With the war between the states over, the country explodes into a time of great idealism. Flip of the coin, innovation, and celebration take hold as exuberating new ideas become vast enterprises in a time of glitter and glamor. Michael and Samantha prosper, taking Gerard's company beyond the confines of river barges.New York becomes a mecca for immigrants from Ireland and Italy as they mesh with the old society of the Vanderbilts, Roosevelts, and Astor's. Brooklyn becomes a large c...

The purpose of this text is to educate you, the reader, about expectations held by law enforcement agencies, the public, and yourself prior to entering the law enforcement profession. It will provide insight into the governing guidelines as well as the internal/external pitfalls associated with law enforcement agencies.You will receive an assessment of what is required mentally, physically, and emotionally of you to be an effective police officer. This inventory is what is required...

This academic book delves into the powerful impact of the Clemente program in Australia, focusing on individuals facing various disadvantages. Through partnerships with community organisations, municipal governments, and human service organizations – the Australian Catholic University and, in Ballarat, Federation University Australia – the program offers a comprehensive Humanities course at multiple locations across the country. The twelve-week curriculum includes expert lectures by Tertia...

This is a story about a time of contrast when the character of the nation was formed as a newly born country, needing to find its own identity. Born in war, it now needed to grow and mature until every American would say, "I am, and I can."New emigrants casting off the negativity of the Old World encouraged by the wide expanse of this New World began to, hope, to dream, to create. New possibilities were invented. Encouraged by this new freedom, they continued to investigate and cre...

American Imaginaries examines the diverse societies and nations of the Western hemisphere as they have emerged across the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Exploring cities, capitalism, nations, nationalism, and politics from both comparative and transnational perspectives, the book develops a unique approach based on the paradigms of civilizational analysis and social imaginaries. In addition to providing a fresh perspective on the Americas, American Imaginari...

Chiara Bottici’s influential work on imaginal politics has provided a rich theoretical framework and incisive critical analysis with which to engage the contemporary world. Rethinking the image as a pictorial space of political activity located between the poles of the creative imagination of the self and social imaginary significations of the social collective, her work has provided a critical new resource not only in the academy, but for activists as well. This collection of essays by le...

This book explains the complex relations and entanglements of Russia and its neighboring countries, an area that changed dramatically after the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War. The chapters discuss how the strategic cultures of different countries display common characteristics rooted in this special geopolitical space that has been subjected to simultaneous changes over a longer time. Shared historical experiences provide a common ground to interpret outside threats. The...

A detective struggling to cope with a devastating personal loss is called out to a macabre find at a local beauty spot. Some unusual evidence leads him down a twisted path of secrets and intrigue, forcing him to face a gut wrenching decision.Three criminals on probation decide a nearby sleepy suburb will make a good target for some easy money but will their choice of location give them more than they had bargained for?

Part 2 of a 2 part series.Join John Chapman in the final part of this 2 part series as his search for the truth draws him deeper into a world of the unknown. Instead of helping, the answers turn his life upside-down.This nail-biting finale will hold you on the edge of your seat as John has to come to terms with the truth and make a decision that there's no coming back from.

Contemporary civilisational analysis has emerged in the post-Cold War period as a forming but already controversial field of scholarship. Debating civilisations seeks to evaluate the main currents of the field and its principal competitors. The author draws a unique comparison of many key scholars of civilisations, comparing civilisational analysis with competing perspectives and presenting a fresh theoretical approach. Debating civilisations will appeal to academics and ...

Part 2 of a 3 part series...Father Phillips is presented with a strange gift that opens more doors. Will he fight his fears and walk through them? Does he have a choice?A darkness is closing in while the unrelenting pieces in the destiny of mankind are quietly moving into place.The city trader is at breaking point. His secret burden must be shared, but is a trouble shared, a trouble halved or doubled? Can the person he chooses take the strain?

Written by members of the Social Imaginaries Editorial Collective, these programmatic essays showcase new critical interventions in understandings of social imaginaries and the human condition. They include a new comparative approach to theorizing Castoriadis, Ricoeur, and Taylor; the rethinking of the creative imagination in relation to common sense; analyses of political imaginaries in neoliberal and constitutional contexts from perspectives drawing on Gauchet and Lefort; and the taking ...