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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- NOTE ON REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 - THE STUDENT (1758-1781) -- CHAPTER II - THE LAWYER (1781-1789) -- CHAPTER III - THE DEPUTY (MAY-DECEMBER, 1789 -- CHAPTER IV - THE CHAMPION OF LIBERTY (1790) -- CHAPTER V - THE SUCCESSOR OF MIRABEAU (JANUARY-JUNE, 1791) -- CHAPTER VI - THE SAVIOUR OF THE JACOBIN CLUB (JUNE-NOVEMBER, 1791) -- CHAPTER VII - THE OPPONENT OF WAR (NOVEMBER, 1791-APRIL, 1792) -- CHAPTER VIII - THE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION (APRIL-AUGUST, 1792) -- CHAPTER IX - THE REVOLUTIONIST (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 1792) -- CHAPTER X - THE REGICIDE (SEPTEMBER, 1792-JANUARY, 1793) -- CHAPTER XI - THE ANTI-GIRONDIN (JANUARY-JUNE, 1793) -- CHAPTER XII - THE LAW-GIVER (APRIL-JULY, 1793) -- CHAPTER XIII - THE DECEMBER (JULY-OCTOBER, 1793) -- CHAPTER XIV - THE INTERPRETER (NOVEMBER, 1973-February, 1794) -- CHAPTER XV - THE INQUISITOR (FEBRUARY-MAY, 1794) -- CHAPTER XVI - THE 'DICTATOR' (MAY-JUNE, 1794) -- CHAPTER XVII - THE MARTYR (JUNE-JULY, 1794) -- CONCLUSION: THE MAN -- THE EVIDENCE -- APPENDIX - PORTRAITS OF ROBESPIERRE -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.

The first modern account of Theodore Roosevelt and the First World War, this is a tale of war and politics as well as the private story of true love and family devotion: a story as multi-faceted as TR's own personality.

In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. His grand expedition fulfilled a long-held dream for the hunter-naturalist aspect of his multi-faceted character. However, besides big game rifles, Roosevelt also brought along his bully pulpit and accompanying ideals. While he shot elephant and rhino in their East African possessions, he could not refrain from also lecturing Britain's flabby Liberal government on the exertions required to keep up their share of the burden of empire, returning the sentiment his friend Rudyard Kipling had urged on the United States during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt went abroad in part so that his friend and chosen successor, William Howard Taft, could plow his own furrow without the appearance of interference. However, while Roosevelt realized one dream of nature on safari, he came to believe another, even more vital to his heart and legacy, was being undermined at home. Everyone assumed, and Taft declared, that he would continue Roosevelt's policies - conservation first. In this they all, Roosevelt included, were wrong. Leaving Taft alone in the political jungles of Washington proved a huge error with devastating results, most importantly an acrimonious split between the two old friends that led directly to the election of Woodrow Wilson. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history.

Provides an in-depth look at how the black mayors of America's major cities achieve social change. Tracing the historical development and contemporary practice of black mayoral politics, this is a study of the motivations of black politicians, competing ideologies in the black community, and the inner dynamics of urban social change

Concerning the central thesis of Place Matters, I support the idea of regional equity and their analysis that place matters for people's differing life prospects. However, to paraphrase Cornell West, I think "race matters" more than geography. It helps us understand why people of color, especially Blacks, are in places that became bad, and it is also why it is difficult to move Black people out of these places. Has the United States changed so much that White working-class suburbanites are ready to unite with Blacks and Latinos to force a more equitable distribution of resources from the wealthy suburbs? The current campaigns of Sanders and Clinton point in different directions on this question, yet it does not mean that the fight for regional governance can be avoided. Beyond the need to reduce gross inequalities within regions, regional governance and planning is sensible and effective from the perspective of transportation, health, housing, economic development, ecology, and politics.