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ABC-CLIO Blog: July 2013
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Thursday, July 11, 2013. On July 3, 2013, the military overthrew the elected Egyptian government. Led by the Muslim Brotherhood (the Society of Muslim Brothers), the government had come to power on June 30, 2012. Was it a second revolution, a necessary correction in the path of the January 25 (2011) Egyptian Revolution, or a military coup? Who were the Muslim Brothers, how did they rise to power, and why did they fall so spectacularly? The government did little to reassure them. On June 30, a year after ...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: March 2014
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Monday, March 17, 2014. Ukrainian Crisis and Its Implications. Houman A. Sadri. PhD, is associate professor of political science and coordinator of the UCF Model United Nations Program at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. He is the author of Global SecurityWatch — The Caucasus States. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ABC-CLIO Online History Award. Daily Life through History. History and the Headlines. Twitter / ABC CLIO. David M. Allen. Rayner W. Hesse, Jr. Stephanie P. Ledgin.
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ABC-CLIO Blog: September 2013
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013. Interview with O.C. Edwards Jr., Author of A Nation with the Soul of a Church. Why is the publication of A Nation with the Soul of a Church. Important at this moment in history—that is, how does it relate to today's news headlines or connect to contemporary questions or issues? I think the publication of A Nation with the Soul of a Church. Is important at this time both for its vivid reminder of the strong influence of religion on the public life of the. I think I would like ...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: March 2013
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Interview with Lynne Hume, Co-author of The Varieties of Magical Experience. Why is the publication of The. Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval and Modern Magic. Important at this moment in history? What drew you to the topic of The Varieties of Magical Experience? How does the topic relate to you personally? What did you learn in the course of your research; what discovery surprised you the most? My research only served to reinforce in me the position that th...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: January 2013
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Thursday, January 3, 2013. Interview with Mary Stout, Author of Native American Boarding Schools. What prompted you to write Native American Boarding Schools. What "message" do you want to communicate? I was interested in writing Native American Boarding Schools. What was the highlight of your research? In the course of your research, what discovery surprised you the most? What surprises readers/others the most about your research? Most of the published research on this topic consists of either scholarly...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: November 2013
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013. New Primary Resource Collection: Explorers of the American West. We are pleased to announce the addition of a rich collection of primary resources to our United States Geography. Sacajawea is depicted guiding the Lewis and Clark expedition through the Rocky Mountains in this painting. Users have access to a plethora of fascinating and illuminating primary sources such as journal entries and artwork. The new collection includes:. 50 pieces of primary source media. And don't mi...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: June 2013
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Thursday, June 27, 2013. Interview with Michael Frassetto, Author of The Early Medieval World: From the Fall of Rome to the Time of Charlemagne. How does the early medieval world differ from the classical world and the later Middle Ages? The early medieval world differed in a number of ways from the ancient and later medieval worlds. It was much more rural than the ancient world; cities virtually disappeared in the early medieval world and the literate and urban culture associated with ancient. PhD, teac...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: October 2013
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Thursday, October 10, 2013. Congratulations to Our VOYA Five-Foot Bookshelf Featured Titles! The VOYA Five-Foot Bookshelf is an annual collection featuring VOYA reviewers' picks for best books for professionals who serve teens. We are honored to see so many of our Libraries Unlimited titles make the list! Adult Learners: Professional Development and the School Librarian. Carl A. Harvey II. Managing Children's Services in Libraries, Fourth Edition. Adele M. Fasick and Leslie Edmonds Holt. He has written s...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: February 2013
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013. I have written Prison Rape: An American Institution? Because it is the right time to focus public attention on this continuing dreadful tragedy of the American criminal justice system. It has been nearly ten years since Congress enacted the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) by unanimous vote, yet the situation has not improved. But now, with the appearance of the PREA national standards in 2012, there is hope for change. Yet the work is only just beginning. There are majo...
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ABC-CLIO Blog: July 2014
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Thursday, July 10, 2014. The Taliban: Afghanistan’s Most Lethal Insurgent. For Westerners, Afghanistan has always been distant, exotic, and periodically threatening. In the Occident, the Afghan warrior tradition enjoys well-earned respect. Many countries have invaded Afghanistan, but few have controlled it for long. Afghans, too, suffered the wages of war. In the late 20th. This is uncertain. But what is certain is that Afghanistan serves as a grand laboratory of military and economic developmental p...
