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"Was the world's first fatal nuclear accident the 1961 explosion of a SL-1 military test reactor in Idaho the result of a crime of passion? Was the disaster promptly covered up to protect the burgeoning nuclear industry? Idaho Falls documents one of America's best-kept secrets and investigates the question of conspiracy."--Amazon
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Oregon's long tradition of volunteer search and rescue dates back to the territorial days, when Good Samaritans and mountain men came to aid those in need. On the coast, surfmen of the U.S. Life-Saving Service protected mariners traversing the "Graveyard of the Pacific." In the early twentieth century, outdoor clubs like the Mazamas, the Skyliners and the Obsidians served as informal search and rescue units, keeping Oregonians safe in the mountains,...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2015]
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xii, 639 pages : maps ; 23 cm
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English
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Van Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today....
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Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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455 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
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English
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Shifting Currents is an original and comprehensive history of swimming. It examines the tension that arose when non-swimming northerners met African and Southeast Asian swimmers. Using archaeological, textual and art historical sources, Karen Eva Carr shows how the water simultaneously attracted and repelled these northerners--swimming seemed uncanny, related to witchcraft and sin. Europeans used Africans' and Native Americans' swimming skills to...
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University of Oklahoma Press
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[2022]
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xiv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"In essays spanning five centuries and three continents, the editors and contributors explore how politicians, writers, artists, activists, and others have reimagined the Conquest in order to influence and manipulate perceptions within a wide variety of controversies and debates, including those touching on indigeneity, nationalism, imperialism, modernity, and multiculturalism"--
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Oregon State University Press
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2023.
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xxviii, 187 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, Portland made national news with nightly social justice protests, often met with violent response by counter protestors and law enforcement. Though frequently regarded as a progressive hub, Portland has a long history of racial inequality and oppression, and the city's entrenched divisions gained new attention during the Trump years. The photographs in Protest City present a visceral visual...
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Rowman & Littlefield
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[2024]
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xvii, 192 pages : illustrations : 24 cm
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English
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"Baseball's Great Expectations features the fascinating stories of baseball players who were on the cusp of greatness, who everyone expected to be the next superstar, but never quite lived up to the hype-or through tragic circumstances, never had the chance"--
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University of Nebraska Press
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2023.
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xv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Musician and music historian Craig Harris tells the compelling stories of contemporary Indigenous musicians of North America in their own words"--
"Music historian Craig Harris explores more than five hundred years of Indigenous history, religion, and cultural evolution in Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America. More than powwow drums and wooden flutes, Indigenous music intersects with rock, blues, jazz, folk music, reggae, hip-hop, classical...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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2002.
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xvi, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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Dowd boldly reinterprets the causes and consequences of Pontiac's War. Where previous Anglocentric histories have ascribed this dramatic uprising to disputes over trade and land, this groundbreaking work traces the conflict back to status: both the low regard in which the British held the Indians and the concern among Native American leaders about their people's standing--and their sovereignty--in the eyes of the British. Pontiac's War also embodied...
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University of Nevada Press
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[2024]
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xvi, 325 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
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English
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"A Natural History of Oregon's Lake Abert in the Northwest Great Basin Landscape focuses on the salt lake and includes descriptions and numerous photos of the region's geology, hydrology, and plants and animals-from lichens to pronghorn sheep-as well as its archaeology. Because birds are so conspicuous, both on the lake and in the uplands, there is an abundant amount of information included about them"--
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Oregon State University Press
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2023.
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ix, 362 pages : map ; 23 cm
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English
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"Every ten years, states go through the process of redistricting: choosing how to divide up and apportion their state and federal legislative districts. How the districts are drawn can determine which party wins the district and therefore controls the legislature or Congress. Although the process may be different in every state, the questions are the same: Who draws the maps? Who can prevent gerrymandering? What power do legislatures, governors, courts,...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
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xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Describes the life and career of Nikolai Vavilov, a Soviet botanist who created the world's first seed bank, and his political problems and persecution later in life that resulted in his imprisonment and death.
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