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Backfire
David Chalmers, the leading historian of the Ku Klux Klan, brings the story of America's oldest terrorist society up to date. Chalmers skillfully shows how Klan violence actually aided the civil rights movement of the 1960s and revolutionized the role of the national government in the protection of civil rights. He follows the forty-year struggle to punish Klan murderers through the courts of Alabama, Georgia, and the U.S. Supreme Court, and how Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center finally found a way to bring the Klan down.
The Lifeline
Mark Chalmers, 36, dark haired, athletic, keen on skiing and winter sports, speaks fluent French and German and has a taste for wine, food and women. Sounds familiar? It is 1938, pre the Munich Agreement and post Anschluss. Chalmers, a master at Eton, is recruited by an old friend at the Foreign Office and introduced to his boss 'B'. Chalmers reluctantly agrees to take on a hazardous mission for British Intelligence – to parachute into Nazi-occupied Austria and pass on information to a British agent. In case of trouble he is given a suicide pill. Chalmers has no intention of committing himself beyond this one job but once he reaches his destination, he finds himself sucked into the cause fighting fascism with the Austrian-German Underground - until there is no turning back. With an introduction by Miles Jupp and David Stenhouse
Backfire
In this thought-provoking volume, the nation's leading historian on the Ku Klux Klan updates the story of America's oldest terrorist society. Chalmers skillfully illustrates how the Klan's violence in the 1960s indirectly aided in the civil rights movement and revolutionized the role of national government regarding the protection of civil rights. 8 photos.
And the Crooked Places Made Straight
David Chalmers's widely acclaimed overview of the 1960s describes how the civil rights movement touched off a growing challenge to traditional values and arrangements. Chalmers recounts the judicial revolution that set national standards for race, politics, policing, and privacy. He examines the long, losing war on poverty and the struggle between the media and the government over the war in Vietnam. He follows feminism's "second wave" and the emergence of the environmental, consumer, and citizen action movements. He also explores the worlds of rock, sex, and drugs, and the entwining of the youth culture, the counterculture, and the American marketplace. This newly revised edition covers the conservative counter-revolution and cultural wars. It carries the legacy of the 1960s forward: from Tom Hayden's idealistic 1962 Port Huron Statement through Newt Gingrich's 1994 "Contract with America" and Grover Norquist's twenty-first century "Tax Payer's Protection Pledge." -- David J. Garrow, author of the Pulitzer Prize'
One Show Interactive, Volume XI
Interactive advertising and new media have come a long way from simple pop-up ads and banners. Among the winners in this year’s 2008 One Show Interactive Awards, you’ll find work that inspires, entertains, and continually pushes the boundary between the real and virtual realms. One Show Interactive, Volume XI showcases the best of this past year’s winners from around the world. Featuring an all-new format, this latest edition includes more in-depth analyses of the Pencil-winning work, more descriptions, and a new look. With more than 1,200 four-color images in a lush package, One Show Interactive, Volume XI is an important reference source for creatives, producers, and students alike. Categories covered include e-commerce, corporate image, direct marketing, self-promotion, and more.
The Muckrakers and Progressive Reformers
The muckraking journalists were crusaders with a steadfast faith in the power of truth, a strong narrative, and public pressure to spur government action for the good of the people. Their investigative reporting brought attention to hidden problems and issues such as child labor, urban poverty, inhumane working conditions, tenements, business monopolies, and political corruption. This engaging book covers the work and lives of the leading muckrakers, including Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, Upton Sinclair, and Ida Tarbell.
