03239nam 2200793Ia 450 991108957290332120251117063330.09780674040458067404045710.4159/9780674040458(CKB)1000000000786955(OCoLC)628518712(CaPaEBR)ebrary10312766(SSID)ssj0000102696(PQKBManifestationID)11137821(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102696(PQKBWorkID)10060630(PQKB)11594754(MiAaPQ)EBC3300061(DE-B1597)457697(OCoLC)1028045202(OCoLC)1032693304(OCoLC)1037981101(OCoLC)1041977295(OCoLC)1046609887(OCoLC)1047009175(OCoLC)979746340(DE-B1597)9780674040458(Au-PeEL)EBL3300061(CaPaEBR)ebr10312766(OCoLC)923108902(Perlego)1133588(EXLCZ)99100000000078695520051102d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmong empires American ascendancy and its predecessors /Charles S. Maier1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20061 online resource (384 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674021891 0674021894 9780674025561 0674025563 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-346) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Questions at the Outset -- PART ONE: Recurring Structures -- Introduction: The Imperial Arena -- 1. What Is an Empire? -- 2. Frontiers 78 -- 3. "Call It Peace" -- PART TWO: America's Turn -- Introduction: Highland Park and Hiroshima -- 4. Frontiers and Forces in the Cold War -- 5. An Empire of Production -- 6. An Empire of Consumption -- Afterword: The Vase of Uruk -- Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexThis elegantly written book examines the structure and impact of empires and asks whether the United States shares their traits and behavior. Charles S. Maier outlines the essentials of empire throughout history, then explores the exercise of U.S. power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With learning, dispassion, and clarity, Among Empires offers bold comparisons and an original account of American power.National characteristics, AmericanImperialismHistoryImperialismCase studiesUnited StatesForeign relations19th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations20th centuryNational characteristics, American.ImperialismHistory.Imperialism325.320973MG 70070rvkMaier Charles S133312MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911089572903321Among empires231536UNINA02947nam 22007334a 450 991110217970332120251116165703.097808147843890814784380978081478344308147834499781429414876142941487110.18574/nyu/9780814783443(CKB)1000000000245302(EBL)865917(OCoLC)779828303(SSID)ssj0000221985(PQKBManifestationID)11198808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221985(PQKBWorkID)10162372(PQKB)10482640(MiAaPQ)EBC865917(OCoLC)228142260(MdBmJHUP)muse10392(Au-PeEL)EBL865917(CaPaEBR)ebr10137172(DE-B1597)548262(DE-B1597)9780814783443(Perlego)719389(EXLCZ)99100000000024530220030912d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPissing on demand workplace drug testing and the rise of the detox industry /Kenneth D. Tunnell1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20041 online resource (187 p.)Alternative criminology seriesDescription based upon print version of record.9780814782811 0814782817 9780814782804 0814782809 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index.The emergence of drug testing -- The drug testing industry -- The detox industry -- Drug testing as social monitoring and control -- The politics of resistance.Drug testing has become the norm in many workplaces. In order to get a job, potential employees are required to provide their urine for testing. Pissing on Demand examines this phenomenon along with the resulting rise of the anti-drug testing movement, or the ""detox industry,"" that works to beat these tests. Strategies include over-the-counter products like ""body flushers"" that sound innocent but are really designed to mask the presence of illegal drugs to kits advertised in pro-drug publications like High Times that make no bones about their real purpose. The first exposé of the detox indAlternative criminology series.EmployeesDrug testingUnited StatesDetoxification (Substance abuse treatment)United StatesEmployeesDrug testingDetoxification (Substance abuse treatment)331.25/98Tunnell Kenneth D1974133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911102179703321Pissing on demand4742020UNINA