appendix B; Selected Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>During the early twentieth century, nearly 200 anti-lynching proposals were introduced in the United States Congress. Getting Away with Murder argues that constitutional defenses for these proposals were merely excuses for Southern Democrats' racist attitudes toward black Americans and for giving private citizens a license to murder.</span></span>



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964349903321

Titolo

Cambodia : society & culture / / World Trade Press

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010]

ISBN

9781607803232

1607803232

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (7 p.)

Disciplina

301.2

Soggetti

Cambodia Social life and customs

Cambodia Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Cover title.

Sommario/riassunto

Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for Cambodia will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in Cambodia, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007095203321

Titolo

Forced folds and fractures

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Geological Society, 1999

ISBN

1-86239-752-X

1-5231-2228-5

1-4237-8443-X

Collana

Geological Society special publication   ; ; 169

Disciplina

551.8/75

Soggetti

Folds (Geology)

Geology

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Dynamic & Structural Geology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph