03185nam 22007215 450 991078424580332120230810133354.01-281-36180-197866113618080-230-60332-710.1057/9780230603325(CKB)1000000000342517(EBL)308064(OCoLC)314792424(SSID)ssj0001660354(PQKBManifestationID)16440703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001660354(PQKBWorkID)14985759(PQKB)10127343(SSID)ssj0000283364(PQKBManifestationID)11225612(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283364(PQKBWorkID)10247965(PQKB)11751714(DE-He213)978-0-230-60332-5(MiAaPQ)EBC308064(Au-PeEL)EBL308064(CaPaEBR)ebr10171504(CaONFJC)MIL136180(EXLCZ)99100000000034251720151201d2007 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRace, Performance, and Approval of Mayors[electronic resource] /by S. Howell1st ed. 2007.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2007.1 online resource (xiv, 172 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-53530-3 1-4039-7459-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; List of Previous Publications; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Performance Models and Mayoral Approval; Chapter 2 Black Mayors in America: A Historical Overview; Chapter 3 Mayoral Racial History in Four Cities; Chapter 4 Conducting the Four City Study; Chapter 5 How Race Affects Performance Evaluations; Chapter 6 Explaining Mayoral Approval; Chapter 7 Conclusion and Discussion; Appendix; References; IndexPlease note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book is a study of why people approve and disapprove of the mayor in four cities with long histories of racial conflict: New Orleans, Detroit, Chicago and Charlotte NC. It examines the relative influence of race, racial factors, racial environment, and perceptions of the quality of life in determining mayoral approval.EuropePolitics and governmentPolitical scienceEuropean PoliticsPolitical ScienceEuropePolitics and government.Political science.European Politics.Political Science.320.8/54Howell Susan E1562298MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784245803321Race, Performance, and Approval of Mayors3829835UNINA02722nam 2200685Ia 450 991096420700332120200520144314.097866138632709781283550826128355082297808032448870803244886(CKB)2670000000234136(EBL)999200(OCoLC)809977175(SSID)ssj0000711714(PQKBManifestationID)11417268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711714(PQKBWorkID)10722528(PQKB)11638381(MiAaPQ)EBC999200(MdBmJHUP)muse19588(Au-PeEL)EBL999200(CaPaEBR)ebr10590742(CaONFJC)MIL386327(Perlego)4519017(EXLCZ)99267000000023413620120314d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPositive pollutions and cultural toxins waste and contamination in contemporary U.S. ethnic literatures /John Blair Gamber1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Press20121 online resource (247 p.)Postwestern Horizons seriesDescription based upon print version of record.9780803230460 080323046X Includes bibliographical references and index."Failing economies and tortured ecologies": Octavia Butler's Parable of the sower and Parable of the talents -- Toxic metropolis: Alejandro Morales's The rag doll plagues -- Ridding the world of waste: Louise Erdich's The antelope wife -- "An eerie liquid elasticity": Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of orange -- "Outcasts and dreamers in the cities": Gerald Vizenor's Dead voices -- Epilogue.John Blair Gamber is an assistant professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and the coeditor of <i>Transnational Asian American Literature: Sites and Transits</i>.Postwestern HorizonsAmerican fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismAmerican fictionMinority authorsHistory and criticismPollution in literatureAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.American fictionMinority authorsHistory and criticism.Pollution in literature.810.9/3556Gamber John Blair1808010MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964207003321Positive pollutions and cultural toxins4358057UNINA