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    The Women's Land Army in First World War Britain (2014)
    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
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    b3kat_BV042008148
    Format: IX, 207 S. , Ill.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    ISBN: 9781137363893
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    Language: English
    Subjects: History , Sociology
    RVK:
    MS 3060
    RVK:
    NP 5200
    Keywords: Women's Land Army ; Erster Weltkrieg ; Historische Darstellung
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    Groping Toward Democracy : African American Social Welfare Reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 (2014)
    Columbia : University of Missouri Press
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    UID:
    gbv_839027788
    Format: Online-Ressource (321 p)
    Edition: 3rd ed
    ISBN: 9780826219008
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Vice Lords, Rousters, and Public School Men and Women: The Cultural Inheritance of an Organizing Community -- Chapter Two: "Democratizing the City, Instead of Just a City Beautiful" : Segregation, City Planning, and the Roots of Interracial Organizing -- Chapter Three: "That Movement Which Is Active in Making Communities Feel That the Negro Is Part and Parcel of Society as a Whole" : Social Work, Community Organization, and the Genesis of a Civil Rights Agenda -- Chapter Four: Teamwork for a Better St. Louis: The Framework of a Social Welfare Organizing Community -- Chapter Five: In the White Light of Critical Public Opinion: Health Care, Education, and the Manipulation of Public Culture -- Chapter Six: Not Ice Cream and Cake . . . Must Be Something Deeper: The Neighborhood Club and Block Unit Movement -- Epilogue: "Negroes Are . . . Disturbed These Days and Fighting for Everything" -- Notes -- Index.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Vice Lords, Rousters, and Public School Men and Women: The Cultural Inheritance of an Organizing Community""; ""Chapter Two: "Democratizing the City, Instead of Just a City Beautiful" : Segregation, City Planning, and the Roots of Interracial Organizing""; ""Chapter Three: "That Movement Which Is Active in Making Communities Feel That the Negro Is Part and Parcel of Society as a Whole" : Social Work, Community Organization, and the Genesis of a Civil Rights Agenda"" , ""Chapter Four: Teamwork for a Better St. Louis: The Framework of a Social Welfare Organizing Community""""Chapter Five: In the White Light of Critical Public Opinion: Health Care, Education, and the Manipulation of Public Culture""; ""Chapter Six: Not Ice Cream and Cake . . . Must Be Something Deeper: The Neighborhood Club and Block Unit Movement""; ""Epilogue: "Negroes Are . . . Disturbed These Days and Fighting for Everything"""; ""Notes""; ""Index ""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780826272263
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780826219008
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    Aboriginal Conditions : Research As a Foundation for Public Policy (2014)
    Vancouver : UBC Press
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    UID:
    gbv_837090946
    Format: Online-Ressource (313 p)
    ISBN: 9780774810210
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Focus of Aboriginal Conditions -- Part 1: Thinking Outside the Box: Building Models Based on Communities -- 1 Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and Population Outcomes in Canada's First Nations Communities -- Part 2: The Limits of Our Knowledge and the Need to Refine Understandings -- 2 Perils and Pitfalls of Aboriginal Demography: Lessons Learned from the RCAP Projections -- 3 Impacts of the 1985 Amendments to the Indian Act on First Nations Populations -- 4 Changing Ethnicity: The Concept of Ethnic Drifters -- 5 Aboriginal Mobility and Migration Patterns and the Policy Implications -- Part 3: Confronting Culture with Science: Language and Public Policy -- 6 Aboriginal Language Retention and Socio-Economic Development: Theory and Practice -- 7 Aboriginal Language Transmission and Maintenance in Families: Results of an Intergenerational and Gender-Based Analysis for Canada, 1996 -- Part 4: Measuring and Predicting Capacity and Development -- 8 An Application of the United Nations Human Development Index to Registered Indians in Canada, 1996 -- 9 Dispersion and Polarization of Income among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Canadians -- 10 Toward an Index of Community Capacity: Predicting Community Potential for Successful Program Transfer -- Conclusion: The Research-Policy Nexus - What Have We Learned? -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Focus of Aboriginal Conditions""; ""Part 1: Thinking Outside the Box: Building Models Based on Communities""; ""1 Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and Population Outcomes in Canada�s First Nations Communities""; ""Part 2: The Limits of Our Knowledge and the Need to Refine Understandings""; ""2 Perils and Pitfalls of Aboriginal Demography: Lessons Learned from the RCAP Projections""; ""3 Impacts of the 1985 Amendments to the Indian Act on First Nations Populations"" , ""4 Changing Ethnicity: The Concept of Ethnic Drifters""""5 Aboriginal Mobility and Migration Patterns and the Policy Implications""; ""Part 3: Confronting Culture with Science: Language and Public Policy""; ""6 Aboriginal Language Retention and Socio-Economic Development: Theory and Practice""; ""7 Aboriginal Language Transmission and Maintenance in Families: Results of an Intergenerational and Gender-Based Analysis for Canada, 1996""; ""Part 4: Measuring and Predicting Capacity and Development"" , ""8 An Application of the United Nations Human Development Index to Registered Indians in Canada, 1996""""9 Dispersion and Polarization of Income among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Canadians""; ""10 Toward an Index of Community Capacity: Predicting Community Potential for Successful Program Transfer""; ""Conclusion: The Research-Policy Nexus � What Have We Learned?""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774851794
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774810210
    Additional Edition: Print version Aboriginal Conditions : Research As a Foundation for Public Policy
    Language: English
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    Cycling into Saigon : The Conservative Transition in Ontario (2014)
    Vancouver : UBC Press
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    UID:
    gbv_837090482
    Format: Online-Ressource (225 p)
    ISBN: 9780774808132
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Transitions -- 2 The 1985 and 1990 Transitions -- 3 Transition Building Blocks: Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Mandates -- 4 Bureaucratic Preparations -- 5 The Parties Prepare for Power -- 6 Cycling into Saigon: The Common Sense Revolutionaries Take Over -- 7 Not Politics but Good Government: Making Transitions Better -- Appendices -- A: Two Public Policy Forum Documents Given to Opposition Parties -- B: Excerpts from Mission '97 -- C: The Liberal Approach to Organization, Management, and Decision-Making in the Government of Ontario -- D: The Conservative Transition Team -- E: Political Briefing Material Given to Conservative Ministers -- F: Speech by Premier Harris to Deputy Ministers, 27 June 1995 -- G: On the Record: Ensuring a Place in History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- Z.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Transitions""; ""2 The 1985 and 1990 Transitions""; ""3 Transition Building Blocks: Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Mandates""; ""4 Bureaucratic Preparations""; ""5 The Parties Prepare for Power""; ""6 Cycling into Saigon: The Common Sense Revolutionaries Take Over""; ""7 Not Politics but Good Government: Making Transitions Better""; ""Appendices""; ""A: Two Public Policy Forum Documents Given to Opposition Parties""; ""B: Excerpts from Mission �97""; ""C: The Liberal Approach to Organization, Management, and Decision-Making in the Government of Ontario"" , ""D: The Conservative Transition Team""""E: Political Briefing Material Given to Conservative Ministers""; ""F: Speech by Premier Harris to Deputy Ministers, 27 June 1995""; ""G: On the Record: Ensuring a Place in History""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774852043
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774808132
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    Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science (The) (2014)
    Vancouver : UBC Press
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    UID:
    gbv_83709500X
    Format: Online-Ressource (320 p)
    ISBN: 9780774814270
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Establishing Benchmarks -- 1 Introduction: The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science -- 2 A Quantitative Analysis of the Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science -- Part 2 Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Rights: Canada's Comparative Advantage -- 3 Is Canadian Multiculturalism Parochial? Canadian Contributions to Theorizing Justice and Ethnocultural Diversity -- 4 Canada as Counternarrative: Multiculturalism, Recognition, and Redistribution -- 5 Canada's Contribution to the Comparative Study of Rights and Judicial Review -- 6 Marketing Canadian Pluralism in the International Arena -- Part 3 Federalism and Multilevel Governance: Canada's Comparative Resurgence -- 7 Is the Secret to Have a Good Dentist? Canadian Contributions to the Study of Federalism in Divided Societies -- 8 Working around the American Model: Canadian Federalism and the European Union -- 9 Empirical Evidence and Pragmatic Explanations: Canada's Contributions to Comparative Federalism -- Part 4 Political Parties and Public Policy: Canada's Comparative Potential -- 10 What's So Bad about Cultivating Our Own Theoretical Gardens? The Study of Political Parties in Canada -- 11 Canadian Voting Behaviour in Comparative Perspective -- 12 Policy Networks and Policy Communities: Conceptualizing State-Societal Relationships in the Policy Process -- 13 How Can Comparative Political Economy Explain Variable Change? Lessons for, and from, Canada -- Conclusion: Are We on the Right Track? -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Part 1 Establishing Benchmarks""; ""1 Introduction: The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science""; ""2 A Quantitative Analysis of the Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science""; ""Part 2 Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Rights: Canada�s Comparative Advantage""; ""3 Is Canadian Multiculturalism Parochial? Canadian Contributions to Theorizing Justice and Ethnocultural Diversity""; ""4 Canada as Counternarrative: Multiculturalism, Recognition, and Redistribution"" , ""5 Canada�s Contribution to the Comparative Study of Rights and Judicial Review""""6 Marketing Canadian Pluralism in the International Arena""; ""Part 3 Federalism and Multilevel Governance: Canada�s Comparative Resurgence""; ""7 Is the Secret to Have a Good Dentist? Canadian Contributions to the Study of Federalism in Divided Societies""; ""8 Working around the American Model: Canadian Federalism and the European Union""; ""9 Empirical Evidence and Pragmatic Explanations: Canada�s Contributions to Comparative Federalism"" , ""Part 4 Political Parties and Public Policy: Canada�s Comparative Potential""""10 What�s So Bad about Cultivating Our Own Theoretical Gardens? The Study of Political Parties in Canada""; ""11 Canadian Voting Behaviour in Comparative Perspective""; ""12 Policy Networks and Policy Communities: Conceptualizing State-Societal Relationships in the Policy Process""; ""13 How Can Comparative Political Economy Explain Variable Change? Lessons for, and from, Canada""; ""Conclusion: Are We on the Right Track?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D"" , ""E""""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780774856188
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    Winning While Losing : Civil Rights, The Conservative Movement and the Presidency from Nixon to Obama (2014)
    Gainesville : University Press of Florida
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    gbv_772584087
    Format: Online-Ressource (299 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    ISBN: 9780813049083
    Series Statement: The Alan B. Larkin series on the American presidency
    Content: During the four decades separating the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama, the meaning of civil rights has become increasingly complex. Civil rights leaders made great strides in breaking down once-impermeable racial barriers, but they also suffered many political setbacks in their attempts to remedy centuries of discrimination and oppression as race and the ascendancy of conservatism in America became inextricably intertwined. This pioneering collection of essays chronicles the ways in which presidential politics have shaped black experiences in the aftermath of the civil ri
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction. The Paradox of Success: Civil Rights and the Presidency in a New Era; 1. Zigs and Zags: Richard Nixon and the New Politics of Race; 2. African American Civil Rights and Conservative Mobilization in the Jimmy Carter Years; 3. Ronald Reagan and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: Battles Won and Wars Lost; 4. Rebuilding Institutions and Redefining Issues: The Reagan Justice Department and the Reconstruction of Civil Rights; 5. Civil Rights Policymaking in the Clinton Administration: In Reagan's Shadow , 6. Old Vinegar in a New Bottle: Vote Denial in the 2000 Presidential Election and Beyond7. George W. Bush, Compassionate Conservatism, and the Limits of "Racial Realism"; 8. Civil Rights and the First Black President: Barack Obama and the Politics of Racial Equality; Conclusion: More Equal and Less Equal since the 1970s; List of Contributors
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780813048604
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    Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes : Archaeological Case Studies (2014)
    Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press
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    UID:
    gbv_839034636
    Format: Online-Ressource (289 p)
    ISBN: 9781607811718
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes -- Chapter 2: Using Least Cost Path Analysis to Reinterpret Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Procurement Zones in Northern Spain -- Chapter 3: Connecting the Dots: Least Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Paleoindian Sites in Southern Highland Peru -- Chapter 4: Wandering the Desert: Least Cost Path Modeling for Water Transport Trails in the Jornada Mogollon Region, Fort Bliss, South-Central New Mexico -- Chapter 5: A Method for Multiple Cost-Surface Evaluation of a Model of Fort Ancient Interaction -- Chapter 6: Walking and Watching: New Approaches to Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes through Space Syntax Analysis -- Chapter 7: Social Interaction at the Maya Siteof Copán, Honduras: A Least Cost Approach to Configurational Analysis -- Chapter 8: Cost Catchments: A Least Cost Application for Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Land Use -- Chapter 9: Modeling the Consequences of Village Site Location: Least Cost Path Modeling in a Coupled GIS and Agent-Based Model of Village Agropastoralism in Eastern Spain -- Chapter 10: No Crows Made Mounds: Do Cost-Distance Calculations of Travel Time Improve Our Understanding of Southern Appalachian Polity Size? -- Chapter 11: Prehistoric Trail Networks of the Western Papaguería: A Multifaceted Least Cost Graph Theory Analysis -- Chapter 12: Seven Solutions for Seven Problems with Least Cost Pathways -- Chapter 13: Realism, Reality, and Routes: Evaluating Cost-Surface and Cost-Path Algorithms -- Chapter 14: Least Cost Pathway Analysis in Archaeological Research: Approaches and Utility -- Contributors -- Index.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Least Cost Analysis of Social Landscapes""; ""Chapter 2: Using Least Cost Path Analysis to Reinterpret Late Upper Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherer Procurement Zones in Northern Spain""; ""Chapter 3: Connecting the Dots: Least Cost Analysis, Paleogeography, and the Search for Paleoindian Sites in Southern Highland Peru ""; ""Chapter 4: Wandering the Desert: Least Cost Path Modeling for Water Transport Trails in the Jornada Mogollon Region, Fort Bliss, South-Central New Mexico "" , ""Chapter 5: A Method for Multiple Cost-Surface Evaluation of a Model of Fort Ancient Interaction""""Chapter 6: Walking and Watching: New Approaches to Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes through Space Syntax Analysis ""; ""Chapter 7: Social Interaction at the Maya Siteof Copán, Honduras: A Least Cost Approach to Configurational Analysis ""; ""Chapter 8: Cost Catchments: A Least Cost Application for Modeling Hunter-Gatherer Land Use "" , ""Chapter 9: Modeling the Consequences of Village Site Location: Least Cost Path Modeling in a Coupled GIS and Agent-Based Model of Village Agropastoralism in Eastern Spain """"Chapter 10: No Crows Made Mounds: Do Cost-Distance Calculations of Travel Time Improve Our Understanding of Southern Appalachian Polity Size? ""; ""Chapter 11: Prehistoric Trail Networks of the Western Papaguería: A Multifaceted Least Cost Graph Theory Analysis ""; ""Chapter 12: Seven Solutions for Seven Problems with Least Cost Pathways"" , ""Chapter 13: Realism, Reality, and Routes: Evaluating Cost-Surface and Cost-Path Algorithms """"Chapter 14: Least Cost Pathway Analysis in Archaeological Research: Approaches and Utility ""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781607811992
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781607811718
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    Life's Journey-Zuya : Oral Teachings from Rosebud (2014)
    Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press
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    gbv_839034660
    Format: Online-Ressource (225 p)
    ISBN: 9781607811848
    Content: Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. I Grew Up in the '40s -- 2. I Want to Bring You Up to Date -- 3. Our Origin Story -- 4. The Tioṡpaye System -- 5. Gender Roles, Courtship, Marriage -- 6. Lakota Songs and Music -- 7. Introduction to Our Ceremonies -- 8. Ceremony and Culture -- 9. The Buffalo Calf Pipe -- 10. Care and Use of the Pipe -- 11. The Sun Dance -- 12. Our Inipi Origin Story and Practice -- 13. Origins of a Gift -- 14. The Contrary -- 15. My First Ceremony -- Appendix A: Family Member and Relative Terms -- Appendix B: Working with Our Healers -- Photo Gallery -- Glossary -- Suggested Reading/Listening List -- Index.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , ""Contents""; ""Editor's Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. I Grew Up in the '40s""; ""2. I Want to Bring You Up to Date""; ""3. Our Origin Story""; ""4. The Tioṡpaye System""; ""5. Gender Roles, Courtship, Marriage""; ""6. Lakota Songs and Music""; ""7. Introduction to Our Ceremonies""; ""8. Ceremony and Culture""; ""9. The Buffalo Calf Pipe""; ""10. Care and Use of the Pipe""; ""11. The Sun Dance""; ""12. Our Inipi Origin Story and Practice""; ""13. Origins of a Gift""; ""14. The Contrary""; ""15. My First Ceremony""; ""Appendix A: Family Member and Relative Terms"" , ""Appendix B: Working with Our Healers""""Photo Gallery""; ""Glossary""; ""Suggested Reading/Listening List""; ""Index""
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781607812166
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781607811848
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    At the Global Crossroads : The Sylvia Ostry Foundation Lectures (2014)
    Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press
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    gbv_836937880
    Format: Online-Ressource (121 p)
    ISBN: 9780773526372
    Content: At the Global Crossroads explores the many facets of a globalized world economy. This collection ranges from discussions of the global economic challenges of the twenty-first century to the particular economic opportunities for Canada and Latin America; from recession in the globalized economy to humanitarian aid for people displaced by conflict within their own country. At the Global Crossroads provides valuable and significant perspectives on global issues that affect all of us.
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    The Virtues of Captain America : Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero (2014)
    Hoboken : Wiley
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    gbv_77679423X
    Format: Online-Ressource (252 p)
    ISBN: 9781118619261
    Content: The first look at the philosophy behind the Captain America comics and movies, publishing in advance of the movie release of Captain America: The Winter Solider in April 2014. In The Virtues of Captain America, philosopher and long-time comics fan Mark D. White argues that the core principles, compassion, and judgment exhibited by the 1940's comic book character Captain America remain relevant to the modern world. Simply put, ""Cap"" embodies many of the classical virtues that have been important to us since the days of the ancient Greeks: honesty, courage, loyalty, perseverance, and, perhap
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , The Virtues of Captain America: Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Notes on Source Material; About the Author; 1 Superhuman Ethics Class; Utilitarianism; Deontology; A Civil War … of Ethics!; Virtue Ethics; Virtuous Deontology … No, Deontological Virtue … Maybe "Deontovirtue"?; Notes; 2 Captain America as a Moral Exemplar; Can a Fictional Character Be a Moral Exemplar?; Aren't Fictional Characters Liable to Be Perfect?; Fifty Years, Dozens of Writers … One Captain America?; Notes; 3 Five Basic Virtues; Courage , HumilityRighteous Indignation; Sacrifice and Responsibility; Perseverance; Notes; 4 Honor and Integrity; The Honor of Captain America; External Honor as Respect; Internal Honor as Integrity; Principle and Compromise; Duty and Sacrifice (Again); Notes; 5 Judgment; Making the Hard Decisions; Whose Right Answer?; Tragic Dilemmas and How to Avoid Them; "Black-and-White" or Red, White, and Blue? When Judgment Evolves; Hitting the Threshold; Notes; 6 Principle and Politics; Patriotism: The Captain and America; Cosmopolitanism; The American Dream Versus the American Reality , "I' m a Hero, Not a Politician!"Principle over Politics; Captain America in (Principled) Action; Secret Empire/Nomad; The Captain; Civil War; Notes; 7 Can Captain America Help Us Achieve Greater Unity and Civility?; The "Divided States of America," Then and Now; The Three Core American Ideals; Justice; Equality; Liberty; Debating What We Disagree On While Recognizing What We Share; Now It's Our Turn; Notes; Appendix: Why are There Seven Volumes of Captain America and Five Volumes of Avengers ?; Notes; References; Notes; Index
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