The Right to Vote : the Contested History of Democracy in the United States. by Keyssar, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Introduction; Part I; One; Two; Three; Part II; Four; Five; Six; Part III; Seven; Eight; Nine; Conclusion; appendix; list of tables; appendix sources; notes; index.…”
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Landing rights : poems / by Jaffin, David, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Mountain ; This high- ; Mountain' ; A lake bott ; Leaves wind- ; Star-night' ; The slop ; Castles ; Swallow ; Apples hung ; These mount -- Poems from Sirmione 2012 -- A year past -- Boats soft -- The short- -- The scarce -- The early -- A light -- The motion -- Women -- Short-breath -- First-timed -- The way the -- Was it be -- The "new -- A distant un -- Gaia's four- -- For Rosemarie (inspired by Phillip Larkin's "Arundel Tomb") -- We finally -- Gaia's -- Dried leaves -- Pin wheel' -- Centuries -- We don't know -- That young -- A Motor -- Rough-bark -- Two poems on -- WH Auden (2). …”


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LGBTQ rights /

Table of Contents: “…Does the LGBTQ community enjoy equal rights? -- Does the promotion of LGBTQ rights threaten the freedom of others? …”


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Inalienable rights : the limits of consent in medicine and the law / by McConnell, Terrance C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; ONE: The Nature of Inalienable Rights; TWO: The Moral Foundations of Inalienable Rights; THREE: The Inalienable Right of Conscience: A Madisonian/Jeffersonian Argument; FOUR: The Right of Informed Consent and Inalienability; FIVE: The Inalienable Right to Life and Its Implications for Voluntary Euthanasia; SIX: Assisted Suicide and the Inalienable Right to Life; SEVEN: Human Organs and Inalienablility; EIGHT: Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Women's rights

Table of Contents: “…Women Around the World (2:55) -- International Women's Movement (1:18) -- Women's Movement in the US (3:52) -- China (1:01) -- Confucianism (1:15) -- Effect of Communism on Women's Rights (0:46) -- Trafficking and Sexism (2:34) -- Career Choice (0:53) -- Afghanistan (3:04) -- Women Enslaved (2:51) -- Poverty and Aids (3:30) -- Global Fight (1:16)…”
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Women's rights /

Table of Contents: “…Women Around the World (2:55) -- International Women's Movement (1:18) -- Women's Movement in the US (3:52) -- China (1:01) -- Confucianism (1:15) -- Effect of Communism on Women's Rights (0:46) -- Trafficking and Sexism (2:34) -- Career Choice (0:53) -- Afghanistan (3:04) -- Women Enslaved (2:51) -- Poverty and Aids (3:30) -- Global Fight (1:16)…”
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Triumph of the right : the rise of the California conservative movement, 1945-1966 / by Schuparra, Kurt, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…It's not the party- but the man -- Freedom versus tyranny -- A little piece of America -- The 'old Nixon' is the real Nixon -- How the west was won -- A great white light -- Triumph of the right.…”


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The religious right : a reference handbook / by Utter, Glenn H.

Table of Contents: “…The religious right in America -- Chronology -- Biographical profiles -- Analysis of survey data -- Primary documents and quotations -- Directory of organizations -- Suggested readings -- Selected multimedia resources.…”
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Exit right : achieving a golden goodbye by realising the maximum value for your business / by Pearson, Barrie

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contents; ONE How to consider the options; TWO How to choose the time to sell; THREE How to choose and use professional advisers; FOUR How to groom your company for sale; FIVE How to handle unsolicited approaches; SIX How to value a business for sale; SEVEN How to find and handle prospective purchasers; EIGHT How to negotiate a deal; NINE How to handle legal completion; TEN How to eliminate losses before selling.…”
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Designed right! / by Swann, Alan, 1946-

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Right to be healthy /

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Right Turn : John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism. by Moser, John E.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Irish Exaggerations; 2 Business Must Be Governed; 3 An Empty Collection of Syllables; 4 Pay as We Fight; 5 A Pretty Sorry Board; 6 A Plague of Promisers; 7 A Great and Grand Guy--Once; 8 A Very Responsible Committee; 9 The Nazi Transmission Belt; 10 The Good Name of a Noble Cause; 11 The Smear Offensive; 12 A Bitter and Disheartening Struggle; 13 God Bless Joe McCarthy; 14 It Sickens My Soul; Conclusion.…”
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Bill of Rights : Creation and Reconstruction. by Amar, Akhil Reed

Table of Contents: “…""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I CREATION""; ""One • First Things First""; ""Two • Our First Amendment""; ""Three • The Military Amendments""; ""Four • Searches, Seizures, and Takings""; ""Five • Juries""; ""Six • The Popular-Sovereignty Amendments""; ""PART II RECONSTRUCTION""; ""Seven • Antebellum Ideas""; ""Eight • The Reconstruction Amendment: Text""; ""Nine • The Reconstruction Amendment: History""; ""Ten • Refining Incorporation""; ""Eleven • Reconstructing Rights""; ""Twelve • A New Birth of Freedom""; ""Afterword""…”
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For the rights of all : ending Jim Crow in Alaska /

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Women's Rights : Finding a Voice /

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In Their Right Minds : the Lives and Shared Practices of Poetic Geniuses. by Platt, Carole Brooks

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Seven -- A 20-Year Ouija Board Odyssey: James Merrill and David JacksonChapter Eight -- Right-Hemisphere Imbalance versus Espousal: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; Conclusion; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available.…”
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Civil rights /

Table of Contents: “…Racial profiling violates African Americans' and Hispanics' civil rights -- Hate crimes against Arab Americans are a serious problem -- Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is a serious problem -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage violates gays' and lesbians' civil rights -- The problem of racial profiling is exaggerated -- The incidence of hate crimes directed against Arab Americans is exaggerated -- Racial discrimination is uncommon in mortgage lending -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage is not a violation of civil rights -- Current civil rights laws do not adequately protect gays and lesbians -- Housing discrimination persists despite fair housing laws -- Reparations for African American slavery are necessary for the advancement of civil rights -- Disabled workers need better protection from employment discrimination -- Additional civil rights protection for gays and lesbians would be harmful -- Increasing the penalties for housing discrimination will harm society -- The fight for African American slavery reparations impedes the advancement of civil rights -- Affirmative action : an overview -- Affirmative action reduces discrimination -- Affirmative actions encourages educational diversity -- Affirmative action is necessary to build the black middle class -- Affirmative action helps make American business more competitive -- Affirmative action is no longer necessary -- Encourage educational diversity is not a legitimate justification for affirmative action -- Affirmative action is not necessary to help build the black middle class -- Affirmative action ignores individual merit -- Antiterrorist policies jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is not justified -- Antiterrorist efforts unfairly target Arab Americans -- Antiterrorist policies do not jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is justified -- Antiterrorism efforts targeting Arab Americans are justified.…”


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Voters' rights / by Issitt, Micah L.

Table of Contents: “…Reading the fine print -- 17. The fight for access -- 18. Voting at home -- 19. Losing the right to vote -- 20. …”
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Rainbow rights : the role of lawyers and courts in the lesbian and gay civil rights movement / by Cain, Patricia A.

Table of Contents: “…Why Rainbow Rights? --…”


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The rights of spring : a memoir of innocence abroad / by Kennedy, David, 1954-

Subjects: “…Human rights.…”
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