The accidental history of the U.S. immigration courts : war, fear, and the roots of dysfunction / / Alison Elizabeth Peck |
Autore | Peck Alison Elizabeth <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 342.730820269 |
Soggetto topico |
Emigration and immigration - Political aspects
Emigration and immigration law - United States - History Immigration courts - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
America
Department of Justice FBI Great Depression Nazi propaganda Trump administration WWII asylum attorney general case proceedings executive branch fatal consequences fear fifth column history human tragedy immigration courts independent system injustice law enforcement agency laws legal analysis neutral political power spies war on terror war |
ISBN | 0-520-38118-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I. crisis in the immigration courts -- 1. The Attorney General's Immigration Courts -- 2. Whittling Away at Asylum Law -- 3. Policing the Immigration Courts -- Part II. from world war ii to 9/11: the ghost of the fifth column -- 4. A New Type of Tough in the Department of Labor -- 5. Refusal -- 6. Invasion -- 7. The Welles Mission -- 8. Alien Enemies -- 9. Reckoning -- 10. Un Día de Fuego -- 11. President Bush's Department -- Part III. the future of the immigration courts -- 12. Checks and Imbalances -- 13. Reforming the Immigration Courts -- Epilogue: Portrait of an American in the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554275303321 |
Peck Alison Elizabeth <1970-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt |
Autore | Holt Frank Lee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 737/.22/0938 |
Collana | Hellenistic culture and society |
Soggetto topico |
Coins, Ancient
Coins, Greek Elephants in numismatics |
Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
alexander the great ancient history ancient medallions battle of the hydaspes river biographical biography conquests discussion books elephant medallions european history hellenistic culture hellenistic period hellenistic society historians historical perspective india iraq megalomania myths and legends nonfiction numismatics popular history rajah porus retrospective supernatural success theology of war war warfare |
ISBN |
1-282-35812-X
9786612358128 0-520-93878-X 1-59734-457-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Man of Mystery -- TWO. A Treasure -- THREE. Picking a Fight -- FOUR. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? -- FIVE. Another Treasure -- SIX. A Closer Look -- SEVEN. A Dark and Stormy Night -- APPENDIX A. THE PUBLISHED ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS -- APPENDIX B. SOME POSSIBLE FORGERIES OF THE LARGE MEDALLION -- APPENDIX C. THE 1973 IRAQ HOARD -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777369003321 |
Holt Frank Lee | ||
Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's mission [[electronic resource] ] : the United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy / / Tony Smith |
Autore | Smith Tony <1942-> |
Edizione | [Expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (528 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.73 |
Collana |
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Princeton studies in international history and politics |
Soggetto topico |
World politics - 20th century
World politics - 21st century Democracy - History - 20th century Democracy - History - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alliance for Progress
American foreign policy American imperialism American liberal democracy American national security American security Arab Spring Barack Obama Bill Clinton Chile Civil War Cold War Dominican Republic Douglas MacArthur Dwight D. Eisenhower Europe Franklin D. Roosevelt George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Germany Guatemala Iran Japan Jimmy Carter John F. Kennedy Latin America Mexico Middle East Monroe Doctrine Nicaragua Philippines Reagan Doctrine Reconstruction Ronald Reagan Soviet Union Soviet imperialism Spain United States Wilsonianism Woodrow Wilson World War II anti-imperialism communism constitutional democracy constitutionalism constructive engagement decartelization demilitarization democracy democratic globalism democratic peace theory democratic revolution democratic transition theory democratization denazification dictatorship economic globalization export commodities fascism free markets hard liberal internationalist ideology human rights international affairs international peace land reform liberal democratic governments liberal democratic internationalism liberal world order liberalism mass politics multilateral organizations multilateralism nation-building national security nationalism neo-Wilsonian ideology neoconservatism neoliberalism new world order oligarchy political stability progressive imperialism realism social justice war on terrorism war world politics |
ISBN |
1-283-45707-5
1-4008-4202-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2012 Edition by Janice Nittoli -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE The United States and the Global Struggle for Democracy -- PART I: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1921 -- CHAPTER TWO Democracy in the Philippines -- CHAPTER THREE Wilson and Democracy in Latin America -- CHAPTER FOUR Wilson and a World Safe for Democracy -- PART II: Liberal Democratic Internationalism, 1933-1947 -- CHAPTER FIVE FDR and World Order: Globalizing the Monroe Doctrine -- CHAPTER SIX Democratizing Japan and Germany -- PART III: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold Warf 1947-1977 -- CHAPTER SEVEN Eisenhower and His Legacy, 1953-1977 -- CHAPTER EIGHT Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 -- PART IV: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989 -- CHAPTER NINE Carter's Human Rights Campaign -- CHAPTER TEN Reagan's Democratic Revolution -- PART V: Liberal Internationalism after the Cold War, 1989-2012 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN After the Cold War: Wilsonianism Resurgent? -- CHAPTER TWELVE From "Fortunate Vagueness" to "Democratic Globalism," 1989-2008 -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Liberal Internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama -- EPILOGUE The Irony of American Liberal Internationalism -- APPENDIX Notes on the Study of the International Origins of Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457921203321 |
Smith Tony <1942-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's mission [[electronic resource] ] : the United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy / / Tony Smith |
Autore | Smith Tony <1942-> |
Edizione | [Expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (528 p.) |
Disciplina | 327.73 |
Collana |
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Princeton studies in international history and politics |
Soggetto topico |
World politics - 20th century
World politics - 21st century Democracy - History - 20th century Democracy - History - 21st century |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alliance for Progress
American foreign policy American imperialism American liberal democracy American national security American security Arab Spring Barack Obama Bill Clinton Chile Civil War Cold War Dominican Republic Douglas MacArthur Dwight D. Eisenhower Europe Franklin D. Roosevelt George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Germany Guatemala Iran Japan Jimmy Carter John F. Kennedy Latin America Mexico Middle East Monroe Doctrine Nicaragua Philippines Reagan Doctrine Reconstruction Ronald Reagan Soviet Union Soviet imperialism Spain United States Wilsonianism Woodrow Wilson World War II anti-imperialism communism constitutional democracy constitutionalism constructive engagement decartelization demilitarization democracy democratic globalism democratic peace theory democratic revolution democratic transition theory democratization denazification dictatorship economic globalization export commodities fascism free markets hard liberal internationalist ideology human rights international affairs international peace land reform liberal democratic governments liberal democratic internationalism liberal world order liberalism mass politics multilateral organizations multilateralism nation-building national security nationalism neo-Wilsonian ideology neoconservatism neoliberalism new world order oligarchy political stability progressive imperialism realism social justice war on terrorism war world politics |
ISBN |
1-283-45707-5
1-4008-4202-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2012 Edition by Janice Nittoli -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE The United States and the Global Struggle for Democracy -- PART I: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1921 -- CHAPTER TWO Democracy in the Philippines -- CHAPTER THREE Wilson and Democracy in Latin America -- CHAPTER FOUR Wilson and a World Safe for Democracy -- PART II: Liberal Democratic Internationalism, 1933-1947 -- CHAPTER FIVE FDR and World Order: Globalizing the Monroe Doctrine -- CHAPTER SIX Democratizing Japan and Germany -- PART III: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold Warf 1947-1977 -- CHAPTER SEVEN Eisenhower and His Legacy, 1953-1977 -- CHAPTER EIGHT Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 -- PART IV: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989 -- CHAPTER NINE Carter's Human Rights Campaign -- CHAPTER TEN Reagan's Democratic Revolution -- PART V: Liberal Internationalism after the Cold War, 1989-2012 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN After the Cold War: Wilsonianism Resurgent? -- CHAPTER TWELVE From "Fortunate Vagueness" to "Democratic Globalism," 1989-2008 -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Liberal Internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama -- EPILOGUE The Irony of American Liberal Internationalism -- APPENDIX Notes on the Study of the International Origins of Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778932003321 |
Smith Tony <1942-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ancient Greeks at war [[electronic resource] /] / Louis Rawlings |
Autore | Rawlings Louis |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.020938 |
Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Greece - History - To 500
Armies - Greece |
Soggetto non controllato |
ambushes
ancient Greeks annihilation battles conquest intimidation militarism raids sieges war |
ISBN |
1-84779-529-3
1-78170-083-4 1-84779-153-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 War and peace in ancient Greece; Chapter 2 Early Greek warfare; Chapter 3 The makers of war; Chapter 4 The patterns of war; Chapter 5 Battlefield engagements in the age of the hoplite; Chapter 6 Naval warfare; Chapter 7 Siege warfare; Chapter 8 War and economy; Chapter 9 War and religion; Chapter 10 War, the individual and the community; Conclusion The ancient Greeks at war; Bibliography; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791737903321 |
Rawlings Louis | ||
Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ancient Greeks at war / / Louis Rawlings |
Autore | Rawlings Louis |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.020938 |
Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Greece - History - To 500
Armies - Greece |
Soggetto non controllato |
ambushes
ancient Greeks annihilation battles conquest intimidation militarism raids sieges war |
ISBN |
1-84779-529-3
1-78170-083-4 1-84779-153-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 War and peace in ancient Greece; Chapter 2 Early Greek warfare; Chapter 3 The makers of war; Chapter 4 The patterns of war; Chapter 5 Battlefield engagements in the age of the hoplite; Chapter 6 Naval warfare; Chapter 7 Siege warfare; Chapter 8 War and economy; Chapter 9 War and religion; Chapter 10 War, the individual and the community; Conclusion The ancient Greeks at war; Bibliography; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808314603321 |
Rawlings Louis | ||
Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ancora su poteri, relazioni, guerra nel regno di Ferrante d’Aragona : studi sulle corrispondenze diplomatiche II |
Autore | Russo Alessio |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Napoli, : FedOA - Federico II University Press, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (336 p.) |
Collana | Clio. Saggi di scienze storiche, archeologiche e storico-artistiche |
Soggetto topico | xxxx |
Soggetto non controllato |
Kingdom of Naples
diplomacy war fiscal polities Aragon political communication |
ISBN | 88-6887-087-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Altri titoli varianti | Ancora su poteri, relazioni, guerra nel regno di Ferrante dâAragona |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557412203321 |
Russo Alessio | ||
Napoli, : FedOA - Federico II University Press, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Another politics : talking across today's transformative movements / / Chris Dixon ; with a foreword by Angela Y. Davis |
Autore | Dixon Chris <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) |
Disciplina | 303.48/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Radicalism
Social movements - Political aspects Social change - Political aspects Anti-racism Feminism Criminal justice, Administration of Anarchism |
Soggetto non controllato |
activists
american protest anti authoritarian anti capitalist anti oppression canada canadian protest contemporary political struggles ecological crisis economic meltdown government and governing history international movements leadership liberation movement building occupy wall street organizing political activists political advocacy political ideologies political protest political politics radical political thought radicalism social transformation united states of america war work of against |
ISBN |
0-520-95884-5
9780520958845 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Fighting against amnesia": Movement Histories of Another Politics -- 2. "Defining ourselves in opposition": The Four "Anti's" -- 3. "Organizing now the way you want to see the world later": Prefigurative Politics -- 4. "Do you want to have a chance at winning something?": Developing Strategy -- 5. "In the world but not of it": An Emerging Strategic Framework -- 6. "Bringing people together to build their power": Anti-authoritarian Organizing -- 7. "Leadership from below": Taking Initiative and Building Capacities -- 8. "Vehicles for movement-building": Creating Organizations -- Conclusion: "Imagining ourselves outside of what we know" -- Resources for Movement-Building -- Organizations and Projects Mentioned -- Biographies of Interviewees -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786559203321 |
Dixon Chris <1977-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Another politics : talking across today's transformative movements / / Chris Dixon ; with a foreword by Angela Y. Davis |
Autore | Dixon Chris <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) |
Disciplina | 303.48/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Radicalism
Social movements - Political aspects Social change - Political aspects Anti-racism Feminism Criminal justice, Administration of Anarchism |
Soggetto non controllato |
activists
american protest anti authoritarian anti capitalist anti oppression canada canadian protest contemporary political struggles ecological crisis economic meltdown government and governing history international movements leadership liberation movement building occupy wall street organizing political activists political advocacy political ideologies political protest political politics radical political thought radicalism social transformation united states of america war work of against |
ISBN |
0-520-95884-5
9780520958845 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Fighting against amnesia": Movement Histories of Another Politics -- 2. "Defining ourselves in opposition": The Four "Anti's" -- 3. "Organizing now the way you want to see the world later": Prefigurative Politics -- 4. "Do you want to have a chance at winning something?": Developing Strategy -- 5. "In the world but not of it": An Emerging Strategic Framework -- 6. "Bringing people together to build their power": Anti-authoritarian Organizing -- 7. "Leadership from below": Taking Initiative and Building Capacities -- 8. "Vehicles for movement-building": Creating Organizations -- Conclusion: "Imagining ourselves outside of what we know" -- Resources for Movement-Building -- Organizations and Projects Mentioned -- Biographies of Interviewees -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825037203321 |
Dixon Chris <1977-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Argentina's missing bones : revisiting the history of the dirty war / / James P. Brennan |
Autore | Brennan James P. <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
Disciplina | 323.490982 |
Collana | Violence in Latin American History |
Soggetto topico | Trials (Crimes against humanity) - Argentina |
Soggetto non controllato |
1976 to 1983
argentina cordoba crimes against humanity cruel dictatorship dirty war extensive trials historical scholarship history holding people accountable latin america military dictatorship military public memory of violence second largest city state terrorism student protest violence war working class |
ISBN | 0-520-97007-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Threats: Apostles of the New Order -- 2. Dictatorship: Terrorizing Córdoba -- 3. Death Camp: La Perla -- 4. Institutional Dynamics: The Third Army Corps -- 5. Transnational Dynamics: The Cold War and the War against Subversion -- 6. Five Trials: Public Reckonings of a Violent Past -- 7. Remembering: Memories of Violence and Terror -- 8. Assigning Blame: Who Was Responsible for the Dirty War? -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795420403321 |
Brennan James P. <1955-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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