Author: David L. Lewis File Type: epub This monumental biography--eight years in the research and writing--treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense career a crucial fifty-year period that demonstrates how Du Bois changed forever the way Americans think about themselves.**ReviewA remarkable study . . . . Mr. Lewis so vividly evokes the environments that shaped Du Bois that one almost participates in the life. Waldo E. Martin, Jr., The New York Times Book ReviewAn engrossing masterpiece . . . . A dazzling feat of scholarship performed with Lewiss customary grace of style. Nell Irvin Painter, The Washington Post Book WorldTo say that Lewiss is the finest biography of Du Bois ever written hardly does justice to his performance. Until the publication of this superb new book, Du Boiss life had never received the treatment it deserves. Eric Foner, The NationA marvel of scholarship and discernement. David Levering Lewiss remarkable, stunningly detailed book reshapes our understanding of Du Bois at so many points as to instantly become the standard biography. Martin Bauml DubermanAbout the Author David Levering Lewis is the Martin Luther King Jr., chair in the history at Rutgers University. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Woodrow Wilson International Center, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the National Humanities Center, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Educated at Fisk and Columbia Universities and the London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor Lewis is the author of several acclaimed books, including King A Biography, When Harlem Was in Vogue, The Race to Fashoda. He and his wife live in Manhattan.

Author: David Backer File Type: pdf An authoritative source of information on violent conflicts and peacebuilding processes around the world, Peace and Conflict is an annual publication of the University of Marylands Center for International Development and Conflict Management and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva). The contents of the 2017 edition are divided into three sections Global Patterns and Trends provides an overview of recent advances in scholarly research on various aspects of conflict and peace, as well as chapters on armed conflict, violence against civilians, non-state armed actors, democracy and ethnic exclusion, terrorism, defense spending and arms production and procurement, peace agreements, state repression, foreign aid, and the results ofthe Peace & Conflict Instability Ledger, which ranks the status and progress of more than 160 countries based on their forecasted risk of future instability. Special Feature spotlights work on measuring micro-level welfare effects of exposure to conflict. Profiles has been enlarged to survey developments in instances of civil wars, peacekeeping missions, and international criminal justice proceedings that were active around the world during 2015. Frequent visualizations of data in full-color, large-format tables, graphs, and maps bring the analysis to life and amplify crucial developments in real-world events and the latest findings in research. The contributors include many leading scholars in the field from the US and Europe. **Review If you are looking for a comprehensive, accessible and thought-provoking overview of current research trends in political violence, this is the book to turn to. ul l*l ul Nils Weidmann**, Professor of Political Science, University of Konstanz, Germany Peace and Conflict 2016, as with its predecessors, proves to be an invaluable source of up-to-date information on conflicts around the world. Various facets of political violence and their respective recent trends are documented in detail. New trends and challenges in conflict research are admirably discussed, as are traditional and more recent attempts in mitigating conflicts, from peacekeeping missions to criminal justice. Combining chapters on these themes written by the leading scholars in the field makes this volume a must-have for scholars and practitioners alike. * *Simon Hug, Professor of Political Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland * hr Praise for earlier editions ** Truth and data are the first casualties of armed conflict. Peace and Conflict 2014 provides a very useful and accessible overview of key trends and themes, begins to address some of the burning issues in the field, and helps put risks into perspective. Tilman Bruck, Director, International Security and Development Center, Germany ul l*l ul Peace and Conflict 2012 was a CHOICE Recommended title. Too much of the writing on international affairs is long on opinions and short on facts. Peace and ul l*l ul Conflict is the rare exception. Its clear presentations of evidence and analyses help to better inform discussions about the most pressing security challenges in todays world. Fareed Zakaria, Host of CNNs Fareed Zakaria GPS * * An essential tool for scholars and policymakers seeking the facts behind the headlines about the nature and extent of conflict around the world. Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York A tour de force! The Honorable Samuel Lewis, Past President, United States Institute of Peace About the Author EDITORS ** 1. David A. Backer** is a Research Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, as well as Director of the Minor in International Development and Conflict Management, at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on conflict dynamics and post-conflict processes. He is Co-Director of the West Africa Transitional Justice Project and the Constituency-Level Elections Archive. ** 2. Ravi Bhavnani **is a Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Switzerland). His research explores the micro-foundations of violence, examining the endogenous relationships among the characteristics, beliefs, and interests of relevant actors, as well as social mechanisms and emergent structures that shape attitudes, decision making, and behavior. He uses agent-based modeling and disaggregated empirical data to link theoretical conjectures to concrete evidence, thereby identifying processes that tend to generate specific outcomes. ** 3. Paul K. Huth is a Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland and Director of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management. He is also editor of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. He has published books and widely in journals on subjects related to the study of international conflict and war, including deterrence behavior, crisis decision making, territorial disputes, the democratic peace, international law and dispute resolution, and the civilian consequences of war. ** ** ****

Author: Daniel Campo File Type: pdf Highly illustrated and artfully researched, the book will draw readers into a unique space in one of New York Citys most popular boroughs. The Accidental Playground explores the remarkable landscape created by individuals and small groups who occupied and rebuilt an abandoned Brooklyn waterfront. While local residents, activists, garbage haulers, real estate developers, speculators, and two city administrations fought over the fate of the former Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT), others simply took to this decaying edge, transforming it into a unique venue for leisure, creative, and everyday practices. These occupiers and do-it-yourself builders created their own waterfront parks and civic spaces absent every resource needed for successful urban development, including plans, designs, capital, professional assistance, consensus, and permission from the waterfronts owners. Amid trash, ruins, weeds, homeless encampments, and the operation of an active garbage transfer station, they inadvertently created the Brooklyn Riviera and made this waterfront a destination that offered much more than its panoramic vistas of the Manhattan skyline. The terminal evolved into the home turf for unusual and sometimes spectacular recreational, social, and creative subcultures, including the skateboarders who built a short-lived but nationally renowned skatepark, a twenty-five-piece public marching band, fire performance troupes, artists, photographers, and filmmakers. At the same time it served the basic recreational needs of local residents. Collapsing piers became great places to catch fish, sunbathe, or take in the views the foundation of a demolished warehouse became an ideal place to picnic, practice music, or do an art project rubble-strewn earth became a compelling setting for film and fashion shoots a broken bulkhead became a beach and thick patches of weeds dotted by ailanthus trees became a jungle. These reclamations, all but ignored by city and state governments and property interests that were set to transform this waterfront, momentarily added to the distinctive cultural landscape of the citys most bohemian and rapidly changing neighborhood. Drawing on a rich mix of documentary strategies, including observation, ethnography, photography, and first-person narrative, Daniel Campo probes this accidental playground, allowing those who created it to share and examine their own narratives, perspectives, and conflicts. The multiple constituencies of this waterfront were surprisingly diverse, their stories colorful and provocative. When taken together, Campo argues, they suggest a radical reimagining of urban parks and public spaces, and the practices by which they are created and maintained. The Accidental Playground, which treats readers to an utterly compelling story, is an exciting and distinctive contribution to the growing literature on unplanned spaces and practices in cities today.**

Author: Ray Rischpater File Type: pdf JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight text-based data interchange format used to create objects to transfer data over the Internet. Its widely used today by common web applications, as well as mobile applications.This book gives you clear ways that you can exchange objects using JSON, regardless of whether youre developing a web or traditional networked application. Youll start with a brief refresher on JSON and JavaScript syntax and read and write on the client and server. Then, youll learn how to use JSON in simple AJAX applications using AngularJS and jQuery. Next, you will learn how to exchange objects with databases using MongoDB and CouchDB. Youll also explore how to use JSON in a type-safe manner, writing programs that have fewer bugs. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight text-based data interchange format used to create objects to transfer data over the Internet. Its widely used today by common web applications, as well as mobile applications.This book gives you clear ways that you can exchange objects using JSON, regardless of whether youre developing a web or traditional networked application. Youll start with a brief refresher on JSON and JavaScript syntax and read and write on the client and server. Then, youll learn how to use JSON in simple AJAX applications using AngularJS and jQuery. Next, you will learn how to exchange objects with databases using MongoDB and CouchDB. Youll also explore how to use JSON in a type-safe manner, writing programs that have fewer bugs.**