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William Peters

A narrative with all the drama of good fiction, this book is an accurate, day-by-day account of the pivotal event of American history--the 1787 Convention that drafted the Constitution. Transported to Philadelphia with fifty-five delegates from twelve states, the reader shares their four-month struggle to create a new framework of government to preserve a shaky Union. Written with the immediacy of vivid reporting, the book reverberates with great speeches for and against principles that today form the bedrock of American government. From the sometimes angry debates of men whose characters and motivations are revealed through their actual words and acts, readers will see the Constitution take form, vote by vote, clause by clause. The book also follows the delegates as they dine in Philadelphia's inns and taverns, meet to devise strategy, attend church, or sample the pleasures of the country's largest city. Readers will be left with a new understanding of the nation's beginnings and the closest thing to a sense of having been there.--From publisher description. "The making of the United States Constitution"--Jacket subtitle.

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James J. Klekowski

South Chicago U. S. A. is the area my grandparents chose to settle in, nearly one hundred years ago, when they emigrated from Poland. It is the neighborhood where my parents were born, grew to young adulthood, met each other and married, and the place I returned to, many years after the first generation had died. Like them, I too, came here for work; my grandfathers in the giant steel mills along the banks of Lake Michigan and I to record the demise of those mills as part of a film crew. This book is a personal thanks to the place of my own birth and childhood memories, thanks to a neighborhood where much has been taken by outsiders and little returned for those who have remained. Occasionally there are problems in taking photographs of strangers. That is an understatement. At first, people become more self-conscious with a camera around, except, of course for children. Shouts of ‘Take my picture!’ and ‘Don’t take my picture!’ fill the air, whether at a senior citizens banquet, a park baseball game or a street gang meeting. As with the medium, the feelings on this subject are in black and white. People either like or don’t like having their picture taken, and those I have taken have let me know which side they are on. Unless the photograph is of a nature that can’t be captured again, I often comply with the wishes of the subject. I don’t like having my picture taken, either. Time often helps out in situations where people are uncomfortable with a camera around. Once a man wielding a camera becomes somewhat commonplace, people and habits return to normal. The novelty wears off and the shouts turn to ‘When can I see the pictures?’

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Justus F. Wittkop

„Ihrem Ideal der zwangsfreien Gesellschaft folgend, in der der Mensch in absoluter Freiheit seine Fähigkeiten entfalten kann, hat die anarchistische Bewegung stets die Bildung von Parteien oder anderen hierarchisch strukturierten Organisationen abgelehnt. Daher stellt der Autor auch die Lebensgeschichten der führenden Persönlichkeiten des Anarchismus und ihre politischen Ideen in den Mittelpunkt seiner Analyse. Von Godwin und Buonarotti, über Stirner, Proudhon, Herzen, Bakunin und Kropotkin bis zu Malatesta zeichnet er die Entwicklung der Bewegung des Anarchismus in den persönlichen und geistigen Bezügen dieser Personen, aber auch in der Abgrenzung zu kommunistischen Denkern und Parteiführern nach. In einem abschließenden Teil werden die terroristischen Aktionen einiger Anarchisten zu Ende des 19. und Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts in Europa und Nordamerika sowie das Experiment der Umsetzung anarchistischer Ideen während des spanischen Bürgerkriegs beleuchtet…“ (Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft) (Quelle: Karin Kramer Verlag)

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Jeffrey Grey

A Military History of Australia provides a detailed chronological narrative of Australia's wars across more than two hundred years, set in the contexts of defence and strategic policy, the development of society and the impact of war and military service on Australia and Australians. It discusses the development of the armed forces as institutions and examines the relationship between governments and military policy. This book is a revised and updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military history available. It is the only comprehensive, single-volume treatment of the role and development of Australia's military and their involvement in war and peace across the span of Australia's modern history. It concludes with consideration of Australian involvement in its region and more widely since the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the waging of the global war on terror.