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High Performance: The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-2000
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Professor Robert C Post
A first-hand history of the daring sport of drag racing, from the earliest "legal" drags run on rural airfields to the spectacular - and sometimes tragic - careers of drag racing's most daring innovators. Robert C. Post, a former racer himself, was an eyewitness to many of the episodes he describes. He has interviewed many of drag racing's legends ...
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For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom
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Matthew W Finkin, Professor Robert C Post
Debates about academic freedom have become increasingly fierce and frequent. Legislative efforts to regulate American professors proliferate across the nation. Although most American scholars desire to protect academic freedom, they have only a vague and uncertain apprehension of its basic principles and structure. This book offers a concise ...
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Yankee Enterprise, the Rise of the American System of Manufactures: A Symposium
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Professor Otto Mayr (Photographer), Professor Robert C Post (Photographer)
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Civil Society and Government
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Nancy L Rosenblum (Editor), Professor Robert C Post (Editor)
"Civil Society and Government" brings together an unprecedented array of political, ethical, and religious perspectives to shed light on the complex and much-debated relationship between civil society and the state. Some argue that civil society is a bulwark against government; others see it as an indispensable support for government. Civil ...
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High Performance: The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-1990
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Professor Robert C Post
This text traces the history of drag racing from the earliest "legal" drag runs in rural airfields to the spectacular - and sometimes tragic - careers of drag racing's boldest innovators. The author has interviewed most of drag racing's legends and superstars such as "Pappy" Hart, who opened the first commercial strip in Santa Ana, California; ...
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Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology
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Professor Robert C Post
Technological choices depend on, and are part of, contests over political power, as the history of mass transit vividly illustrates. From horse-drawn omnibuses to subways to light rail, this volume highlights the technological and social struggles that have accompanied urbanization and the need for an efficient and cost-effective means of ...
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Technology, Transport, and Travel in American History
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Professor Robert C Post, Tom Derderian
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The Tancook Whalers: Origins, Rediscovery, and Revival
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Professor Robert C Post
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Issues and Debates Series
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Professor Robert C Post (Editor), Michael Roth (Editor)
The authors contributing to this volume investigate the theoretical and practical consequences of the paradigm of censorship posited by Foucault. The 13 essays are grouped into three sections which explore areas such as the state's repressive power and the use of state regulation to censor speech.
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Law and the Order of Culture
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Professor Robert C Post (Editor)
"Law and the Order of Culture" is an outstanding collection of essays that explores the cultural creation of legal meaning, addressing interpretive processes within the law as well as the social constitution of legal doctrine. Originally published in "Representations," these essays are at the center of the "law and literature" movement which ...
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The Sae Story: One Hundred Years of Mobility
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Professor Robert C Post
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