The American Railway Union strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in 1894 pitted America's largest industrial union against 24 railroads, and was broken up by federal troops and suppressed in t
An exploration of the different methods that have been used to protect rights in the US from the founding until the present era. Dinan (politics, Wake Forest U.) argues that rights have been historica
Tension between free speech and social stability has been a central concern throughout American history. In the 1960s that concern reached a fever pitch with the anti-Vietnam War movement. When antiw
Clinton (political science, Southern Illinois U.) combines legal history, political theory, and philosophical ideas going back to Plato and Roman law to challenge current faith in an activist judiciar
Examines the reception of Jong's work through analysis of reviewers', critics' writers', academics' and the media's response to three of her novels, identifying the gender-specific ways in which her w
"The creation of inspector-generals (IGs) in federal agencies began in the 1970's as the size and reach of the federal government grew. IGs are part of the agency but with some independence from the l
