... rule, its ill-fated attempt at political unity, and its subsequent dispersal into tiny nation-states. According to this book, Walcott's work is centrally concerned with the West Indies' imputed absence from history and lack of cohesive national identity or cultural tradition. Walcott sees this lack...

...Theoretically, the wages, conditions, punishment, and work performed by seamen on American merchant vessels were governed by the admiralty and maritime law of the United States. At the level of the individual vessel, however, life and labor at sea were determined by an amalgamation of tradition...

...From the vantage point of the twenty-first century, it is easy to overlook the fact that much of the long controversy surrounding the presidential debates in the United States had nothing to do with the debates themselves but with legal controversies involving the broadcasting of the debates. While...

... the will to believe in a more progressive democracy and constructive diplomacy. Still, the record of an era in which both ideals had begun to make real differences before they were abandoned should vindicate the right to believe in them—at least until it is proven that national cultures and the states that reflect...

... Headright system Land ownership North American vs European Cole J A Himmerich y Valencia R Keyssar A Rusk J G Simpson L B Trudel M Brazil Canada Clodfelter M Farnam H W Hutchinson E P Klein H S Risch E Washburn W E Industrialization as factor of immigration and land policy United States...

... States, during the period from independence to roughly 1914. It shows that control by elites of the banking system was an important cause of financial underdevelopment. Economic growth Inequality effect of of power on institutions Financial incumbents Political elites Costeloe M Engerman S L...

... of Intipucá who migrated to the United States in 1966, talked about how life in Intipucá was transformed in the context of historical “progress” and “civilization.” The chapter first provides an overview of coffee in El Salvador before examining in detail the words and experiences of Chávez, and his account...

...This book has explored how and why certain dominant but highly partial accounts of life have formed and circulated across El Salvador and the United States, concealing the complete history from which they emerged, including other stories that are entirely at odds with theirs. Aside from...

...This chapter first examines cultural traditions that shaped the perception and experiences of the changes during the 1960s and '70s in the United States and the Netherlands. Out of the confluence of different cultural traditions, the social policies they influenced, and the different experiences...

... voting behavior as the combined result of a credible commitment by militias or the state to provide security to in-groups against attack from out-groups, and the potential for emerging conflict spirals (Lyons 2005 , 50). This logic of fear played a crucial role in the 1997 postconflict elections...

...The conclusion provides a broad sweep over the fiscal regime and public finance of the United States from the adoption of the Constitution to the outbreak of the Civil War. Supported by tables and graphs the conclusion charts the public debt, major long-term loans, government expenditure...

... of the authors’ material financial relationships, if any, please see http://www.nber.org/chapters/c12538.ack . A longstanding puzzle is that the United States is a net borrower from the rest of the world, yet continues to receive income on its external position. A large difference between the yields on direct...

...This chapter focuses on the two main models of recognition that serve as alternatives to marriage for same-sex couples: registered partnership and domestic partnership. Whereas the Nordic states and Germany limit the applicability of their registered partnership acts to same-sex couples...

...This chapter, which provides an account of contemporary trials and what is actually achieved in trials in the United States, shows that the trial combines high levels of participation with high levels of formality and explains why this combination makes sense. It also examines why so many of those...

... place there. It also explains that the trial has occupied a central position during the formative era of legal order in the United States Green Thomas Abramson Jeffrey Arendt Hannah Bureaucracy trial as antidote to bureaucratic decision making Keith Damon Ordinary morality Public nature of trial...

...This chapter presents an interpretation of the Fourth Amendment in relation to government surveillance in the United States. It argues that when contemplating surveillance, government should be required to provide justification proportionate to the intrusiveness of the surveillance and to seek...

...This chapter, which argues for the regulation of the surveillance of public places in the context of public privacy and the right to anonymity in the United States, describes the extent of camera surveillance and the deficiencies in the way legislatures and courts have reacted to it. It also...

...This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the regulation of government surveillance in the United States. It argues that surveillance which is not regulated is unreasonable under the Constitution, and that Fourth Amendment jurisprudence needs to relinquish its focus on the traditional...

... regionalism? The empirical focus is on Norway and the United States, both of which experienced a dramatic increase in state literary support in the mid-1960s. These two developments are totally independent of each other and they allow the examination of several decades of state literary patronage in two...

... when he used it to destroy the Bank of the United States, an action that presaged routine presidential participation in legislation. His Indian removal policy showed that neglect of the faithful execution duty can harm the powerless. His refusal to accept nullification held the Union together. The Whig...