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  Reconstructing the Dreamland -...

  Alfred L. Brophy

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  The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Thirty city blocks were burned to the ground, perhaps 150 died, and the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, was turned to rubble.Alfred L. Brophy draws on his own extensive research into contemporary accounts and court documents to chronicle this devastating riot, showing how and why the rule of law quickly eroded. Brophy shines his lights on mob violence and racism run amok, both on the night of the riot and the following morning. Equally important, he shows how the city government and police not only permitted looting, shootings, and the burning of Greenwood, but actively participated in it by deputizing white citizens haphazardly, giving out guns and badges, or sending men to arm themselves. Likewise, the National Guard acted unconstitutionally, arresting every black resident they found, leaving property vulnerable to the white mob.Brophy's stark narrative concludes with a discussion of reparations for victims of the riot through lawsuits and legislative action. That case has implications for other reparations movements, including reparations for slavery. This updated edition features a new foreword by Randall Kennedy.

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  When AI Rules the World - China...

  Handel Jones

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  As China rises to true superpower status, the United States must take immediate action to catch up in AI capabilities—or facefall disastrously behind technologically, economically, and militarily. 
   
   
   
  Over the past decade, China has quietly and methodically moved into a near-leadership position in artificial intelligence technologies on a global scale. Meanwhile, the United States has responded ineffectively, weighed down by politics, bureaucracy, and an absence of clear strategy. 
   
   
   
  In the near future, wars will be fought not over land, but over data. Machines will quickly discover individualized treatments for diseases, and with the help of virtual reality, AI will inspect buildings that have not yet been built. With the rising interest in these technologies by both China and the US, who will emerge as the victor of this technological race? 
   
   
   
  When AI Rules the World is an investigation and call to action into AI technologies for a nation that does not yet comprehend the full gravity of the AI revolution. The United States is losing the race for AI dominance, and the stakes couldn't be higher.

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  Olmecs - A Comprehensive Guide...

  Historical Events Publishing

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  OLMECS: A Comprehensive Guide to the Olmecs including Myths, Art, Religion, and CultureDo you want to learn about OLMECS?         The Olmec аrt ѕtуlе wаѕ thе dоminаnt рrеѕtigе style оf Ancient Mеѕоаmеriса bеtwееn c. 1,500 BCE аnd 400 BCE, оr muсh of thе Mеѕоаmеriсаn Fоrmаtivе (Prесlаѕѕiс) реriоd (or c. 1500–400 BCE calibrated). Sсhоlаrѕ hаvе ѕuссеѕѕfullу dеfinеd thе ѕtуliѕtiс elements оf Olmec аrt, thе most important of which iѕ thе tеndеnсу tо exhibit a monumentality оf form in objects of аll sizes, including small portable оbjесtѕ. Thiѕ mоnumеntаlitу iѕ mainly ассоmрliѕhеd through a fосuѕ оn essential fоrmѕ аnd smooth ѕurfасеѕ. Olmec artists were intеrеѕtеd mаinlу in thе gеnеrаl human form аnd раrtiсulаr supernatural creatures. Humаnѕ аnd ѕuреrnаturаlѕ were rерrеѕеntеd in аѕѕurеd аnd highlу conventionalized forms, with a grеаt intеrеѕt in gеnеrаl nаturаliѕm but littlе intеrеѕt in thе ѕmаll detail. Whаt dеtаilѕ thеrе аrе tеnd to define ѕресifiс supernatural trаitѕ, specific elements of еlitе соѕtumе, аnd аt timеѕ gеndеr.           Thеrе is little interest in a ѕеtting or bасkgrоund; the ѕurrоunding urban space ѕееmѕ tо hаvе рrоvidеd thе context undеrѕtооd bу thе аudiеnсе, аt lеаѕt in thе саѕе оf mоnumеntаl art. Thе Olmес аrt ѕtуlе wаѕ nоt dеfinеd until thе mid-20th сеnturу. In аdditiоn tо аn аrt ѕtуlе, thе term “Olmec” is often used tо define a сivilizаtiоn. This hаѕ lеd to some соnfuѕiоn ѕurrоunding thе tеrm, as nоtеd by numеrоuѕ ѕсhоlаrѕ. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn...* Ethniсitу Аnd Lаnguаgе* Etуmоlоgу* Mуthоlоgу and Rеligiоn* Political Оrgаnizаtion* Nоtаblе Innovations* Much,much more!

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  Yet Another Costume Party...

  Ingrid A. Nelson

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  How the policies of elite colleges allow racially themed parties to continue by perpetuating the status quo. On a cold February evening, a group of students at Bowdoin College, an elite and historically white liberal arts college in Maine, gathered to drink tequila at a party referred to as “not not a fiesta.” By noon the next day, Instagram videos of students sporting miniature sombreros had spread like wildfire through campus. Over the next few weeks, national media outlets would broadcast the embarrassing fallout. But the frequency with which similar parties recur on campuses across the United States begs the question: what, if anything, do undergraduates learn about race and racism from these encounters?
   
  Drawing on interviews and archival research, Yet Another Costume Party Debacle shows us how colleges both contest and reproduce racialized systems of power. Sociologist Ingrid A. Nelson juxtaposes how students and administrators discuss race with how they behave in the aftermath of racially charged campus controversies. Nelson spoke in-depth with students and other key players in several controversial parties—“Cracksgiving,” a “gangster party,” and the “not not a fiesta” tequila party—at Bowdoin. The college’s administrative response failed to encourage productive dialogue or address larger questions about race on campus. Nelson shows how the underlying campus structures at elite liberal arts colleges foster an environment that is ripe for racially charged incidents; we shouldn’t be surprised when we read about yet another costume party debacle. Nelson advises how we can take charge of diversity on our campuses by changing the systems that bring students together and drive them apart.

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  Convoy Escort Commander - A...

  Sir Peter Gretton

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  Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton's book is a brilliant account of his career in the navy through World War Two: fighting in the Second Battle of the Narvik and guarding convoys in the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, before being placed in charge of Escort Group B7, which he described as "the finest job in the Navy for a new commander." It was in this role that Gretton, and the seven warships under his command, were able to make their contribution to turning the tide against the U-boat threat. 
   
   
   
  On April 22, 1943, Gretton was in charge of the escort for Convoy ONS 5 during its journey across the North Atlantic. Over the course of the voyage they were attacked by over fifty U-boats, and although they lost thirteen ships they managed to sink six U-boats and seriously damage many more. The U-boats had never faced such fierce resistance to their lethal raids. What tactics had Gretton used to fend off Doenitz's terrifying submarine wolf packs? And how had these strategies developed over the course of the war? 
   
   
   
  Convoy Escort Commander demonstrates how Allied commanders searched for new methods to repel U-boat assaults, including using direction-finding radio and radar, employing special tactical formations, coordinating with air cover, and endeavoring to keep the convoy together and prevent straggling.

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  Secrets of Success: What Top...

  Ambrose Calderwood

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